{"id":10344,"date":"2014-04-29T00:42:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T00:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=10344"},"modified":"2014-04-29T01:14:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T01:14:39","slug":"thoughts%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=10344","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts\u2026\u2026.."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 505 German U- Boat captured during WW II.<\/p>\n

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Last week I went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and got a few unrelated images during my time there. \u00a0Speaking of unrelated!! \u00a0The images are just window dressing so I an share a few images while I talk about something much more important! \u00a0So I hope you like the image while I share about Sherelene!<\/p>\n

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The anchor of the German U-Boat 505!<\/p>\n

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The purpose of an anchor is to fix and stabilize the position of ship in a tossing sea. \u00a0To prevent it from moving away and coming into harms way.<\/p>\n

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Sherelene has been my earthly anchor.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0She has jokingly said that she raised four children, our three and me! \u00a0It is not very far from the truth. \u00a0I believe that God protected me and held me until she camera along, she has had more to do with what I have become as a man than anyone else, with the exception of my father on earth, and my Heavenly Father. \u00a0She has been my Heavenly Father’s instrument here! \u00a0As a young married man, I thought I knew what a man was supposed to be, but step by step, Sherelene has helped me to realize how different a real man is from the fictional description I thought I knew all about!!!<\/p>\n

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Sherelene has taught me what sacrifice is all about.<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0She never told me about it, she modeled it! \u00a0 I watched how she raised our children, dealt with others, cared for her patience, loved and respected her family, and honored her father and mother. \u00a0 I saw here work tirelessly for all of us, never complaining, and never slowing down. Always willing to do whatever ended to be done.<\/p>\n

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Sherelene taught me what steadfastness was all about.<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0I’ve never known anyone that has more drive, energy, dedication, and grit! \u00a0There is no quit in Sherelene! \u00a0She faces every challenge knowing it will be defeated, and then slogs on into the battle!<\/p>\n

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Sherelene taught me what love and devotion are all about<\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0I have seen real love first hand. \u00a0I’ve seen faithfulness, and kindness, grace, and compassion. \u00a0All the attributes I needed to learn God used her to teach me.<\/p>\n

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Thank you Sherelene for loaning me your life for the last 44 years, I would not have wanted to spend it with anyone else, and feel so honored that you gave those years to me!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2026\u2026and now more totally unrelated museum images!!!<\/p>\n

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Aircraft Carrier model.<\/p>\n

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Wagon and bucket.<\/p>\n

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Mike Ditka’s Steak House!<\/p>\n

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Old pharmacy bottles.<\/p>\n

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Sherelene and I had a great trip to Chicago together, today as I drove away from her for the week, I wanted to call off my trip and just go back home to her! \u00a0 This retirement is pretty great, spending more time together! \u00a0Can’t wait for her to join me this coming weekend!<\/p>\n

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Blessed,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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The 505 German U- Boat captured during WW II.   Last week I went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and got a few unrelated images during my time there. \u00a0Speaking of unrelated!! \u00a0The images are just window dressing so I an share a few images while I talk about something much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10344"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10354,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10344\/revisions\/10354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}