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Years Ago Father John Powell Told The Story Aboit ... PRO
Contributed by Erik Estep on Nov 13, 2003 (message contributor)
Years ago Father John Powell told the story aboit a young girl named Norma Jean Mortenson. She was a young girl who spent much of her childhood in foster homes. In one of those foster homes, when she was 8 years old, she was abused physically and given a nickel and told to tell no one.
-When Norma Jean tried to tell her foster mother, her mother spanked her and told her not to say anything abpit it again because the man she accused of abusing her was a man who faithfully paid his rent.
-As time went on Norma Jean turned into a very pretty girl and people began to take notice. Boys would whistle at her and she liked it but she wished they’d also know she was a person too, not just a body.
-After a period of time Norma Jean went to Hollywood where she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. Publicity people told her they were going to turn her into an American sex symbol. It worked. She became an overnight success. But she still longed to be recognized as a person. She longed to be loved.
-After she became famous, everyone began to hate Marilyn Monroe. She would show up on the set 2 hours late causing people to say she was a prima donna. What they didn’t know was she was in her dressing room vomiting because she was so nervous. She kept asking, “Will someone please notice I’m a person!”
-She went thru 3 marriages pleading for someone to notice her as a person and not just an object. At the age of 35, on a...
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Waiting For God Is Not Laziness. Waiting For God ... PRO
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Psa 91 – Engineer Unit (1943-45)their Chaplain ... PRO
Contributed by Michael Dugal on Jul 20, 2003
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In The West During The Torrential Spring Rains, ...
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Oct 10, 2005
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