Congratulations, Merry!

[Rebecca]

On behalf of everyone here at ChristianWriters.com, I'd like to extend a big cheer of "Congratulations!" to our very own Merry (Michel Archer). Her short story, "One More Christmas Eve (http://www.praize.com/christmas/contest2004/onemore.html)," was selected as a first place winner in the Praize Christmas 2004 Writing Contest (http://www.praize.com/christmas/contest.html).

Great work, Merry!! We're so proud of you!! :D

Rebecca

[wgjones3]

;) Our little Miche is getting all grown up !thumbsup!

Great job! We all knew you could do it. :D

[Merry]

:o Aw, thanks... :)

[wgjones3]

:D !thumbsup!

[DrRita]

Hey Congrats Merry! Proud of ya :D Keep up the good work and blessings to all of us readers.

[writegirl1949]

Congratulations Merry ... what a moving and very touching Christmas story. You should be proud. It's a beautiful message.

Francine

[FireFeet]

You go girl! :D

[AngelAzariah]

Merry,
_____I hope you have that tingly feeling inside, it's called joy, now get back to work! :p

[Merry]

Yes, sir, O Angelically inclined one. Sorry, I meant 'dude.' Er, wait actually...we need an Aramaic word for 'loud, gumbling, bear...' :D :D

Really, thanks, everybody!

[AngelAzariah]

_____I'm feeling very spoiled here of late... what have I done?

[elbib]

Merry,

Congrats!

It is a wonderful story!

Sincerely - elbib

[firstacts]

Merry,

Don't know you yet, but looks like you're loved here on the boards. Congrats on the placement. Woo Hoo!

Glenn :)

[AngelAzariah]

____Merry is the sweethart of the board, and a generus soul. I'm the mean one, you better be nice to Merry or I will pummle you. !thumbsup!

[firstacts]

Pummel? I'll keep that in mind.

Gently backing away from the computer screen.

Glenn :eek: :confused: :D !thumbsup!

[wgjones3]

He has to catch you first. :D

[Merry]

Wow, now I'm feeling spoiled.... :o (Psst, Bill wanna go sky diving? :p )

[wgjones3]

No. :D !thumbsup! :cool:

[Merry]

:D :D :D :p

[AngelAzariah]

It's all in love, no really. Ha-ha-ha!

[Merry]

I bet Angel sky dives. Get it? Angel. Sky dive? Never mind.

[firstacts]

So, if Angel is interested in pummeling, and Merry is interested in Skydiving - and if Angel can also fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Does it not seem reasonable that Merry should be concerned a bit about a mid air pummeling?

Just thinking. :eek:

Glenn (the new guy with no wings yet) :)

[AngelAzariah]

firstacts,
____That's great! For the first time ever I really did lol. Love that stuff, keep it up. :cool:

[Merry]

First Acts, nice, very nice. Ya' gotta love the logic...I think. :D

[firstacts]

Doesn't it seem ironic, nay funny (as in peculiar not gut busting hilarious) that no matter what forum a person participates in almost anywhere in the world the ultimate end of almost any well visited thread is never the same as when it started.

Take this thread for instance - it started out as a lovely tribute to Merry, the author of all things beautiful with Christmas. It was honoring and, I just noticed, a thread from 2003 (oops).

Yet it ends with flying angels who pummel skydivers without warning and apparently unprovoked.

What a conundrum. I shall have to ponder this further when my mind can stand the strain.

(Mumbles as he leaves the board)

Glenn :confused:

[Merry]

I say we draft this man into the Bat Cave. We could learn from him.

[firstacts]

Thanks for the kind words and, while it may be lovely visiting a bat cave sometime, I would like some previous notification so as not to visit with shoes that I might like. Nasty things - those bats.

To my discredit, I have been known to nudge a thread in a different direction. Can you keep a secret? Sometime I even do it on pupose! Well, there you have it - in print.

I do hope the fall of mankind doesn't rest on such an irresistable urge.

Glenn :)

[Merry]

You see, in the Bat Cave we often live to do just this sort of thing. Maybe we're testing material, maybe checking our ability to throw a curve, or maybe we just don't have a life, whatever, we seem to derive considerable enjoyment from just such carrying on. So you would be certainly welcome and shoes? Why we doan' need no stinking shoes.... :eek: :D

[AngelAzariah]

_____Amen, we don't need no stinking shoes, we don't need the stink, and we don't need the shoes! We require one thing, a nice cushy butt to sit on.

[firstacts]

Holy inhabitants of granite tombs, Bat Girl - this is more exciting than a night of novacaine induced tooth extractions. An invitation into the Cave? Woo Hoo.

Is spandex required. The closest thing I have to a mask is a Micky Mouse cap.

Bat Cave? Who knew?

Glenn :eek:

[Merry]

A Mickey Mouse cap is fine. Just nothing too scary like say a Clinton mask or anything..