Log File - March 2008

Hi, my name is Lori Ann Blakeley.

Welcome to my Web site developed and maintained on my behalf by my father, Larry Blakeley. http://www.royblakeley.name/larry_blakeley/larryblakeley_photos_jpeg.htm

My father also manages the following Web sites:

Larry Blakeley (Contact Info: larry at larryblakeley.com)

Major Roy James Blakeley (USAF - KIA) (December 10, 1928 - July 22, 1965) - my grandfather

Leslie Blakeley Adkins - my older sister

Evan Blakeley- my younger brother

A Web page for giving notices of interest to visitors here. http://www.loriblakeley.name/notices_of_interest.htm

Various letters and notes here. http://www.loriblakeley.name/various_notes_letters.htm

What my brother, Evan Blakeley is up to with his baseball. http://www.evanblakeley.name

My mother's walking club for the students at Cockrell Hill Elementary School, DeSoto, Texas http://www.loriblakeley.name/article_dallas_morning_news_jackie_blakeley20070601.htm

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Note: From this date forward I will not be keeping a record in the Daily Log of Changes and Additions photos that are added to this Website.

Added the following to Web page http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_photos_jpeg/loriblakeley_other_photographs.htm

Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings MP3 Audio File (11.9 MB) http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_music/adagio_for_strings_barber.mp3

Added the following to Web page http://www.loriblakeley.name/FBA_2004_graduation_class_members.htm

Lori wrote the following verses quoted in 1 Corinthians 13 with a dry erase marker on her mirrored door to her bedroom closet. She also highlighted these verses in her Bible. http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_bible_1corinthians_13.djvu

Write it down a thousand times
for a little word that makes me cry.
How I feel about it I can't decide.
No, I don't know, so I'll improvise.
Is it living in our heart or in our mind?
I don't know.

So world, ready or not, here I go
searching for the answer.
And I'm not gonna stop til I find
where it lives inside me.
How does it come to be?
What should it mean to me?
Teach me the definition of true love.

I was so afraid I'd never succeed,
but you made me feel I could do anything.
Memorize the things you would say and do.
Must be loving the strength that I found in you.
Is it living in our heart or in our mind?
I don't know...

Love's not wrong.
It feels good.
True love always believes
and it begins without major risk.
Gonna sacrifice unconditionally...

"Lori Loves (a heart symbol) Jesus" here http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_bible_love_jesus.djvu written on her Bible http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_bible_NIV_end.djvu that was given to her by her Dad http://www.loriblakeley.name/loriblakeley_bible_dad.djvu

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs ....

12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

- 1 Corinthians 13 http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?book_id=53&chapter=13&version=31

Added the following to Web page http://www.loriblakeley.name/FBA_2004_graduation_class_members.htm

I ain't too young to know
That life has its highs and lows
And things won't always turn out
Quite like how I think
And though I have much to learn
To weather the twists and turns
I know that I'm capable
To deal with what life brings me ...

(Lori was right. She ultimately dealt with her short future with the dignity and courage that sent chills down my back. Yes, Lori was a "Daddy's girl." In fact I remember well a school mate humored by Lori referring to me as "Daddy" while others had evolved to just referring to their father as "Dad." She truly was innocent, loving, and humble with a heart that remained true to who she was all the way to her last breath. She never wavered from this. She never complained. She never questioned God's plan for her. She never questioned, "Why me? I'm not finished here." Her strength and devotion to His will only increased and this is really what I have tried to convey to others with her Web site. One day after her unsuccessful surgery at The National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland she held her arms out for me and said, "My Daddy." I melted in her soft embrace and will remember this loving experience as long as I live. - Lori's Daddy)

You've given me courage to be a person of dignity
You've been my example
I've been blessed to have you

But your faith is strong (But I know you can see in me -
I can't stand alone. I can't stand on my own two feet)
Don't be afraid to send me (don't you be afraid to send me safely)
I need you to believe in me

I'm strong I'm ready to be on my own
Let me spread my wings, let me go
Don't hold so tight
Cause I can fly alone ...

I need you to trust me
Have faith and let me make it on my own
Please let me, your baby, go

Lori’s Web site is a tribute to a wonderful daughter of mine - the type of daughter any father and mother would love to have had.

It is a tremendous burden on my heart and soul to experience the sadness of what seems to inevitably happen to everyone who leaves us - the memory of Lori by her friends whom she loved and whom loved her as well will progressively become a distant memory in the minds and hearts of these friends . Each of their lives were touched by Lori in different ways.

So how long will I attempt to prevent this from happening to Lori, as well as myself? Until I am laid to rest alongside of her.