Wings of Peace

~Founded August 24th 2000
~Closed March 2001

Hi, my name is Melissa and I started this wonderful Group for MANY reasons. I wanted a Group that offered Friendship, Love, Support, Giving Support, Caring, Helping others, Prayers for others, and helping to make lives happier.

I'm a mother of 2 boys, Zachary and Justin. I'm married to my wonderful husband, Bill. I'm going to go back to school to get a degree in Criminal Justice so that I can help children and teens, at the present time I am a stay at home Mom.

I first became involved in web pages to do a Memorial to my brother, Mike. I have met so many wonderful people since being on the web and some have become forever friends. Many are a part of this group.

A special page called "Learning Forgiveness" has just been added for those of you visitng the Wings of Peace Group Pages. I think it's a nice page to visit to learn a little about me and a lot more about forgiveness. I did this page to put on Mike's Piece of Heaven. I had received so many guestbook sign ins and emails asking to share with me about their feelings regarding anger and many other emotions at the person who caused the loss of their loved one, and also many people have different emotions in other areas in their lives as well (not limited to the loss of a loved one).

Since I too, at one time had that anger and many different emotions, I also knew that to heal, I would need to forgive. I learned to forgive in Many different areas of my life, and now I live with much more Peace. Mike's Fogiveness Story is no doubt the hardest forgiveness area I have had to deal with. I still miss Mike, and ALWAYS will, but I know that he would have wanted me to forgive Jeremy (the driver of the car the night Mike passed away). That's just the way he was.

Many asked for help to deal and to support them in dealing with the forgiveness process and learing how to cope with other difficult areas in their life, and to just be a friend and be there for them when they needed to talk. I never turn anyone away who asks for help or friendship. :) It is through the Friendship, Love, Support and Caring, and my Faith, that I have became what I am today. I know what these things can do during a time of need. All of these things are very important in our lives, and are a life long need. I hope that many new friendships that last a life time are made here at the Wings of Peace.

Written August 23, 2000