Sinatra Family News

Responses to 'Frank Sinatra Day Las Vegas'

Lynda51 says:
Dec 7, 2001 7:33 PM
Hey Nancy,

That is great! I read the article tonight in a newsletter from Las vegas.com! I also saw the article about Tina yesterday in Vegas with the Mayor at the new slot machines with Frank's picture on them! Wish I could be out there to see Frankie's show, I know it will be great!

June says:
Dec 8, 2001 4:09 AM
Nancy, Just marvelous!...Enjoy every moment......

Lourdes Correa says:
Dec 8, 2001 7:21 AM
Nancy, how wonderfuls news!. I hope I could be there!
Take Care.

Lourdes

Bret says:
Dec 8, 2001 10:26 AM
This makes me Very Happy!
Thanks Nancy for the good news.
I wish I could be there too!
Happy Birthday Francis Albert Sinatra!!!

rene says:
Dec 8, 2001 11:25 PM
Nancy, are the FS slot machines only in Las Vegas? Is this a one-time event? I would love to see them at Atlantic City.

Jake says:
Dec 9, 2001 1:13 AM
For once some good news, and I'm happy that Las Vegas is commemorating one of its finest performers in this way. I hope you guys have a great concert. I hope I can hear the cheers here in Switzerland.
Take care, and happy birthday Frank!

Jeffrey Simmons says:
Dec 9, 2001 4:18 PM
I'd sure like to be there too, but I'll be here instead. Thoughts are always with the Sinatra family on December 12th. So fast the years fly by!

Suzanne11 says:
Dec 10, 2001 2:04 PM
Nancy it sounds like a wonderful tribute to your dad. I know Frankie will put on a terrific show as always. Have fun and know all of us who can't be there will be thinking of you and toasting your dad on his special day.

Mistie says:
Dec 10, 2001 8:59 PM
this sounds terriffic Nancy wish i were old enough to go to las vegas just a few more years though. Have fun.
love,
mistie

Linda LM says:
Dec 11, 2001 5:46 PM
NANCY, It's nice to see TINA and you on ENTERAINMENT TONIGHT talking about the newly discovered 1957 HAPPY HOLIDAYS SHOW with BING CROSBY and FS. I don't get the TRIO cable channel so I hope they put on another cable channel!!!Plus I have to checkout the new 'FS' slot machines.So I leave the best to the last 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY'' To The CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FRANK SINATRA 12-12-01

deneva says:
Dec 11, 2001 9:26 PM
I am copying from the back page of "PEOPLE" Magazine's tribute, dated May/June 1998..."He was the King of Cool. And this was his kingdom."

Las Vegas

Larry Greenwell says:
Dec 18, 2001 11:58 AM
Nancy, This was so nice to make Frank's Birthday a great day. He LOVE Vagas. He was at the top of his life in those days. He had so much fun and he was so HAPPY. No one can replace this GREAT Man. Ol' Blue we love you, Larry and Family

Responses to 'Interview With God'

wmbjjb says:
Dec 5, 2001 12:32 PM
I HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT EACH TIME IT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL. tHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO POST IT. jEANNE

Lynda51 says:
Dec 5, 2001 12:38 PM
Hey Rick,

I think that was beautiful! The first time I saw it was back in August when Johnof Philly posted it on the forum! It made me tear up alittle! It was nice that you put it on the opening page of the forum! I think at this time in our Country, it will make many feel alot better! Thanks

rene says:
Dec 5, 2001 5:54 PM
Hi Rick, That was soooo beautiful...The pictures were fantastic..Thanks for posting it..I am sending it to all i know..

Ed Potts says:
Dec 5, 2001 6:37 PM
Thanks, Rick! I needed that! Ed

johnofphilly says:
Dec 5, 2001 8:26 PM
Hi Rick, Jeane, Rene, Ed, everybody.

When my friend in NYC e-mailed me this link in August, I put it on the Forum, and it functioned for about a week. Then, when you clicked the link, it linked to some "get your own business on-line website" promotion. I was embarrassed and posted that the link at that point no longer functioned. At the time, I had transcribed the words and put them up in a posting. Being a bit of a dweeb sometimes, I deleted it later, as I try to eliminate my "obsolete" posts to make room for other people's postings. I've transcribed them again:


I dreamed I had an interview with God.

"So you would like to interview me?" God asked.
"If you have the time," I said. God smiled.
"My time is eternity. What questions do you have in mind for me?"
"What surprises you most about humankind?"

God answered:

"That they get bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and long to be children again...That they lose their health to make money, and then lose their money to restore their health...
That by thinking anxiously about the future they forget the present,
such that they live neither in the present nor the future...
That they live as if they will never die and die as though they had never lived..."

God's hand took mine, and we were silent for awhile.
And then I asked:

"As a parent, what are some of life's lessons you want your children to learn?"

"To learn that they cannot make anyone love them, all they can do is let themselves be loved...And that it is not
good to compare themselves to others...To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness...To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they love, and that it can take many years to heal them...To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most but one who needs the least...To learn that there are people who love them dearly but simply do not yet know how to
express or show their feelings...To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently...To learn that it is not enough that they forgive each other, but that they must also forgive themselves..."

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly; "Is there anything else that you would like your children to know?"

God smiled and said:

"Just know that I am here...Always"

johnofphilly says:
Dec 6, 2001 5:26 PM
Also, if this original masterpiece should become unavailable again after a time, I have provided a slightly altered rendition on my site - where the background is my homedrawn cartoon of the hills of San Francisco at night, with the original music in the background, and I speak the words (makes it faster and quicker loading). It goes in a loop continuously until you close the window. In the first loop, the audio pauses about five seconds in the middle before resuming, then is continuous on the subsequent loops.

One thing - you should page down about an inch as the ad banner at the top pushes an inch of it down off the page.


http://animatedparadise.tripod.com/bayflash/godspiel.html

johnofphilly says:
Dec 6, 2001 5:56 PM
Oh my God! I didn't mean to drag you through my whole animated site, only the interview with God rendition. By the way, each loop ends with something I added: "and then the dream ended and I awoke".

The link I put in the above message was meant to be underlined entirely, but instead it goes to the main site - at the bottom of the main site page, I put a "Click here" link to the interview with God.

Andrea says:
Dec 6, 2001 6:11 PM
Rick,

Thank you, this is just what the world needs now.....

Andrea

Edie says:
Dec 6, 2001 8:25 PM
Rick, That is just beautiful I loved it thanks for posting it. God Bless You. Edie

Larry Greenwell says:
Dec 20, 2001 8:38 PM
Rick, This is what we have been living by (GOD). Who else in this world could always be with you, God Bless, Larry and Family