Grandparents Day!

You Are Beautiful

I ran across this on the internet one day....just when I needed it and posted it in my gratitude journal. It's all in the way you look at it. See one of my previous post Wrinkles, A Gift of Life. You'll see what I mean.

Success...

"struggle is the proof that you have not yet been conquered!"

Photo by Kurt F. Brown

Happy Birthday Daddy...

I love you!



I know you love this pic. 1980

Actively pursuing a goal...

one of my life goals is to visit Italy. If I'm going...I ought to learn Italian, right?

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Lovin' Life Day!

Another one of my goals is to purge. Purge unwated items from my life. Including emotional items.

I started with a garage sale. Next step is to visit the local Salvation Army and sell & barter on Craigslist.

Need Washing?

I received an email the other day and felt the need to share it with you.

NEED WASHING??

A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Target.

We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child, came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.

The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in,

“Mom let's run through the rain,” she said.

“What?” Mom asked.

“Lets run through the rain!” She repeated.

“No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.

This young child waited about another minute and repeated:

“Mom, let's run through the rain.”

“We'll get soaked if we do,” Mom said.

“No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.

“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, “If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!”

The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes.

Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life.

“Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing,” Mom said.

Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case they got soaked.

They were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.

Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories everyday.

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.

It just happened to be raining outside as I read this. I put on my raincoat and headed outside. I needed washing. Life is Good.

Thanks so much for sharing this Cheryl I love you my friend.

I went Kayaking!

I can cross that goal of my "No Regrets" List. Actually, I wasn’t sure if I could do this because of my bum back. I thought I was going to have to cross all the physically active items off of my list... but i was told that I could let the water current do all the work. All I had to do was steer the craft.

It's Monarch Migration time here in North Texas, and the monarchs were all over the trees along the banks of this little stream at White Rock Lake. How peaceful!







What fun. I wanna go again!

Daniel Bedingfield

What I'm listening to this morning...

If Your Not the One- Daniel Bedingfield

Face my Fears & do it anyway...

I've never really feared moving to a new location. Growing up with in an Air Force family provided a wonderful opportunity to travel and experience beautiful places that most people only get to dream about. I shared many wonderful memories with my family while living in Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, Delaware and West Virginia just to name a few and all the glorious places in between as we traveled [usually by car] across the United States every 2 years. I've moved many times as an adult (generally job related) and was always excited to start a new adventure.

Recently I was faced with moving again. This time I was fearful, but did it anyway... and discovered I'm exactly where I need to be.

don't ya love it when that happens?!