“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it,
and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns.”
- George Eliot
Autumn Dance
November 6, 2011Sweet, Sweet Baby Boy…..
October 11, 2011
Nephews….. they give us an undeniable sense of pride and satisfaction…. Don’t they? And when they want YOU and ONLY YOU to put them in their pjs….. wow! Pretty much a free ride from here on out!
Children make you want to start life over. ~Muhammad Ali
Sweet, Sweet Love
September 7, 2011
In my daughter’s eyes, I am a hero.
I am strong an’ wise,
And I know no fear.
But the truth is plain to see:
She was sent to rescue me,
I see who I wanna be, in my daughter’s eyes.
In my daughter’s eyes, everyone is equal,
Darkness turns to light,
And the world is at peace.
This miracle God gave to me,
Gives me strength when I am weak.
I find reason to believe, in my daughter’s eyes.
An’ when she wraps her hand around my finger,
Oh, it puts a smile in my heart.
Everything becomes a little clearer.
I realise what life is all about.
It’s hangin’ on when your heart has had enough;
It’s givin’ more when you feel like givin’ up.
I’ve seen the light: it’s in my daughter’s eyes.
In my daughter’s eyes, I can see the future.
A reflection of who I am,
An’ what will be.
An’ though she’ll grow an’, some day, leave:
Maybe raise a family,
When I’m gone, I hope you’ll see,
How happy she made me,
For I’ll be there, in my daughter’s eyes.
- Written by James Slater
And Music Filled the Air….
August 30, 2011
Music is what feelings sound like. ~Author Unknown
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ~Victor Hugo
Love this song…. Annie’s Song by John Denver. Notice the beautiful sound of the flute – gives me goose bumps!
Love Defined.
August 26, 2011Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. ~Alex Haley
La, la, la, la, la, la……..
August 12, 2011Hmmmmm. One of those days. Took one kid (my third and last) to his first day of preschool orientation EVER while co-parent took kid #1 to her first day of middle school orientation. Hmmmm. So I apparently freaked out. But in a nice, calm, weird sort of way. I think that might describe me in whole…. nice, calm, weird. So I proceeded to visit every McDonalds in the northern suburbs of Atlanta and buy smurfs. Bear in mind, I don’t go to McDonalds. Ever. And I haven’t even taken my little angels to see the smurfs’ big screen debut. But I’ll be damned if we don’t have a beautiful collection of hard, plastic, blue smurfs (smurfs, smurves…. I don’t know?! Is there a plural???? Spell check is telling me there IS!!). It all started because I gave in and went to ONE McDonalds to get THREE stupid blue smurfs (smurves). And we drove away…. three unhealthy, almost plastic food happy meals later and NOT ONE FREAKING SMURF! What?!!!!! So yeah….. I drove for hours calling and visiting McDonalds because I was SOOOOO getting a SMURF! And yeah, Bite Me, America…… because I have 9 count ‘em NINE smurfs. Yeah.
This is Life.
August 8, 2011
This is what it is all about. When life seems to be sucking you in and you can’t find your way out. Stop and breathe. And look at this.
This is what it is ALL about. Don’t lose your grip. Breathe in and breathe out and feel the love take you back. This is what it is ALL about.
“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.”
- Carl Sandburg
Season Of Change
August 5, 2011
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Book of Ecclesiastes
and Pete Seeger… “Turn, Turn, Turn”
