shhh.......it's quiet

i 

love the 

morning 

quiet.

i love watching the

sunlight 

sneak 

through

the

tree branches.

i love sitting

in 

my favorite chair, 

sipping on coffee......

...coffee 

that my

wonderful

husband brews 

for me 

every morning.

i love 

the silence 

before the kids

find their way down

the 

stairs

into my warm arms.

                    

i love 

their eyes,face and hair

that introduces them to

me in

a different way

every day, 

that 

not quite awake

look. 

i hope you 

get to enjoy some

quiet 

in your 

day today.

enjoy the 

weekend.

and don't forget to

Check out the Quote of the Day

Beth.

heavy heart.....

                                                                          

...my good friend that I had written about in previous posts, 94 year old mother died this morning. It is with a heavy heart that I write this post.

It brings thoughts to my mind of the death of my Dad and the final days I was graciously allowed to spend with him.It makes me remember how time is so precious and that relationships with our parents, good or bad, has such a strong connection to who we are and what type of person we become.  I know when I was much younger I never wanted to be like my parents, but then as the "teenage know it all" cycle wore off, and I matured, I realized that  it is inevitable that some of their characteristics get carried  over to us. I believe that everyone is a "work in progress", it takes time and  life experiences to mold our individual uniqueness.

As for my good friend, as the sun sets on the life experience that you and your mother have just traveled, it is physically over, but remember your memories are never far from your heart. May your mother be in heaven with your father, her pain gone, her body at rest, her heart at peace and filled with the love of God, and the never ending love for you and your family.  You are always in my prayers. ♥

Rainbows

The day after I came home from Arizona, my oldest daughter came in to see me, her urgent voice, "Mom come out here and see this quick" had me up out of the chair in seconds to find this beautiful sign that greeted us.

        

                   A Rainbow.

What beauty, what a lovely symbol of hope. Too many days are filled with the negative aspects of life...anger, jealousy, fear, hopelessness, why is it that it is easier to be negative than positive. Positivity takes a lot of work, a minute to minute conscience effort, to be nice,pleasant to be thoughtful, kind. On this particular day it was a welcomed site, this rainbow, because I needed to know that there is Hope and this Hope showed up at my door.

Beth