Saturday, November 20, 2010

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



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.

Friday, November 19, 2010

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. ♥

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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