Loves

I walked out back to find this. Two of my loves just hanging out in the sunshine on a Saturday afternoon. It made me smile and feel blessed. Simple joys..when you look, you find them everywhere.

Big Responsibility

"Be a lamp. Be a lifeboat. Be a ladder. Help someone's sole heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd."
Not sure about you, but I don't think I have been any of these "L" words lately. This quote haunted me all during my morning errands, so much so, that when I got back to my office, I searched for it to read it once more. No less haunting...the accountability bell is ringing in my ears. Less about ME and more about THEM, whomever THEM night be.
We are all so different and yet the same. We are seeking love, acceptance, friendship. Sometimes we are the shoulder upon which someone cries and other times we are leaning on some one's shoulder. Both are good and a  necessary part of life. Shine your lamp. Make sure your boat is sea worthy. Take your ladder where ever you go. You never know when you'll need one of them!

Just Hanging Around

As you know if you read my blog, I am an avid reader. I always have a book going and get nervous when I look up and there isn't a new one waiting on the "unread" stack in my bedroom.

I saw this idea in a magazine and had to make some. I had the girls act as if they were climbing up and snapped their picture. After printing the shots, I cut them out, backed them on a piece of manila folder, laminated therm and punched a hole on top. After adding the ribbon (wish I had real tassels, but couldn't find any), it looks as if they are climbing up the page. it makes me smile every time I open my book!

Some day they are going to say "NO" to one of my crazy ideas. I hope that day is a long way off!

Spaghetti Abbey

"No one is alone eating spaghetti, it requires so much attention."  She is a funny kid who makes even simple things (like eating spaghetti) a Golden Moment. Stop. Notice. Breathe. Smile.

Falling...

"Sometimes when things are falling apart, they are really just falling into place."
I admit, I stole this from a friend's page on Facebook. I have really felt like things have been falling apart lately ~ in all areas of my life. I am now waiting for the falling into place part to occur.
Let's hope it's soon.

Silver/Gold

Remember the old song from childhood, "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold." Well, I have long said it is difficult to make friends later in life because it is too tiresome to catch them up on decades of your life and all its intricacies. We make, what I call, pocket friends. You tell them a few tidbits. You share a few stories from the past. You tell them about your life as it is right now. They get pockets of your life, but not the whole picture.Too long...too hard to tell.
I am here to say, I made a new friend. Our paths crossed in the most arbitrary way and could have easily never happened. But they did. I am convinced it is for a reason. We are close in age but, at first glance, very different. I have been married for decades with two children. She has been single most for her life with no children. She has been in the one field I have always said is definitely NOT for me ~ medical. She is from Chicago and a new transplant to CA. I am a CA gal for forever.
All these differences aside, there is something that I really like about this woman. I think she feels the same. Our chats cover a variety of topics and I find myself laughing at times and provoked to seeing things differently at other times. We both have scars from life's curve balls. We continue to pick ourselves up from the dirt, dust ourselves off and keep going.
We met each other for a reason. Can't wait to see what that reason is.
Keep going...one foot in front of the other...

Grandparent's Day

"A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz." ~Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart knew what he was talking about when he made that statement. I have been given gold. I have been given diamonds. I have been on five star vacations. Today, at the Tustin Western Little League ball field, I was treated like royalty. It was Grandparent's Day. They gave us presents (buy me some peanuts & Cracker Jack). They valeted us from our cars to the ball field in a golf cart. They fed us a great lunch prepared by all the moms. They took our picture with our little MVP.
Not sure about you, but to me, that sounds like just about a perfect day!! On top of all that, the Royals played GREAT!!! Thanks, Jack, for letting me be a part of your life.