For Today

I read this this morning and it spoke to me, because it is so very true.

"It's a good life, Honey, if you don't grow weary."  

-Alexa Woodward

It reminded me of this:

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."  

- Gal. 6:9

Sad

What I don't want my daughters to learn...

Sharing

Read this.  I love it.  That's all.

What I Learned Today...

Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" 

---Matthew 4:4

A Quote

"Wisdom is knowing what the right thing to do is.  Virtue is doing it."

---Unknown

Listening To "Brilliant Dance" On My Old "Streetlight Romance" CD

Love Them

"Every little thing wants to be loved."

---The Secret Life of Bees

1 Portland Lesson

"...nostalgia is just memory without the pain."

---Leah Kaplan

Peter's Favorite Quote Today

"Sometimes girls and monkeys think exactly alike."

---Curious George

True That!

"There's something weird about every family. That's what makes America great."

---Psych

Picking Up The Pen

I used to be a poet. That sounds grandiose, but it's not. I used to write poetry. I haven't written a poem in ages. I'm almost positive the last thing a wrote was a poem to Amaya's father. If I'm correct, that was roughly five years ago. Before that I was nearly always writing. If you want to see a few things I wrote, feel free. A lot of my writing was born out of confusion, irony, longing, joy, or sadness. I still experience those, but I guess I process them differently now. I've been mulling over trying to start writing again. We'll see what comes of it. For tonight, here is what did:

Soft rain and strong music mingle in my ears
Flirting with the silence of the night.

Already There

"It is the fool who fails to return to the place of his last happiness."

--October Road

It's So Very Beautifully, Bittersweetly True

"Maybe I'm crazy, but...when I was a little girl, my mom told me that I was always late to school. One day she followed me to see why. I was looking at chestnuts falling from the trees rolling on the sidewalk or...ants crossing the road...the way a leaf casts a shadow on a tree trunk...little things. I think it's the same with people. I see in them little details so specific to each of them that move me and that I miss, and...will always miss. You can never replace anyone, because everyone is made of such beautiful specific details."

---Before Sunset

loryme

Odd Fact About Me:
I absolutely love the confirmation words that pop up when I leave a comment on blogspot blogs. They make me smile. Who comes up with them? That is the job I want. I want to come up with those words/phrases/wonderful blurbs. To the person whose job that is I say, "Kudos! You are doing an amazing job!" They are! Leave a comment (or pretend you are going to) and see. You'll grin. It's hard not to.