And then it’s winter…

I wanted to share a little ditty from my inbox that I felt was appropriate today.

After a cousin shared an old photo of one of her #x’s Great-Grandmother’s 101st birthday, that had passed at age 102; with me this week it made me think.

Her Grandmother was a vibrant woman, living and loving everyday of her life. She didn’t let anything stop her. I wish that I could share her photo but its not my story to share. God bless you today and keep living life to its fullest, we can’t control what is going on around us or even to us at times, but it will come our time before we know it. You don’t want to miss a minute of it!

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And then it is Winter…
You know. . . time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.

But, here it is… the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise…How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well…seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.

But, here it is…my friends are retired and getting grey…they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me…but, I see the great change…Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant…but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we’d be. Each day now, I find that just a simple thing is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore… it’s sometimes mandatory! Cause if I don’t on my own free will… I just fall asleep where I sit!

And so…now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I’m not sure how long it will last…this I know, that when it’s over God will be there.

Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn’t done…things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I’m happy to have done. It’s all in a lifetime.

So, if you’re not in your winter yet…let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don’t put things off too long!! Life goes by so fast. So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life…so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember…and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!!

“Life” is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one.

LIVE IT WELL!

ENJOY TODAY!

DO SOMETHING FUN!

BE HAPPY!

BE THANKFUL!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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Remember “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Author unknown.

 

The lessor of the 3 evils…

As you know, I try to avoid the three evils on my blog as much as possible.
I mean, nothing gets a rise out of a person quicker than a heated debate religion, politics or sex. No pun intended; just stating a fact.

Although, my husband says that my youngest son Steven and I can’t be in the same room together for more than two minutes without starting a heated discussion (argument) about one of them, its usually always politics. With him being a scorching liberal and me (in his words) a crazed conservative.

He shocked me this year by being furious with me for refusing to vote for Ron Paul, because of his advanced years. I do respect the man, and would love to see him as someone’s advisor, but not trying to see how long he can live, holding the highest off ice in the land, without some kind of dementia from setting in. Maybe that’s just me?

Most teens want him elected since he’s for legalizing drugs. Now, I just want to have Steven drug tested. But seriously, Steven can recite more of his life, probably than he can. I chose Mitt Romney from the start, for my own reasons, and my feelings toward him haven’t changed. That being said…

Basically, we cancel each other out. This isn’t about me or my family, any political agenda, nor do I even want to start that conservation.  It’s just something to ponder.

How politically informed do you try to be? This isn’t a question about anyone’s politics, just about how much you keep up with political events (e.g., the Iowa Republican caucus). Is it something that interests you, or not so much? Are there certain websites you frequent to get information about issues/candidates?

Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts. ~ Coleman Cox

 

Tender Moments

Describe a tender moment one of your female ancestors shared with you or another family member.

Talking of love in spring,
when we first said, “I do”
Pledging our love forever
two hearts to remain true.
~ Brenda Sparkman

 

What do you have to offer?

John Denver said, “The best thing you have to offer the world is yourself. You don’t have to copy anyone else. If you do, you’re second best. To achieve success is to be first, and that’s being yourself.”

And I just happen to agree.  All I have to offer you is…

Have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year 2010.

From me to you…

Love and prayers and Welcome to the Family!

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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. ~Erma Bombeck, I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression

 

July’s Quotable Quotes

“Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely content with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is still, in spite of all, a child of God.” ~ Phillips Brooks

“A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate accomplishments.” ~ Napoleon Hill

“Freedom is not constituted primarily of privileges but of responsibilities.” ~
Albert Camus

“Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

 

June’s Quotable Quotes

“Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.” ~ Konstantin Stanislavsky

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“It still holds true that a man is mostly uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunity.” ~ Eric Hoffer

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“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” ~ Thomas Paine

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“I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.” ~ Ernest Hemingway

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“We know what happens to people who stand in the middle of the road.” They get ran over. ~ Aneurin Bevan

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“He makes people pleased with him by making them pleased with themselves”. ~ Lord Chesterfield

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“The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.” Martina Navratilova

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“There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.” ~ Maxwell Anderson

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“Happiness comes more from loving than being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again — this is the brave and happy life.” ~ J.E Buckrose

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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away?” ~ Henry David Thoreau

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“Really listening and suspending one’s own judgment is necessary in order to understand other people on their own terms… This is a process that requires trust and builds trust.” ~ Mary Field Belenky, Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind, p. 187

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“The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.” ~ Abigail Van Buren

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“We are told that talent creates it own opportunities. But sometimes is seems that intense desire creates not only it’s own opportunities, but its own talents.” ~ Eric Hoffer

An occasion is that which falls in our way, or presents itself in the course of events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of time, place, etc., for the doing of a thing. Hence, occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of sickness may give opportunity for reflection.