Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Best Thing I Read Today

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/05/sneaky-hate-spiral.html

This is absolutely hysterical because it is SO TRUE!!!  And, I've had this kind of day for three days in a row.  HELP!!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Kevin and Me



This is the view from my swing on my back patio.  For a really long time, I've thought, "Well, that's Kevin and me." 

And don't he look purty?  All tall and strong and fluffy cause he's already in heaven, standing watch over me.


Now take a look at me:  I seem to have collected quite a bit of sh*t in my branches (there's a good country song in there somewhere).  Years of wind blowing things my way that just stuck around and never left.


And how in the hell will I ever get up there to clean it all out?!   Not sure, but I am thinking about it.  Definitely time for some pruning, wouldn't you say?

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Return of Phoebe

I truly thought she was gone for good.  Served her purpose, moved on, or integrated with me, myself and I.

Phoebe is one of my guides.  She's the "oldest", having been with me since I was a very young child.  She came to help with sadness and she did a really great job holding onto that so I could be a "real" little girl and do little girl things.  She carried it all for me and helped me cry it all out when the hurts were too much.  She's the reason I am so strong, because she always held me up. 

Through my sometimes painful childhood.  Through the emotional devastation of my first marriage and divorce.  Through the mind-blowing pain of a second failed marriage and divorce.  I couldn't have carried on a normal life while handling all that without Phoebe.

But then I realized she had gone way overboard in order to keep me from being sad any more.  She wouldn't let me get too happy....always pointing out something negative about every situation. 

And so I banished her.  And she came back with a vengeance.  So then I had a nice long talk with her.  Thanked her for everything she's ever done for me.  And humbly asked her to take a back seat so I could drive for awhile.  And she did, like a good friend would.

But I think she snuck up on me again.  :(  I love her, but I wish she would get off my cloud for good.   Haha, clouds, again!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Clouds in my Coffee

I am obsessed with clouds.  Have been for most of my life, it seems.  Could spend hours and hours just watching them pass by overhead.  Looking for pictures in them, wondering what it all means.

Lately there are clouds in my brain, and in my heart.  I don't know why, but I cannot find my joy.  It escapes me and the harder I look for it, the more distant it becomes.  I try not to pause long enough to really think about it, because the grief for it overwhelms me.

Maybe it's just a time for resting in between adventures.  Ready for the next big thing, whatever that may be.

For now, I will just watch the clouds....maybe there'll be a message waiting in them for me tomorrow.  :)




Angel Cloud - can you see it?





Ethereal
Strange cloud coming over the dunes
Fish bones
Feathers

Friday, April 1, 2011

Love You Madly

Just like stained glass, love is fragile, delicate and easily broken if not treated with care and attention. - LFJ ♥



Loved this song from the first time I heard it. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPGKR_mLouQ

Love You Madly lyricsSongwriters: Mccrea, John;I don't want to wonder
If this is a blunder
I don't want to worry whether
We're gonna stay together till we die

I don't want to jump in
Unless this music's thumping
All the dishes rattle in the cupboards
When the elephants arrive

I want to love you madly
I want to love you now
I want to love you madly, wait
I want to love you, love you, love you madly

I don't want to fake it
I just want to make it
The ornaments look pretty
But they're pulling down the branches of the tree

I don't want to think about it
I don't want to talk about it
When I kiss your lips
I want to sink down to the bottom of the sea

I want to love you madly
I want to love you now
I want to love you madly, wait
I want to love you, love you, love you madly

I don't want to hold back
I don't want to slip down
I don't want to think back
To the one thing that I know I should have done

I don't want to doubt you
Know everything about you
I don't want to sit across the table from you
Wishing I could run

I want to love you madly
I want to love you now
I want to love you madly, wait
I want to love you, love you, love you madly

And this is SO what I'm waiting/hoping/praying/lighting candles for!  I refuse to settle for less than this.

The search continues........I will die trying.  :)

PS.  This blog was posted Tuesday, April 12 at 8:36pm.