Learning From My Child

I have learned much from my 11 year old. I have watched her succeed and watched her cry for not doing as well as she thought she should have done. Either way, she just keeps going. Never once saying "I want to give up my dream of singing"...she hangs onto her dream. It is not possible in her mind to ever give up. She wants to sing so she keeps singing.

It is possible in life for us to accomplish much. We will have troubles and successes.......it is important that through it all, we hang on to the dream that God planted in our hearts. If we give up on the dream, we may never know what might have been.

If we LOVE it, we should keep doing it until we succeed at it. We don't have to force it, just follow it.

Thanks Ellie being an inspiration to me. :)

Loving the sky

This photo makes me smile....I took it on Friday night.

the little rose cutting

I think when I am feeling low

I will look at this little rose cutting

try to bloom with what is there

amid stress or amid peace

even if we feel like we are

so small

we can still show beauty

we can still bloom as we grow

sometimes growing is painful

sometimes is is difficult

but this rose proves we can

produce beauty through

adversity

Stress and Peace

Stress and Peace

I don't think they

can coexist......

why can't I

always pull myself

up

and ignore stress

maybe I need to

read my previous

blog post.....

I am not feeling

peace in any form

it is absent from me

right now

live life to the

fullest even if

it sucks.....easier

said than done!

Keep Going and Believing

The dream is there

for all to see

if something happens

and you become

distracted

or

you stumble

just listen and

redirect

get back on your

path and follow

your dream!!

Nothing can stop

you

if you BELIEVE!!

Sleep Writing

I wrote something

it was all there

in my mind

it was a meaningful poem

very helpful to me

when sorting things

i would share it with

you

if only i could remember

it.....

Sleep writing.....I do it every night. I usually remember them...they write themselves really. I just watch as the words pour out. I have been sleeping better which means I am forgetting some of my mind writings...I am remembering some dreams though. :) Happiness is getting sleep....but I really wish I could remember that poem...

PS- Happy Birthday to my close friend Debby!!! Love you!!!

Having Friends

Friends

Friends are there to encourage us.

To help us when we are scared.

To love us, even though, they know us.

To be honest and real with us.

To hang in there with us....

and

To pray for us when our kids are having there tonsils out and we are freaked out!!!!

I am so thankful to all of my friends and I hope I can always be a good friend to you all. I love you all. :)

Happy Birthday Emma Colleen!!

Happy 8th bday sweet girl...we all love you!!

Happy Birthday Caraline Rose!!!!

Happy birthday!!! You are 6 today!!! We all love you bunches......

The Layer

is there a way to understand

and not have an

underlying layer of sadness

so far

I try and try

to avoid thinking

about the layer of

sadness that is with

me

It is much easier to see

others and want to

help them

because I really

don't want anyone

to feel like I have felt

and sometimes feel

what I feel leads

to understanding

but I don't know

WHY

stillness

sometimes it still hits me
no matter where I am
or what I am doing
no matter how many
people are with me
or how many aren't
maybe it will never
leave
maybe that is okay
just the way it is
for me
I can still
breathe

Happy 4th of July- We Love the USA

Enjoy the day!!!

The Organization of Writing Thoughts

Writing is like a prescription

I sit down

write what goes

through my mind

go back and read it

then I am completely surprised

that it makes sense

then I am even more

surprised

that anyone can

relate to it

but there is always

someone who

understands

this lets me know

there are others

out there like me

who write for

understanding

I pull what I write

from my heart

most of the time

buried so deep

I can't give it much

th0ught or it will

retreat again