Beautiful Goodbye

The time came.

I knew.

My friend told me I would just know when it was time.

To let her go.

It was harder than I thought, since I'd been preparing myself since summer.

But when I held her in my arms as she slipped away, it tore at my heart.

We wrapped her in a white baby blanket.

And placed her in a box to take her home.

I just had to see her one last time, and touch her soft fur.

When I opened the blanket, there she was, all curled up, sweet as a sleeping baby doe.

At peace. I knew then I could let her go.

When we first got her, she would sit on my lap and I'd ask her,

"Are you a good girl?" and then she would jump up and lick my face. Every time.

When we put the last of the dirt over her resting spot, and the red tulips were planted,

we stood in silence. And I told her

"You were a good girl."

Happiness

I wish I could invent a tool
that could be held upside
the brain
and listen in on thoughts
so I could understand more
why people think things they think
and do things they do
when they make no sense at all

Until then, I have to just wonder, and realize
that we are all different
and we don't all agree, nor do we need to

but we can still be KIND

THANKSMAS

Life is sweet.

We treasure things that are important to us.

THANKSMAS, December 11th.

Good times...

Good family!

Building On A Little Dream

In the movie French Kiss, Kate has her mantra to get her through
her fear of flying. She sings "I love Paris" and holds an
image in her mind of a "little stone cottage" that sits on a hillside
in Italy. She comes face to face with
the actual stone cottage that she had been dreaming of.

And life is sweet.

My life has taken me on many roads. I'm heading into the autumn of my life,
and I can say I've finally found my little stone cottage. We're building it, Wade & I, even
if it is currently just a little dream. Keep watching.

Life is getting good! <3

BOOK REVIEW: CHOICE the Portable 7 Habits

Stephen R. Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has come up with
a sweet little PORTABLE book that is interesting, engaging, uplifting and inspiring!

* it is by chance that I happened to find it at Powell's two days ago*

It was on the wrong shelf in the wrong area in the wrong room. POWELL'S is a HUGE bookstore on an entire city block in downtown Portland. A MUST destination if
you love books and can be lost for hours in a bookstore. That's me!

So this book called out to me. I knew I had to have it... and the price was right: $7.50. Better than a
poke in the eye, I like to say!

I teach kids all day long about making choices. How to stop and think. I knew I could use this
book with the kids I work with. But I had no idea I would use this book within a DAY
of buying it, and then again today by sharing some of it's contents with a friend
who needed this information RIGHT NOW to solve a problem.

The book is all about choices. How we have a choice in how we react to something. How we think about something. How we live. Most people believe they have little control about what life has to offer them. But life is all about choices.

This book offers a quick little read, in black and white. Only takes about an hour at the most to get from front to back. But if you want to really absorb and FEEL what this book has to offer, you should stop on each page and absorb the information. Read it over and over again. Pick pages that resonate within you. I find that I can find a page that corresponds to how I am feeling at a particular time that will help me work through that feeling.

I also use the information to pass on to others, whether it be on my blog, or my Facebook page, or in person.

A simple quote or idea can have a profound impact on a person who has an open mind.
The suggestions in this book are perfect if you are open to change or to the possibility of changing
your life for the better.

Here is a sample:

If you look at things properly, there's no need to wait for the dessert cart.
DESSERT IS EVERYWHERE.
~ Merrill Markoe

Have a look: it's worth the time! Make the choice!

www.stephencovey.com
www.stephencovey.com/usatoday

Get Low Trailer (HD)

GET LOW

I don't normally get excited to see a movie, but when I heard NPR interviewing Robert Duvall about this movie, it piqued my curiosity.

This movie is about an elderly recluse who stages his own funeral, WHILE he is living. Bill Murray acts as Duvall's funeral director. Based somewhat on a true story, it offers an interesting insight into the life of a hermit.

After hearing about the movie, I went home and looked up the trailer on YouTube, which I will include here. Now I'm sold! I can't wait for it to come out later this year.

Have a look:

SIGNS of the Dimes...and dragonflies...and dreams...

SIGNS OF THE DIMES

Signs:

Dreams

Dragonflies

Dimes

All signs pointing me in the direction of something quite lovely, and I had a feeling it was on the horizon... sure enough.. it is here. And the signs telling me that it is right.

With a grateful heart, I embrace and welcome these signs with love.