Category Archives: love

joy, love, peace.

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May the coming New Year bring you joy, love and peace.

愿新年为您带来快乐,友爱和宁静。

yuàn xīnnián wèi nín dàilàái kuàilè, yǒu’ài hé níngjìng.

what would bring you joy, love, or peace in the new year?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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each other.

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“people fail to get along because they fear each other;

they fear each other because they don’t know each other;

they don’t know each other

because they have not communicated with each other.”

– dr. martin luther king, jr.

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on fire.

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so much romance
at the car wash today
as this couple wandered around the lot
kissing and kissing and kissing yet again
waiting for their car to be finished
not noticing that their car
was long ago completed
and up front waiting for them.
“the kiss would have been magical I was sure,
if I hadn’t caught my marshmallow on fire and dropped it on his shoe.”
― holly hood, Ink

favorite things.

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i’m very honored to see

that i was squeezed in between

‘tacos’ and ‘fall’

as one of my grandie’s favorite things. 

life does not get better than that.

i love you too.

“every day is quite unique, which is one of my favorite things!”

-payal kadakia

our last day.

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we spent our last day together

glenn frey the cat, not the rocker

olive the cat, not the oil

and me.

glenn has taken a turn for the worse

and is quickly slowing down

resting in his favorite place

with olive refusing to leave his side

the three of us

sit in the quiet

just breathing

looking out at the signs

of the seasons changing

taking in the breezes.

i think back to his multiple rescues

his funny, crazy ways

his very loud voice

how i often spelled his name wrong

how he acted tough at first

but was really such a gentle giant

how he tried to camouflage himself in the vines and flowers

how he welcomed another rescue, tiny olive

into our little family.

in the morning

there will be

just two of us left

when we return to this room

as we say farewell

to our sweet friend, glenn frey.

even the flowers are sad.

if so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love. – leo tolstoy

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and love rules the day.

rainbows apologize for angry skies. ~sylvia voirol

poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. – robert frost

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when a kinder

in my class

asked me

to show her

how to spell

these words

it was

because

she was

writing

a

birthday card

for her

mother

and

there

could  be

no finer gift

than

this

beautiful

poem of love

she created.

food and love. all about the spice.

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happy international hot and spicy food day

january 16

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h3-oh!

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 having

 named

all of

my

3 daughters

all close in age

with

names

that

all begin

with the letter

h

has caused

me to

rarely

if ever

call them

 by their

proper name

at least

on

the first

or

the second

try

and

they’ve

all learned

over time

to just

answer

to

any of them

and

when they

all sign their cards

to me

love

your favorite daughter, h

i know i’ve done it right

one thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.

– erma bombeck

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one second.

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today is the day

one of the little guys

in our family

vanished

way too early

and

another little guy

appeared

just a few years later

on the very same day

to join our family

happy birthday

to one

and

i miss you

to the other

and

i

will always

love

 both of you

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