lunch with the kinders
waiting for the
orange creamsicle push-up bar
frozen hard
starts to melt
all falls out
put it back in
upside down
more melting
push-up stick bends
put it back in
upside down
more melting
sticky stuff
sticky stuff
sticky stuff
everywhere
more melting
make it into
a wonderful drippy droppy orange creamsicle shake
and
enjoy.
—
“ice cream is happiness condensed.”
― jessie lane adams
with deepest gratitude.
—
“i cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy.”
-charles r. swindoll
—
image credit: pinterest, 1930s long island
just at dusk
fireflies
flit
and
a
gaggle of grandies
trying to catch up with them
fly.
—
“i began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
he taught me that if you are interested in something,
no matter what it is,
go at it at full speed ahead.
embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it
and above all
become passionate about it.
lukewarm is no good.
hot is no good either.
white hot and passionate is the only thing to be.”
― roald dahl, My Uncle Oswald
daughter and grandies take flight
—
“pilots take no special joy in walking. pilots like flying.”
-neil armstrong
“joy weathers any storm: happiness rides the waves.”
― todd stocker
kinders enjoy that perfect moment when the ball drops down.
the children run as fast as they can
to see their new playground
for the very first time.
every day should have a moment like this.
—
with time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten
but I never lost the excitement of discovery.
-paul berg
a flip-flopped family makes memories as they head to
the giant water slide event on the streets of ann arbor
—
“600 feet of sweet, slippery vinyl for you to slide away all your summertime sadness.
You’ll never look at your streets the same way again.”
– slide the city
—
find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
– emily dickinson
finding her religion
—
image credit: google images
baby j, just being.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 