may the year of the monkey
find you warm, dry, and happy.
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image credit: national geographic.com
Feb8
Tag Archives: life
Feb6
and so it goes…
down the road, i’ll probably have a kid or two or three.
and there will probably be political events or spiritual things
to comment on,
and humor.
– alanis morissette
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image credit: sweet wayfaring – nsw
Feb5
the color of winter.
the color of springtime is in the flowers;
the color of winter is in the imagination.
~terri guillemets
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image credit: ron wang, the magic onions.com
Feb3
when in doubt, hope for the best.
we went to
one of my grandie’s soccer games
his day to bring the snack
a variety pack
filled with all things crunchy and wonderful
he was really excited to share the treats
but worried
that his favorites would all be gone
i told him that it was important to offer them all
and then to eat whatever was left
but
he might be able to up the odds a little bit
by putting his favorites at the bottom of the box
that way he was more likely to have them left over
and he didn’t have to feel bad
because he had offered all of them to his team
if he was meant to have them
they would still be there
if not
it was nice of him to have shared them
i watched as he thought it over
and
carefully put his ‘puffy cheetos’ on the bottom.
after the game he shared the snacks
and was delighted to see
that amazingly
his favorites were still there.
my daughter said that this was probably
the advice he would remember most from me
not to be kind, to be fair, or to take turns
but rather,
to put your favorites in the bottom of the box,
offer them to your friends
cross your fingers
and
hope for the best.
nothing wrong with hoping for the best.
grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief
they haven’t thought of yet.
~ gene perret
Jan31
stick with love.
Jan28
the struggle is real.
my friend/great mother of 5 active young children
is at it again –
the following quote was her post
yesterday on Facebook
and i think she’s great:
“Wishing I had a fairy godmother…
Or maybe just a cleaning lady (or man).
Kids are gross.
Nobody warns how gross they can be.
Do you know what words I uttered today? –
” Who peed in the toothbrush rinse cup”?
Honestly …. The struggle is real.”
-nm
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her friend replied –
“i like that, but remember that time your twins peed in the cat litter?”
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Jan27
you wouldn’t want to move if you sat next to me on the bus. or maybe you would. – richard dawson
‘ i’d rather go by bus.” – prince charles
—
my subaru tribe
has come through once again.
after dropping my car off for service
they offered me a ride home
on their courtesy shuttle
i was happy to hop on the bus.
it was
the three of us
myself
happy driver carl
and
quiet student tim
from the university music school
bus mates through circumstance.
we struck up a conversation
i asked tim what he planned to do
after music school
he said everyone asks him that
i told him not to worry
about what people say
he’d find a way
to use what he loves
to do something he loves.
my own school, life, career
had taken many
unexpected and interesting turns
somehow
i always landed
exactly where i was meant to be.
carl said he knew someone
connected to my old career in advertising
how he liked driving the bus
how he still gets lost sometimes
how he enjoys meeting people
how the street we were driving on
has three different names.
i talked about
working with kinders
how they are so open to music
uninhibited
how they think i’m a good singer
how i still get lost a lot.
tim told us
how he loves subarus too
how writing music
playing saxaphone
makes him feel
what it was like moving here
from the east coast
how he still gets lost.
and
then suddenly
i was home.
tim said
‘you’ve really made me feel better.
i somehow feel like i’ll find my way and there’s hope for me after all.’
carl asked if i needed a ride back
i almost wished i did
it was a good 3 mile trip.
—
“you can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what’s in your heart.”
– carol ann duffy
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image credits: google.com, subaru motors
Jan26
all my children?
possibly my family holiday photo
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i had my taxes done yesterday
by a woman
who has done them
for over 10 years.
while there
as always
we talked about
all that has happened since we last met.
this time however,
when finishing up
she casually asked:
‘for some reason the i.r,s, shows that you have 25 children
and i can’ t get it to delete. any life changes since last year?’
‘nothing of that magnitude, really,
at least not that i’m aware of.
but maybe that’s what all that commotion is in the lobby?’
we always enjoy our time together
but this really kicked it up a notch.
same time next year?
absolutely.
bureaucracy has more than a few quirks
and i so appreciate her
for helping me to navigate through the crazy system
and somehow try to make some sense of it.
my 25, could make this
the best year of deductions ever!
—
‘we’ll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because,
as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.
– dave barry
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image credit: edinphoto.org
Jan23
be.
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image credit: wordables
Jan22
warm heart.
“joy weathers any storm: happiness rides the waves.”
― todd stocker
