Tag Archives: life

a sudden reversal of fortune.

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this was lj’s response

as i broke the news

that i’d saved him

a birthday treat

  his classmate

had brought in

 the day before

when he had been absent

rabbit the penguin

i’m sure

he imagined

a

wonderful treat

such as this

giant cupcake

as big as his head

all gooey chocolate

and rainbow sprinkles

and wonderful goodness

so

he closed his eyes tight

in giddy anticipation

and waited

protein-bar

and then

i came back

with this

 beige

healthy

granola bar

treat

gluten

wheat

sugar

dairy

nut

taste

free

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this was lj’s response

as soon as he saw it

and

took it all in

and

his eyes

got big

and

started

to

fill with water

and

his head

went down

and

it was

the letdown

of the century

food should be fun.
– thomas keller

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dare to dream.

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dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
-alfred lord tennyson

image/book credit: Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey
by Emily Winfield Martin

57, 3 , 6, 500, 399 – a fiesta of numbers.

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“all the world is birthday cake,

so take a piece, but not too much.”

 – george harrison 

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today

i celebrate

as

each of those numerals

represent something

important to me

my number of years on earth

my number of daughters

my number of grand babies

my number of posts

my number of dog years on earth

ah, but

which is which?

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“with mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”

― william shakespeare 

it’s here.

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fear and hope are alike underneath. –

richard ford

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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things that go bump in the night.

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a021081such a chilly night

that i

ran up

the stairs

 to my

cozy

loft bedroom

with the

slanted ceilings

and i

was

so happy

to be there

that i

jumped into bed

just like

in the movies

with piles of

warm soft blankets

and

pillows

waiting for me

but

 somehow

my head

went first

and i

jumped into

the slanted ceiling

instead

then i

fell into bed

holding my head

and wondering

would i

wake up?

and i

 saw a few stars

though i

 don’t have a skylight

so i

wrote down

two questions

to ask myself

to check on

 my

potential concussion

who is the president?

what is your name?

that’s what

they always ask

in the movies

but i

 forgot

to wake up

to ask them of myself

and i

forgot

to write down the answers

how

would i

ever know

if i

got them right?

all

that i

do know for sure

is

that i

woke up

with

a  giant bump

of some kind

on my head

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don’t let your head get in the way of your hearts direction…

– daniel engelbrecht

 

image credits: wbur.org, pinterest.com

let the children play.

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the most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. – albert einstein

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and

somehow it all works

i have no idea exactly how

 i am constantly surprised

and

i kind of like that 

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why is it so hard to find an exercise bike with a nice little basket where I can put my nachos?  – ron alderson

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happy national nacho day

to all of the nachos in my life

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nacho the food not the cat

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ALBERT EINSTEIN

einstein explaining the theory of nachos

you have all made my life so much better

still.

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