Thank you to the writer of Demented The Politically Incorrect Poetry Blog for nominating with and without her for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.
I am so grateful for all the bloggers out there, who share their pain, joys, and anguish, while living with dementia and/or helping someone else with their dementia.
I would like to pass this VIBA along and nominate: Creating Life With Words, My Demented Mom, With Heart and Hands, and Living in the Shadow of Alzheimer's. Thank you all for your support.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
all the mothers
I felt you all with me, all the mothers, on Wednesday. You were all there, I felt you surrounding us with your love. We were all there to witness the birth of our baby girl, my granddaughter.
Mom, you were there, I heard you crying with joy, just like me, when she was born. (I also heard you telling me to slow down in the car on the way there so I wouldn't get a speeding ticket, like you did.)
Chris, I held your daughter for you, as she labored, and whispered your love and encouragement in her ears, for you. She did such a good job. Your daughter is an awesome mommy now. You would be so proud of her.
Great great grandmother, I heard you laughing. Yes, they named her after you. It is a beautiful name. May she grow up to be a nice and loving person, just like you.
Mom, you were there, I heard you crying with joy, just like me, when she was born. (I also heard you telling me to slow down in the car on the way there so I wouldn't get a speeding ticket, like you did.)
Chris, I held your daughter for you, as she labored, and whispered your love and encouragement in her ears, for you. She did such a good job. Your daughter is an awesome mommy now. You would be so proud of her.
Great great grandmother, I heard you laughing. Yes, they named her after you. It is a beautiful name. May she grow up to be a nice and loving person, just like you.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
beautiful things
Not everything beautiful, that God has made, lasts forever.
Sunsets, warm orange, cool pinks, dusky gray, elusive green. There are certain sunsets that stay with you forever, you remember them, even though they are fleeting. A windy sunset at Lands End in San Francisco with my husband. A fire red sunset in Key West with my children. A frosty pink and yellow sunset at our new home.
The Perseid meteor shower on a warm August night.
Did you ever go to a concert, and the musicians were so connected that night, the performance was so tight, the music was so beautiful, it made you cry?
The beauty of a sand dune at the ocean.
Being at the top of a mountain with a spectacular view, and a trail of pure white snow, untouched, at your feet for skiing. The snow has never been this perfect for skiing, ever.
Fresh warm ripe strawberries, just picked, the red juice running all over your hands and chin.
A rainbow that stretches from one side of the field, all all all the way up and over, to touch down on the other side of the field.
Fireworks, I love fireworks. They are such a delight.
The bouquet of flowers from my love.
Being at Zion National Park and realizing that you are not able to drink it all in. You can't possible remember how awesome it all is, as you look around at the glory. And your sadness when you realize that you'll never return to see it. You want to just be and enjoy.
Not everything beautiful, that God has made, lasts forever.
There are so many wonderful things in this world that are only here for a very short time. The three seconds of a firework, or the brief million years of Zion National Park.
Where did these pondering come from?
Our friends lost their little son. He just got sick and died. So unexpected, so sad. He was so beautiful, so joyful, so loved... and now he's gone... like a beautiful rainbow we'll never forget.
Sunsets, warm orange, cool pinks, dusky gray, elusive green. There are certain sunsets that stay with you forever, you remember them, even though they are fleeting. A windy sunset at Lands End in San Francisco with my husband. A fire red sunset in Key West with my children. A frosty pink and yellow sunset at our new home.
The Perseid meteor shower on a warm August night.
Did you ever go to a concert, and the musicians were so connected that night, the performance was so tight, the music was so beautiful, it made you cry?
The beauty of a sand dune at the ocean.
Being at the top of a mountain with a spectacular view, and a trail of pure white snow, untouched, at your feet for skiing. The snow has never been this perfect for skiing, ever.
Fresh warm ripe strawberries, just picked, the red juice running all over your hands and chin.
A rainbow that stretches from one side of the field, all all all the way up and over, to touch down on the other side of the field.
Fireworks, I love fireworks. They are such a delight.
The bouquet of flowers from my love.
Being at Zion National Park and realizing that you are not able to drink it all in. You can't possible remember how awesome it all is, as you look around at the glory. And your sadness when you realize that you'll never return to see it. You want to just be and enjoy.
Not everything beautiful, that God has made, lasts forever.
There are so many wonderful things in this world that are only here for a very short time. The three seconds of a firework, or the brief million years of Zion National Park.
Where did these pondering come from?
Our friends lost their little son. He just got sick and died. So unexpected, so sad. He was so beautiful, so joyful, so loved... and now he's gone... like a beautiful rainbow we'll never forget.
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