MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, MY LIFE....: "Promise you won't forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave." ~Winnie the Pooh~

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

"Promise you won't forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave." ~Winnie the Pooh~

(lyrics to the song: "From our house to yours" by Lorrie Morgan)
When I was just a little kid
you became my very best friend,
Soon as I had done my chores,
I'd beat a path from our house to yours..
One Christmas we both asked for bikes,
One in red, one blue and white
I'll never forget that magic morn',
My first ride from our house to yours~

From our house to yours..
Twenty-one mailboxes, twenty-one doors..
For ten years or more..
It was back and forth from our house to yours..

One summer we both had a crush,
On a boy who lived down the road from us..
He liked me but he liked you more,
I watched him go from our house to yours..
I remember the day you turned thirteen,
Thought you had grown too old for me,
But I taught you make-up, you taught me boys,
We burned up the phone lines from our house to yours..

From our house to yours..
Seven numbers, twenty-one doors..
For ten years or more..
I knew way from our house to yours~

I'll never forget that awful day,
When the moving van took you away..
I cried till my eyes were red and sore,
Five hundred miles from our house to yours..
It had been a while since you crossed my mind,
Then a card in the mailbox at Christmas
time..
With an evergreen wreath on a red front door,
Saying lots of love from our house to yours~

From our house to yours..
Too many years, too many doors..
But for ten years or more..
I knew the way
From our house to yours..

ODE TO MOMS

Before I was a Mom Author - Unknown Before I was a Mom I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations. Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. *** I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night. Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. *** I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep. Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom. Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. *** I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy. *** Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom. *** Excuse This House Author- Unknown Some houses try to hide the fact That children shelter there, Ours boasts it quite openly, The signs are everywhere. For smears are on the windows, Little smudges are on the doors I should apologize, I guess For toys strew on the floor. But I sat down with my child And we played and laughed and read And if the doorbell doesn’t shine, His eyes will shine instead. For when at times I’m forced to choose The one job or the other, I’d like to cook and clean and scrub, But first I’ll be a mother. Patience Author - Unknown Give me patience when little hands, Tug at me with small demands, Give me gentle words and smiling eyes And keep my lips from sharp replies, So in years to come when my house is still Beautiful memories it's rooms may fill. What Did I Do Today Author - Unknown Today I left some dishes dirty, The bed got made around 3:30. The diapers soaked a little longer, The odor grew a little stronger. The crumbs I spilled the day before Are staring at me from the floor. The fingerprints there on the wall Will likely be there still next fall. The dirty streaks on those windowpanes Will still be there next time it rains. Shame on you, you sit and say, Just what did you do today? I held a baby till she slept, I held a toddler while he wept. I played a game of hide and seek, I squeezed a toy so it would squeak. I pulled a wagon, sang a song, Taught a child right from wrong. What did I do this whole day through? Not much that shows, I guess that's true. Unless you think that what I've done, Might be important to someone With deep green eyes and soft brown hair, If that is true... I've done my share. I Love a House That's Lived In by: Gladys Wilson I love a house that's "lived in" with clutter here and there a magazine left open a jacket on a chair a smell of something cooking a special recipe? an over eager offer of hospitality i love a house that's "lived in" it seems to stand apart for in it is a woman who has a loving heart. Toddler In The House By: Gloria Didjusto Oh my little toddler you are such a busy bee! There's marker in your ear and a bruise upon your knee. Thank you for plugging the toilet and putting a cookie in the VCR. I love the drawings on the wall and the juice spilled in the car. I guess the sofa was made for climbing and the kitchen table too. Why are you so sticky? Is it syrup, jam or glue? No, you can't cut your hair and it's yucky to eat the dog's food. Get your head out of the toilet bowl and don't trip wearing mommy's shoes. Yes, I will play dress up with you but I'm tired of playing zoo. I'm bored of cooking Mac and Cheese but I make it daily just for you. You won't eat your lunch or snack it just ends up on the floor. I'm going to the bathroom alone so please don't come and bang on the door. You keep me on my toes and you make me smile each day. Each day is never boring nor ever quite the same. Although you test my patience and the house doesn't stay clean for a day, your busy body's near me and I wouldn't have it any other way.

The Optimists Creed

Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature a smile
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

We are strong when we are united..

“A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.”
~Aesop

Children learn what they live..

July 2009

If a child lives with criticism
he learns to condemn

If a child lives with hostility
he learns to fight

If a child lives with ridicule
he learns to be shy

If a child lives with shame
he learns to feel guilty

If a child lives with tolerance
he learns to be patient

If a child lives with encouragement
he learns confidence

If a child lives with praise
he learns to appreciate

If a child lives with fairness
he learns justice

If a child lives with security
he learns to have faith

If a child lives with approval
he learns to like himself

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship
he learns to find love in the world...

"The best things in life are silly"

"Children are what the mothers are" ~Walter Landor

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.” ~Christopher Morley (American writer and editor 1890-1957)

“Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.” ~Mike Meyers

“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it's lovely to be silly at the right moment” ~Horace (Ancient Roman Poet. 65 BC-8 BC)

“If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done” ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

Children are the keys of paradise. ~Eric Hoffer

Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

There's definitely a dangerous feeling when you're in love.. it's giving your heart to someone else and knowing that they have control over your feelings.

Sometimes if you're lucky, someone comes into your life who'll take up a place in your heart that no one else can fill, someone who's tighter than a twin, more with you than your own shadow, who gets deeper under your skin than your own blood and bones.

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. ~ H. Drummond