An Original Quote

by my hubby ;)

"Red tape binds the world."

Ain't that the truth? I don't even want to begin to talk about it! Yikes! Between the Va Medical Center and the VA disability office, I could stand on my soapbox until I fall over dead!

Enough of that already....
Another one... from hubs...

"Passion without direction is a dangerous thing."

Amen!

Skechers Stop Promoting Greyhound Racing! - Scratchings-and-Sniffings

Skechers Stop Promoting Greyhound Racing! - Scratchings-and-Sniffings

Quote of the day : Pass it on

“Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. ”

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935);

associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court


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Everyone is Broken.......

.....some are just better at hiding it than others. Some of us are mended, some are not. And at this time of year, it shows.


"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
Plato
Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC)


We were driving around the other day, running errands, putzing around as we call it. Everywhere was a memory, mostly bad. At this time of year, memories of holiday traditions come back like a flood. We have your basic empty nest now. Our 22 year old lives and works on the east coast. Our 20 year old has her own place here. Our 19 year old has tasted what it's like to be on his own and is working hard to get there again {currently with his mom}. And our youngest, my almost 18 year old, is with his father in KS.

Holiday traditions tend to revolve around our children. Staying up late wrapping their gifts. Putting their crazy toys together. Trying to hide their gifts. Getting their pictures taken with Santa. buying their Christmas outfits for those crazy pictures. Even at Thanksgiving we plan the meal around their likes. We drag out the tree or go pick one with our children. Maybe we go to a movie after the big meal, or watch the game with them. As they grow up and move away, these traditions slowly dwindle and fade. But when you get divorced, these changes happen a lot faster. Suddenly, traditions are ripped away from you and shattered like wine glasses thrown against the fireplace mantle. And everywhere you go, there is a memory of a once lovingly held tradition, now gone and perhaps outgrown.

It makes me wonder how many other sad, maybe angry people we encounter on our way at this time of year who may be experiencing a very similar type of thing. Everywhere they look there are happy couples, families, children ~ but all they have are tragic, shattered memories that burn their heart and soul like a fire. What we see is a tough exterior, a grouchy old man, a crabby lady, a surly teen - but what we don't see is the brokenness on the inside. Plato was so right. We are all fighting a hard battle, every day of our existence. At this 'most wonderful time of year' let's try to cut our fellow human beings some slack, for we do not know how hard their battle truly is.

Merry Christmas!

Quote of the day : Pass it on

“We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation. ”

The 14th Dalai Lama (born 1935);



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This Lovely Place by Charlotte Siems

Another great uplifting and true! story ~ read, enjoy and pass it on!

The Thanksgiving We Almost Died

A post too good not to pass on

Making a Difference This Holiday Season from Lynn's Kitchen Adventures

Please read, enjoy and pass it on. Thanks!

~sheri

Quote of the day : Pass it on

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion; if you want to be happy, practice compassion. ”

Mary Stewbeck -


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Pass it On

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

Maya Angelou (born 1928);

Poet, dancer, producer, playwright, director, author


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Quote of the day : Pass it on

“No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save. ”

Annie Besant (1847-1933);

British theosophist, women's rights activist, writer

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a key to success

just needs to be grasped and held tightly!!!

“Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.”

Dan Millman (born 1946);

author, gymnastics world champion

Life in the Motherhood: Homemade Scrubs

Just had to share this with you!!!! Enjoy!!


Life in the Motherhood: Homemade Scrubs

My Prints Charming: Once Upon A Time

My Prints Charming: Once Upon A Time:

From : Our Big Earth

Owl Luminara

From : An Oregon Cottage:

How To Make A Canvas Log Carrier

An Oregon Cottage: How To Make A Canvas Log Carrier

Quote of the Day

“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”

J.K. Rowling (born 1965);

novelist

Man Made Card

Praying to Win a New Bed

Temper-Pedic has given a blogger friend of mine a bed to give away!!!! We have to post a pic and a "tweet" - what our bed would say if it could talk. Well, we took several pics and choose one to enter. Here's the full series....

Take 1

Take 2
{we added bribery}

Take 3

Final Choice

Tweet : "Our Sleep Number is 6P"
{2 humans + 2 cats + 2 dogs + 1 fresh P spot - thx Amii!!!}

TEst

Testing my syndication, please ignore. Thanks! ;)

Pass it On

“We are here to add what we can to, not get what we can from, life. ”

Sir William Osler (1849-1919);

Canadian physician, founding professor at Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Happiness

"There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different than
the things that we do."

-Freya Madeline Stark (British travel writer 1893-1993)

I've been featured!!!

Wow! An email appeared out of nowhere, that I had been featured on an award site! Apparently my old blog, Blesses to be a blessing had been stumbled upon, and since everything had been moved here, I will make the assumption that this one has been featured. At least that's what I told the company when I confirmed that I had added their link to my "cool spots on the web" link. I guess I should add an "awards" link now, eh? And I should really get back to blogging! I see I have three followers - Thanks so much!! I definitely need to do more to be deserving of your attention!!

Here's the link to the award ~ Blog Awards

And the link to the company that found me ~ Scrapbook Layout Ideas

Have a Blessed Day!!!

My Work is Never Done