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Considering what we listened to yesterday, this song is just so in line. When we were young by Hollow Coves. I know right? My song selections are a little bit different from what it used to be. Let’s get to the question for the day: what happened when you were young? Nasty answers only.
Welcome! Welcome! to Daily Wisdom Words Music Prompt, the Sunday edition with a touch of seduction- those are not my words so don’t quote me. It is quite simple.
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It all makes sense now. I know why i am drawn to music even to the point that i stop to listen to good sounds when i walk in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. When all is well you can come visit. I am that boy that will give you tour of the city. Anyways, it is time to talk about a boy or a girl who loves music and poetry; a boy or girl who wants without doubt join Daily Wisdom Words Music Prompt. Are you that boy or girl?
Just a boy by Angus and Julia Stone is what we get to listen to today. The first marvel is the intro. You have to listen to it. I love this song and the lyrics… I will leave you to it.
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HAVE YOU EVER FELT THE YEARNING OF MISSING SOMEONE? YEARNING IS HARD TO DEAL WITH, HOWEVER IT IS A PART OF LIFE. LOSS OF ONE YOU LOVE IS NEVER EASY. IT IS ALSO SO DIFFICULT WHEN YOU YEARN AND DESIRE SOMEONE WHO IS A PART OF YOUR PAST.
SOMETIMES I HAVE YEARNINGS TO SEE MY LITTLE SISTER, AND THEY PHYSICALLY HURT MY HEART. I SOMETIMES BELIEVE AS I GET OLDER THAT LIFE SOMETIMES IS A TRADE-OFF. IT IS NEVER EVER GOING TO BE PERFECT AND WE MAKE TRADEOFFS. I BELIEVE THAT AS YOU GET OLDER YOUR CHOICES ARE FEWER AND FURTHER IN BETWEEN.
I LOOK AT MY PAST AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE I ONCE KNEW THAT PLAYED SUCH INTEGRAL, SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN MY LIFE. SOME OF THE PEOPLE I MISS, REMAIN A PART OF THE PAST. I CLEARLY CAN SEE THAT THEY BELONG IN THE PAST AND FOR GOOD REASON. PAIN WAS LEFT BEHIND AND LESSONS BROUGHT FORWARD. IT TRULY IS SAD THOUGH WHEN WE DO YEARN AND MISS SOMEONE FROM OUR PAST. THERE ARE A FEW KEY INDIVIDUALS THAT REMAIN ON MY MIND OCCASIONALLY BECAUSE I WAS SURE WE WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY MUST BE PART OF MY PAST.
THIS IS WHERE FAITH HAS TO COME IN PLAY. I KNOW THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN LEFT IN THE PAST FOR GOOD REASON. YET, THERE ARE STILL YEARNINGS SOMETIMES TO “CONNECT” WITH THE PAST AND THE MEMORIES I MADE WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SO HARD AND PAINFUL TO LEAVE BEHIND. LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSTER MEANING OF YEARNINGS AND THE DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION.
WEBSTER DEFINITION OF YEARNING-1. TO WANT SOMETHING STRONGLY. 2. TO HAVE A STRONG, OFTEN SAD LONGING.
DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION: TO FEEL PITY OR SYMPATHY OR SORRY FOR YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE SOMEONE YOU MISS.
THERE ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT BLEND INTO THE PAST AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WE HAVE A HARDER TIME LEAVING IN THE PAST. WHEN WE THINK OF MEMORIES OF THE PAST, WE CAN STILL REMEMBER THE SOUND OF THEIR VOICE, THE WAY THEY SMELLED, DRESSED, ACTED TOWARDS US, AND IT ALL SEEMS LIKE A DREAM OF PERFECTION. HOWEVER, IN REALITY, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE MAY MISS, AND PHYSICALLY “HURT” WHEN WE THINK OF THOSE WE YEARN FOR, THEY ARE IN OUR PAST FOR A REASON. THEY KNOW THIS TOO IN THEIR OWN WAY, WHICH IS WHY YOU DON’T OFTEN HEAR FROM THE ONES WE YEARN FOR. TO YEARN FOR MEANS TO STILL DESIRE.
YES I HAVE HAD THESE FEELINGS SO INTENSELY THEY HAVE CAUSED ME TO CRY IN MISERY THAT THEY MUST REMAIN WHERE THEY ARE NOW. JUST AS OUR LIFE GOES ON, SO DOES THEIRS. OUR LESSON IN ALL OF THIS IS TO ACCEPT THOSE WE YEARN FOR THAT WE AREN’T WITH AS FATE WATCHING OUR BACK, BUT THERE ARE STILL THOSE THAT ARE GONE FOR REASONS NEVER UNDERSTOOD. THANKS FOR READING ABOUT YEARNINGS TODAY. WE ALSO YEARN FOR THOSE WE LOSE TO DEATH BUT WE MUST BELIEVE IT WAS THEIR TIME TO GO, AND THEY DID NOT LEAVE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. SAMANTHA
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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOTHER’S OUT THERE……………
5/9/2027
Nothing more priceless than a Mother. I think of my Mom and always my heart warms. I am a very analytical person, and watch for examples subconsciously I am still learning from my mother. She is an example her daughters and her son Carl wish to see. She lost her daughter and yes, my sister this past year. There is a first for everything, and sadly, this will be her first Mother’s Day without Jenny. Jenny and my mother talked daily and remained so close despite the distance. During 2019 and 2020, my mom visited her while my baby sister suffered with head and neck cancer, called squeamish cell carcinoma. I hate that name and wish I could wipe it away but life and reality doesn’t work like that.
Jenny was a beautiful mother herself, and she left behind two beautiful girls, my nieces, Luma and Isabella. Today should be joyful, and my sister should still be here well and happy spending Mother’s Day with her daughters.
I think of how many mothers are gone due to Covid-19, yet am still overwhelmed with grief and tears when I think of Jenny. My mother I am sure, is having a very hard time today, but she is so strong, and will put a smile on her face and celebrate it with me, my son and daughter-in-law and Jay, my children’s dad and yes, her beautiful new great grandson, Logan James.
Just to update you all, two baby boys arrived within 24 hours over the past week. Technically Easton, my daughter’s beautiful boy she is a mother to, was born early evening and 10-12 hours passed when I received the news of my son and daughter-in-laws bundle of joy having been born, Logan James. Their birthday’s are officially one day apart but it all blurred together for me. I knew my daughter would be okay along with baby, but couldn’t help but worry about my daughter-in-law who ended up with a medical issue and baby one month early. She is fine and home now with baby as of today, thank God.
My mother would want me to o dedicate this first Mother’s Day without Jen to her and that is what I want to do. I want everyone out there to know just how special she was in so many ways especially as a mother. Jen had such wisdom and basically raised her girls alone. She did it all. She was a mother, daughter, sister, and friend to so many. My heart bleeds for her girls today. They don’t have a dad there to help them through. My sister was one efficient individual. She did it all. I look back and wonder how she did what she did which was a miracle in itself and she did it all so well.
Her first child, a beautiful girl, Hillary, died six days prior to her third birthday. My sister just about lost it for good, but was strong enough to love again and gave birth to two beautiful girls who she worried sick about 24-7 and loved so very much. I won’t pretend to be able to feel my mother’s sadness or grief. I won’t pretend to be able to feel how my nieces feel. I can only hope with faith, love and time, we will be close and in some way I can give to them some comfort as their Aunt.
I think it very important to acknowledge Mother’s Day from both angles. This would be how I feel about my own mother who I love and completely treasure and honor. The loss still hurts too much for me, so I won’t pretend to get how she feels or my nieces pain. I do know how sad they must feel this first Mother’s Day without her. The loss is still too great for us all. I wrote a poem I shared on facebook and instead of anger and blame, I choose to see this differently. God does give us choices and I choose to remember how bright her blue eyes were and how she lives on in both my nieces in their beauty and grace.
I want to wish every mother in the world a Happy Mother’s Day and remember what is, and the good in what was. I hope my children know my love for them. They both amaze me is so many ways. I want you, Mom, to make a choice to remember the happiness we all shared from very different perspectives.
Happy Mother’s Day Mom. There simply are NO words that can express my love for you and I am so very sorry I am short on the phone and I will do my best to try harder because life is just “too short”. YOU are so loved MOM and still are by your baby girl. The things in Life we can’t see hold the most beauty. Love is my first choice. I love you with all my heart. Thank you so very very much, Mom.You truly make life worth living and set an example as the kind of mother I can only hope to be. I appreciate you and treasure you and the times together we share.
Your daughter, Samantha. “We will remember you forever Jen and all the beauty and love you brought each of us”. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY “THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GIFTS YOU GIVE WE CAN’T SEE “
“Mom, thank you for showing us what being a wonderful Mother means by examples you set for us over the years”
2027 “Happy Mothers Day Mom….I find myself wordless when I think of how much I love you”
“The examples set through actions, kindness and traditions I thank you for, though love and selflessness are devotion, you show us what it means to be a wonderful Mom, I am thankful and will always will be. Remember, the most “beautiful things in this world are the things we can’t see” I love you so very very much to the moon and back. Your daughter, Samantha
It was really about how the valuable memories of a person- living or dead- has great value than the actual person. You think it’s weird, right? It may be but that is what I felt.
As weird as it may seem or sound to you right now, I still cannot say that the feel I had is mutual. That would be very illogical. You may have your own contrary opinion.
I’d like for you to preen at the lines and tell me what you think about it.
Most times memories
become valuable
than people
even when
they live.
Longevity: How can we achieve it?
MERRY CHRISTMAS-EVE! BECAUSE OF FAMILY IN TOWN, I WON’T BE POSTING TOMORROW! CHRISTMAS-EVE IS SO SPECIAL TO ME STARTING WITH MY OWN CHILDHOOD. MY MOTHER, ALTHOUGH WE WERE CERTAINLY NOT RICH, ALWAYS MADE CHRISTMAS SO SPECIAL FOR US. I WAS VERY VERY CLOSE WITH MY LITTLE SISTER, WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW DIED THIS YEAR FROM ORAL CANCER PASSING AWAY ON JUNE 27TH, 2020.
AS KIDS, WE CONSTANTLY PLAYED TOGETHER. WE WERE QUITE CREATIVE! WE WOULD WRITE PLAYS ACTING THEM OUT, AS EARLY AS 6 AND 9 YEARS OF AGE, MAYBE EVEN EARLIER. WHAT SEPARATED JENNY AND I AS I CALLED HER, WAS AN AGE DIFFERENCE OF JUST OVER 3 YEARS, 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS, TO BE EXACT. IT DIDN’T MATTER. WE GOT ALONG SO WELL AND THE MEMORIES MADE ARE FOREVER IN MY HEART. I WILL HOLD EVEN TIGHTER TO THESE MEMORIES WITHOUT HER THIS FIRST CHRISTMAS. WE PLAYED SCHOOL, AND I WAS THE TEACHER! WE HAD GIRLS THAT LIVED NEXT STORE TO US THAT OFTEN CAME OVER TO PLAY AS WELL, MAKING OUR CLASSROOMS AND PLAYS EVEN LARGER. IT IS SO FUNNY HOW WE COULD CREATE SO MUCH..EVEN THOUGH WE WERE HALF-SISTERS, (WHICH I DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL I WAS 11 YEARS OF AGE), WE WERE SO CLOSE. AS WE GREW UP, WE WOULD HAVE PERIODS OF SEPARATE INTERESTS STARTING WITH ME IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AT THAT TIME, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE WAS HELD AT A SEPARATE SCHOOL. AT THE END OF YOUR SIXTH GRADE, YOU WERE MOVED FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS. THIS ENCOMPASSED SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE FOR ME, AND THIS WOULD BE WHEN JENNY AND I TEMPORARILY HAD DIFFERENT INTERESTS. HONESTLY, I ALWAYS FELT DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE. I FELT INSECURE, AND AWKWARD, BEING TALL AND CHUBBY OR SO I THOUGHT. THE FRIENDS I HAD WERE THE GIRLS NEXT STORE WHO WERE SISTERS THEMSELVES. ONE OF THEM WAS A BULLY AND WEEKLY, SHE WOULD BEAT ME UP, ABUSE ME AND I LIVED IN FEAR OF HER. THE OTHER SISTER WAS MY BEST FRIEND, AND MY SAME AGE. THEY ALSO WERE HALF-SISTERS IRONICALLY.
OUR HOME IN PHOENIX WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO WALK TO SCHOOL ALL OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. MANY ISSUES I HAD DID HAVE TO DO WITH SHELLY, THE OLDER SISTER NEXT STORE. ON THE WAY HOME, SHE WOULD OFTEN BEAT ME UP. KAREN, WHO WAS MY BEST FRIEND, REALLY DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS. SHELLY WAS OLDER, AND KIND OF RULED THE ROOST THROUGH INTIMIDATION. SHELLY WOULD TAKE MY LUNCH OUT OF MY HANDS, AND IF I HAD ANYTHING SHE WANTED, SHE WOULD TAKE IT. THEY WERE FINANCIALLY BETTER OFF THAN US, SO OFTENTIMES I WOULD FIND MYSELF SCRAPPING UP LOOSE CHANGE AROUND THE HOUSE. ONE YEAR WHEN I WAS ELEVEN, I SAVED ALL YEAR THROUGH FOR CHRISTMAS. JENNY AND I WERE BOTH SAVING EVERY PENNY WE COULD DOING ANYTHING WE WERE ABLE TO EARN MONEY. I WANTED EVERYONE THAT YEAR IN MY FAMILY TO HAVE NICE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. I MENTIONED TO KAREN, SHELLY’S LITTLE SISTER, I HAD SAVED $90 ROUGHLY AND SOMEHOW SHELLY FOUND OUT. WE HAD AN OPEN DOOR POLICY WITH SHELLY AND KAREN. ONE DAY, WHEN THE FAMILY WAS GONE, RIGHT AFTER SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH KAREN, MY MONEY WENT MISSING ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE NOT HOME. I KNEW SHELLY HAD TAKEN IT, BUT WAS AFRAID TO SPEAK UP FOR MYSELF. WHAT I DID NOT KNOW IS YEARS OF THIS, STUFFING MY FEELINGS HAD BUILT UP INSIDE ME. ONE DAY IN EIGHTH GRADE, SHELLY BEGAN THE USUAL BULLYING. I FINALLY STOOD UP TO HER, AND INSTEAD OF HER BEATING ME UP, I BEAT HER UP AND SHE NEVER TOUCHED OR ABUSED ME AGAIN. THIS GAVE ME LONG OVERDUE CONFIDENCE AND BY THE TIME I WAS A FRESHMAN STARTING HIGH SCHOOL I WAS STRONGER WITHIN. I WAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER KIDS, ESPECIALLY BEING A VERY SENSITIVE CHILD. I STARTED TO EMBRACE MY UNIQUENESS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND BECAME FRIENDS WITH SOME VERY POPULAR PEOPLE. THEY ALWAYS SAID HI TO ME AND I WOULD BE SO HAPPY I WAS MAKING NEW FRIENDS, ALTHOUGH KAREN AND I REMAINED CLOSE. I WAS PRETTY WELL LIKED IN MY JUNIOR-SENIOR YEAR AND MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS A “HUMOROUS” PERSON. I LOVED IT AND BECAME QUITE THE HAM.
EVERY YEAR AT CHRISTMAS TIME, JENNY AND I WOULD REBOND. WHEN I WAS 15, I MET MY FIRST SERIOUS BOYFRIEND, ROD. MY FAMILY DID NOT CARE FOR HIM. MY MOTHER WENT SO FAR AS TO RESTRICT ME FROM SEEING HIM. JENNY KNEW EVERY SINGLE PERSONAL DETAIL ABOUT ME, AND NEVER ONCE SHARED THEM WITH ANYONE ELSE. I DEVELOPED AN UNDYING TRUST WITH HER. WHEN I WAS A SENIOR, JENNY WAS A FRESHMAN AT THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAD A MATURITY ABOUT HER AND LIKE TO HANG WITH MY FRIENDS RATHER THAN OTHERS HER OWN AGE. THEY LOVED HER. MY BEST FREIND IN HIGH SCHOOL OTHER THAN JENNY WAS SHELLY. SHELLY ALSO BECAME CLOSE WITH JENNY, BUT EVERY CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SEASON, DESPITE ANY IRRITATION WITH FROSH JENNY, WE BONDED ONCE AGAIN. WE HAD TIME OFF FROM SCHOOL FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND I WOULD TELL HER EVERY SORDID DETAIL ABOUT ROD, THE BOY I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SEEING!
WE HAD A WINDOW AND SHARED A BEDROOM WITH A BIG WINDOW LOCATED RIGHT OUTSIDE TO OUR BACKYARD DIRECTLY BY A FENCE WE BOTH COULD CLIMB. I BEGAN LYING TO SEE ROD. JENNY NEVER LET ME DOWN. SHE NEVER SHARED EVEN ONE SECRET WITH MY MOM. WHEN SHE WAS 13, SHE HAD HER FIRST SERIOUS BOYFRIEND, AND BEGAN SNEAKING OUT THE SAME WINDOW TO SEE HIM, CLIMBING THE FENCE, AND I RETURNED THE FAVOR ALTHOUGH I TOLD HER, “STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOW. JENNY! IT WILL LEAD TO TROUBLE. SHE WAS OBSTINATE JUST LIKE ME AND NOTHING I SAID OR DID, MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. WE BOTH BROUGHT PLENTY OF TROUBLE TO HOME DURING THOSE YEARS. ALTHOUGH I APPEARED IRRITATED SHE’D HANG WITH MY OLDER CROWD, I LOVED IT INSIDE. JENNY WAS FULL OF LIFE AND DIVERSITY, MUCH MORE SECURE WITH HERSELF THAN I WAS, AND EVERYONE LOVED HER THEN AND NOW, UNTIL THE DAY SHE DIED IN JUNE THIS YEAR.
MY SISTER AND I TOOK DIFFERENT PATHS AFTER MY LAST YEAR AT HIGH SCHOOL AS I CHOSE TO GO TO COLLEGE TWO AND A HALF HOURS AWAY FROM HOME AND SHE STAYED IN PHOENIX ATTEND ARIZONA STATE FOR A WHILE. HER PASSION FOR ACTING, SINGING, AND FAMILY REMAINED. SHE MADE FRIENDS SO FAST AND HAD SO MANY THEN UP TO HER DEATH. HOWEVER, WE ALWAYS BONDED AT CHRISTMAS TIME WHEN WE BOTH CAME HOME OVER CHRISTMAS. WE WOULD SIT AND TELL SECRETS IN OUR OLD ROOM MY MOTHER LEFT EMPTY AND BOND. STILL MY MOTHER MADE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL FOR ALL OF US. I PROMISED MYSELF WHEN I HAD MY OWN FAMILY I WOULD DO THE SAME. I DID. JENNY ULTIMATELY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AFTER HER FIRST MARRIAGE AND DEATH OF HER BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL, HILLARY. HILLARY WAS THREE WHEN SHE DIED OF SIDS AND UP UNTIL HER FINAL DAY OF LIFE, HILLARY WAS TAKEN WITH HER IN MEMORY AND HEART. JENNY BEGAN STAYING IN LOS ANGELES OVER CHRISTMAS, BUT TWICE OR MORE A YEAR WE WOULD HAVE A SISTER’S VISIT.
IF I HAD AN ISSUE, JENNY WAS THE ONE I TURNED TO. SHE WAS AN “OLD SOUL” AND VERY WISE. I ALWAYS KNEW IN MY HEART SHE COULD BE TRUSTED. NEVER ONCE DID SHE LET ME DOWN WITH ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND TRUST. LIFE HAS EVOLVED, HER HAVING TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, MY NIECES, AND MY CHILDREN GROWN WITH MY DAUGHTER LIVING OUT OF STATE IN IDAHO. MY BEST MEMORIES WERE OF CHRISTMAS EVE, AND I AM EMBARRASSED TO SHARE I STILL SORTA BELIEVED IN SANTA UNTIL I WAS ELEVEN. WISE “JENNY” FIGURED THE TRUTH OUT LONG BEFORE THAT BUT THE HOLIDAYS BROUGHT US CLOSE ONCE AGAIN. I DIDN’T MEAN TO WRITE A NOVEL, BUT MY HEART TOOK ME TO THESE MEMORIES. I MISS AND LOVE HER SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MOM FOR ALL YOU DID TO GIVE US THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES WE HAVE OF CHRISTMAS AND ALWAYS HAVING TRADITIONS AND FOLLOWING THEM. YOU TRULY ARE BEYOND AMAZING, AND I LOVE YOU SO SO SO MUCH. YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ONLY A MOTHER, BUT A BEST FRIEND. GOD BLESS YOU FOR ALL YOU GIVE AND HAVE GIVEN OF YOURSELF. I WILL FOREVER BE IN GRATITUDE YOU GAVE US ONE ANOTHER, AND PUT A FAMILY TOGETHER LIKE GLUE. YOU ARE STILL HERE AND FOR THIS I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL.
FROM MY HEART TO YOURS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND REMEMBER WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT. FIRST, THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST. BUT SECOND, THE MOMENTS IN TIME THAT WILL REMAIN FROZEN IN TIME IN A CAPSULE OF LOVE WITH FAMILY INCLUDING YOU. THIS LOSS HAS AFFECTED ALL OF US IS SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. JENNY, I WILL LIGHT A CANDLE IN HONOR OF YOU TODAY. MAY YOU REST WITH THE ANGELS AND WATCH OVER ALL OF US. YOU BROUGHT LOVE, LIFE, HAPPINESS, JOY AND HUMOR BUT MOSTLY YOU BROUGHT ENDLESS LOVE FOR ALL OF US. I THANK YOU MY LITTLE SISTER FOR ALL WE HAD. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE AND TRADITIONS CONTINUE ON WITHIN OUR FAMILY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND I DO LOVE MY MEMBERS AND TEAM WHO DESERVE AN EXTA SPECIAL THANK YOU AND LOVE ALL AROUND. THANK YOU TWITTER, FACEBOOK WRITERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OR WHO ARE NOT. MUCH LOVE AND MANY BLESSINGS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU…SAMANTHA
Hi guys,
I saw this picture and it brought memories of how I used to play with sand and try to make things out of it.
Though mine wasn’t this beautiful but I made something that looked like it.
Let’s talk about it today.
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”
-Steve Jobs
In my last two articles, I provided a brief history and an introduction of what Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS) exactly is. In this concluding part, I’ll provide feedback from both people I interviewed as well as people who were quoted publicly on whether DNRS proved to be beneficial to them.
Hello beautiful people of this amazing writing community,
How are you doing today? I’d like you to listen to this amazing song. I’m sure you’ll relate to it very well.
-Listen to song
-Compose a poem inspired by song
-Share with us
MEMORIAL OF JENNIFER GYPSY KEIM ON DWW MUSIC PROMPT.
By now, I know most of know who GYPSY KEIM was and I’m sure it has been registered by our minds.
Before we continue with the memorial of GYPSY KEIM on DWW MUSIC PROMPT, I’d like to, on behalf of her family, appreciate everyone who participated in the memorial yesterday.
This is another day and I’d like to admonish all and sundry to seize this moment by, once again, keeping the memory of GYPSY KEIM.
We’ll do this by;
-Listening to the song
-Composing a poem inspired by song
-Sharing with us via comment box below.
NOTE: You’ll have to subscribe to DWW if you want to participate. Lifetime membership is $10.
Let’s keep the memory of our late sister, daughter, wife, mother, friend and singer.
MEMORIAL OF JENNIFER GYPSY KEIM ON DWW MUSIC PROMPT
Mother, singer, songwriter, daughter, wife, sister, friend. My sister was blessed with it all. She could sing, parent, and work as a paralegal, baking a cake with her kids all in one day. (Oh, she could even manage to write and sing on weekends too!!). She never ceased to amaze me. She marred during the past few years of her life, the love of her life.
Getting back to her beginning her music career. She changed her name from Jennifer to Gypsy when she was 21 years old and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in music. She was the mother of three amazingly beautiful girls. She tragically lost her first girl Hillary Rose Brower three days shy of her third birthday. Hillary passed away from SIDS. ( Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).
Jenny was what I always called her. I went to visit her in L.A. a few times but never saw her, enough. Please learn this lesson from me. Treat your loved ones with kindness, care and tell them how much you love them as often as you can. Sadly, we all have an expiration date. We never know when that might be for anyone including ourselves. As Jenny would say, “love yourself, Sammy”.
Samantha LeBoeuf Sammy-Jo to my sister. I will love and miss her every second of every day. I was fortunate to be at her bedside when she passed at just 52 years old from Cancer. Treasure your loved ones always. She truly was someone exceptional and amazing. She also was stunningly beautiful. Her heart and soul alive at all times until she was struck with this horrid disease.One huge blessing finally happened for her towards the end of her life. She reconnected with an old friend who turned out to be someone far more special She feel madly in love and Gregory Keim who became the love of her life. They developed most of their relationship FaceTiming and Gregory, not wishing to waste any more of his or her time asked her to marry him. they married soon after. There was a magic between the two of them and they made the most of the short time they had creating many wonderful memories. When she was diagnosed with head and neck cancer, he was then first to stand beside her. He took care of her, sometimes sleeping on the floor of a hospital room just to be near her. He was there when she passed. He was there through all of it. Her feeding tube, her pain, and the loss of her voice as part of her treatment b when the doctor had no choice but to remove part of her tongue. He was there until the end. He will always be a part of our family. He felt she was worth it and she truly was.
God bless you all and those you love.-SAMANTHA LEBEOUF
“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.”
-James O’Barr
In the past, I’ve written two articles on dealing with a death of a loved one. As you might know by know, our dear founder of this site Samantha, just recently lost her sister to cancer. Hence, I am reposting both those articles in this post and dedicating it to her.
PART 1
We all go through periods of grieving the loss of loved ones.
It’s inevitable that those periods will cause us pain.
But in the long run, we almost remember to cherish our memories with those that are gone.
If the ones who departed were truly close to us, they too would perhaps want the same.
So when you deal with loss, cry a little and mourn a little.
But smile afterward at the thought of having such a special relationship with the person who’s gone.
PART 2
In a previous post, I had talked about dealing with deaths of loved ones. To summarize that post, I had written about how to keep loving the person that’s gone. I would like to expand on that thought a litte more today.
I’ve always believed that souls do not die, only bodies do. And having loving memories of the deceased keeps them alive, spiritually.
That said, we do have to learn to accept that they will never be with us again physically and that can be difficult to cope with at times.
A few years ago, I lost my fiancee to a horrific tragedy. Everybody around me kept telling me to think of the good times with her and how much joy she brought in my life. In the long run, however, that proved to be somewhat of a conflict for me.
I would stare at her picture sometimes and reminisce for hours. The problem was coming back to reality because each time I did so, she was no longer there.
After speaking about this matter to several people, including a therapist who I am still in touch with till this day, I learned how to cope with it with embracing a specific ideology:
The intangible is as powerful and meaningful as the tangible. The lack of being able to touch something or someone does not devalue their presence in our lives.
Admittedly, this takes time to embrace or even believe it, especially if you’re not a particularly spiritual person.
But this doesn’t just apply spiritually. Due to technology, the world is getting smaller and smaller. We now interact with people all over the world who we may never see in person.
The Daily Wisdom Words website itself is potpourri of wonderful writers and poets most of whom have never interacted face to face. And yet, the result is beautiful.
If we learn to accept that a physical presence is not always necessary, it can give us solace both spiritually and practically.
How do you deal with the loss of a loved one? Do you miss their physical presence? Do you feel them around you spiritually? Give your opinions by commenting below on our secure servers.
LAPSES WILL BE OUR DAILY WISDOM WORD TODAY. WHAT ARE LAPSES AND HOW DO THEY APPLY TO US? WE WILL LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF LAPSES AND WHY THEY OCCUR. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, HOWEVER, LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORD, “LAPSES” IN OUR WEBSTER DICTIONARY AND DAILY WISDOM WORDS DEFINITION.
WEBSTER DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF LAPSES-1. A TEMPORARY FAILURE OF CONCENTRATION, MEMORY OR JUDGEMENT. 2. AN INTERVAL OR PASSAGE OF TIME.
DAILY WISDOM WORDS DEFINITION OF LAPSES-THOSE MOMENTS THAT ARE LOST TO TIME ITSELF. THE PERIOD OF TIME OF THESE MOMENTS.
LAPSES ARE QUITE COMMON AND NORMAL IN MOST OF US. THERE ARE THOSE EXCEPTIONS WHEN LAPSES ARE A SIGN OF A MEDICAL CONDITION SUCH AS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE OR MENTALLY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS WHO DO SO IN CONNECTION WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS SUCH AS DEMENTIA. DEMENTIA OR FORGETTING THINGS AS YOU GET OLDER IS NORMAL TO SOME DEGREE. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IS A DISEASE THAT CANNOT BE CURED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
LAPSES OCCUR WITH ME WHEN I DAYDREAM, NOT SO OFTEN ANYMORE. I HAVE GONE FROM BEING AN OPTIMISTIC PERSON WHO SUFFERS WITH BOUTS OF DEPRESSION TO A REALISTIC INDIVIDUAL AS I GET OLDER. IT IS HARD TO REMAIN OPTIMISTIC, WHEN WE GAIN KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM ABOUT LIFE. I AM 55 YEARS OLD. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH ILLNESS AND TRAGEDIES MYSELF, AND WATCHED OTHERS HURT WITH LOSS AND SICKNESS. IT TAKES A TOLL ON OPTIMISM. LAPSES WITH ME BEING IN A CONSCIOUS STATE OF MIND, DON’T OCCUR. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE LAPSES WHEN I LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT OR DAYDREAM. I HAVE A TENDENCY TO JUMP FROM ONE SUBJECT OR ANOTHER WHEN I AM COMMUNICATING WITH ANOTHER PERSON I FEEL CLOSE TO. IT DRIVES MY FRIENDS MAD, BECAUSE I WILL, AFTER CHANGING THE SUBJECT TO A NEW TOPIC, THAT CAME INTO MY HEAD, GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS TOPIC. I WILL ALWAYS END UP ASKING WHOMEVER I AM HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH, “WHERE WAS I”?. THIS IS ALSO A FORM OF LAPSING BECAUSE I NEED TO BE REMINDED WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT PRIOR TO THE LAPSE FREQUENTLY.
NEVER HAVE I HAD AS MANY LAPSES AS THE PAST FEW MONTHS. CHUNKS OF TIME PASS, AND BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR TO STAY HOME, AS TIME HAS PASSED DURING THIS “STAY AT HOME” ORDER, I AM FORGETTING WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS OR WHAT THE ACTUAL DATE IS. I EVEN HAVE A LATE PAY ON A CREDIT CARD TO PROVE THIS, BECAUSE I JUST SKIPPED MAKING MY MARCH PAYMENT AND IT IS NOW APRIL, I THINK, (NO, I AM KIDDING). I
NEVER HAVE WE SEEN AS MANY LAPSES TO OUR ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES AS I WITNESSED OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS. WE HAVE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY UNEMPLOYED. I BELIEVE I JUST HEARD OVER 500,000 INDIVIDUALS FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS.
I CHOSE THE WORD, LAPSES DELIBERATELY IN REFERENCE TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY. THERE IS SUCH A THING AS “DELIBERATE LAPSES.” I COULD NOT HELP BUT NOTICE THERE WERE MANY TIMES DURING THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL THAT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS HAD WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE, DELIBERATE LAPSES. WHEN SOMEONE USES DELIBERATE LAPSES CAN LEAD TO A LAPSE IN JUDGEMENT. I HAVE ALSO FOUND BY SIMPLY OBSERVING NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION, THAT DELIBERATE ACTS OF DECEIT SEEM TO FOLLOW. WE ALL HAVE LAPSES IN JUDGEMENT THAT ARE ACCIDENTAL SO I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THIS AND SHARE WITH YOU IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES I LISTED ABOVE TO HAVE TEMPORARY LAPSES WITH OUR THOUGHTS AND LOSE TRACK OF TIME, SPACIAL LAPSES, AND ACCIDENTAL LAPSES IN JUDGEMENT. THIS IS NOT WHAT I AM REFERRING TO.
PLEASE DO ME A FAVOR, AND SHARE WITH US A TIME WHEN YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS LAPSED, OR YOUR MEMORY TEMPORARILY. THERE IS A PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE EXPLANATION FOR THESE ACCIDENTAL LAPSES. I WANT TO SHARE ONE LAST EXPERIENCE WITH YOU REGARDING AN ACCIDENTAL LAPSE I HAD WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER. I HAD MY DAUGHTER WITH ME AND SHE WAS STILL IN A CAR SEAT. SHE HAD AN EAR INFECTION AND THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS COOL ENOUGH NOT TO WORRY ABOUT HER GETTING OVERHEATED WHILE I RAN IN TO PICK HER PRESCRIPTION. I WASN’T GONE LONGER THAN FOUR MINUTES. I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE MY CAR DOOR DIGGING IN MY PURSE TO FIND MY CAR KEYS TO UNLOCK THE DOOR. I NEXT REMEMBER NOT FINDING THEM IN MY PURSE AND LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW AT THE DRIVER’S SEAT IN THE WINDOW. A SPARKLING KEYCHAIN WITH MY HOUSE AND CAR AN SPARE KEY TO MY CAR HUNG ON THE CHAIN.
I SIMPLY FROZE! I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND CELL PHONES WERE COMMONLY NOT CARRIED AMONG US IN THIS TIME PERIOD. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN I WAS FORTUNATE TO FIND SOMEONE NEARBY WILLING TO HELP ME BY BEING ABLE TO USE HIS CAR PHONE. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WITHIN TWO MINUTES THEY ARRIVED AND WITHIN ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES UNLOCKED MY CAR. MY DAUGHTER WAS JUST STARTING TO WAKE UP AS I SWUNG OPEN THE DOOR AND TOOK HER OUT OF HER CAR SEAT HOLDING HER TIGHT. YES, THERE ARE ACCIDENTAL LAPSES IN MEMORY AND THERE ARE DELIBERATE LAPSES WHICH ARE USED TO BUY TIME FOR AN ANSWER OR DECEIVE US. IT IS EASY TO FORGET WHAT WE HEAR ON NEWS ONE DAY, AND IT DOES APPEAR TO ME THAT OUR PRESIDENT CHANGES COURSE VERY OFTEN. IT IS BEST TO PROTECT OURSELVES WE DOCUMENT THOSE KIND OF LAPSES.
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Have you ever experienced Deja’ Vu? Have you ever been to a place that seems familiar to you, but you know you’ve never been there before? Have you ever met someone you have felt you’ve known all of your life yet you just met them? If you have felt either of these things, you’ve experienced Deja’ Vu. Deja’ Vu isn’t uncommon. Most of us have felt it at some point or another. There are many people that believe Deja’Vu is really coming from an experience we have actually had. They believe that we have many different lives, and although the person may not have experienced Deja’Vu in this lifetime, they have been another person in another life who has experienced this real memory from another life. Before going any further, we will take a look at the meaning of Deja’vu from our Webster Dictionary and the Daily Wisdom Word meaning.
Webster Definition of Deja’ Vu-1. The strange sensation or feeling of having experienced in the past. a current situation, even in cases where we have not.
Daily Wisdom Words Definition-Life in the present time, recalling from the past. experiencing a current situation when we have not in this lifetime.
Deja’ Vu is frustrating, as you feel as if you’ve been in this situation, and in fact, are certain. However, when trying to recall when you experienced this, and details surrounding experiencing it, you can’t provide them. This is why many people believe Deja’ Vu is a memory from a past life. What I am referring to when I mention a past life, is another time or era that you lived in another lifetime, and you find there is a backstory your able to provide. However, this backstory is not from your current lifetime. This is how many people eventually begin believing that the feeling of Deja’ Vu is from a past-life. These individuals know they haven’t had this experience in their current lifetime, so they are forced to believe in an altered explanation that many people find far-fetched at best.
The phrase, Deja’ Vu is french and traces back centuries. Thanks so much for reading about Deja Vu today. I would love to hear some comments about this post. I appreciate stories that relate to the daily wisdom words, poems, even quotes about the word chosen.
Samantha Leboeuf/DWW
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12-18-2019
WHAT FAMILY TRADITIONS DO YOU HAVE WITH YOUR LOVED ONE’S OVER THE HOLIDAYS? IT SEEMS WITH EVERY GENERATION IN OUR FAMILY, WE ARE CHANGING OURS, OR RATHER, “ADDING TO THEM”. TRADITIONS ARE THOSE THINGS YOU SHARE TO BUILD UP THE PRETENSE OF CHRISTMAS AND LOVE OTHERS WHILE YOU TAKE PART IN THEM.
I AM A BIG FAN OF FAMILY TRADITIONS. I BELIEVE FAMILY TRADITIONS BUILD STRENGTH, UNITY AND LOVE IN A FAMILY NO MATTER WHAT HOLIDAY IT IS. HOWEVER, JUST LIKE THE PERFECT BAKING RECIPE, THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS MUST GO INTO THE BAKING, AND WITH TRADITIONS, THAT IS: 1 CUP LOVE, 1 CUP SWEETNESS, 1/2 CUP OF BONDING, 1/3 CUP HISTORY, (A TRADITION WHEN IT IS FIRST BEGINNING, MUST CONTAIN THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS TO BE A SUCCESS!)
TRADITIONS BUILD CHARACTER AMONG FAMILY AND EVERY YEAR, THEY SEEM TO TURN OUT DIFFERENTLY, LETTING US TALK ABOUT AND SHARE SPECIAL MEMORIES WHEN THE TURKEY GOT BURNT. AND YEAR IS DIFFERENT FOR THE LEBOEUF FAMILY. MY MOTHER STARTED FAMILY TRADITIONS, AND I TRULY BELIEVE I BELIEVED IN Santa Claus UNTIL I WAS AT LEAST NINE YEARS OLD. ON Christmas Eve, MY BROTHER, SISTERS AND I WOULD GATHER ROUND THE WINDOW, WONDERING IF WE COULD SEE IT. I WOULD EVEN ASK MY MOM IF SANTA CLAUSE WAS REAL, AND I REMEMBER HER SAYING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO MY FEELINGS ON FAITH AND STRENGTHENING IT.
I WOULD SAY, AS I GOT OLDER, “MOM, IS SANTA CLAUS REAL? SHE WOULD TELL ME THIS: “SANTA IS AS REAL AS YOUR HEART ALLOWS THEM TO BE. IF YO BELIEVE IN WHAT MY MOTHER SAID IN THIS CASE, EVERY YEAR. WAIT UNTIL WE WENT TO BED, AND HER AND MY FATHER WOULD FILL ALL THE STOCKINGS WITH AN ORANGE, APPLE, BANANA AND CANDY CANES AND SMALL TRINKETS OF LOVE. OBVIOUSLY AN EIGHT YEAR OLD WITH A SIX YEAR OLD LITTLE SISTER SHE SHARED A ROOM WITH FOUND NEITHER OF US ABLE TO SLEEP. I COULD ALWAYS HEAR THE CRINKLE OF PAPER DOWN THE HALL AND THINGS BEING MOVED AROUND. I TRULY BELIEVED IT WAS SANTA. MY MOTHER AND FATHER STAYED UP ALMOST ALL NIGHT TO DO THESE THINGS AND GET ABOUT AN HOUR’S WORTH OF SLEEP BEFORE WE WENT POUNDING ON THEIR BEDROOM DOOR DEMANDING THEY GET UP AND LET US OPEN OUR GIFTS. WE NEVER SLEP THE PREVIOUS NIGH EITHER, SO THERE WERE MANY CHRISTMAS DAYS WITH MY MOM SLEEPING AND DAD NAPPING AND DRINKING HOT COCOA TO GET HE SUGAR HIGH AND YOU CAN BET IT TASTED GOOD!
OBVIOUSLY, I GREW UP AND RAISED TWO CHILDREN DIVORCED FROM THEIR FATHER, THOUGH WE REMAINED GREAT FRENDS. SOMETIME, AROUND THE TIME MY DAUGHTER WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, IT WAS THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND WE HAD A HORRIFIC BLIZZARD. SHE HAD HER BEST FRIEND, HAYLEY, (THEY REMIAN SO TODAY BFFS), STAY ALL NIGHT. THE ROADS WERE IN NO CONDITION TO TAKE HAYLEY HOME AND MY SON WAS BORED RIGHT FROM THE START.
I SUGGESTED WE ALL BEGIN BAKING CHRISTMAS COOKIES SINCE IT WAS THE HOLIDAY SEASON ABOUT 3 WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT, NOT ONLY WOULD WE BAKE THE YEARS PREVIOUS COOKIE OR BREAD RECIPE WE HAD CHOSEN, WE WOULD MAKE SOME KIND OF NEW CANDY OR BREAD TO GO WITH IT, SLOWLY HAVING 7 RECIPES WE MADE EVERY YEAR WE KNEW WERE DELICIOUS, AND THE CROWD GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER. MY WHOLE KITCHEN, THANK THE LORD, WAS HUGE WITH A BIG SQUARE CENTER ISLAND. WE WOULD SET UP STATIONS. STATION ONE WAS THE MIXING STATION, TWO, THE BAKING SECTON, STATION 3, COOKIE DECORATING AND STATION 4, THE EATING STATION! ONE YEAR, I FOUND A BUNCH OF DANISH BAKING TINS A NEIGHBOR HAD SENT OVER I HAD SOMEHOW KEPT.
IN ONE OF THE BEGINNING YEARS, MY MOTHER MADE CHRISTMAS APRONS, ONE TO FIT MY SON, ONE FOR HAYLEY AND WHOEVER ELSES FRIENDS LAUREN INVITED, WHO, OVER THE YEARS I GOT SO CLOSE WITH, AND WE CARRIED THIS TRADITION ON FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE GLUE THAT HAS HELD US TOGETHER AS FAMILY AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE RECIPE I STARTED WITH UP TOP FOR FAMILY TRADITIONS. SADLY, EACH GIRL GREW UP, AND I REMEMBER, AS THEY WOULD SHARE THEIR SECRETS OPENLY WITH ME ABOUT THE NEW GUY THEY WERE DATING. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IT SEEMED WHOEVER THAT PARTICULAR GIRL HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WOULD BRING HER “FIANCE”. THERE IS SO MANY LITTLE LIGHT TOUCHES SUCH AS THE APRONS, THE “BAKENITE” ( THAT IS HOW WE SPELT IT) THE DANISH COOKIE TINS, AND THE FRIENDSHIPS MY DAUGHTER HAS MANAGED TO KEEP IN TACT MOVING FROM DENVER TO IDAHO APPROXIMATELY 7 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY HAD TO MOVE FOR JEFFS JOB.
THE STORMS HAVE STILL COME ROLLING IN, AND WE HAVE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE CITY NOW NEAR DENVER, AND I ALWAYS GET AN INVITE TO THE LATEST WEDDING OR BABY SHOWER EACH OF THESE SPECIAL, LOVING, DEDICATED GIRLS WHO ARE NOW YOUNG WOMEN, HAVE GIVEN ME A PIECE OF. I TEAR UP AS I WRITE THE LAST OF THIS. WE NO LONGER HAVE “BAKE NIGHT ANY LONGER, BUT IT WAS SO FUN TO GREET EACH “YOUNG WOMAN AND THEIR HUSBAND OR FIANCE OR NEW BABY BEFORE MY DAUGHTER MOVED AND WE STILL HAD THE TRADITION. THERE WERE SO MANY WORKING PARTS TO BAKE NIGHT IN THE END, THAT THE GROCERIES TO FILL ALL OF THOSE DANISH TINS, WERE FOUR TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!! MONEY FOR THOSE GROCERIES WAS WELL SPENT AS I WILL FOREVER CARRY WITH ME EACH YEAR AND THE SPECIAL MEMORIES, EACH YEAR CARRIED WITH IT, AS I WATCHED THESE LITTLE GIRLS TURN INTO FINE YOUNG WOMEN.
THE LESSON OR SUGGESTION I LEAVE YOU WITH, IS IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, START YOURS WHEN YOUR CHILDREN ARE YOUNG AND BUILD ON THEM, REPEAT THEM, TWEAK THE RECIPE FOR THE NIGHT ITSELF, AND CHANGE AND ADD THE ACTUAL RECIPIES AND ALL THE SURROUNDING DETAIL WE ALL FILLED UP BAKE NITE WITH, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THESE FAMILY TRADITIONS TO TREASURE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED. THE MEMORIES FROM THOSE WONDERFUL NIGHTS, STILL WITH ME, BUT BAKE NITE ITSELF HAD FRAZZLED DOWN. DESPITE MY DAUGHTER MOVING, AND EACH YEAR OR MONTH EVEN, ONE OF THESE SPECIAL GIRLS MOVED AWAY OR TOOK A JOB THAT KEPT THEM TOO BUSY TO COME, THE TIMELESS TRADITION OF BAKE NITE IS SOMETHING I WILL CARRY WITH ME UNTIL THE DAY I DIE WITH A TEAR IN MY EYE AND A SMILE ON MY FACE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING WITH ME TODAY. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHATS BEEN WRITTEN AND PERHAPS A POEM ABOUT TRADITIONS IN YOUR FAMILY OR A COMMENT ABOUT THEM. PLEASE TAKE MY ADVICE….IT IS WORTH ALL OF THE HEADACHES THAT LEAD UP TO THESE WONDERFUL SERENDIPITOUS MOMENTS FROZEN IN TIME.
Samantha Leboeuf/DWW
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“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.”
-Helen Keller
Happy Memorial Day!
Whether you lean toward left or right, no matter what your political affiliations or lack thereof are, one thing is for sure:
We all have the freedom to think and say what we want because of those before us who fought for that right and those after us who will continue to do so.
So let’s take a moment to honor their memories.
On the same note, let’s also take a moment to remember that the spirit of a loved one always lives on in us even though they’re physically gone.
As I always like to say: Bodies die, souls are immortal.