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NaBloPoMo Day 19 Four Generations

19 Nov 2014 7 Comments

by Life in the moment in daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, Photography, reflections

Yesterday’s post got me thinking about the 70’s again. I was married in 1975 and my son was born at the end of that year. Three years later my daughter came into the world and that’s when we decided to snag this 4 generation picture. This picture is an absolute treasure!! I love it!! Well, I had thought I lost this picture and needless to say I was devastated. As it turned out my daughter had found the picture and gave it to me for my birthday. Wow, a total rush of joy…. You just can’t replace such a precious piece of history. It was taken in 1979, Look at my curly Shirley Temple hair Lol.

Pretty cool to take a look back! I enjoyed this bit of nostalgia. Miss you Grandma, you were awesome and so was your cooking :-). Miss you Mom, so many memories… and Sandy; you have grown into a beautiful young woman that I am extremely proud of!!! Well picture thanks for taking me back to a beautiful memory… I have definitely enjoyed it :-).

NaBloPoMo day 18 The good old days???

18 Nov 2014 8 Comments

by Life in the moment in daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo

Wow, the good old days?? Seems like mixed memories of good and not so good, of strength and struggle, of learning and rebellion, of laughter and sadness… The days of yin and yang!! The 70’s, not even sure I can remember it all, if you know what I mean :-)!! Let’s just say interesting era! I am here and I have survived… Life is made of memories all wrapped together creating a collage of learning moments. Even sounds like somebody from the 70’s!! (chuckle)

We had an era of some really rad and awesome songs too!! Great bands, great tunes and great lyrics!! I’m fighting the urge to go look for my old albums :-)! Wow, and just thought of this: remember those bell bottoms and tie dye shirts, lol. Ya, some of that wild stuff is coming forward to memory :-). The memory she is a flowing, too funny!! On that note… Peace man 🙂 and a safe tomorrow 🙂

NaBloPoMo day 17

17 Nov 2014 2 Comments

by Life in the moment in daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, quotes, reflections

I am very tired tonight so unfortunately going to have to make it short. Think I need to hit the bed early!! So I guess a quick daily thought to meditate on might be a good thing for tonight:

“All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. —- Elizabeth Goudge

Live your life in the moment with passion, love and kindness…. enjoy your evening my cyber friends and be safe!

Newbie Blog Award 3rd week feature

16 Nov 2014 9 Comments

by Life in the moment in Awards, daily thoughts, Reflections Tags: Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, Newbie Blog Award, reflections

Well let’s see. Last week’s feature was Maggie and bulldogs. She is all set now with her own blog already sharing stories and sharing links 🐶 Good girl Maggie Mae, Mama loves you :-)!!

Now for the 3rd week feature: this one is a bit more complex! The feature is my Mom… Let me back up just a bit. My Mom loved to write. Her biggest dream was to write and publish a novel. She would of loved WordPress. I know her life would have been typing away and glued to the computer. She never did get to publish but after her passing I found containers and files of different writings and pieces of this, pieces of that.. Well, it is now a dream of mine that someday I can make sense of her writings, put them together and write for her… I am thinking of creating a blog just for this purpose, one that will allow her the honor of having a blog of her own. One, that if she was still here on earth, she would surly have!! Now she can write though me! I need to think a little bit more on this but that is the plan right now. So this 3rd week of the Newbie blog feature will encompass those ideas :-). I love you Mom and think of you everyday!! I miss you so much!! This I do for you :-).

NaBloPoMo day 16

16 Nov 2014 4 Comments

by Life in the moment in daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, poem

A great day today… so much done. I’m feeling good :-). But… today 2 of our coffee pots met up with machine haven 😦 . We had to say good bye to our beloved Keurig’s!!

(A silly little poem to honor our 2 great Keurig machines):

2 machines we held so dear

years and years of pleasure they did bring

memories and memories we hear

memories – memories pressed against our lips

the sound of coffee brewing in the air

Fill my cup with pleasure, no more to hear..

But, the memory we hold dear!

Warming our hands and warming our bodies

Your memory we always hold dear :-)!!

A silly but good day today! Hope you have all enjoyed your Sunday and I leave you with this thought by Mary Lou Van Atta:

The “I” that is me – you cannot see

You see only the form that you think is me.

This form that you see, will not always be;

but the “I” that is me – lives eternally.

NaBloPoMo day 14

14 Nov 2014 Leave a comment

by Life in the moment in daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: cancer survivor, Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, reflections

Again I have the day off as this week was so slow! I have used this morning to read through a bunch of blogs. Omg, so many touching stories!! I needed a box of tissues!!! The journey that so many people endure make my problems seem so ridiculously small!! May God bless all of you, as even though you have such great suffering, you still somehow manage to keep going AND give back to so many others!! Enlightening, eye opening, heart touching and overwhelming!!! The inspiration you have given me fills my day with hope, motivation and thankfulness to God. Thank you all for sharing and reaching out to others even though you are in so much pain. May I be as strong and as courageous as you. God bless and I will continue to follow your posts…

NaBloPoMo day 10 “The Invitation”

10 Nov 2014 4 Comments

by Life in the moment in daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, reflections

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for your adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it’s not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “yes!”

It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you,from the inside, when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

NaBloPoMo Day 6

06 Nov 2014 7 Comments

by Life in the moment in Blogging 101, daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: blogging 101, Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, reflections

Today is a bit unusual for me. I am normally at work right now but it is very slow so I get the day off! What to do, what to do?? Well, I guess I have plenty of work around the house but think I might catch up here instead! A bit more fun :-)!!!!

Day 6 for NaBloPoMo, so far so good on keeping up. It is very interesting reading all the different blogs with all different takes on oh so many things. I am definitely enjoying!! Thank you everyone for sharing. What a great blogging community this is :-).

So with a little free time this morning I have been looking at the wonderful photographs that my future daughter-in-law took when she and my son were out here visiting. She is quit the photographer! I hope you all enjoy these pictures of Glacier National Park as much as I have. Awesome scenery!! These are only a few of the pictures, think I’ll save some for future post’s! After all we still have some 24 days of NaBlogPoMo postings :-).

All of this pretty much in my backyard!! Maybe 15 min or so away… Again feeling very blessed… Enjoy your day! Cheers 🙂

NaBloPoMo day 4 and blogging 101

04 Nov 2014 2 Comments

by Life in the moment in Blogging 101, daily thoughts, NaBloPoMo, Reflections Tags: blogging 101, Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, NaBloPoMo, reflections

For Blogging 101 Today’s assignment is to publish a follow-up that builds on the post from the day before yesterday. That would be my NaBloPoMo day 2 post. So combining the NaBloPoMo day 4 and blogging 101 assignment in reference with NaBloPoMo day 2 I begin with this:

I truly do believe that everyday is a gift. I thank God every morning for the opportunity of another day. I do not want to waste it but enjoy it and help others to enjoy it as well. As Ida Scott Taylor says (from the day 2 post) “Just live in today and make it beautiful that it will be wort remembering.” Indeed everyday is a gift!! Enjoy it !!!

A Woman’s Post!

25 Oct 2014 Leave a comment

by Life in the moment in Blogging 101, daily thoughts, Reflections Tags: blogging 101, Daily Thoughts, life in the moment, reflections, woman

Something I wanted to share with the women out there….

“That Woman Is a Success…. Who loves life and lives it to the fullest; who has discovered and shared the strengths and talents that are uniquely her own; who puts her best into each task and leaves each situation better that she found it; who seeks and finds that which is beautiful in all people…. and all things; whose heart is full of love and warm with compassion; who has found joy in living and peace within herself.”

by: Barbara J. Burrow