I would not. I COULD NOT. This gal did. What do you think? I'll be joining Beverly for Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound. Drop by and take a peek at all the pinks! ... Keep Reading...
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Epiphany!
Have you ever seen Cypress knees? They're the exposed cone-shaped growths attached to the roots of Bald Cypress trees. Years ago, while in high school, Daughter the Younger took a field trip to a nearby Louisiana swamp. While there, she and her friends went into a store where cypress knees were sold. Months later, on Christmas morning, I learned that she and her friend Kristen had both looked at one particular cypress knee ... and had an epiphany. They saw the three kings. On the spot, my daughter commissioned her artist-friend to paint them as a gift for me. It was such an unexpected surprise coming from two teenage girls, and I loved it! Today, I cherish the gift even more; Kristen died in an icy-roads car ... Keep Reading...
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When I Was Young …
I'm beginning to settle into the fact that there are many joys and sorrows that exist in life at the same time. Learning to balance those is going to be an essential challenge for the future, but I have hope that it can happen. I'm pretty sure I have been way too spoiled by a lack of sorrows until the past couple of years ... or maybe as we get older the sorrows absorb into the crevices of our wrinkles and stick around longer - as do the joys. Who knows, but I recognize a definite change in me, and yet it's okay. I'm calling it the "peace that passes understanding" phase of my life. --Received from a dear friend who I haven't seen enough of lately... and used with permission When I was young, there was something innocent ... Keep Reading...
