GOTTA LOVE THE CHEESE

Sometimes a few words can light up an otherwise dreary day. Even if they are super cheesy! Gave me the laugh I needed though. In a hospital that had otherwise horrible reception all day, THIS somehow made it through...I think I'm dealing with James Bond, here. :)


HD: Just wanted to say, "Hello".

   Me: Thank you. :) Hello. Sorry...reception not good in here.

HD: No..."Hello". As in.....H: How are you holding up? E: Everything getting better? L: Like to c u soon. L: Love to hear from you. O: Obviously miss talking with you.

   Me: LOL! How long did it take you to come up with that?!

HD: A few seconds. I Googled it. :)

   Me: Gee thanks!

HD: Was just trying to make you smile!

   Me: Well that definitely worked! Even the nurses and paramedics are smiling! LOL!

STILL I RISE

How can you not love Maya Angelou?!


You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.


~Maya Angelou

COMING SOON...

Yes, I definitely have stuff to write about. Alas, I've been a little busy and a little under the weather. Nothing big...just the usual congestion-type stuff that comes this time each year.

Welcome to the new readers who have happened by, either on purpose or by accident.

I do have some things I will address, if for nothing else than to vent. :) Imagine that.

Things like:

Addictions
Morals
Friendships
The New Year


I'll get to it. :)

Things are looking up. I'm trying very hard to expand some horizons. Friends are urging me to step in a new direction and I'm trying.

As is always the case, the kids are the most important thing to me. And someone recently pointed out that maybe I'd be an even better mom if I got out a little more and started doing some fun stuff for me. So...I have.

That's a WHOLE other topic! More to come soon!

WHERE ARE YOU CHRISTMAS?

Where are you Christmas
Why can't I find you
Why have you gone away
Where is the laughter
You used to bring me
Why can't I hear music play

My world is changing
I'm rearranging
Does that mean Christmas changes too

Where are you Christmas
Do you remember
The one you used to know
I'm not the same one
See what the time's done
Is that why you have let me go

Christmas is here
Everywhere, oh
Christmas is here
If you care, oh

If there is love in your heart and your mind
You will feel like Christmas all the time

I feel you Christmas
I know I've found you
You never fade away
The joy of Christmas
Stays here inside us
Fills each and every heart with love

Where are you Christmas
Fill your heart with love.

~beautiful song...sang by Faith Hill