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Another Trip Around the Sun
Today I celebrate another trip around the sun.
Today I celebrate the daffodils and dandelions and all the things that make this planet an interesting place.
Today I celebrate my awareness that nothing is permanent except change.
Today I celebrate the people in my life, who enrich my being with love and care; and those who have passed.
It’s not a bad place to be. Not bad at all.
A Day Without Art
The Day After
Another Point of View: Look Up!
Simple Gifts
A Good Book Finds a New Home
A week or so ago, I wrote a post about the Ohio and Erie Canal. I offered a drawing for a beautiful book about my Valley, the Cuyahoga. Then I forgot. So, without further ado (insert drumroll, please), the winner is Mary Whitsell. If you haven’t visited her blog, Resident Alien, please do. Mary is an extraordinary storyteller, who weaves words into an heirloom tapestry.  Tell Mary, I sent you.
Dream On…
I’m That Mom
I’m that mom who taught her children how to blow bubbles in their drinks, put olives on all 10 fingers, make mashed potato mountains with slides for the peas, so that when one of the Grandmas told the kids, “Your mother didn’t teach you to play with your food!” they replied, “Oh yes she did!”
I’m that mom who took her kids seriously and who told them that intuition doesn’t lie, and when you get that Uh-Oh feeling, PAY ATTENTION. I’m the mom who told them that it is only a game if everyone wants to play, stop means stop, and no means no.
I’m that mom who told the kids that it is good luck to be nice, and that sometimes the quietest people have the most to say, you just have to listen.
I’m that mom who said that ice cream for breakfast is fun and that extended drives to go to something we wanted to do JUST SOUNDED FAR.
I’m that mom who told her kids that we can generate alternative solutions to problems, and that we can ask questions and question answers.
I’m that mom who loved one daughter’s love of horses and who went to all the swim meets until the swimmer no longer wanted to swim. Then. We. Stopped.
I’m that mom who worked hard to nurture her kids’ roots, who never takes credit for their accomplishments, who understands that she can’t take away their struggles — no matter how painful — and who, in wonder and in love, watches them spread their wings and fly.
I’m that mom who treasures the community of those moms, and who recognizes that we all do the best we can with the tools and information we have at any given time.
I’m that mom.
Thanks to Ronnie who started this carnival based on a post by Flo.
Here Comes the Sun: Happy Solstice, Monday!
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