A Friend Is A Friend (7/15/99)

Being a friend is not a spectator sport
It's laughing and crying, mutual support
It's the ups and the downs, it's shadows and light
It's the person you know that will hold on tight
A friend is a friend and ever will be
A friend is a friend a reflection of me

Sweet Dreams

The lightning streaks down
I don my gown
Then jump under the covers

Through wind and the rain
Calmness regains
As I drift sleep discovers

Sweet dreams of slumber
Rain and thunder
Shaggy dog running to me

Golden butterfly
I don't know why
Both scurrying up a tree

They laugh and they play
Loving their day
Singing and dancing away

Dog and butterfly
Both are thigh high
Twirling as in a ballet

The night it does come
Playtime is done
A kiss and a hug goodnight

I breathe in and out
Tossing about
Wait for sweet dreams to ignite

Jane (My therapist in 198?)

You've watched me go thru ups and downs
But now I'll grow in leaps and bounds
You've made sense of the thoughts in my head
And it's safe with you, the things I've said
You've held my hand wiped tears from my eyes
You've watched me breathe in heavy sighs
You've told me things I never knew
And I feel better because of you

Therapy (from 198?)

I don't think I'm ready for what lies ahead
All those thoughts are spinning around in my head
She's suppose to help me, but I don't know how
Yet I hope it works so I can live in now
I hope it won't hurt me, telling her out loud
I pray she won't lose me somewhere in the crowd
I wish it was over, the things I'll need to say
Then happy after after could begin today

2017

Might have discovered a cure for my morning headaches! Last night Mark and I had to drink last year's bottle of bubbles rather quickly because we had welcomed 2016 from Oklahoma and we never got around to opening it. Then as is tradition we enjoyed a 2017 welcome bottle starting at midnight and had emptied the bottle and rinsed it out before going to bed.

This morning, no headache so, I told Mark we will need to start a two bottles before bed regimen because. . . No headache!!!

Seriously though, everyone please enjoy your black eyed peas, greens or whatever is your way to celebrate the new year. While we all wish for a happy new year we also know some rain must fall. Some events will be expected and some families will have surprises. Not all events will be in line with our prayers or wishes for ourselves or even strangers that we hear or read about.

There will be hard choices, loud voices, gains and losses, new jobs and bosses. Deaths and births, new chapters and verse. Please take every opportunity and do more than just wish everyone a happy new year. Be a kindness and blessing to others. A safe place for those caught in a storm. Help those around you when you are able and ask for help when you need it. Life is hard. Love is kind. Don't be the unopened bottle that is quickly consumed at the last possible moment.

Cheers!