Memorial Day

My cute Mama helped us all enjoy Memorial Day–year after year–for all the right reasons. This year, my babies and their babies found many of the sames things to love about the day…and we discovered a few new ones of our own.

On this Memorial Day 2011– I positively loved…

the ridiculous brand new snow on the foothills–one day before June…

the people who matter most to me–the ones right here, and the ones just a breath away….

the beautiful flowers…always, always–the beautiful flowers…

the ones who love this day along with me…

the sharing among friends…

the tender moments that help little ones know who they really are…

the rain that fell just as we were leaving…

the hail that fell just as the rain was leaving…

the beautiful idea that there is a day such as this, set aside…

to remember.

Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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{A Simple Smile}

“We cannot underestimate the healing power that our loving expressions and our warm smiles can impart. We do not really even need to speak. In and of themselves, smiles and loving light in the eyes have their own healing power. They enter the non-verbal receptors of those who receive them and do small miracles to their souls.”

– M. Catherine Thomas

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Happy Thoughts

Our pretty birds are back…as long as we feed them…

and Mr. Beany doesn’t really care.

Making efficient “crafty” use of a skinny little space.

The color green you can only get from 2 weeks of rain.

Baptism day for a sweet pack of dear boys.

My broken Pandora is still alive!!

Spring color that goes anywhere.

Apparently it doesn’t always snow in Siberia–so my boy is warm…for now!

What about you? What are your happy thoughts on  this lovely day?

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{ He Knows You }

“I testify to you that God has known you individually . . . for a long, long time. He has loved you for a long, long time. He not only knows the names of all the stars, He knows your name and all your heartaches and your joys!’

Neal A. Maxwell

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