"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." --Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Friday, April 30, 2010
Day 120
I'd give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter!
~Author Unknown
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Day 117
Monday, April 26, 2010
Day 116
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Day 115
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Day 114
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Day 112
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Day 111
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Day 110
Monday, April 19, 2010
Day 109
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Day 107
The crowd starts to yell, the game's on the line, last inning, two outs, the score's nine to nine.
Dad yells, "Go get it," Mom wrings her hands, coach hollers, "hit it" but alone there he stands.
Heros are made in seconds such as this, but he's just a little boy, what if he should miss?
Years after this game's ended and he's little no more, will he remember the outcome or even the score?
No he'll have forgotten if he was out, hit, or a run, he'll only look back on his friends and the fun.
So cheer this boy on, alone with his fate, help him remember with fondness, this stand on the plate.
Spend your time wisely and help in his quest to be a hitter with confidence and always his best.
And when the games over, this boy can stand tall, for you've helped him prepare to give it his all!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Day 106
Let Them Be Little (song lyrics)
I can remember when you fit in the palm of my hand
Felt so good in it, no bigger than a minute
How it amazes me, you're changing with every blink
Faster than a flower blooms they grow up all too soon.
So, let them be little 'cause they're only that way for awhile
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh, but let them be little.
I've never felt so much in one little tender touch
I live for those kisses, your prayers and your wishes
And now that you're teaching me how only a child can see
Tonight while we're on our knees all I ask is please.
So innocent, a precious soul, you turn around and
It's time to let them go.
So, let them be little 'cause they're only that way for awhile
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh, just let them be little.
~Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Day 105
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Day 102
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Day 101
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Day 100
Friday, April 9, 2010
Day 99
The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing clothes, diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, crying, defending.
~Erma Bombeck
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Day 97
I see children as kites.
You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground.
You run with them until you're both breathless...
they crash...they hit the rooftop...you patch and comfort, adjust and teach.
You watch them lifted by the winds, and assure them that someday they'll fly.
Finally they are airborne;
they need more string and you keep letting it out.
But with each twist of the ball of twine,
there is sadness that goes with joy.
The kite becomes more distant,
and you know it won't be long before
that beautiful creature will snap the lifeline that binds you together,
and will soar as it is meant to soar,
free and alone.
Only then do you know that you did your job.*
~Author Unknown
*About 18 years ago my mom got this little story in a church class. I read it, loved it and knew someday I was going to have kids and that this was probably how it was going to feel. I have kept this story ever since.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Day 96
Monday, April 5, 2010
Day 95
What I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are here for, that's all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?
~Stevie Ray Vaughan, musician, guitarist
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Day 94
Sophie and Piper hunting for eggs
Those who hated Jesus thought they had put an end to Him forever when the cruel spikes pierced His quivering flesh and the cross was raised on Calvary. But this was the Son of God, with whose power they did not reckon. Through His death came the Resurrection and the assurance of eternal life.
~President Gordon B. Hinckley, May 1996
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Day 93
With sorrow unspeakable those who loved Him placed His wounded, lifeless body in the tomb. Gone was hope from the lives of His Apostles, whom He had loved and taught. He to whom they had looked as Lord and Master had been crucified and His body laid in a sealed tomb. He had taught them of His eventual death and Resurrection, but they had not understood. Now they were forlorn and dejected. They must have wept and wondered as the great stone was rolled to seal the burial place.
Then came a new day, a day that ever after was to be the Lord’s day. In their sorrow Mary Magdalene and the other women came to the tomb. The stone was no longer in place. Curiously they looked inside. To their astonishment the tomb was empty.
~Gordon B. Hinckley, May 1996
Friday, April 2, 2010
Day 92
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Day 91
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- Jaime
- Mother. Friend. Daughter. Sister. Aunt. Artist. Photographer. Child of God. Dreamer. Listener. Teacher. Cook. Nurse. Book nerd. Maid. Movie lover. Referee. Girl. Country singer. Sock and PEZ dispenser collector. Scrap booker. Brunette. Chauffer. Game player. Bird Watcher. Cheerleader. Fashion designer. Lover of: rice crispy treats, polka dots, cheese, vanilla candles, Survivor, Interior design, So You Think You Can Dance, shoes, the UFC, Bon Jovi, chocolate, music
Whether it be something I did that day, something that made me happy, something that made me sad, something I thought was beautiful, something I thought was not, something that made me cry, something that made me laugh...we shall see.