It's Summer

We don't need a calendar to tell us what the weather already has. It is summer! Short of complaining , I will say it is really hot today. The temperatures hit about 92 degrees and the humidity was like a sauna. When most people will be going to the beach or having an outdoor barbecue, I will be working Memorial Day. Ah! but what better way to celebrate Memorial day than attending the 148 th ceremonial of remembrance in the birthplace of Memorial Day in Boalsburg, Pa. In 1864 three towns women decorated the graves of fallen soldiers thus creating a day where we give honor to those who have given their lives in the battle for freedom.


To wake up in the morning and close your eyes at
night, thankful for each day and the comforts of life.

Someone stood to battle, many fallen and maimed ,
they gave their lives to protect what we take
for granted day after day.

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Having two sons who served in the military you are quickly reminded that it's not as easy as alive or death. Many of our soldiers come home physically or mentally impaired. These are the men and women who are put through rigorous test and surfaced scared. It's not about giving but acknowledging and opening the windows in the mountains. Opportunity keeps busy the mind. But I believe more thanks needs to go out not just for those died but for those who are still serving in our country.

black clouds on a sunny day

When you feel the true magic of love

it's difficult to settle for less. 

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If each moment of life is a gift,

why does it sometimes hurt?

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I think it is important to have do nothing days, 

and more important who you share

 those do nothing days with. 

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They say " there is two sides to every story"

every time a story is read there is another 

side, that's call interpretation. 

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I live in two state's of consciousness,one where

 I see life as it should be and one where I am drowning in reality. 

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That which pierces the heart

is a dagger that comes 

in many shapes 

and sizes. 

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I once heard girls who giggle 

are passionate lovers...tee hee.

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If there is no goal 

we fade into the darkness. 

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You can not build upon a lie, 

it is weak in structure 

and gives out easily.

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I don't know if I can continue

or if I should. 

My ducks hatched babies... smiles. 

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The hills asleep in silence waiting on the sun to rise and not even a song bird is awake to sing of blue skies. So quiet the moment and precious the dreams, as I sit here gazing off into space and wishing you by my side. To breathe the same air, to share all that we do, to feel your hand in mine and see this life through. 

~

Bull frogs are 

jumping in the stream, 

blue birds sing.

happy are we. 

Dogs are sleeping

 on a hot summer day, 

as we go strolling on by. 

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...to wake up in your arms 

and kiss you good night. 

Reaches for Your Hand

I think I needed yesterday off. The weather was beautiful and I really didn't feel like doing anything. I reviewed the past and explored the present. I came to the realization that a lie creates disappointment and the truth no matter how it hurts expands on the claim to what is.

In many ways I feel stunted even with so much growth. I see all the gifts that reveal them self on this magical journey. In the short of it I said my hello's and my good byes. When all said and done it's not about our achievements or what we have gained, but more about the lives we come in contact with and the differences they make in our life as well as the differences we make in theirs. 

Life is like a Monday through Sunday on a lot larger scale. Today I feel like I am at the Wednesday of life, a little tired, still more energy to go and a lot more to see and do. I know that today will never be like yesterday and tomorrow will never be like today. It is filled with new beginnings and yes and ending. The roads we travel have graced us with many lessons, these are the trials and triumphs. It is not that I am much wiser, but a little more cautious. I have had my share of stumbling and falling and dusting myself off to get back up. Wednesday of life is like being at the top of the hill and getting ready to make your way over it. 

Sometimes I found that I wanted to believe the paradise and fantasy so much so that I kept a blind eye to reality. Keeping it all in perspective I have come to appreciate as I create a balance between my dreams and my desire. 

Initially my promise was to acknowledge love everyday for the rest of my life. I don't think that changed much, other than accepting that love in the larger scheme of things comes in various packages. There is friendship, family, lovers , dreamers and those we work with and the people that cross our path. We all are unique and very individual people and we are all a puzzle needing to be completed. Some puzzles are put together sooner than others and well others just take a little bit longer to find those missing pieces and complete the picture. I imagine knowing and accepting all of you that you are would be perfection, not perfection with out fault but perfection in its completeness. 

I helped in creating my own world,simply by agreeing to that which I didn't agree and accepting what I found unacceptable. Then I saw that life outside my own had also came with experiences and trials that are not acceptable. 

Today my heart beats slowly and my soul is content and whether I stand strong or buckle knee weak, the road that I travel is to me unique. 

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I can only tell you what my eyes see

 and my heart feels, I can only express

 the truth of my soul and passion of

my being. 

I can only share my thoughts on this

journey, my choices, my failures,

my dreams and desires. 

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My needs have always been rather simple... to love as I love. 

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I once wrote a poem " the weight of a tear" 

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The Seasons of Love

That which strokes my soul

and fills my heart with love, 

dances in a sweet embrace

on the clouds up above. 

From the moment I wake up,

till I am fast asleep, I hold on

to your the magic your love

brings to me. 

I feel it deep down within me,

the love sowed in the soul,

growing like a forest, it rooted

 down and took a hold. 

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...to love and be loved. 

Today

It was as if the day was still

like a Picasso on the wall 

and I was part of the painting

where I couldn't move at all.

My heart in motion, my

soul in a spin and yet I

lay here motionless with

all my love to give. `

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Separate but one, 

far but near, 

emotions ruling,

and love to share. 

My heart aches, 

the soul in despair,

if only my darling 

you were here. 

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I am not sure what it was,

but it caught me by surprise.

I was lost in the moment and

my mind just drifted away. 

I spent my day deep in dreams,

wishing and wanting you here

next to me. My pillow caught

each and ever tear like a sponge

it removed all traits of fear.

I felt your love and I knew 

you were with me, if only

beside me through the heart

and all my dreams. 

 

To laugh, to live , to love.

It was the weather, the fan blowing and newly placed fresh sheets on the bed, that had me not wanting to get up this morning. I couldn't help but review life from the past to the current days. The miracle of the planet we call earth, the simplicity of life and of course the beauty of love. I factored in all that comes with dreams, hope and faith in tomorrow.
Love such a simplistic to seed to sow but so very overgrown and strangled out by negativity. It takes a fine combination to reveal love in its perfection. Love is a warm hug on a cold day, a sweet whisper of romance on a summer stroll and the connection that spurs flames when two souls come together.
You know when you know someone so well that you complete their sentences or that you are on the same common plateau that you know what the other one is thinking. Love is special in many ways and of course we experience love on these different levels. From the time I read the bible, I thought the apostles must have been great poets. As the Corinthians 13 has to be some of the most beautiful combination of words ever written. "If I speak in the tongues^[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,^[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts,' always hopes, always perseveres."
In adhering to those words and knowing that we are born of love, I rejoice in that I have experienced such a love. There are something that never need to be said, as you can feel them, like an  aura of energy that embraces you. I crossed over a good bit a territory today and some of it made me  laugh, smile and rejoice and a few things stroked at my emotions and brought tears to my eyes. The truth is love is a combination of factors that correctly seeded grows the most beautiful of blooms. Each flower of love unique to the people we unite with. I filed my memories away according to their impact on my life. The first real happiness, heartaches and periods of growth. Time was rapidly moving on and  the memories became a compliment to life. Learning from past mistakes and the hunger for more, reveals a leery heart, one that strives to find that combination and is shielded by fear. It is a lemonade kind of day. You know what type I mean, where the sun is shining but shaded by clouds and its very quiet and well kind of a do nothing but share the heart day. Two chairs on the porch and a lemonade. Not necessarily talking but sharing the moment. I think we can be scarred by the past especially when heals it over but it is still raw inside. They call that" old luggage" I don't necessarily see it that way. We are who we are today because of our yesterdays, both good and bad. 

Life like a fiber optic network submerged, connected and entwined with what is around us.

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It is always harder to move forward

 but we do even when we don't realize it.

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Laughter is the equation 

that brings it all together. 

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Where Have All The Flowers Gone by Joan Baez

I thought this version was pretty. Such a reminder that man is man's worst enemy. Life is so beautiful and so short and what we do today is the foundation for tomorrow.