you

You gain strength, Courage and Confidence by every experience in
which you really stop to look fear in
the face.

You must do the thing in which you
think you cannot do


Eleanor Roosevelt

Rose

From a thorny stem comes a beautiful Rose

new song

My new song in my ipod , I hear this song a lot lately on the Radio
and so I downloaded it into my ipod. the lyrics lately just seem to
hit home with me where my teenagers are concerned. just thought
i would share!


She was staring out the window of their SUV
Complaining, saying "I can't wait to turn 18"
She said "I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules"
Mama put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said "I was just like you"

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her "It's a nice place"
She says "It'll do for now"
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says And says "Baby, just slow down"

Cause you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
And she keeps apologizin'
He says "They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but...

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"

let your light shine

People let their light shine through
the stain glass sun and their true beauty
is what sparkles

The Time

" The time is always right to do
what is right"


something Martin Luther King JR. once said.

Firsts

There are many firsts in a person life
starting with the day you were born
for an infants life there is the first smile,
first time you sit up, have solid foods,sleep through the night
first time you crawl, the first time you walk, talk, and
of course your first birthday!

Today marks one of my great nephew's first birthday! This is special
because he arriving in this world was a miracle. I don't get to see him
in person as often as I would like to, but his Nana sends me photos and videos
to watch so I don't feel as if I have missed that many of his firsts!

hard to believe how fast a year flies by. Seven days from now
my baby ( my son) will reach a first of his own, He will be 18!
and as I write this It reminds me of what a miracle he was arriving into
this world and (my sister, my great nephew's Nana was there to share that with me)

Each of these boys will have many more "Firsts" in their lives
earlier this morning I was looking at a photo album and I came across photos
of my son's 1st birthday we had it in a park. I have a photo of my nephew Brian
holding my son, a few months after his son was born he took a photo of my son
holding his son so it is kind of full circle in a way.
the other similarity is that my great nephew is having his first birthday at a park.

I have a great feeling that these two are more than just cousins I believe they are kindred spirits.

Champions

" Champions -aren't made in gyms
Champions are made from something
they have deep inside them, a desire,
a dream, a vision.
They have to have the skill and will
but the will must be stronger than the skill"

Muhammad Ali