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My dog keeps me laughing. Don't know what I would do without her. Stay tuned for more...... Franniejoy

Seed peppered upon the good earth, seed creamed into longing wombs germinates and lies dormant until spring comes or gestation ends. Then awakens the titanic effort, the push toward light and life for plant and fetus alike, predestined, ordained for species continuance. Bending soil, stretching flesh, the desire for existence undenied,...

He came from somewhere Out west, he said, Just drifting around, Aimlessly, Trying to find a key To what life means. Quite a mystery, he, With spectacular looks And childlike naiveté Yet deep-set, old, knowing eyes With sadness and disappointment Lurking somewhere just beneath. There was something about the way He held me, so close, clinging, Unlike other men, needing more, And me,...

Time does not Wait…by Vanessa Chesters Her wish for them is they will live out their dreams,And that they dream big.That their lives are not filled with “Things”,That they embrace what life brings.That they sore through life and learn to spread their wings. Time does not wait… She sits in her chair and reminisces of time that has since past,She can’t go back and wishes that those...

Tonight as I sit here thinking about my journey so far, I look back and wonder, how did I get through this? What got me through all of the days where I felt like I was stumbling? It was faith and attitude. We all can determine the direction in our lives by our attitudes, beliefs and assumptions. Unfortunately, very early on in life we are conditioned to think, act and behave a certain way....

Like everyone else, I often say i don't have enough time - enough time to do all I want, enough time to help others when asked, enough time to fit everything into my daily routine. That seems ludicrous on the face of it. I'm retired, and time is what I was supposed to have enough of, in fact, too much of. It's supposed to be time on my hands to be spent like the golden coins in a...

A few weeks ago I started to feel ill. The symptoms, which included weight loss, really slowed me down. I made an appointment with my doctor. While waiting for the day to arrive, I went searching on the internet to see if I could get a clue as to what was going on. What I found was quite a jolt. The symptoms could, among other things, indicate stomach cancer. That really set me back on my...

I ask the reader’s forgiveness for posting two entries in my blog in one day. There is purpose to it however. In recently posted blog (Being Bolder and Growing), the writer talked about feeling she was in the wrong place by posting on Growing Bolder. That reminded me of something I wrote back in September 2007. It seems kind’a appropriate. Here it is: Things seem to not go well when we...