AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH!!

For some reason I awoke this morning with that song running through my head. The music is great...but it's the lyrics that are stuck in my head and keep popping out of my mouth at inapproprate times, it seems.

"I'll be there in a hurry...you don't have to worry...No matter where you are. No matter how far. There ain't no mountain high enough to keep me away from you".
(Taken in Josuha Tree National park)

Isn't that what we all desire in life? Isn't that what we all are looking for? Isn't that what we are all in search of? Those connections with people that remind us that we matter!! We all have that list in our heads. You know the list...the one that when the %$#@ hits the fan... you know who you can call on.

I have, and I am blessed with those people for whom "there ain't no mountain high enough...there ain't no river deep enough...ain't no valley low enough...to keep them away when I need them". My list is hugh...humungous...immense....colossal...massive...you get the picture...and I am thanking God this beautiful Sunday morning for everyone in my life that climbs montains...swims river...and crosses valley's for me. 
Thank you God...and thanks to my peeps!!

SEASONAL LUST!!

This morning I woke up and as usual the first thing I do each and every morning is look out the window. If it's not dark...which it usually is...I look up at the sky. What I'm looking for is that bright orange...or yellow....or golden...globe that sits in the sky.It's hard to remember the exact color of it.  But this morning as usual when I peeked through the blinds...and I saw gray...again, I learned something new about myself....I hate gray!! 

Not only do I hate gray but I also realized something else about myself on this bleak...gray...cloudy...sunless day...I have a disease. Maybe it's not really a disease. I think it's more an addiction or maybe a flaw in my genetic makeup. I have seasonal lust!! The bible tells me that lust is a sin so "welcome to this sinners blog". But it is really a sin to lust after something beautiful that God made especially for me to enjoy?? OOPS...I guess God made everything.

Here I am last fall enjoying one last ride before the sun is gone again. 

                                                         Island memories...oh how they linger!!

The sun is somewhere....I remember it clearly!!

MY MUSIC!!!

                          To live content with what I have; dream big
                                 and never hurry; anticipate every family
                                     occasion; gaze at the moon; count
                                      all the stars; sit quitely; listen to
                                         God speak; contemplate;
                                             be respectable and
                                              worthy; cut more
                                                flowers; dream
                                                 more dreams;
                                                   enjoy God's
                                                     creation!!
                                

Roses from Reuben

Last year on the day we were to celebrate Reuben's life I received a package in the mail from the national mail order rose catalog. Two rose bushes arrived that morning..ordered by Reuben months before. They were promptly planted by a brother-in-law...then groomed...weeded...mulched....and loved by me.

I bought a sign that gave more encouragement to the roses to GROW. And grow they did. This is a picture of their first growing season and now they are starting to bud again.


Roses will bloom again
just wait and see
his roses will bloom again
for his family and me!

On the day we were gathered to celebrate his life
two rose's were delivered to his family and wife
they looked withered and sad and I thought they had died
but we planted them quickly so they might survive.

These two little rose bushes
that we planted with care
They are again starting to bud
and soon a fragrance will fill the air.

There is hope in those roses that were sent from above
that we planted and weeded and tended with love
There is hope in the blossom's and the bushes we tend
It is a sign from above...the indeed hearts do mend!!

Sunday Flowers!!

A few years ago when traveling in Arizona we stopped at a RV park and after registering the gentleman told us to park in the back along side the Oleander. We left registration with a confused look.

What is an Oleander? As we walked back to our motor home our heads were turning back and forth looking for the Oleander. Did he want us to park in back beside the maintenance shed and that garbage compactor sitting there is their Oleander?  Maybe he said park beside the "oily-tractor". I went back inside and he pointed us to the "Oleander". I had never heard of this flowering shrub. Beautiful..but deadly!!

The Oleander is a shrub with abundant beautiful flowers. The grow profusely in Arizona and the flowers are produced in many different colors and most are amazingly fragrant. But they are also one of the most poisonous plant in the world and contain numerous toxic compounds, which can be deadly. The toxidity of Oleander is considered extremely high.

The entire plant, even the sap is considered toxic. A single leaf can be fatal to a child. So my question is why are they still used as shrub borders along freeways and in school yards in California and Arizona?

MOVING ALONG IN MY LIFE....I THINK!!

Here it is March 1st  and I am procrastinating...again. When in fact I should be getting tax stuff rounded up, going through all my piled up mail that accumulated while gone for two months, or collecting all the dust bunnies running around my house....instead I am on my computer looking at and organizing all my flower pictures. I have discovered in the past year, since my husband passed away, I am not only a slob...I am also a procrastinator. But I have heard that perfectionists are usually procrastinators. So I'm a perfectionist??? Even though I have time to get tax information together today...I can't. I can't do it because it's only March and taxes aren't due until April 15th and somewhere along the line I decided that there's no sense in starting till April 1st. All too soon it's April and as always I have numerous other things I need to get done. So then comes Reuben's job...remind me daily..numerous times..until I decide on my own, I might add, that I really can't procrastinate any longer. You see how nothings happens until everthing lines up perfectly...and that my friend is why nothing ever happens.
But it stops today..I am through with procrastination. I have decided I need to start moving along in my life and make a few decisions on my own. So today without any encouragement from anyone...is the day I start getting tax papers together. As soon as all my flowers are organized.... and then lunch with a friend..and then taxes. Well maybe I'll start tomorrow for sure!!

A Friend is always there!

My friend and I share the same birthday month and we have been celebrating together for many years. We also share a lot of the same memories of Reuben my husband of 45 years and her younger only brother. This year for her birthday I wrote her this poem letting her know how much I care for her.

We shared sad days

We shared the sun's rays

You were there...

When  I was so low

and the tears would flow

You were there...

Hands to clutch

gentle touch

You were there...

Reaching out

sharing doubt

You were there...

Falling tears

listening ears

You were there...

Times I couldn't even cry

and I just wanted to die

You were there...

I had so many fears

we cried and mingled our tears

You were there...

A loving friend indeed

you filled my every need

You were there...

You are a special friend

I'll love you till the end

You were there.

FEBRUARY 18th........

     ON  T O D A Y

FEBRUARY 18th ...

THE  ONE YESR ANNIVERSARY OF REUBEN'S DEATH

I WANTED YOU TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NOT A DAY GOES BY
THAT I DON'T CELEBRATE
THE TREASURE I HAVE IN ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

through....time

...distance

....and heartache

YOU HAVE BEEN

THERE FOR ME!

IT IS YOUR ... LOVE THAT HAS REMAINED STEADFAST AND HAS BLESSED MY LIFE.

IT IS YOUR LOVE THAT COMES FROM GOD BECAUSE ...

LOVE NEVER...FAILS..AND THESE  T H  R  E  E   REMAIN...

faith..........hope...........love   and the greatest of these is .......LOVE

Deb & Shelby

Trish & Christy

Darin & Deb

Grandkids

Shirley & Brother

 & Sisters

                                                                                       Grandson.Tyler

Shirl &

Reub's sisters

Derick's familyTrisha's family

Girlfriends

girlfriends

Did you say “I Love You” today?

Yesterday I received some devastating news. A friend has died. This news was delivered via the current media outlet of the decade E-Mail. It’s hard to imagine all the thoughts that can go through your head in a just a few minute's time span. How did she die? Oh no she was way to young. She had such a giving heart! How is her family doing? Oh her grandchildren will be devastated…she was so loved. Did I ever tell her I loved her, or that she was an amazing person? The tears were unstoppable. Then I made a phone call and received the best news of my life. It was a very bad mix up and the person who sent the E-mail felt terrible that she hadn’t first verified the information. I chatted with my friend and she was very much alive and hadn’t yet heard of her demise. I told her I loved her and appreciated her friendship.

Don’t forget this Valentine’s Day to say:

I LOVE YOU

Sailing on a Promise

Sometimes I feel I would love to just sail away
Off into the sunset and a brand new day.

A day with no worries and lots of play
Just sail and sail the ocean all day.

Is this sail boat worthy, can it stand the test?
Can it sail forever and ever and never rest?

Is the captain knowledgeable can he keep me safe?
Or is he like captain Ron...a real disgrace?

But it is a promise and this I hold dear
that he will do all in his power to make sure I'm secure.

Then in my dream it is all so clear
the captain is you and I release all my fear.

It's just a hint of a promise but so romantic it seems
To sail on a promise has been one of my dreams.

Unsheltered with billowing sails
just floating along as if on whispering veils.

A promise is to keep...so just hold on tight.
but sometimes they are illusive as the moon shadows at night.

In my dreams I wonder is it real or will it fail?
Is is truly just a dream? Will I really sail?

Because my dreams are a vast as the sea
maybe this dream I should just let it be!!

I could still hold your hand

At this time last year you were still with me, but now a brand new year, a brand new start. It's 2010 and slowly, ever so slowly...the sun has moved across the sky and the clouds are slowly disappearing.

Back then I could hold your hand and you were there with me always.

Now it's today, a new year and I realize you are still with me..always!

I felt sad because I could no longer hold your hand.

but then like magic you appear as we dance to our song...You are holding me once again, you've been gone so long.

Majestic, gentle outstretched arms hold me as we dance in my dreams.

The arms that are holding me are strong as we glide so light...But wait...are these your arms that lift me in flight?

My eyes are downcast as we glide across the floor...I am amazed at the lightness with which we soar.

I am so relaxed in your arms and just enjoyiing the dance...You guide me so gently as you put me in your trance.

But as I gaze up and sweetly look into your face.....

I realize it's you LORD...

In the just born morning you've come with your embrace.

You remind me when your eyes meet mine...How very much you love him, and now he is thine.

It's you Lord that gives me comfort so dear...it's you Lord that has filled me with grace.

It's you Lord that holds me so tight.

It's you Lord dancing with me with a glowing face.

It's you Lord that reminds me so gently

Not now..not today...maybe not tomorrow..but soon I promise.

The hole in your heart is getting smaller and the clouds disappear with the rain,

and soon you will remember him with sunshine...and not with pain!!