Quotes To Live By
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying over the future.
Love...and you shall be loved.
God always gives His best to those
who leave the choice with Him.
All people smile in the same language.
A hug is a great gift... one size fits all.
It can be given for any occasion
and it's easy to exchange.
Everyone needs to be loved...
especially when they do not deserve it.
The real measure of a man's wealth
is what he has invested in eternity.
Laughter is God's sunshine.
Everyone has beauty
but not everyone sees it.
It's important for parents to live
the same things they teach.
Thank God for what you have,
TRUST GOD for what you need.
If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday
and the worries of tomorrow,
you have no today to be thankful for.
Man looks at outward appearance
but the Lord looks within.
The choice you make today
will usually affect tomorrow.
Take time to laugh, for it is
the music of the soul.
Love is strengthened by working
through conflicts together.
The best thing parents can do
for their children is to love each other.
Harsh words break no bones
but they do break hearts.
We take for granted the things
that we should be giving thanks for.
Love is the only thing that can be
divided without being diminished.
Happiness is enhanced by others
but does not depend upon others.
For every minute you are angry with someone,
you lose 60 seconds of happiness
that you can never get back.
Do what you can, for whom you can,
with what you have, and where you are.
2008-05-13 05:37:09 GMTComments: 2 |Permanent Link
Did You Ever Wonder?
Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?
Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
Why is a boxing ring square?
Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
Why is it that to stop Windows 95, you have to click on "Start"?
Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address,
you turn down the volume on the radio?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor,
and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
Why is a boxing ring square?
Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
Why is it that to stop Windows 95, you have to click on "Start"?
Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address,
you turn down the volume on the radio?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor,
and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
How come we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
How come sheep don't shrink when it rains but a
wool sweater does when you wash it?
wool sweater does when you wash it?
2008-05-13 05:30:04 GMTComments: 0 |Permanent Link
A Mothers Love
To some love is just a word
To me it's a feeling
A feeling I get everytime I look into your eyes
A feeling I get when I realize your my mom
A mom who loves, Shares A mom who inspires
Unconditionally
What's that?
That's love
A mothers love, but only you would know
And me
You returned that love time and time again
Possibly to much, nevertheless you did
Thank-you
Thank-you for being there when I needed you most
For being my rock when I should have been yours
Thank-you for believing in me, even when I doubted myself
For being the one person I could trust
No matter what, no matter where
But most of all thank-you for being you-my mom
A mom I am so proud to claim
I love you
Now and forever
To me it's a feeling
A feeling I get everytime I look into your eyes
A feeling I get when I realize your my mom
A mom who loves, Shares A mom who inspires
Unconditionally
What's that?
That's love
A mothers love, but only you would know
And me
You returned that love time and time again
Possibly to much, nevertheless you did
Thank-you
Thank-you for being there when I needed you most
For being my rock when I should have been yours
Thank-you for believing in me, even when I doubted myself
For being the one person I could trust
No matter what, no matter where
But most of all thank-you for being you-my mom
A mom I am so proud to claim
I love you
Now and forever
2008-05-08 05:39:58 GMTComments: 3 |Permanent Link
Never Enough
Sometimes I know the words to say,
Give thanks for all you've done,
But then they up and fly away,
As quickly as they come.
How can you possibly thank enough,
The one who makes you whole,
The one to whom you owe your life,
The forming of your soul?
The one who's always been there for you,
The one who always will,
The one who's right behind you,
As you make your way uphill.
The one who tucked you in at night,
The one who stopped you crying,
The one who was the expert,
At picking up when you were lying.
Give thanks for all you've done,
But then they up and fly away,
As quickly as they come.
How can you possibly thank enough,
The one who makes you whole,
The one to whom you owe your life,
The forming of your soul?
The one who's always been there for you,
The one who always will,
The one who's right behind you,
As you make your way uphill.
The one who tucked you in at night,
The one who stopped you crying,
The one who was the expert,
At picking up when you were lying.
The one who saw you off to school,
And spent sad days alone,
Yet magically produced a smile,
As soon as you came home.
The one who's heart breaks every time,
You grow a little older,
The furnace of her heart glows when you smile,
And when you're sad, grows colder.
Who always wants the best for you,
No matter what the cost,
Spending all her strength to make you whole,
As parts of her are lost.
Who doesn't like to see you hurt,
Who always feels your pain,
But glows the strength and hope you need,
To make it through the rain.
The one who understands you,
Like no one ever can,
Who hurts when you are hurting,
But still reaches out her hand.
The one who makes such sacrifice,
To always put you first,
Who lets you test your broken wings,
In spite of how it hurts.
Who paints the world a rainbow,
When it's filled with broken dreams,
Who explains it all so clearly,
When nothing's what it seems.
Who smiles when she is crumbling,
But rarely lets you see,
Who never says to be the best,
"It's just okay to BE."
Are there really any words for this?
I find this question tough...
Anything I want to say,
Just doesn't seem enough.
What way is there to thank you,
For your heart, your sweat, your tears,
For ten thousand little things you've done,
For oh! So many years?
For changing with me as I changed,
Accepting all my flaws,
Not loving 'cause you had to,
But loving "just because."
For showing me how to love your job,
For showing me how to give,
For showing me it's okay to need,
For showing me how to live.
For never giving up on me,
When my own wits reached their end,
For always being proud of me,
For being my best friend.
For being crutches when I could not stand,
A cushion when I fall,
Always there to listen,
Always there to call.
There is just one person,
Who still thinks I'm the best,
Who even after all these years,
Has yet had time to rest.
The one who toils to pave a road,
Down which her child may safely tread,
And sews that child a quilt of dreams,
Then drapes it 'round her head.
And so I come to realize,
The only way to say,
The only thank you that's enough,
Is clear in just one way.
Mother, take a look at me,
Look who I've become,
Who was it that made me whole?
Who's job is never done?
Mother, don't see passing years,
As the losing of your youth,
You channel yourself into me,
And I am living proof.
Look at me before you,
See what I've become,
Do you see yourself in me?
The job that you have done?
Here I stand, a product--
Just when you'd thought you'd lost yourself,
I emerge a duplicate,
YOU in someone else.
All your hopes and all your dreams,
The strength that no one sees,
A transfer over many years,
Thank you for the gifts you give,
For everything you do,
But thank you mother most of all,
For making me into you.
~ Laurie Kalb ~
Happy Mother's Day
2008-05-08 05:32:23 GMTComments: 3 |Permanent Link
Mama's Kitchen
Mama's kitchen wasn't fancy
Just simple and homespun
She would cook up many things
And always make it fun.
Just simple and homespun
She would cook up many things
And always make it fun.
A kitchen filled with laughter
Luscious smells would fill the air
A cookie jar I could reach
If I stood upon a chair.
Luscious smells would fill the air
A cookie jar I could reach
If I stood upon a chair.
Chicken fried a golden color
With gravy thick and brown
Strawberry shortcake for dessert
Now who could turn that down!
With gravy thick and brown
Strawberry shortcake for dessert
Now who could turn that down!
Lesson's learned at her knee
Will always stay with me
In her kitchen she taught best
The important things you see.
Will always stay with me
In her kitchen she taught best
The important things you see.
~ Charlotte Anselmo ~
2008-05-08 05:30:09 GMTComments: 2 |Permanent Link
