Nothing inside but love

Self Portrait / With someone

When my oldest son was in Kindergarten he came barreling out of school one day with a package held firmly under his arm.
It was obvious by the exesesive amount of tape he had wrapped this box himself .
Eager to play with his friends he rushed past me hurling the gift like he was passing a foot ball.
I heard him utter as he passed by "here Mom, there is nothing inside but love"

Attached to the box was a hand written poem I hate to admit it, but I cannot remember the exact wording. It is the last line that will travel with me through eternity it read, " there is nothing inside but love"
My son is now 23, to me it is like he is l inside that very box, captured in time, frozen, bright eyes, beautiful toothless grin a personal time capsel for only me to open.

I want to tell him.....I am the little girl holding that same box, in my mind and he is inside.
I am speaking the same words he once spoke to me, Here Son, there is nothing inside but love ".

A Place for me

Solitude

Drifting, silence, raw.
Time now beckons, dance sharp, turn
clouds, fluffy pillows.


Conflicting spirits
Cannot see my soft steps smile
Dancing alone, my space.

Rosalinda's Wrinkles

Each wrinkle absorbs
memories of life and death
like vapors, like wind

Wrinkles that know truth
waves tossed too high to hold on
Why humans let go

That wasn't chicken

Please have patience I am brand new at this.
I wrote the first thing that came to mind.

The fortune read ; that wasn't chicken.
Do you think this may have helped Jessica Simpson?

For those of you who do not understand Jessica questioned if Tuna was chicken, after all, the can read "chicken of the sea"

Hangin on

Hello,

This is my first offical post. I would like to dedicate it to my friend
" Warrior Girl".
Warrior girl is the frog hanging on.

I am convinced it was fate that led to she and to meet in the mid 90's. I have never met anyone quite like her! This little froggy has never let go or given up on anything .

Warrior girl came to my place of employment looking for answers, after several converstaions we later discovered we we nieghbors, our children were friends, and attended the same school.

Eventually, her questions were answered , it was time for us to to move along our individual roads, our friendship taking a detour.

Fate determined that we should start communicating again.
I would like to share some reasons why I think God put Warrior girl in my life.......again and again.

#1 To teach me not to whine about little things.
#2 To show me what courage looks like.
#3 To prove no matter what your circumstances are life can be full.
#5 To offer me a chance to be part of a wonderful life and legacy.
#6 Last but not least, to have somone to commiserate with about our children.

My final thought for today (I beleive Warrior girl already knows this).....
From the movie Akeehla and The Bee,
It is not our inadequancies that scare us rather, greatness of the power within.