The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“History teaches that the struggle for justice is not a sprint, it’s a marathon.”
Showing posts with label birthdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthdays. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Happy Birthday!!! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“History teaches that the struggle for justice is not a sprint, it’s a marathon.”
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Wiser on Wednesday - Our Deepest Fear - Marianne Williamson
Our Deepest Fear - Marianne Williamson
insert picture of the counted cross stitch I made for Repeat's birthday here. started Summer 2007 - completed April 2012
see post October 28, 2009
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
insert picture of the counted cross stitch I made for Repeat's birthday here. started Summer 2007 - completed April 2012
see post October 28, 2009
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Trouble with Birthdays...
...in the Spring is that you never know what you'll get...weather wise! (what did you think I meant?)
This year my Dear Daughter took me on a DC Harbor Cruise to see the Cherry Blossoms in bloom. Or at least that was the plan. The blossoms blossomed early. Then it got cold. Then the wind blew. Then they were gone!
It was very cold on the cruise! But I was warmed by the time, attention and the planning that my daughter did on my behalf. (She tells me that's my love language)
The very next day, I mean the very next day - it was warm and pleasant and well Spring like! But then that is the trouble and the triumph of birthdays in the Spring.
This year my Dear Daughter took me on a DC Harbor Cruise to see the Cherry Blossoms in bloom. Or at least that was the plan. The blossoms blossomed early. Then it got cold. Then the wind blew. Then they were gone!
It was very cold on the cruise! But I was warmed by the time, attention and the planning that my daughter did on my behalf. (She tells me that's my love language)
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| On the Cruise - 3-25-2012 Spring? |
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| Outside the Smithsonian - 3-26-2012 Spring! |
Monday, April 2, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Sunday, December 7, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dear Son!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SON!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!
MOMMY
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Birthday Memories
My two children are 23 months and 2 weeks apart...My DS's birthday --which is tomorrow December 7--comes after my DD's even though he's the oldest. As adults we think nothing of this. But children particularly young children just don't quite get it. Of course, I know this now but not when they were the "particularly young children that just don't get it".
One year when they were young, very young children --and when I had less than enough money (was there ever a year when that wasn't true?) I decided to hold their b-day parties together. I figured it was a good idea rather than invite the same family members and friends to another gathering just two weeks away. So I had their b-day celebrations together. I let them each invite their own friends. I ordered a cake for each one of them. (DD's was a Barbie cake and DS' was ET - you know the Extra Terrestial?) We sang "happy birthday" twice - once for each of them. So you can surely see that I was treating them as individuals right? WRONG! When my DS's b-day rolled around two weeks later, he wanted to know when his party was going to be. There was no explaining that his party had been on the same day as his sister's party - that he and his sister had celebrated together. He didn't get it that the two cakes, the two songs, the two sets of friends, meant two parties. I guess in his mind two parties also meant two days!
Maybe it was because it wasn't near his birthday...geez what's two weeks?! Maybe it was because it was before DD's birthday ...which if you think about it (apparently only if you think about it as an adult) it was also before his...but whatever the reason ...he felt for quite some time that he didn't have a party that year.
What can I say? I tried.
One year when they were young, very young children --and when I had less than enough money (was there ever a year when that wasn't true?) I decided to hold their b-day parties together. I figured it was a good idea rather than invite the same family members and friends to another gathering just two weeks away. So I had their b-day celebrations together. I let them each invite their own friends. I ordered a cake for each one of them. (DD's was a Barbie cake and DS' was ET - you know the Extra Terrestial?) We sang "happy birthday" twice - once for each of them. So you can surely see that I was treating them as individuals right? WRONG! When my DS's b-day rolled around two weeks later, he wanted to know when his party was going to be. There was no explaining that his party had been on the same day as his sister's party - that he and his sister had celebrated together. He didn't get it that the two cakes, the two songs, the two sets of friends, meant two parties. I guess in his mind two parties also meant two days!
Maybe it was because it wasn't near his birthday...geez what's two weeks?! Maybe it was because it was before DD's birthday ...which if you think about it (apparently only if you think about it as an adult) it was also before his...but whatever the reason ...he felt for quite some time that he didn't have a party that year.
What can I say? I tried.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dear Daughter!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DAUGHTER!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!
I Love You, Mommy
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Thursday Thirteen -
Thirteen things I'd do for DD's birthday if she wasn't turning the BIG blank-0 ...
- plait her hair
- put day of the week barrette's on the ends of the plaits
- buy her two scoops of Baskin Robbins' Cookies 'n Cream ice cream
- read with her in the bed
- brush her hair from her face - ( the plaits always untwist)
- have a "movie mania" day ( that's when I'd let her and her brother watch movies until their eyes popped out...okay maybe just two or three in a row)
- have her friends over and watch her interact with them
- cook with her
- dream out loud
- have a family room picnic with shrimp and scallops
- eat out
- stay up talking and doing needlework together
- tell her "I love you"; "I miss you when you're away"; "I'm so very proud of you!"
hmmm...looks like some of this I can do even if she is turning the big blank-0...
so do you think she'd wear the barrettes? (LOL)
Happy Birthday DD!!!!!! - Love Mommy
Birthday minus 2
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