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When I look at you...

Even my edges are sharp and bright...

What I see reflected back to me is beautiful... intelligent... unstoppable... Even when all I see is darkness you still see light...

You point out all my dark places too, so I know you're not just blind... but instead of being frightened you revel in them... and so I can too...

I can drag you into the deepest chasms and never fear that you will finally see too much..

Some roots go deep... and yours go all the way to the center of the universe...

I'll never be as glorious as you think I am, but I've been able to find my way by following the light in your eyes...

photo: no it's NOT Scarlett Johanssen

Or rather... Creating it...

The boundaries are those of my childhood, and even though I don't fit inside them anymore...

I haven't found any others that make any better sense than those...

They are all just more shapes on a page...

That's not to say I don't believe anything...

Because I do...

Perhaps I'll just take a crayon, or a jar of paint, or eyeshadow or stars...

And make my own outline...

In some places I suppose I would be considered the most dangerous of heretics...

Not because I don't believe...

But because I won't be bound...


photo: mine

You forget what it's like to fly up over the top of the hill?

I think I even forgot how to breathe...

Ooooooh it's good to be flying again...



(I'll never give up this manic/depressive thing... the manic is far too GOOD to lose!!!)

(NO the baby bird is NOT getting married (BITE your TONGUES!!!))

Can be stressful, uncomfortable and face it, BORING! (can you say 700 names to announce?)

A lot of people skip the ceremonies, or leave as soon as they've seen what THEY want to see (why are people so self-absorbed and rude?)

But to me, even though they can be all those things... (Yes I was hot, yes I got TIRED after about name 254 (ok my kid was in the top quarter of names called)) I am grateful for them because they serve as a reality check... By trying to inspire the target audience one last time, they provide a reminder to the rest of us of the things we forget about most of the time in our day to day struggle to get by... They provide an opportunity to take time to remember what is really important...

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reset... recharge... move forward...

GRADUATION   DAY


yaywaaaayaywaaaayaywaaaayaywaaaayaywaaaayaywaaa!!!

photo: Googled

It's MAY
It's MAY!!!
 

The Friday night of months...

My favorite month of the year...

The weather is beautiful...

The lilacs will soon be in bloom...
 
Mmmmmm...


(Lilacs are my ABSOLUTE favorite flower... When I was young I used to make lilac 'perfume' for my mother every year... I'm SURE it must've been ghastly...
 
Still... SHE pretended to like it... )
 

photo: my lilacs
 

Just a few weeks ago they were tiny shoots....



Now spring is really REALLY here!!!



(Did you notice that the daffodil at the top has a tiny guest?)

You just have to go along with it...

Fighting a current that strong is just an exercise in futility anyway...

So you let go... and let the river flow where it will...

And if you're really really lucky...

It takes you where you wanted to go anyway...




photo: Rolling River - Jeanette Le Grue

photo: mine

photo: free-stockphotos.com