Hey everybody, to all the moms out there just want to wish you all a GREAT MOTHERS DAY!!!

Hope you all get treated out to dinner and stuff!!

Mooch, Turtle, Kelsey, Cry, LadyJ, Epona, Jem, Dragon and I am sure I have missed someone but please have a WONDERFUL DAY!!!

Happy Mothers Day


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Once again HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!



Before I Was Myself, You Made Me, Me


Before I was myself you made me, me
With love and patience, discipline and tears,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,
Allowing me to sail upon my sea,
Though well within the headlands of your fears.
Before I was myself you made me, me

With dreams enough of what I was to be
And hopes that would be sculpted by the years,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,

Relinquishing your powers gradually
To let me shape myself among my peers.
Before I was myself you made me, me,

And being good and wise, you gracefully
As dancers when the last sweet cadence nears
Bit by bit stepped back to set me free.

For love inspires learning naturally:
The mind assents to what the heart reveres.
And so it was through love you made me, me
By slowly stepping back to set me free.


By: Dimitri Shostakovich.


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Thank you, Deb!

I'm going to pretend I'm Cleopatra today.

Deb, thanks you! I really liked that poem.

Cleopatra, that sounds fun! We're going to saddle up the horses and go on a long trail ride.

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We're going to saddle up the horses and go on a long trail ride.

OH, I wish I could! More rain here today and high winds! And, it's only 40 degrees! Where is Spring?

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Cleopatra, that sounds fun!

Yes. I'm practicing my line: "Wait on me hand and foot, or OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!"

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Yes. I'm practicing my line: "Wait on me hand and foot, or OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!"

Hey! I like that! We should print t-shirts.

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OH, I wish I could! More rain here today and high winds! And, it's only 40 degrees! Where is Spring?

40 Degrees!!! I can't even imagine. We're pushing the 90s now, and that's a late start for us this year. We usually don't have much of a spring, but we did more this year. Normally, it's just a blink and into full-on blazing, blasting summer.

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Hey! I like that! We should print t-shirts.

LOL!!! Ok, I could go for that!

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40 Degrees!!! I can't even imagine.

I know! It's nuts! I've never seen wacko weather like this. We have had only a handful of nice days. So much for global warming!

Thanks, Deb!!!!
Same to you!!!!
And also to all my other friends here.

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Hey everybody, to all the moms out there just want to wish you all a GREAT MOTHERS DAY!!!

Hope you all get treated out to dinner and stuff!!

Mooch, Turtle, Kelsey, Cry, LadyJ, Epona, Jem, Dragon and I am sure I have missed someone but please have a WONDERFUL DAY!!!

Happy Mothers Day

Deb, Happy Mothers day to you! You ARE mom of all moms! Heaven holds the special babies...

My son didnt call today.
If was by error or by choice, I don't know.
It doesnt matter.
I was there by choice. My son was a choice. 10 lbs 22 inches of baby boy.
I didnt give up. 6 Feet, 3 inches of 350 lbs should tell you how mom loves this baby boy.
I dont want him dead or in prison being someones 'honey'.
My son will call.

I think this says just about everything for moms.....


Before I was a Mom


Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom

~ Mom unknown





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Thankyou Deb for the Mother's Day well wishing. A belated happy Mother's Day from me to you all as well hope all the mama's had a nice relaxing day!

Turtle, the weather here was just as nasty!
I always plant flowers or herbs on mother's day. Not this year! Grrrrr!!

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Turtle, the weather here was just as nasty!
I always plant flowers or herbs on mother's day. Not this year! Grrrrr!!
 

I only have my tomatoes and peppers planted so far. I already had lettuce by this time last year, and my flowers aren't planted either! Grrrrrr, too!

Cry, did you say that you were near Greensboro, NC? I have a really good friend that lives in the boondocks in southern Virginia. She talks about Greensboro all the time. It's the closest major town to them, I believe. She had the drought last year, and we had rain, rain, and more rain. This year it seems flip-flopped.

Turtle, I would love to plant tomamtoes! They're one of my most favorite things to eat For some reason they don't grow well here. The ones I buy at the store are pathetic! I miss my grammy's garden in northern Cali.

Epona, we live in Charlotte NC. That's about 1 1/2 hours from Greensboro. When we lived in Raleigh we would drive up to a lake in southern Virginia, but I can't remember the name of it. I love western Virginia! Well, what I saw of it anyway. We drove through twice while moving to and from Michigan.

Thankyou Deb.

Cry, I call my Grandma, Grammy too. She is sooo cute, I love her to pieces.

Ahhh...grammies are the greatest
When I was little, I called her mimi. That's what my girl's call her.

Cry, my friend I told you about who was 38 had her baby today, missed Mother's Day by 1 day....7.9 oz healthy baby boy. They're already talking about the next one.

I just found out I'm going to be a grammy in December!

OH, WOW!!! Turtle, congratulations!!

Thanks, Epona! It seems very surreal to me! It's the first grandbaby on both sides. The kid will be spoiled rotten!