Through my eyes I see them as no one else does. I feel their creative spirit. I hear their unsung song. I experience their joy of youth as they flutter through the room. I feel their grace emerging, like a butterfly, Leaving it’s cocoon! Their opinionated spirit lets my heart dance! For I remember days gone by of my own youth, now long gone, but the spirit remains! Sweet memories of yesterday, all obstacles, all roads, all choices made, both…..
My life has been a poem of sweet refrain. It has been a smooth path, with much to see and do, with narrow bends and heart wide smiles, and loves along the way. I’ve been such a “lucky” lass. I have lived to become a woman wise, with truths to teach others along my journey’s way. Children and grandchildren have been my joy. Travel on foreign shores has been my adventure. My solitude, I find in my oceanside walks along…..
In today’s whirlwind lifestyle of working parents, birthday parties, dental and doctor appointments and after school activities, children lose their sense of wonder! We as parents need them to grow slowly, not push them into growing up so fast. They spin and twirl another day, another week, another month and another year. Years go by and what have these little beings learned from you? Plant the seeds of guidance while they are small, and as young adolescents, see your efforts…..