L.U.V.

The three little words that everyone wants to hear...
Love.

Understanding.

Validation.

KaliDas Lives

You came to me on borrowed wings

Who taught you how to fly?

Drifting in my open window,

You held me as I cried.

Your eyes aglow

Your gaze so knowing

Your boundless happiness was showing.

A happy tear upon your face

Presence surrounding me with grace

A moonbeam danced across the floor

As you glided to the door.

You waved to me

Ascending high

You said I love you

Told me not to cry.

I looked about the lights of gold

On my heart you had tight hold

I laughed through tears, I blew a kiss

You caught it, at that point I knew

The honor that you gave

One last glimpse, for me, of you.

Your angelic face within my dreams

Your love, it fills my being

The voice is yours, inside my head

It is through your eyes I am seeing.

"I realized that life is truly amazing," says Kalidas. "I realized that the quality of my life is determined by how I choose to live it. In Northern Lights we say that 'as long as your heart is beating, you're alive and you have choices.' That is the simplest of truths."



feast, no famine

Dinner with friends will cure all that ails you...

the truth...

having imperfections allows you to stand out!

girls girls girls

I was raised by my sisters

Long after birth

If I went astray

They herded me in

Protected by their warmth

Goddesses are they

And will be until

They are leaving this plane

An impenetrable female force

Rising upward

Mothers

Lovers

Daughters

Sisters

Aunties

Friends

Beloved are we

Someone’s promise

Someone’s hopes

be virtuous

Patience takes practice, and practice makes perfect.

Being patient is one of the most difficult challenges in my life. There are things for which my patience is endless, like the elderly and children. Other things seeking my patience may have to take a back seat! I realized yesterday that as I am getting older...I am losing some level of patience for the following things:

1. people driving slower than the speed limit

2. people who talk on their cell phones while driving

3. indecisiveness

4. my husband putting coffee grounds in the sink, balling wet towels up, leaving cabinet doors open, leaving bottle caps and empty beer bottles on the counter 5 feet from the recycle bin...

I could go on forever on this one! :)

My point is patience is a virtue, and I am trying to remember to be virtuous!

Steel Magnolias

When your heart is aching and it seems that there are no answers to the questions at hand...remember that you are not very unlike the magnolia that blooms from the mighty Magnolia  tree.

As the flower, you seem delicate and paper-thin, worn down from your worry, but as you look around you can see you are lifted and supported by the strong branches that are woven beneath you.

It is there, in that precise moment, you gather your strength, and you take the first step towards the new you!