So.....It's Been Four Months

My last post was four months ago. Funny how life takes over. Much has happened, but what prompted this post after so many months was finishing a book in two days and feeling compelled to write about it.

After reading all but the final book in the wretched Twilight series, (my curiosity was peaked after they were read by practically everyone at the dance studio - young and old), it was refreshing to read something that my demographic could not only appreciate, but understand and process.

I devoured "Happens Every Day" by Isabel Gillies in two nights actually, as my husband slept soundly by my side. I could relate to her tale of her failed first marriage, unexpected and unimaginable, not because of the subject, but because many aspects of her relationship are found in many marriages, good and bad, surviving or floundering.

The moral of the story.....marriage takes work. It's a process and it is ever evolving. In the book, Isabel's world as she knew it changed in a heartbeat. Nothing could change it - not the perfect house or the kids or her job on Law & Order SVU.

The end of her story left me in tears, but not in sadness for her. While I felt her pain, I instead cried tears of joy for me and thanked the heavens above for my life.

Saying that this book put things into perspective for me is a true understatement, much more than 400 ridiculous pages of vampires and mortals professing eternal love.

Happy Heart Day

I loved you first: but afterwards your love

Outsoaring mine, sang such a loftier song

As drowned the friendly cooings of my dove.

Which owes the other most? my love was long,

And yours one moment seemed to wax more strong;

I loved and guessed at you, you construed me

And loved me for what might or might not be –

Nay, weights and measures do us both a wrong.

For verily love knows not ‘mine’ or ‘thine;’

With separate ‘I’ and ‘thou’ free love has done,

For one is both and both are one in love:

Rich love knows nought of ‘thine that is not mine;’

Both have the strength and both the length thereof,

Both of us, of the love which makes us one.

~ Christina Rosetti

At Last

#44

"Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations."

"Inspired" does not begin to describe this day for me.
It has been a day of true hope.

Praise be to God ~

Winter Wonderland?

I know that it's wintertime in this part of the world, but this is ridiculous. It has not been this cold here since 1996. "They" say the temperature will actually "warm up" to a "comfortable" 18 degrees tomorrow. The trade-off is 4-6 inches of snow.....more snow.

It's impossible to even try to understand the weather here. The only thing we can do is plan on getting out while we still can and yes, we have a plan in place.

Thinking of warmth and palm trees.....

Thoughts of the Season

The month of January is always a time of renewal for me. I am determined to start the new year with a sense of purpose and hope for the future.

My goals, intentions, resolutions for the New Year are:

~ Save more, spend less.
~ Take less, give more.
~ Keep an uncluttered mind and house.
~ Drink good wine and use the good china.
~ Travel, laugh, drink good wine and use the good china ~ often.

Happy New Year!

Yes We Can

Dance Life

My passion is also my work. I am fortunate to work at the largest dance studio in my area. Our advanced dancers were invited to perform as the entertainment for the annual Merrill Lynch Grand Gala, a benefit event that serves as a major fundraiser for local charities.

As with all jobs, I have good days and bad days. The faces you see are the reasons why I do what I do. It was a very good day.....