Starting My Coloring ~

We've seen them everywhere, and you probably have, too. Magical gardens, faraway cities, aquatic creatures, woodland nymphs and (almost goes without saying) Game of Thrones–themed books can whisk you away from your grown-up problems while you color inside the lines for a few minutes. Yes, it sounds a little silly and overly simplistic, but before you ignore the trend, consider the potential benefit: These books focus your attention on a very simple task to help crowd out negative, stressful thoughts, says Joe Taravella, PhD, a clinical psychologist and clinical assistant professor in the department of rehab medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, in New York. The task doesn't require the same level of creativity as traditional art therapy (which is part of what makes art therapy effective), but that's also what makes it accessible. "There can be some anxiety with art therapy for people who don't consider themselves artistic," says Taravella. "They worry about what colors to choose, what to draw or paint, how it will come out. Coloring is just coloring." Consider it the new knitting.

Chucky In Love ~

I want to go to chuck e cheese
As much as I please
Eat lots of pizza
Get lots of tokens
Play lots of games
Jump in the balls and go all insane
Take off my shoes
Crawl through the tubes
Count all my tickets
Go choose a prize
My Aliyah loves Chuck E Cheese !

"Cute as a Button "

"Cute as a Button " 

She'll be cute as a button, everyone knows
From her tiny little curls to her chubby little toes.
She'll be cute as a button, even when she's bad
And especially when she's happy, angry, tired or sad.
She'll be cute as a button, in every possible way
In everything she does all through each night and day.
With an attitude I'm sure to match her Daddy and Mommy.

Marletta ~

“I'm blessed and I couldn't be more grateful. Do you want to know why? Because I'm a mother, but that's only half of it. I'm blessed because, when I need to, I can still just be a daughter. I get the feeling that there is nothing more precious than to have both of these roles, simultaneously.”

Spring 2015 ~

I'd Rather ~

I'd Rather

(Meredith Gray)
I'd rather be a mother
Than anyone on earth--
Bringing up a child or two
Of unpretentious birth.
I'd rather tuck a little child
All safe and sound in bed--
Than twine a chain of diamonds
About my foolish head.
I'd rather wash a smudgy face
With round, bright baby eyes--
Than paint the pageantry of fame,
or walk among the wise.

2015 Christmas ~

“Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the sceptic, an ardent zealot.”  

Christmas Grandma's House 2015 ~

Morning Opening Gifts ~

“... it’s a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.”

Moms Girl ~

“...you are my rainbow to keep. My eyes will always be watching you; never will I lose sight of you.”
― Vesna Bailey

Christmas 2015

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Ready for a new START ~

Christmas is over the trees been unplugged
Every pine needle vacuumed from the family room rug
All the ornaments have been put away
Safely stored for the next Christmas day
Friends and neighbors go about their business just like before
Holiday cards taken down the wreathe off the door
A sadness fills me… like everything’s been taken away
The year unwinds but for some reason I want it to stay
The uncertainty of what lies ahead fills me with fear
I want to grab everything and everyone that I hold dear
How can I be certain that there is a light up ahead?
A reason to go on, nothing to fear or dread
So I must take it on faith what God has planned for me
There are blessing just waiting for me to see
This New Year could be what I’ve been looking for
With riches and fame and memories galore
So when this year ends, only the good I will take
Filled with optimism for the New Year to awake ~

Your Mind ~

Your mind is like a fertile garden. You must constantly tend to it, otherwise if left unattended it will become a bed of weeds and everything in there will choke and die. ~ The Daily Guru