These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Animals, Nature, Art, Beauty, Truth, Honor, Innocence, Warm Friends and Family, Carriage Driving, Love, Intimacy, Trust, Travel, English Countryside, Any countryside, Faith, Magic, Glitter, Grand Cayman, Vermont, National Parks, Switzerland, Good Conversation, Delicious Food, Chocolate Chip Cookies (preferably mine), cuddles, snuggles, Gourmet Gardens Restaurant, Broadway Musicals, laughter, handbells, books that leave me more inspired, red, cozy sweaters and PJ's, roaring fires and fireside chats, old trees, babbling brooks, any pets I've had the great fortune to have known, harmony, peace, tranquillity, Calligraphy, enchantment, possibilities, fun, freedom, flexibility, imagination, creativity, collaboration, flowers, baby-anything and LIFE!

Sweetie Sue Perry | A Dog Named Christmas

Sweetie Sue Perry | A Dog Named Christmas
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In The Spirit

Blessed is the Season Which Engages the Whole

World in a Conspiracy of Love!

--Hamilton Wright Mabie

With the addition of a new pup and the holidays upon us, I reflect back on happier times. Suppose many do.  When we were children and lived in a protected bubble of sorts.  Mom and Dad there to protect and guide us, sisters to play with or talk to, friends to do things with and relate to.  A simpler time in many respects. 

Now, alone at mid-life, the world fraught with headlines of terrorism, political spats and national concern about health care and aging baby-boomers, there isn't a day goes by that I don't worry about the future.  What will become of me if I don't have health insurance?  Or children to look in on their old Mom every now and then?  What if I get sick or, worse, lose my mind or get Alzheimer's or dementia?  Then, what?

I suppose Chicken Little felt the same level of fears as he ran around shouting, "The Sky is Falling, The Sky is Falling!"  And he believed that it was.  Yet, nothing happened.  Perhaps the best approach to the future, in this perilous present, is to relax, breath deeply, and believe that the sky is intact.  Believe in a Higher Power, the flow of the Universe, the goodness of humankind.  Believe in one's Self and one's family (yes, including furry families!) and friends.  Believe that we all have a finite amount of time here on this ol' Earth and worrying about the future won't stop anything from happening now, or then. 

So live the best life you can.  Love openly and freely. 
Believe in the power of Divine Intervention, global peace, the beauty and wonder of animals and nature.  It's the best life has to offer--right here.  Right NOW.

What a Weekend!

Saturday nights, I usually eat dinner on a tray table while watching Bobby and Cissy dancing on the Lawrence Welk Show followed by a rousing round of Canasta online then honker down in bed with a good book--my companion for the evening.  Not so last Saturday, though!

All that afternoon I went Christmas caroling in the country then raced home, showered and headed across the street for my second holiday party of the day.  From jeans and horses to Christmas trees and holiday cheer, it was a jammed pack day of glad tidings of the season.

As I made my way from farm to town, I recalled holidays past when I was married or had a dashing escort and smiled in thinking about happier times.  Everything changes, and sometimes all we have are memories to keep us warm.  Each holiday party was special in its own right, each unique, each offering new faces, food & fun.  Yet when I came home at the end of the day, somehow, I didn't feel so merry and gay. 

Yes, I have my kits and new darling doggie.  Yes, I have a lovely home and hearth.  But, through it all, I have only myself at the end of the day.  Quiet.  Peaceful.  No conflicts to be sure.  But what about sharing the joys of the season?  The ups and downs, happy times and sad?  It felt lonely as I lifted my favorite crystal necklace over my head and undressed for bed. 

Alone.  With the kits.  Listening to my pup snoring peacefully. 
Life, as it is today.