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Rose-Colored-Glasses (30)

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It isn't living unless you've lived. The scent of peach cream; fresh-picked, then sliced, Red Havens folded into homemade cream...  Bright pink sweet pea blooms off a front porch in Spring...  That very first kiss, wildly wet but clean...  The sting of a bee... It's the sound of a baby's cry, the first sign of life after birth borne; my boy in blue. A heart-shaped … [Read more...]

Learn & Live [4]

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♥ Numbers mean a lot.  How many babies/kids you've had/you have!... how many times you've gone to your favorite summer place, how many cups of coffee make your quota for the day! ♦ Never sleep in your makeup--no matter how tired you are or how late it gets! ♣ Somebody told me that as beautiful as a Whippoorwill bird sounds its presence in the early … [Read more...]

Learn & Live [3]

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♥ People know when you're real or fake so be authentic, even in your own flub-ups and messes. ♦ You can choose your own path and the road taken.  Decide and do; take it and go. ♣ Don't be afraid of your own voice, the gut in your intestine and heart.  Your mind speaks your point of contact and direction. ♠ Live like there is no tomorrow … [Read more...]

Learn & Live [2]

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  This is becoming "a thing" for me now.  I have to " -itch" somehow, but in a good way... because I "gots ta" to be a pain to somebody.  It's my thing, it's what I do (also in a good way if you haven't noticed)-- a new segment.  Somewhere to stop in, to drop everything for a second.  "To smell the roses" because life can be such a pain if/when we let it be-- And … [Read more...]