Someone said they'd read my blog

I'm amazed! Someone just wrote me and said they'd read my blog! I'm embarrassed I haven't been blogging since LAST YEAR! I'm obviously not very good at writing down my thoughts and putting them in print (I do have a phobia about that, as a matter of fact, since I always later look and see how I could have written it better)!

Still it's nice to be appreciated -- especially since the other poster to my blog simply wanted free advertising space for their views . . . anyone know how to get rid of posts to their blogs that they'd prefer NOT to be there?

Well, that's all folks -- but if you do know how to get rid of posts, PLEASE let me know.

Friends

Continuing my focus on friends, here's another little gem:


Friends

When I was little, I use to believe in the concept of one best friend, and then I started to become a woman. And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up, your Higher Power will show you the best in many friends.

One friend's best is needed when you're going through things with your man. Another friend's best is needed when you're going through things with your momma. Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.

One friend will say let's pray together, another let's cry together, another let's fight together, another let's walk away together. One friend will meet your spiritual need, another your shoe fetish, another your love for movies, another will be with you in your season of confusion, another will be your clarifier, another the wind beneath your wings.

But whatever their assignment in your life, on whatever the occasion, on whatever the day, or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym shoes on and hair pulled back or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself . . . those are your best friends. It may all be wrapped up in one woman, but for many it's wrapped up in several . . . one from 7th grade, one from high school, several from the college years, a couple from old jobs, several from church, on some days your mother, on others your sisters, and on some days it's the one that you needed just for that day or week with a fresh perspective, or the one who didn't know all your baggage, or the one who would just listen without judging . . . those are good girlfriends/best friends. Men are wonderful, husbands are excellent, boyfriends are awesome, male friends are priceless. . . but if you've ever had a real good girlfriend, then you know there's nothing like her!

I thank God for girlfriends, those who honor intimacy, those who hold trust, and those who just watch your back when you feel like life is just too heavy! I thank God for you. The special bond we share, that's unique to us. The words we've shared. The prayers we've sent up. The laughs, the tears, the phone calls, the emails, the shopping, the movies, the lunches, the dinners, the late night talks, afternoon talks, the weekend talks, all the talking, talking, talking and the listening, listening, listening.

Author Unknown (again)


So whether you've been there 20 minutes or 20 years, I love you!

And hey, I'm always open to new friends, so write me!

May 2005 bring you peace and beauty, joy and abundance and light and love!

A Reason, A Season or a Lifetime

I FOUND it!

I'm so thrilled! I found my favorite quote on friendship. Here it is:


A Reason, A Season or a Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON. . . It is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON it is because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it [it is real] but, only for a season!

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for being a part of my life!"

Author Unknown

First Posting (and man do I hate to have anything in solid print)

Hi, I'm Jilly and my friend Jean sent me the link to see the "This Land" and it was soooooo great I had to join and comment! Altho instead of letting me leave a comment, it sent me to my blog, so hey, I'll comment here! And try to comment there again!

Interesting interpretation of the two battling candidates. Unfortunately, your pictures of them certainly show their failings, and their mud-slinging, much more than and decisive victory -- tho I kinda lean towards what the Anonymous person said...t 5:51 PM -- that perhaps Bush will actually LIKE the way he's represented, whereas Kerry (and just about anyone else know) would HATE to be represented by EITHER portrayal, but the Kerry presentation is definitely blatently unlikeable (no one likes a braggart -- altho that's what Bush does too (both in your 'toon and in real life for that matter . . .).

Well, I'll be interested to see what comes of this both my post and the 'toon itself -- hope it doesn't get pulled due to pressure -- parody is an important part of politics!