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Follow Your Dream
Trouble arrives in measures, and we stack it up real high,
until we're convinced, we have no reason to try.
If you feel defeated, you're absolutely wrong,
for if you follow your dream, you could never lose for long.
Ignore the minor set-backs that pile up and trouble you,
or you will build a mountain, out of the stones hurled at you.
The future holds great promise, your destiny unknown,
but God is always helping, and you're never alone.
Soar bravely toward your goal. Let nothing darken the way.
You can change your tomorrow, if you seek your dream today.
-- Bobette Bryan
I have been away for a few days or otherwise occupied. I am trying to spend some quality time with a special someone in my life, and I came back and was humbled by a blog my heart sis did. Nuf said on that.. only to add, it was not all she made it out to be .. just a tiny thing.
Life is certainly full of dreams. I was in CVS drug store the other evening after work picking up some things that were on sale (I am the bargain queen, doncha know??) and during the course of my looking for a specific shaver (fusion .. you know the one .. it vibrates!!!  ) there was an older gentleman looking for the same shaver without the power, he laughed when he saw me picking up the battery operated one and just said at his age, it would prove to be too much for his old ticker to handle. I smiled, and then another friend of his joined in on the conversation.
I got to speaking with the other gentleman and, of course, inevitably as is the course of my life, this gentleman started talking about the way the world was headed and said that it was a shame as to how many young men and women who have served the country are now going to suffer with PTSD without any help from the very country they defended. One thing lead to another and the gentleman told me he was a WWII vet and then asked me: "how old do you think I am?" I felt the panic bile rise up in my throat as I never appreciate answering that question, and smiled and said, "I know if you served in WWII you must be at least 80, but you don't look a day over 70." He laughed and told me he just turned 90, two days prior. Gotta tell yall, he was in damn fine shape, and I told him that I may have been tossin some crap before with the age thing, but that he looked amazing for his age. He told me it was due to 12-14 hour work days. He raised 7 children without his wife ever having to work, served the country and ran his own deli business still today and that all the teeth in his mouth were his! And this man had a head of hair. As I turned to leave, the booger pinched my butt, and when I turned, he smiled and said: "I am still human and breathing" and walked away!
Rented the movie, "P.S. I Love You", and let me tell you people, this is the type of love I am hoping for at this point in my life. Can you imagine someone loving you so much that he arranges for 1 year's worth of love letters with small hints and things to help you get over his death? He planned a trip for his wife, and so many other things to open her heart to love again. I highly recommend it.
I also got a chance to visit a stable that works with handicapped children. It was amazing! I fell in love there and Cassie, the chestnut mare, and I have planned her breakout and she and I will run away together!!! 
I love the video I am attaching here.. this is my hope also.. it is beautifully harmonized by the velvet voice of Josh Turner and complimented by Tricia Yearwood...
Another Try
And the following is a link to my newest pictures (of the fawn near my house and the new baby ducks at the pond):
My Newest Pictures
And for gramps: Tickle Me Elmo (thanks Lou!!!)
There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me Elmo Toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms.
Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 AM.
The next day at 8:45 AM there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door.
The Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant about the new employee.
He complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is backing up, putting the entire production line behind schedule.
The Personnel Manager decides he should see this for himself, so the 2 men march down to the factory floor.
When they get there the line is so backed up that there are Tickle Me Elmo's all over the factory floor and they're really beginning to pile up.
At the end of the line stood Lena surrounded by mountains of Tickle Me Elmo's.
She had a roll of plush red fabric and a huge bag of small marbles.
The 2 men watched in amazement as she cut a little piece of fabric, wrapped it around two marbles and began to carefully sew the little package between Elmo's legs.
The Personnel Manager burst into laughter.
After several minutes of hysterics he pulled himself together and approached Lena.
"I'm sorry," he said to her, barely able to keep a straight face, "but I think you misunderstood the instructions I gave you yesterday..."
"Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles."
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