Conclusion

It's always best to know where you stand. And to allow others the same respect. I concluded that just this very night.~Posh (cmm)

Celebrate Our Lives

Just as we move on from one year to the next, relationship to relationship, the many journeys we make in our lifetimes, one day we make the final Journey. The big one. We all, sure as we are born, must make the crossing from this life to the next. There's no getting over on it, no manipulative movement can give us an escape; it's going to happen to all of us. 

No, I have not always been so accepting of this. Nor were my yesterdays so brave and maybe tomorrow I will take yet another plunge downward into grief for my loved ones who have already made that final trip. But for today .... 

A high school classmate has taken the journey that we all must face one day. We so wish that his time hadn't come so soon. It brings to mind my own brother who was friends with this guy and I feel certain that he met him at the crossing. May God, Creator and finisher of all of us, wrap a blanket of warmth around Rick's family as they learn to accept his moving on to the next life. Please don't be too hard on yourself. Allow yourselves to grieve, and in doing so, honor his love of life, his beautiful creation - his daughter - and know that he will always be with you. Always. This I know.

Free Leonard Peltier - Signatures Needed

Please sign this petition to free Leonard Peltier:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/free-leonard-peltier/p3yk4sjr

25,000 signatures are needed by Dec 13. Please sign and pass forward.

Thanks.

Honoring Our Veterans

In honor, and memory, of my Grandfathers before me, my Father, my beloved Brother, all my Relations before me, those living Relations, far and wide who have served and are still serving our Country. Those who have, with their lives, served for other Countries to ensure their safety. For all the Veterans, everywhere, who have sacrificed their lives, whether in death or absence - for us. May you be blessed always. You've given so much, so selflessly. May you ever remain highly recognized and held in high honor as our true Heroes.

Show Me Something Real

Recent months have brought me to a stopping point by slamming me into a brick wall. Again. I don't know how many times my head had to be slammed (really) before I stopped, looked up, cried out "Please, please make something "real" in my life." Life had come to the point of not much feeling real. It felt as though I was floating out there watching everyone else's life going on, moving forward, yet mine had become the stagnant green sitting next to that moss-covered pond.

Today was just a step. But indeed a step. I did something. I got up this morning, began busying myself and I did something worthwhile; and not good as in I treated myself to Subway.

Creator of my Soul, I thank you for showing me something real.

Gray - We all are gonna have it.

I said I'd never color my hair. I was 20 something then. "There's something good about each stage of our lives, and I will never color my hair." Said the 20ish year-old without a need of doing so ... Once I began, it has been extremely difficult to not continue.

Ever seen a Cocker Spaniel escape out of the house and run, run, run like crazy? The look on his face as the wind is blowing his fur .... "Borrrnnn Freeeee"!

That's how I felt this morning. I finally, after two years of deliberation, decided to take the first step of transitioning from my very dark hair into the gray that was very quickly overwhelming my head. I've grown so weary with slapping color after color on it. That can't be good for it. Additionally, I don't want to keep aging with very, nearly black hair. How natural is that? Not at all. My gray hair is coming in at such a high speed so I decided to work with it rather than keep fighting it.

So .... the first step was today. On the left - is before (2 wks ago) and the right - is after (today). I suppose I should have taken the time to put on some makeup. :)