When There Are No Words

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XdOfD1pxfYU/Tvz2vR_H_fI/AAAAAAAAayw/nPJyy28h_jk/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XdOfD1pxfYU/Tvz2vR_H_fI/AAAAAAAAayw/nPJyy28h_jk/s640/059.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yesterday and Today will be spent attending the Funeral, Mass and Memorial Service of the Husband of a very Dear long time Friend, he passed Christmas Eve and she called to tell me on Wednesday Night.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NMFXA-CLB48/Tvz3UF98rzI/AAAAAAAAay8/CIlLMEgWhlM/s1600/077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NMFXA-CLB48/Tvz3UF98rzI/AAAAAAAAay8/CIlLMEgWhlM/s640/077.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>There really are no words to offer sufficient comfort at a time like this.  The timing of the Passing is particularly difficult for everyone who suffered this loss... Christmas Eve...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k-Mge64sW6Q/Tvz38Eq2lpI/AAAAAAAAazI/1ZauQ4xiAps/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k-Mge64sW6Q/Tvz38Eq2lpI/AAAAAAAAazI/1ZauQ4xiAps/s640/050.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>This is an elderly couple with a very large extended Family, all of which had traveled to Arizona from all over the Country and State this year to spend time Celebrating the Joy of the Holidays together... instead they had to prepare for a Funeral and Memorial of their Loved One and experience Grief together.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0VxejHsK1wE/Tvz4thTHoVI/AAAAAAAAazU/b-qa5EsHpi8/s1600/079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0VxejHsK1wE/Tvz4thTHoVI/AAAAAAAAazU/b-qa5EsHpi8/s640/079.JPG" width="602" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Granted, when you reach a certain old age death is inevitable... and this Man had lived a very long and full Life, which will be Celebrated by his Friends and Family.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--KGP73_98hY/Tvz5GityjyI/AAAAAAAAazk/EP6nh85X2Xk/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--KGP73_98hY/Tvz5GityjyI/AAAAAAAAazk/EP6nh85X2Xk/s640/081.JPG" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And yet my Heart goes out to my Friend, his Widow, our Families have known each other and been close since we first moved to Arizona in the early 1970's.  This is a Woman I greatly admire the Strength and Faith of because she has gone through and overcome so much, even before this.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bVeot2bQYik/Tvz5njVjEFI/AAAAAAAAazw/ADKh7a0Ns0o/s1600/082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bVeot2bQYik/Tvz5njVjEFI/AAAAAAAAazw/ADKh7a0Ns0o/s640/082.JPG" width="634" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>This is a Strong, Independant Woman who raised her six Children as a Divorced Single Parent without any help, and without even knowing how to drive.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kj-maB4zwm8/Tvz6LZovE0I/AAAAAAAAaz8/scCVEkeD6bo/s1600/144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kj-maB4zwm8/Tvz6LZovE0I/AAAAAAAAaz8/scCVEkeD6bo/s640/144.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Whose youngest Adult Child was the victim of a vicious assault that left her near dead and in a vegetative state... and even after the Doctors gave up... our Friend didn't.  She nursed her Daughter back to health and helped her regain relatively high function and the ability to live independantly again... while also raising her Daughter's young Child to Adulthood.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PPucETxEcSI/Tvz7Q4ZzcvI/AAAAAAAAa0I/pVvYosDDVdM/s1600/078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PPucETxEcSI/Tvz7Q4ZzcvI/AAAAAAAAa0I/pVvYosDDVdM/s640/078.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Always Strong in Faith and with a cheerful, positive attitude... always willing to help others and uplift those who were going through the issues of Life, she really has been an Inspiration to me and a loyal Friend to our Family for almost 40 years now.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ulSM_CHUxWI/Tvz8I_4myRI/AAAAAAAAa0U/4_hvQ-TUV44/s1600/089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ulSM_CHUxWI/Tvz8I_4myRI/AAAAAAAAa0U/4_hvQ-TUV44/s640/089.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yet even though she has been through and overcome so much in a Lifetime, that would have surely wrecked a less resilient and strong Soul, she told me that this was particularly difficult, because it was so final, she'd never had to do something like this before, bury a Husband... and during the Holidays no less!!! </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e3kN4Q1bILU/Tvz9O43u80I/AAAAAAAAa0s/V369-x9JJoo/s1600/088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e3kN4Q1bILU/Tvz9O43u80I/AAAAAAAAa0s/V369-x9JJoo/s640/088.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The pain, loss and Grief was evident and tangible... and what do you say when there are no words?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZvjv8jrOqA/Tv0AOAKyInI/AAAAAAAAa1E/r_Lkf593lIc/s1600/092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZvjv8jrOqA/Tv0AOAKyInI/AAAAAAAAa1E/r_Lkf593lIc/s640/092.JPG" width="528" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Well... you don't have to say anything really... just Be There and Care with Sincerity and Love... and we will.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

When There Are No Words

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Every Day Holds Promise

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3XSY2e-ynE/TvrBalLqxWI/AAAAAAAAaww/pI-N9nTtH2w/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3XSY2e-ynE/TvrBalLqxWI/AAAAAAAAaww/pI-N9nTtH2w/s640/021.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I confess that as each New Year approaches I get excited at the Promise it holds.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WyvqvuEqUus/TvqzzrDLuCI/AAAAAAAAatI/A1Rk0RKq0hE/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WyvqvuEqUus/TvqzzrDLuCI/AAAAAAAAatI/A1Rk0RKq0hE/s640/013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Each New Year seems like a Fresh Start and that's how I always view it.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FN1LqAYV9Y4/TvqyUI__k9I/AAAAAAAAask/8aP8inx68zY/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FN1LqAYV9Y4/TvqyUI__k9I/AAAAAAAAask/8aP8inx68zY/s640/026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And it causes me to forget the reality that EVERY DAY holds equal Promise!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tT8t3KsAQTs/TvqzD7cIcbI/AAAAAAAAasw/NItgsar1-qI/s1600/077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tT8t3KsAQTs/TvqzD7cIcbI/AAAAAAAAasw/NItgsar1-qI/s640/077.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And is an opportunity for a Fresh Start!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U3BhLaJEUok/Tvqo7q4PROI/AAAAAAAAaqo/pg3bvvvDHEQ/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U3BhLaJEUok/Tvqo7q4PROI/AAAAAAAAaqo/pg3bvvvDHEQ/s640/024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>We don't have to wait until a whole New Year rolls around... and yet, sometimes we do, don't we?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BmHP-PKMu_0/TvqrHmaOx_I/AAAAAAAAark/h61wj4CI5_Y/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BmHP-PKMu_0/TvqrHmaOx_I/AAAAAAAAark/h61wj4CI5_Y/s640/021.JPG" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Instead of recognizing that each Morning holds Promise and Possibilities every day of the year... be it this year or the New one rolling in on January 1st.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SmZybQX3JzY/TvrA1UzkwBI/AAAAAAAAawY/aCA_iQW_5yU/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SmZybQX3JzY/TvrA1UzkwBI/AAAAAAAAawY/aCA_iQW_5yU/s640/025.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I always forget and neglect to make my Resolutions Daily... and so very often I wait until the beginning of a New Year to get busy with those things that I resolve I'll attempt to accomplish... </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eMU0vt0wGC8/TvqpVldyW8I/AAAAAAAAaq0/by3eZCWASJ0/s1600/085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eMU0vt0wGC8/TvqpVldyW8I/AAAAAAAAaq0/by3eZCWASJ0/s640/085.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I very often wait to set new Goals, Visions and Plans in motion at the start of every New Year rather than every New Day!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UXHV8IYoHUY/TvqppLQRrhI/AAAAAAAAarA/HUgv1gHs04s/s1600/083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UXHV8IYoHUY/TvqppLQRrhI/AAAAAAAAarA/HUgv1gHs04s/s640/083.JPG" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And as I pause and reflect upon that... well, I wonder WHY???!!!!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ASt-eCde_lA/Tvqp7rUYZ5I/AAAAAAAAarM/Yche68o8DAo/s1600/090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ASt-eCde_lA/Tvqp7rUYZ5I/AAAAAAAAarM/Yche68o8DAo/s640/090.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Why do the majority of us tend to do that?  Because I know I'm not the only one.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mXv8lfQIs8Y/TvqrpXzjMWI/AAAAAAAAarw/bG35fdYUZEk/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mXv8lfQIs8Y/TvqrpXzjMWI/AAAAAAAAarw/bG35fdYUZEk/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Many people I know are talking about the Hope of the New Year bringing brighter and better things and intend in setting their New Year's Plans and Resolutions in motion after January 1st.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ub1RUN2xR3U/Tvqwu7SRsiI/AAAAAAAAasA/UfrhD2uI0F8/s1600/114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ub1RUN2xR3U/Tvqwu7SRsiI/AAAAAAAAasA/UfrhD2uI0F8/s640/114.JPG" width="586" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>At Midnight on New Year's Eve we'll all Celebrate and get excited at the Promise the New Year might hold and that we Hope it will.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L6DzCmoYlAw/TvqxMwC_YaI/AAAAAAAAasM/VaooxmV0Ry8/s1600/120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L6DzCmoYlAw/TvqxMwC_YaI/AAAAAAAAasM/VaooxmV0Ry8/s640/120.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And though there's absolutely nothing wrong with that... it is a shame that we don't tend to feel and behave that way DAILY... at the dawning of each new day we're given!</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-soRfgJL4IF8/TvqxXekaIvI/AAAAAAAAasY/6_KERK7Za-o/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-soRfgJL4IF8/TvqxXekaIvI/AAAAAAAAasY/6_KERK7Za-o/s640/022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>That each Morning we don't wake up with the same enthusiasm, happiness, celebratory attitude and Hope that we do at the stroke of Midnight on New Year's Eve. </em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vqo2AbkgnHs/Tvq0nLOQMFI/AAAAAAAAatU/xBhUx4-AEjs/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vqo2AbkgnHs/Tvq0nLOQMFI/AAAAAAAAatU/xBhUx4-AEjs/s640/048.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>That quite often we wait to get together with those we most cherish only during the 'Special' occassions and Holidays rather than making it a daily occurrance or at the very least a lot more often.</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0MSlxPohwEE/Tvq34eiOopI/AAAAAAAAau0/WGSxaMLYrZs/s1600/159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0MSlxPohwEE/Tvq34eiOopI/AAAAAAAAau0/WGSxaMLYrZs/s640/159.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Life is in fact something to Celebrate... to be Thankful for and enthusiastic about each DAY... and not just at the occassional times of year we mark as Holidays or Holy Days.</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QCQf42C4Pyo/Tvq01uQ6agI/AAAAAAAAatg/6GLx8CAhftU/s1600/071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QCQf42C4Pyo/Tvq01uQ6agI/AAAAAAAAatg/6GLx8CAhftU/s640/071.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yes I'm as guilty as most about waiting... and forgetting... and not being as intentional as I could be about the Promise that each New Day holds.</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D3xgApNrFGE/Tvq4zeVETgI/AAAAAAAAavA/ccH9AVJ7its/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D3xgApNrFGE/Tvq4zeVETgI/AAAAAAAAavA/ccH9AVJ7its/s640/012.JPG" width="542" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And since none of us knows how many Days we have on this side of Time and Eternity we really should, shouldn't we?</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T0EwRRB8Hqc/Tvq1ExUrd1I/AAAAAAAAats/QQtELXkb0Oo/s1600/092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T0EwRRB8Hqc/Tvq1ExUrd1I/AAAAAAAAats/QQtELXkb0Oo/s640/092.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I was recently talking to an Old Friend about some of those we knew who are no longer with us... and how in some cases their passing had been so sudden, so unexpected, such a shock...</em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_NMdTpehLU/Tvq22km3BbI/AAAAAAAAauE/1eISan7lpsk/s1600/139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_NMdTpehLU/Tvq22km3BbI/AAAAAAAAauE/1eISan7lpsk/s640/139.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>We had spent time with them only days or perhaps even hours or minutes before their Time came to cross the Veil onto the other side.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X3ZnojKkuaI/Tvq5_hE9iHI/AAAAAAAAavo/xfmw5giRQFo/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X3ZnojKkuaI/Tvq5_hE9iHI/AAAAAAAAavo/xfmw5giRQFo/s640/065.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And very often neither they nor we knew that Time was so short for them... that those would be their last days, hours, minutes left to be here.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pNlIKfLUpZs/Tvq7EtLI9EI/AAAAAAAAav0/dRZPIjFNp1w/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="580" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pNlIKfLUpZs/Tvq7EtLI9EI/AAAAAAAAav0/dRZPIjFNp1w/s640/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I often wonder... what would or could they have done differently had they known?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZnRyAcBNu3c/Tvq7ZwMNELI/AAAAAAAAawA/naDXU9vz1xw/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZnRyAcBNu3c/Tvq7ZwMNELI/AAAAAAAAawA/naDXU9vz1xw/s640/032.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>What might they have done differently THAT day before they were taken?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rw2PmgRn3zU/Tvq3WAwlVbI/AAAAAAAAauQ/z9qXjU-Xn4M/s1600/178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rw2PmgRn3zU/Tvq3WAwlVbI/AAAAAAAAauQ/z9qXjU-Xn4M/s640/178.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>What priorities would have come sharply into focus... who would they have chosen to spend that precious time with... or what would they have chosen to do... what place would they have chosen to be... if they knew Time was running out so quickly?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kS8hi3SIuI4/Tvq3lIH-KtI/AAAAAAAAauc/H_-TBw-OG2Y/s1600/158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kS8hi3SIuI4/Tvq3lIH-KtI/AAAAAAAAauc/H_-TBw-OG2Y/s640/158.JPG" width="470" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sometimes I do reflect upon Living each Day as if it could be the last... because it surely changes perspective, attitude, appreciation, habits & relationship to everyone and everything. </em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rspsK8Fc82s/TvrHz7ydZsI/AAAAAAAAaw8/EecVIb7GSWc/s1600/070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rspsK8Fc82s/TvrHz7ydZsI/AAAAAAAAaw8/EecVIb7GSWc/s640/070.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> It makes you pay more attention... which is why today's Post Images focused on the Close-Up, the Details & intricacies of that which surrounds us... and which we so very often overlook, fail to fully appreciate, neglect and miss.</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eCyyOdY1p5M/TvrIxfybxrI/AAAAAAAAaxI/tVSFYI3oprw/s1600/667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eCyyOdY1p5M/TvrIxfybxrI/AAAAAAAAaxI/tVSFYI3oprw/s640/667.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And just how many things do we daily just breeze by and miss... neglect... take for granted... ignore... fail to appreciate... forget to be Thankful for... don't take the Time for... don't realize the value of... the Beauty and Wonder of in all of Creation... don't see as part of the Promise and Gift that is Life? </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ODPPMeNut3U/TvrJ-76QlmI/AAAAAAAAaxg/P2stHORiMnw/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ODPPMeNut3U/TvrJ-76QlmI/AAAAAAAAaxg/P2stHORiMnw/s640/030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>What are we, as Adults, no longer seeing through Fresh Eyes like a Child would?  What Fantasies and Dreams aren't we bringing to Life like a Child would in their daily imaginings that they act out and therefore thoroughly enjoy because it becomes their Reality and everything is Possible?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tIFtzn-jEqs/TvrKmMFIbBI/AAAAAAAAaxs/0SgiLhjNgmQ/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tIFtzn-jEqs/TvrKmMFIbBI/AAAAAAAAaxs/0SgiLhjNgmQ/s640/035.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>What Relationships do we need to Invest more of ourselves in and cultivate, so that those Dear Souls know how much they really mean to us and how precious they truly are?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2_YEzi71FgI/TvrNSuibllI/AAAAAAAAayk/Bb3vbuL2UdU/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2_YEzi71FgI/TvrNSuibllI/AAAAAAAAayk/Bb3vbuL2UdU/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>It's not too late you know...  you can start TODAY... and so can I... </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-64mKHW6mh-M/Tvq5ffeyoyI/AAAAAAAAavQ/9Yx0jAXcvrQ/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-64mKHW6mh-M/Tvq5ffeyoyI/AAAAAAAAavQ/9Yx0jAXcvrQ/s640/013.JPG" width="604" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And so, even though I certainly do wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year... I also want to wish you a Happy New Day... this Day and every Day thereafter.</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T-RmQRimKW4/Tvq18ju9e5I/AAAAAAAAat4/1EpmBSmVfUM/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T-RmQRimKW4/Tvq18ju9e5I/AAAAAAAAat4/1EpmBSmVfUM/s640/041.JPG" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Because Time does not stand still... and is promised to no-one... so make the very most of it each New Day.</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Every Day Holds Promise

I confess that as each New Year approaches I get excited at the Promise it holds. Each New Year seems like a Fresh Start and that's how ...

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Christmas would never be the same…. Mommy died :(

<div style="text-align: justify;">I was planning to show you many Christmas nail creations these last few weeks but things did not turned out the way they should. On 2nd Christmas day my mom died :( </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7x76EA6oecU/Tvzw3Q-3lEI/AAAAAAAAA1w/K_17bx9ZUPE/s1600/Mama+RIP+black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7x76EA6oecU/Tvzw3Q-3lEI/AAAAAAAAA1w/K_17bx9ZUPE/s400/Mama+RIP+black.jpg" width="285" /></a></div>My sweet lovely mom R.I.P.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I REMOVED TO WHOLE STORY ABOUT MY MOMS LAST DAYS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPEND, I GUESS WRITING AND SHARING PERSONAL STUFF ONLINE IS A WEIRD THING TO DO........SO I READ. FOR ME IT WAS A WAY TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING AND WRITE IT DOWN AS SORT OF A JOURNAL/MEMORY (THAT WON'T GET LOST) BUT ANYWAY I REMOVED IT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THAT KIND OF GOSSIP AND STUFF :(<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I really miss my mom, she was my best friend and I did a lot of things with her. She was the sweetest mom ever ♥ Don’t really know how to live without her, there are so many thing I want to share and do with her. It makes me sooooo sad she won’t be there If I ever get married or maybe have children on my own.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mommy I love you ♥ Sagapo (I love you in Greek) like we often said or texted to eachother. Words can’t describe how much we all miss you! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">xoxox very sad Diana</div>

Christmas would never be the same…. Mommy died :(

I was planning to show you many Christmas nail creations these last few weeks but things did not turned out the way they should. On 2nd Chri...

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