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Sunday Quote: Frank Lloyd Wright

  Joe Whale Watching...want to see one...want to see one...is THAT a whale?

 I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. 

— Frank Lloyd Wright

I Will Be A Wonderful Mother - Author Unknown

I found this out there in cyber space and it touched my heart...I hope it will touch yours....

I Will Be A Wonderful Mother - Author Unknown

There are women who become mothers without effort,
without thought,
without patience or loss,
and though they are good mothers and love their children,
I know that I will be better.

I will be better not because of genetics or money or because I have read more books,
but because I have struggled and toiled for this child.

I have longed and waited.

I have cried and prayed.

I have endured and planned over and over again.

Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.

I will notice everything about my child.

I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore, and discover.

I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life.

I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold, and feed him and that I am not waking to take another temperature, pop another pill, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream.

My dream will be crying for me.

I count myself lucky in this sense; that God has given me this insight, this special vision with which I will look upon my child.

Whether I parent a child I actually give birth to or a child that God leads me to, I will not be careless with my love.

I will be a better mother for all that I have endured.

I am a better wife, a better aunt, a better daughter, neighbor, friend, and sister because I have known pain.

I know disillusionment, as I have been betrayed by my own body. I have been tried by fire and hell that many never face, yet given time, I stood tall.

I have prevailed.

I have succeeded.

I have won.

So now, when others hurt around me, I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort.

I see it, mourn it, and join them in theirs.

I listen.

And even though I cannot make it better, I can make it less lonely.

I have learned the immense power of another hand holding tight to mine, of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth when life is beyond hard.

I have learned a compassion that only comes by walking in those shoes.

I have learned to appreciate life.

Yes, I will be a wonderful mother.
-Author Unknown

 

Sharon

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Impossible is just a word

Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't

believe impossible things."

"I dare say you haven't much practice," said the

Queen. "When I was your age I did it for half an hour a day.

Why sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible

things before breakfast."

-Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

    Hey out there. You know who you are...don't give up hope. Just remember that if one way doesn't work out all you need to do is keep an open mind and look at a different prospective. You can get what you want. It just may be wrapped in a different package. Impossible is just a word.

Sharon

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Sunday Quote: George Washington Carver

 Most people search high and wide for the keys to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within. 

— George Washington Carver

Happy Sunday! A quote from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.  — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

 

My daughter, Erika....

Sharon
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 Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. 

— Blaise Pascal

 

Sharon
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Quote by Henry Drummond

"To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever"

— Henry Drummond

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Happy Sunday: quote by Bryant Gumbel

Live your life with a purpose beyond yourself, and you'll find that the world is as bold and broad as the interests that brought you here today.

—Bryant Gumbel

Sharon

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Sunday Quote: Bono

Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter.

— Bono

Sunday Quote: Thomas A Kempis

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. — Thomas A Kempis

Victor E. Frankl: Sunday Quote

When we are no longer able to change a situation — we are challenged to change ourselves. 

— Victor E. Frankl

Sunday August 3rd Quote

We become what we think about all day long.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sharon
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Sunday Quote Allan K. Chalmers

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

— Allan K. Chalmers

Sharon
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Quote Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. 

— Abraham Lincoln

Happy Sunday

Sharon
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Sunday Quote

Today we're grouching about the phone bill or failing once again to mow the lawn, but tomorrow we may be out defending the homeland or pursuing an armed robber down a dark alley. Women shouldn't forget this. What looks like a husband napping on a sofa is really a hero of tomorrow dreaming of his own selfless demise. —Walter Kirn

Happy Sunday

Sharon
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Quote July 2nd 2008

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. 

— Sidney Howard

Photo by Joe taken in Tokyo 

Quote June 28th

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.  — Victor Frankl

June 21st: Quote of the day

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.

— Charles Dickens

June 18th Quote

  If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

— Dogen

June 16th Quote- Picture: Grand Tetons 2007

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.  — Anonymous

June 13th Quote: Picture-From Busch Gardens VA 2007

Forgo your anger for a moment and save yourself a hundred days of trouble.

— Chinese proverb

Sunday June 8th Quote

Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.

— Michael J. Fox

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June 2nd quote

June 02, 2008

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. — Lin Yutang

Acknowledge the Good: Quote

If you have a favorite quote or have read something recently that you would like to share please send it my way. This quote below is from a surrogate who has a very positive attitude! Thank you!!

Sharon

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If the thought of lack - whether it be money, recognition or love- has become part of who you think you are, you will always experience lack.  Rather than acknowledge the good that is already in your life, all you see is the lack.

-Eckhart Tolle: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Pg 190)

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