DREAMS DO COME TRUE

 Tomorrow is September 1st and my daughter is getting married. 

 I started out this year knowing it would be a year of changes. 

 

  Some I knew were coming and some have taken me by surprise...and the year isn't over yet.   

My intention this year of releasing my expectations for perfection has helped me accept each day with calm and i hope with grace.

 

 I have learned that even setbacks should be looked on as challenges rather than roadblocks and that all things are possible if I believe they are possible and I will never be too old to dream. 

  

AT THE END OF THE DAY...don't die wondering...ACT AS IF...

WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN

i was young once

and pretty too in an understated plain sort of  way

and smart

well maybe street wise and sassy

all right all right mouthy was more my style

but i was young and i had my dreams

i was going places

to Europe

to the Oscars

to the moon

straight to hell some said

somehow i got lost along  the way

and when i got found i was old

with life's lessons etched across my face

and written in silver through my hair

my foot no longer so quick to enter my mouth

then i found my dreams

not lost not forgotten

just stained and tarnished

stuffed deep in my pocket

so i took them out

and dusted them off

and started again

and never looked  back

    ~FK~

PROGRESS

The list seems endless and the trash pile keeps getting bigger and bigger but I see progress each day.  New siding up...old gutters down...garage repaired...house almost ready to paint.

The weather has cooled a bit but still sunny most days.  Seven more days till my studio goes up.  Nine more days till Nyna's wedding.

AT THE END OF THE DAY...summer isn't over yet...the best is yet to come...

LITTLE STEPS

When I started this blog almost a year ago, I intended to post more often.  Funny how while life is happening I don't have as much time to write about it as I thought I would.

I love to write and I have lots of things I want to say but writing everyday is an acquired habit I haven't mastered yet...so I am going back to the beginning.

Before I started this blog I did a trial run on facebook by posting a small paragraph each day with a picture or two, just small everyday things that were going on in my life, things I observed or was thinking about.

I probably still won't post every day but I'll try to write more often because maybe with enough practice I can get all the words and stories out of my head and

AT THE END OF THE DAY...I am an..."Optimist:  someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's a cha-cha." ~Robert Brault~

NOT RETIRED FROM LIFE

Summer weather has set in and we are settling into retirement.  We have no huge plans this year...just getting some things done around the house and yard that have been put off for too long and a trip to the beach later in the year.

That doesn't mean nothing has been happening.  Our days are full to overflowing.

Dave is busy catching up with repairs in preparation for painting  the house and garage and putting in new gutters before winter.  I have been taking care of some neglected health problems before they turn into major events.  Of course watching the beautiful Alyson Rae grow more wonderful each day has become my favorite retirement pastime.

And last but not least...one of the most exciting things going on this summer is clearing a spot in the backyard to have my art studio built. 

AT THE END OF THE DAY...dreams really do come true...