Gratitude

I am thankful for this day
This wonderful and beautiful day
I am thankful for a good rest last night
For my son and friends and family
I am thankful for the protective hand of God
I am ever thankful
I am thankful for long walks
For creative thinking
For forgiving others
I am thankful for others forgiving me
I am thankful for the way this day feels over my head
I am thankful

Gratitude

I am thankful today for life
For my life
For my son
For my friends and family
For peace and ease
I am thankful that even though I didn't want to work out, I did
I am thankful for a good rest last night
I am thankful for art and poetry
For food and shelter
For laughter and rain
I am thankful for my health and strength
For abundance and quiet
I am thankful for this moment
And this one

A ballad a day for June 2014 - day 10 - One day

When my grandfather was here he would talk all day about missing his dad
Would go on and on about the good times that they had
Now grandfather is gone, resting in peace
He's with his dad, together at ease

One day will be my turn whether I'm ready or no
I will leave this ole body, somewhere else I will go
Before I travel on, I'll make good times right here
So come time my funeral, only the happiest tears

I'll see my grandfather again, and his father too
I'll see my father again, wonder what we will do
For now I am fine, with work on this side
But some day will come, when I'll go for that ride

Gratitude

I am thankful for this day
For the gray clouds and possibility of rain
I am thankful for peace and ease
For food and shelter
I am thankful for my family and friends
For a writing class and words and art and stories
For clean water and fresh air
I am thankful for my son
So thankful for my son
For the village that rears and loves him
I am thankful for time with my mother
For lying in bed and audio books
I am thankful for simple
For my functioning limbs
My eyesight and voice
For ten fingers and ten toes
For knees that bend and a back that straightens
I am thankful to be going to bed with good thoughts

Home. New. Forward.

9:41pm. Home from the writing class. I had a good time once again. It's still new and I'm looking forward to seeing what it's going to grow into.

Major work to flesh out in my novel. Lovely ideas flowing. (We like that!)

For now though, sleepy time.

A ballad a day for June 2014 - day 9 - For you

These flowers for you, celebrate the day you were born
This melody for you, for the love that we've grown
Gather the crowd and sound the horn
Today is your day, the world's for you to own

Here we are now, with cake and ice cream
Like children at a party, laugh and play all night long
I tell you I love you, and you know what I mean
I write you a poem, and you know it's a song

Family time

Last night my mother and I sat in her bed and listened to a book on tape. One of my favorite things to do.

New growth

Yes I did!

Sisters. Water. Words.

This Sunday! I hope to see you there!

Workshop. Writing. Leading.

9:56pm. Just getting in from the Still Writers Workshop. It was absolutely fantastic tonight. I'm sleepy as all get out though. Still not time for bed though because I'm watching some science show all about the galaxy with Uraeus and that is giving me life. I didn't get much sleep last night because I spent much of yesterday working on my novel, that I am loving so much by the way. Then I watched too many episodes of season 2 of Orange is the New Black than I shouldn't have. Yada yada yada. You know what kind of over sharer I am. I'm looking forward to this rest tonight and the day with my son tomorrow. Then my writing workshop that I'm leading tomorrow night. Again, yada yada. See you tomorrow.