Christmas Eve Moments

Those moments with you
on Christmas Eve
marveling at the 
beauty of seeing
our "Double Sun"
on a lake of glass--
the conversation,
the warmth,
the joy
of just being together
once again--


                                                                                    Those moments with you
were some of the best moments                         
 I've ever had.  Merry Christmas and thank you for this beautiful gift of sharing both your time
and the beauty that surrounded us on this very special day.  
Always know that you are loved
and are a precious soul
to my heart.
Thank you again
for the time, for the smiles, the hugs
and the gift of you.

Remember...

Having the gift of starting fresh with you
And knowing that our love
has always lived on
through the years
is akin to a miracle of sorts...
How many couples 
are given the chance
to reconnect 
after decades 
of being apart?


We are so abundantly blessed,
so lucky, so loved.
Our angels helped do this, you know.
Our love for one another
kept us invisibly connected too--
Always I knew that I loved you
and always I knew (well hoped)
that you loved me too.


So tomorrow 
really is a clean slate--
a chance to start anew
to be who it is 
that we've always been,
who it is we've yet to be
and who it is we are now...
what a gift.


Thank you
for being in this world
with me.
Thank you
thank you
thank you.


ps: I Love You.

You Are So Beautiful

Whenever I think of you
Whenever I look at you
I see someone who is truly beautiful
and real from within--
someone who I treasure
and cherish
from beginning
to end.


Thank you
for being the wonderful person
that you are
thank you
for caring so much
for sharing so much
for giving
and receiving
this huge love
that we both
have in our hearts.


You are 
and always will be
someone precious and dear
to my world,
to this heart of mine.
I will forever treasure
and cherish
our moments shared
in this space and time
that we have found
ourselves living in.


Thank you, my love
for loving me still
for caring about me
for allowing me
the pleasure 
of knowing you,
caring about you,
loving you
once more 
and again.


We are so very blessed
and you, my love--
are so BEAUTIFUL
to ME.


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Gratitude

Today

is one of those days

when I feel so incredibly blessed.

So many things going on--

so many blessings

encompassing my life,

my world--

and among

all the wonders and joys

is the blessing 

of your love,

your friendship,

your warmth

and your truth.

Thank you,

my sweet love.

Thank you

for all that you do.

Thank you for loving me,

for caring about me

as much

as I find myself

loving and caring so much

about you.

See?

We are so truly blessed--

so incredibly blessed

to have this awesome LOVE

that wraps around our hearts

and has

since way back when.

I KNOW beyond a doubt

that our angels,

our spirit guides

have worked hard

to get us together again.

So very thankful.

What a beautiful gift

I get to unwrap

each and every day--

Thank you, 

my sweet love.

(In every way)!

--I love you.

###Bright Eyes

Greeting Each Day With Love In My Heart

I found this quote and it so reminded me

of Me.

This is so much of how I feel--

Whenever I look at all things

with Love

It truly is as if

I am being born again.

I do love the sun

for it warms my bones

I do love the rain

for it cleanses my spirit

I do love the light

for it does show me

the way

I do welcome happiness

for it always enlarges my heart;

and yes, I will endure sadness

because it helps 

to open my soul.

I will accept and rejoice

in my rewards,

for they truly are my due;

yet I know too well

that  the obstacles

I find along my way

are here to teach,

to challenge me.

to help me to learn, to grow.

Thank you, Og Mandino

for helping me 

to express

some of what lives 

on the inside of me.

I am so very blessed

in so very many ways!

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Those Moments We Shared

Those moments not so terribly long ago

when you were here with me

walking through this park

are moments
I will forever treasure.

Such beauty surrounding us

Yet no where near as beautiful

as the time, 

those moments

we shared.

I loved

telling you my thoughts,

listening to yours--

sharing the beautiful outdoors

showing you my favorite spot

to sit and write

when I was young

way back when...

But most of all

I loved that you were with me

in the here and now--that we two were able

to share to smile to laugh

to have time to just BE.

Always, my sweet 

Blue Eyes

I will be glad

that YOU

Love ME.

And that I

love you!

Thank you

for the times we share

thank you

for your listening ear

Thank you

for the way you care

and 

Thank you too

for seeing the real ME

with your beautiful eyes

of Blue.

I LOVE YOU!!!! ###

There is a REASON

My hope?

Is that you are here for a lifetime.

I know beyond doubt

that you are here for a REASON.

I know that you are here

because 

you are truly LOVED

and adored

by ME

and that you

truly LOVE me,

as well.

So Glad, so overjoyed

to have you here

in this realm of being

with me--

to have the HOPE

of sharing more adventures,

more time, more days

more nights

more, more, more

true LOVE

with you.

You, my dear one,

are precious and real

to my heart--

just as I am precious 

and real

to yours.

Thank you.

(for loving me

and for allowing me

the gift

of loving YOU too).

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Thanking You

I don't know if you hear it,
but each time my heart
says your name
or hears your heart
calling to me--
I find myself 
saying Thank You
for loving me...


Knowing that someone
as special and dear as you
loves me in return
is such a gift, a delight
to hold close to me
and somehow
your love, your care
helps to set me free...


Thank you
for loving me!


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(Hidden Tears)

I didn't let you see my tears 
as you drove off on this beautiful sunny day--
did you hear my heart though?
It was screaming out, "Oh please, stay, just stay!"
                   I know, sweet love.  
                   It's just as hard for you
                   Never a doubt that you love me
                   just as much as I love you too--
Those moments shared
clasping you close to me--
naked on naked once again
helped my loving heart to once again see
                 Just how very much I love you 
                 How very much you love and adore me--
                 Only true and absolute love
                 Could dare to be so free
Free to share, to talk to reminisce 
of days forever gone by
but now that we've found our love again
seeing you leave just makes me cry...
                 But I didn't let you see my tears
                 as you drove off on this beautiful sunny day--
                 did you hear my heart though?
                 It was screaming, "Oh please, stay, just stay!"
#Bright Eyes 

Splendor of Autumn

Just wish so much

we could sneak away

to a peaceful setting

just us two--

time to reflect

to take in nature's beauty

to talk and laugh

(just me and you).

My soul craves

the gift

 of nature's beauty--

but the gift would be

all the BETTER

to explore, to see

if only YOU were here

so that you too

 could share it with me!

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Wishes, Wishing...

Wishing I could have stopped time

Wishing you could still be here

to watch with me

and someday

to be out there

on the water 

with me.

Just wishing.

Isn't it awesome now

that my wishes

are so different 

than days 

of long ago?

Just wishing

wishing, wishing

and somehow

I know

that one day

one very fine day

all the wishes 

I hold deep inside

will somehow 

come true.

And when they do

I know somehow, someway

those wishes

will include you.

Thank you 

for those moments spent

lakeside

the other day--

thank you

for the time

for the memories

for making me feel

so special, so real.

I hope you felt

it too.

I love you.

Memories Made

With the sun dipping low

retreating from our evening sky

I watch it sink

as it journeys 

to the other side of this world

and I think of you

so close,

yet so far

from me now--

you will be heading home

to your far away land

and truly, I do understand

and know that is where

you need to be--

but I still have my memories 

of you being with me

and those memories are what 

will continue to  sustain 

and comfort me--

those moments

when we walked side by side,

hand in hand,

talking and laughing

and enjoying life together then

and if you're wondering--

yes, I saw, I felt your huge, wide grin--

mine was there too

encompassing my heart

and I just felt GOOD inside

I know you did too.

So, just wanted to tell you

once again--

see?  wishes do come true...

Just Wishing...

Wishing, hoping one day
that you will be sitting on this bench
with me.
Basking in the brisk 
evening air,
listening to 
the birds singing,
watching them fly free--
gazing out at the lake
(Hopefully it will be full
once again by then!)
Watching the sailboats
glide by,
Peering at the beautiful
evening sky...

Tonight
this is what we would see--
but I'm going to believe
and will it to be so
that soon this beloved lake
of mine will once again have
an abundant flow 
of water reaching each shore
full to the brim --
and then, and then
perhaps we might sneak 
in a swim...?  Not.
But I'd settle for just gazing
at the lake--right next to you
and getting to see your eyes of blue.  #

Loving

For as long as I can remember 

all I have ever wanted was to be loved and to give love.

  To be free to express this deep appreciation

 that lives inside of me

 for other living creatures

 who share this space in time with me.  

David Viscott  says it 

so succinctly:  "To Love and  be loved 

is to feel the sun from both sides."

I feel the sun

even on the cloudiest days

for the warmth of love

holds me close,

embraces me 

and gives me a joy 

that I carry with me 

wherever I go.

And in turn?

My goal, my dream, my hope

is to give this huge love 

to others 

to spread this joy and warmth

that lives within me

and to see the smiles, the wonder

and the happiness

that envelopes me

embracing others I meet

along my way.

Always I will endeavor
 to feel the sun

from both sides.

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I Am A Spiritual Being...

Sometimes I know beyond a doubt 

that I chose this existence

that I jumped into this reality

because I wanted to experience

something new, exciting and fun.

But upon jumping into this life time,

this reality -- I am finding 

that it is truly difficult

to remember 

that this life is just so transient.

We are not here for very long...

Time will fly and soon we will have to accept

that this existence, this time and place

has served the purpose 

we came here for

and then we'll move along

to the next great adventure.

But wait, wait!  I hear myself say--

I have so much I have yet to do--

I have so much I still want to learn--

There is so much I want to see,

experience, feel and share...

The list can go on and on...

And besides, I'm not ready to move on yet--

so many here that I want to be near

so many that I want to hug and hold tight to me

so many that I want to know just what

I feel inside, so much of what I want them to see--

So if it's quite alright...

I want to stick around and have more

of this awesome human experience.

I have all of eternity 

to go back to my existence

as a spiritual being.

So onward I go

living this life and knowing

that one day the time will come

when I have to depart

but I know that until 

my time 

is done, I am going to live

to  enjoy  and create 

and have all kinds of fun!!!

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Dream Home

I can envision a life here.  Surrounded by water, lush vegetation and blooming flowers and beautiful trees.  What more could I want?   hmmm...


Perhaps someone special to share this vision, this dream home with me?


Is that too much to want, to hope for?
I think not.
I think as long as there is air to breathe
that there can be hope
that someday, somehow, someway
I will find that someone 
who could live happily ever after with me.
Until then, I will continue to dream, to hope and to smile and envision the joy of sharing a life with someone who can share the dream of spending time on this earth with me...

Sunsets...

Just want to share the sunset

with you.

Is that okay?

Wish you were here

to see it too.

Wish you were with me

this very day.

Wish your arms

were enfolding me

as we watch the sun

dip from the western sky--

wish you were here

to hold me close

wish I could just 

feel you near.

So many wishes.

Someday perhaps

all of them 

will come true.

Until then...

I'll just keep wishing

to get to be 

with you...