Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.
"Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is." - Yoda
I was trying to think of a blog post topic that would give me a good excuse to share this photo of little Jazz (my nephew).
It occurred to me that whenever I find something that puts a smile on my face, I like to include it here, so I can share the smile with you.
Well, looking at this picture, I can’t help but smile ear-to-ear. I hope it puts a grin on your face too!
(I think that’s as good enough of an excuse for a blog post as any – don’t you?)
Happy belated Halloween! May the force be with you!!
Enjoy Today
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My dad wrote this poem for my mother. She found it waiting for her on the kitchen table when she got home from work one day. Years later, pieces of it were read as part of my dad’s eulogy.
I share it with you today, on the anniversary of his death, to ask you to join me in celebrating his life.
My request is simply to honor Mike’s memory by taking some time to consciously “Enjoy Today”.
Enjoy Today
by Michael Zaklin, for his lady Lynne
Alarm, buzzing, ringing,
Radio on, listening to
What it has to say.
News, weather,
Enjoy Today!
Wash, get dressed,
Out the door,
Into the car,
On your way,
Meet the carpool,
Enjoy Today!
Traffic, bad weather,
Carpool companions,
Listen don’t answer,
Hear what they say,
Arrive at work,
Enjoy Today!
Noise from parents,
Students screaming,
Unhappy co-workers,
I must be dreaming.
Listen, don’t answer,
Hear what they say,
This is your profession,
Enjoy Today!
Time to leave,
Hurry, hurry, stand and wait,
Meet the carpool,
Someone’s late.
Ride home is comforting,
Only an hour,
Listen to the companions
Conversation is a little sweet,
a little sour.
Listen don’t answer,
Hear what they say.
Arrive at home,
Enjoy Today!
On the table set before you,
Cards and flowers,
From one who adores you.
Hugs and Kisses,
A beautiful bouquet.
Sweet caresses,
Words of endearment
and understanding,
From one who loves you,
No need to answer,
Enjoy Today
!!
Anniversaries
An anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow – Author Unknown
To me, anniversaries serve as little markers in time – something I often find myself using as benchmarks.
Sometimes the benchmark is an approximate association:
“I remember we’d gone to see the fireworks the night before, so it must have been around the Fourth of July.”
Other times it’s more precise.
Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, the day you meet that special someone . . . a single calendar date anchors the precise timeframe that stands out from the other 364.
The more emotionally charged anniversaries are both.
Precise dates that loom over a lifetime of milestones; the shadow they cast a demarcation between periods now in your heart as “before” and “after”.
I have a love-hate relationship with anniversaries.
I love ritual and ceremony, it’s important to me to honor and acknowledge the accumulated milestones of my life and the lives of those close to me.
photo credit: Amy Loves Yah, via Flickr
But I’m terrible with dates.
It’s not so much remembering which date something occurred. I tend to lose myself in time , so often just don’t realize what date it is now. read more
Goodbye 2008! (a video retrospective)
As the year ends, I thought I’d share my three favorite videos from the past year. Perhaps a bit cliche, but each one gives me the warm fuzzies – so I share that with you!
The Zaklin Family celebrating New Year's 2000 - Memories!
On Love and Aliens
Starting as a series of delightfully geeky amusing anecdotes by our favorite PC, this video ends so very sweetly, you’ll be glad you took the 16 some odd minutes to watch it.
(if you don’t have time to watch a video read more
