What can I say ... a good time is being had by all. We are having fun in the sun and loving the beach. A few left over springbreakers to spice things up. We are slowing down to ocean level!

Thinking about children today and was reminded of a piece by Erma Bombeck I'd cut out to the paper and put in my oldest son's baby book. She referred to children as "kites". You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless ... they crash ... you add a longer tail. .. they hit the rooftop ... you pluck them out of the spout .. you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

Finally they are airborne, but they need more string and you keep letting it out and with each twist of the ball of twine, there is a sadness that goes with the joy because the kite becomes more distant and somehow you know that it won't be long before that beautiful creature will snap the lifeline that bound you together and soar as it was meant to soar .. free and alone.

Only then do you know that you did your job.

Children are wonderful creatures to watch grow up. It's a lifetime of joy!

Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
Jennie Jerome Churchill

Mirror

A loving person lives in a loving world.

A hostile person lives in a hostile world.

Everyone you meet is your miror.

Ken Keyes Jr.

Failing ...

What would you do ....

If you knew you ......

You could not fail?

March 10

There is a fountain of youth; It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. - Sophia Loren

Thought for the Day

The things that count the most .... can't be counted.

I'm counting my blessings today and everyday that I'm alive, full of life, busy and happy. Carlton Bump used to say there are only three things in life you need to be happy -

1. Something to do

2. Something to look forward to

3. Someone to love

I have it all!

Thought for the day ...

Let the sun shine in ..... It's a rainy day in Washington, IA but I know the sunshine is going to come through ......