Earth Day

I went to Max's school and as we were walking down the street, he told me it was Earth Day. He said we should not run the ac to save energy. So we didn't. Telling me some of his friends go home and watch TV all afternoon. That made me think of when he was a little fella and spending time with me. We had been watching Videos and kids shows. A of a sudden he screamed "Meme, we have to turn the TV off, or my brain will turn to mush"...I laughed at him and he was upset at me, and we turned it off. I was telling him about this today, and he said, that's not true Meme, my brain would not turn to mush. I had to explain how at such a young age that is how his parents were teaching him the dangers of watching too much TV. We got a little laugh from that.

Donate for worthy cause....look at the sidebar...Her mom died 36 hours after delivery and her dad is doing a wonderful job of parenting this cutie pie....visit them here

It Always Surprises Me

One day, in the past few months, I was working away in the NICU. An old seasoned NICU nurse. I have seen it all, pretty much done it all, and taught it all. Nothing surprises me. I was feeding a cute little girl who was born full term and was about three weeks old. I began to notice her listening to me, watching my eyes. Yes, I talk to all my babies. I sat her up and started really talking baby talk. Cooing, and gooing. Me. Not her...Well, guess what she did? She smiled at me, not once but several times. This old seasoned nurse who had done it all and not surprised by anything, ran to the door of her little room and yelled out for anyone who could hear, "THIS BABY JUST TOTALLY SMILED AT ME!!!!!" Everyone turned and looked at me like I had two heads, and I went back to my sweet baby and fed her bottle to her. She and I were happy...

Here we are in the Old Forest on our way to set Snakie free. He was so excited, he just wiggled and flipped and stuck that tongue out. I learned that he was finding out about his world that way....
We, or rather, Mommy and Lily and Forrest let him go in the middle of the beautiful wildflowers, trillums, I think. Snakie was unsure at first and then he realized we
were for real, and he slithered on under the leaves.

Freedom to All

Say hello to "Snakie'. You may wonder why my very girlie girl granddaughter is holding a snake.

You see, her mother is a teacher. That's the only thing I can figure out. I mean, I am a nurse and you would think I would be all for saving the snake that was found in a neighbor's yard, but, hecky dern, NO. I would be screaming Kill the Snakie....
However, I have taken on a new respect for all things living...if they stay in their own home. That is why I wanted to go with them to release Snakie back into nature. I am all into the Old Forest in Overton Park, and wanted to see it before either I or it
is no longer what it used to be....SAVE THE OLD FOREST Save Snakie...

More on where Snakie is later....I know you are waiting in pins and needles....

Dreams

Dreams. What are they? I have heard they are windows to your soul. They are problems from your waking moments. They are your wishes. But, what about when they haunt you?

Over my life I have dreamed just about every night. I would have outlandish dreams. Twisting, turning, going from present to past. Fears of trying to save my boys from crawling into an tunnel, I would reach and they would crawl out of my reach. I would miss them, then, there they were again, for me to try and save again and again. I would dream of family past away. Excited that they were really still alive. I dream that the babies that I care for fall off the bed, then I would catch them by their IV lines.

Now I am getting to the age of summing up my life. My dreams, goals, promises I made to myself as a young girl in Paris, Tennessee. One area in my life that I feel I let myself down was the role of wife. After two marriages and two divorces, I have not actualized my goals. This is where the dreams are now. Focusing on my failure as a wife to each of my husbands. My dreams do not play favorites. I dream of my first husband, and I dream of my second husband. They are there...proclaiming they love me. They seem to still want me. I am so happy in my world....of dreams. Then I wake up...now what am I going to do with these dreams?

March of Dimes 2009

I have followed these toddlers since they were a few months old and feel like I know them personally. Watch

P.S. I realize now the blog is private. Sorry to all who tried to see these miraculous children. However, you can donate to the March of Dimes in hopes of making my job obsolete.

Overton Park

I am not the most knowledgeable with issues of Overton Park. But, I do know what I like and what I don't. I do not want anyone messing with my park. Progress is good, but don't mess with Mother Nature and what she has made. We must stop those trying to improve things, when actually they mess it up. For more help with what I am trying to say please go to this site.

It is worth our efforts.

MEMPHIS TIGERS

President Obama picked the Memphis Tigers to be in the Final Four.Now, that's a smart man....However, he did not pick them to win. He has been wrong with picks before.

A number 2 seed, Memphis has not lost a game for 25 games, if I remember correctly.

They won the first game in Kansas City. It was a nail biter. They Won!!!!

Next is Maryland......

GO TIGERS GO!!!!!!

I never knew my mother would clip little articles from the newspapers or magazines until one day while home for a visit I found some of them tucked in a book. My mother never made a scrapbook of my life, but instead she kept things safe in our encyclopedias. My first certificate from Sunday School, my report cards, Bible verses I had memorized were located in A-Z.

The thing that surprised me was that I did the same thing. So, as I read these I knew I was seeing a side of my mother I didn't know. I found we were alike. We both saved little verses that we wished we had written, or hairstyles we wish we looked like, or hopes for happier days when we found love. It made me smile and warmed my heart.
So, I found some of these little clips and thought I'd share them.
Everything in life has meaning. The bigger the fall, the greater the lesson.

"Barn's burnt down-
Now I can see the moon."
_Masahide(17th-century Japanese poet)

So, when life steps on you, and you make it through...

"One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another
is listen to each other's stories."
Rebecca Falls

I find my blogging friends do that very thing....

Then, from my Blessings Journal that I started writing in after being diagnosed with Protein S Deficiency...


"One ought , everyday at least, to hear a little song,
read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible,
to speak a few reasonable words."
Goethe

My favorite is the one I saw in my doctor's office...

"Hope is the thing with feathers..
That perches on the soul
And sings the tune
Without the words
And never stops at all..."
Emily Dickinson

just a few of my thoughts I have cut and saved....just like my mama did...