Nothing is Permanent except Change

 

 

 

 

Peace On Earth

 

I think this video and U2 have it right.  We need Heaven on earth...Peace on Earth. 

 It drives it home to me when I pass a military cemetary and I see countless white crosses of our military being added daily. 

 It drives it home to me when I visited with my grandson who has returned home from Iraq visit  and I see:  His innocence gone...his youthful face changed to that of a war-savaged soldier. 

It drives it home to me when the economic state of our America has high unemployment and my Grandson and many just like him, must remain in the military in order to provide financial security for their families.  Josh has been accepted into Special Forces and will be leaving soon for Jump School training .  Followed with the Special Forces Training.  This means he will be with the Elite...he will be where there is war...where there is no peace...  

 

It drives it home to me when as I age, I see the elderly like myself, dependent upon our children to care for us, because we cannot care for ourselves. 

 

 It drives it home to me when I have lost so many that I have loved, that I find myself waiting....waiting for...

Peace on Earth

 

My Son Don's company Tatro Custom Builder's 

Don's Home

 

My Son Don's Home

Built by Tatro Construction

 

Don and Lisa have been busy with the construction of their new home.  In February of this year, they moved in to their new home, although construction was still in it's finishing phase.  They worked long hours in readying the home for the Parade of Homes Orlando.  They have a beautiful home and one that deserves my complete and total admiration in what they have done together.  This weekend  the home is open to the public and you can also check the times of the showing in the parade of homes Orlando website.   Am I proud of my son and his wife's achievements?  Yes I am.  Just as I am proud of all of my children's achievements.  Each of them have been successful and are happily married with beautiful grandchildren that they have blessed me with.    With great pride I applaud Don's company Tatro Construction who built this beautiful masterpiece and I urge you to take a tour of their home by clicking on the link I have provided. 

 

 

 

 

Peace on Earth

U2

 

Sometimes I run across a song or in this case, a song and video

that says everything that I feel.

The older that I become

The more certain I am

That the only hope for Mankind

is

Peace on Earth

 

 

 

 

 

Silent Wings

 

Some songs evoke memories that

suddenly carry me back to a time when

I would have followed him

To the end of the earth...

 

Today the clouds drift hazily overhead

The sunlight filters softly

through the palm trees

And my thoughts drift

Silently away

On silent wings

 

 

Silent Wings

 

There was a time

When I would have followed you

To the end of the earth

I was willing to share it all with you

The love...

The hurt...

 

I've seen you when your dreams were falling in the dust

But I never stopped believing in you

I always thought our love was strong enough

One you could hold onto

 

You never see it coming

You just let it ride

On silent wings

Silent wings

 

You can;t hide what you feel inside

And the fire has left your eyes

Silent Wings

 

I see us in our dreams

And we are dancing

I can almost hear the song

But the prayers they go unanswered

And we both know

We are just hanging on. . .

 

I feel the change

But I never know the reason why

The rug was pulled so gently from under my feet

I only know that something good has died

Between you and me

Or is it  just a memory

 

You never see it coming

You just go separate ways

On silent wings

silent wings

 

Cause no promises to break

Oh our love has slipped away

On silent wings

 

You never see it coming

But you know it has to end

On silent wings

Silent wings

 

I will never be the same again

I feel the whisper of the wind

Silent wings

 

Silent wings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I feel somewhat of a Melancholy today.  Perhaps it is the after effects of one more anniversary that arrived without Michael being here.  I always seem to have a bit of a down feeling after the anniversary has come and gone, and this year is no exception.

I do however, have the excitement of Dan and Brenda and my little Parker arriving here at the end of March, and also Josh, Megan and great-grandson Dakoda arriving for a weekend while Dan is here.  It will be good to be with all of them.  Sterling and Nancy arrived at Don and Lisa's yesterday and are staying there.  I am also happy that they are here to.  It is their yearly vacation to Florida, and I know that the warmth has such a healing effect on Sterling's rheumatoid arthritis...so I am very thankful that the weather is so warm here.

All is going well.  I am feeling fine which is wonderful.  I can't complain about anything.  Yes you heard me right...no complaints!  LOL  Ahhhhh sometimes life is so good that I wonder what is wrong?  LOL...paranoid?  me?  nahhhh!

I shall settle down today and sip some ice tea on the lanai.  The lanai always cheers me up.

I send to all my family and friends my deepest love.

 

 

 

 

 

Orlando, Florida

 

It is amazing to me how beautiful Orlando truly is

From the air when flying in to MCO airport

You can see all of the many lakes

that dot the metro area

 

Longwood where I live

Is a beautiful suburb of Orlando

And the neighborhood that I live in

is very peaceful and serene

Filled with many small lakes

Including the one little lake outside of my lanai

 

Tomorrow is Sunday and I shall awake

accompanied by the two cats Cleo and Mocha

I shall sit in my enclosed lanai

and listen to the glorious sound of

the songs of the birds that reside in the large

Magnolia tree that I have dubbed "The Tree of Life"

 

I will sip my coffee laced with creamer

And bask in the warmth of the sun

As Cleo and Mocha curl up at my feet

 

Another Day in Paradise has begun

And I thank God above

For being here