Should you keep your mouth shut when to do otherwise may result in the relationship ending? Whaaaale…. 🤔 The short answer to that is… Some people hold their tongues in relationships that have no business being. Some people run their mouths (far too often), resulting in a relationship ending -that was clearly meant to be (a woman knows these sorts of things 🤷‍♀️).

•Title credited to “Our Lips Are Sealed“, a song co-written by Jane Wiedlin, guitarist of the Go-Go’s, and Terry Hall, singer of the Specials and Fun Boy Three. [Source:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lips_Are_Sealed].

I’m just now beginning to see how decades of hurt and betrayal have translates into adversity -my own inability even it what might be characterized as approaching an ideal situation, to understand the concept of family. While it is true that every family has its own troubles -past a certain point (and depending on the point in one’s own development) those troubles can lead to not just alienation, but a lost sense of/for family altogether. The time I have spent with out little dog “Daisy”, who simply does everything she’s supposed to both naturally and perfectly, with any of the ignorance or arrogance or hang-ups so many of the human-beings I have encountered so much of my life has -afforded me (brought me back from) a real sense of family, of belonging, of trusting, of being wanted and needed, of having the freedom to give and do for -uninhibited!* @ 57 years old -What a 🎁! Thank You Lord! 🙏

*People have been seen for years “get a pet”. As a young boy I learned for years to have a little dog. The management never seemed to go along with it. But something inside of me was telling me that a little dog… The fact that they don’t seem to have an agenda… It’s one of the things that makes me realize where so many of my relationships have gone wrong -Other people’s agenda, as well as my own!** 😔

**Somewhere in there -I get the feeling there’s a lesson for all of us!

“We’re all way too preoccupied with all those voices coming from our 💕 and our minds instead of living by one simple rule which Daisy seems to have down pat:

“Live and let live!”

Like any Parent looking to adopt you probably look for the healthiest most beautiful baby Of the bunch. That was likely the case with my grandparents when they picked up my mother. Little did they know that my mother had a secret. A secret dating back to her own mother. A secret involving alcoholism and promiscuity. One she would herself would come to mimic later in her own life. It’s funny how even with the best of intentions things often can turn tragic. A little while ago while doing my reading, I was thinking about Hawaii how life might have been for my grandparents had they chosen someone else. A loving daughter who grew up to be healthy in every sense, live a good fruitful life for life and have a joyful relationship – the one my grandparents yearned for.

Is it true that the typical American citizen has an English-speaking vocabulary of between 3-7000 words?

Sometimes the perfect solution or the right solution is the one you would never think of it all 🤷‍♂️

I noticed where my aunt and Uncle live on the better side of town the neighbors mind their own business. I notice the part of town where I live in people are always watching. I guess the reason you get a good job is not just to live in a nice house towels or to live in a nice area of town but to live among a better class of people. For the longest time I used to think it didn’t matter where you live but who you are. I’m not so sure about that anymore.

From what I’ve read, the Apostles, even with Jesus in their midst… even after witnessing miracle after miracle… continued to struggle with:

1.Faith

2.The parameters of Jesus power (abilities)

3.His precise mindset, vision…

4.Their own Faith was even more shaken, or tested, when Jesus was not with them (on the sea of Galilee -twice, both scenarios demonstrated)

So, as far as we ourselves are concerned (and many of us are indeed concerned) 😟… Couple thoughts:

1.Do you think less of Jesus now that He is no longer on the earth? More to the point, do you believe Him to be any less effective, or caring now that His physical body is not longer with us?

2.When He was actually on the planet physically; in close proximity to so many in need, so many ill… 🤔 My thought is this on “If so many of these people were left uncured…?”*🤷‍♂️

•How do we know hundreds, thousands were not cured (don’t believe everything you read in history books [there’s a blog all-unto-itself], and don’t disbelieve anything that isn’t 😄).

•Faith (2 reasons a miracle did not take place among the masses in Israel at that time: Lack of Faith; Gods’ plan included some to be cured while others not to be cured -remember, “A 🌎 full of sin requires a 🌎 full of expiation”. “If there were better way, a more effective way to expiate the sins of mankind than suffering, Jesus would have chosen it”.

*I have been getting more and more nervous with where this post is going -as I am unsure I can supply a satisfactory answer. Initially, I had more questions (1 lol), than answers (0 😒). But a few minutes ago “Voila -there it’wer” 🤷‍♂️

I’m living proof that you can do very little in life and still learn a lot!

The most interesting man in the world who happens to have the most boring life 🤓🤠🤷‍♂️

The photo occurred to me last night while reflecting for a moment – Giving Daisy our little Chihuahua bath and getting dinner ready… I’ve been all over the place for most of my life. Searching for so long with a broken 🧭. I think what I put myself through later in life was worse than what I went through in my childhood. That’s why it’s so important for you parents to get it right!

Hold On (to what you got) -Ian Gomm (1979).

•Title credited to “(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long“, a song written by James Pankow for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VII (1974). The first single released from that album, it reached number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.^[1] It also hit number 8 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 5. [Source:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I%27ve_Been)_Searchin%27_So_Long].

I bet Stan (my cousins husband R.I.P 1961-1921) and Tony (my cous R.I.P. 1961-2019) are both up there smiling at the San Francisco Giants right now*. Yeehaw! 🤩

*Stan and Tony were best friends (for atleast 30 years -maybe 40 🤔) -thats how Laurie met Stan. Die-hard Giants, and Niner fans!!!!!

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“There’s got to be something more out there -Something better!” Planet of the Apes -Charleton Heston

“You know the words -but you miss their meaning”. Krull?

“It’s not how hard you can hit back! It’s how hard you can get hit -and keep moving forward”. Rocky Balboa

“It’s the best! The best! Hollow Point?

Billy Jack: You’re illegally on Indian land.

Mr. Posner: I’m sorry about that I guess just got caught up in the chase and crossed over without knowing it.

Billy Jack: You’re a liar.

Mr. Posner: We got the law here Billy Jack

Billy Jack: When policemen break the law, then there isn’t any law – just a fight for survival.

A lot of women tend to avoid men who are downers because quite often a woman can accomplish this without any help. A lot of women are prone to such things as worry, depression….. Of course I’m sure they have their own personal reasons aside, but these are the two that stand out.