Let's party!

Today is my dear blogging friend (and almost twin) Ron's birthday and I'm going to make a fuss. Because I simply adore him. And he's worth it.



I felt a kinship with him instantly and he's one of my MUST read blogs. He makes me laugh, puts a smile on my face when I'm down and has a great approach to life.
In many respects it really feels like he and I were separated at birth (by a few years and a day)!


And since he loves chocolate... and cake... (pssst... I asked for a "wedding cake")



A toast to you my darling friend!

Don't forget to CLICK HERE to go over and wish him a happy birthday... mayb he'll share the cake and champagne!

"We turn not older with years but newer every day."
- Emily Dickinson

"Believing hear, what you deserve to hear:

Your birthday as my own to me is dear...

But yours gives most; for mine did only lend

Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend."

-Martial

a comforting touch...

I have a very dear friend who is forced to wait helpless from a distance as the man she loves fights for his life. I experienced the pain of not being able to be with the man that completes me (yeah, I know... but as cheesy as that sounds, it's an accurate description) as he undergoes surgery.

It's unbearable. I don't wish it on anyone.

So I ask all of you in the bloggosphere to send good thoughts to my friend Corinne and her Honey Rory. Healing prayers for him.. and strength and comfort for her worried heart. So if you would, imagine your hands holding theirs... it's one of the truest signs of comfort I've ever experienced.

Thanks... she really believes in the power of good thoughts and prayers. And so do I.

UPDATE - I received an e-mail from my friend this morning telling me the surgery has been postponed as her Honey is showing marked signs of recovery. Good thoughts work babies.. Please keep them coming and thank you so very much!

"There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love."

-Unknown

uncertain...

Life.

Endings.

New beginnings and rebirth.


There comes a time when we decide to let go.


I walked away from a situation at the urging of a beloved friend. And now, I feel like a little girl in pigtails, holding tight to a spool. Eyes squinting. Trying to see the beloved kite flying further and further away. Hoping the delicate ties that link her to her kite don't snap.

"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."

-- Author Unknown