Monday Me Meme

How dare I almost forget the 2nd installation?! Jackie, my apologies and to the rest of you, come and play already!!!

I Do

How long have you been married? 3 years in April
What makes a happy marriage? Love...the pure kind, honesty (no ifs ands or buts!) a whole bunch of communication, tons of forgiveness and more than enough giggles to go around!

Spousal quirks? Oh the silly boy...he refuses to drink the last sip of anything!
How long were you married before you had children? We were together for 2+ years but we each came with our own and now have yours, mine and ours!

How did you meet your spouse? Ah, the internet. It's totally lame but the only way to go!

On the B Side: Again, props to Mark. He really is an all star and has the most tender heart. Poor guy. He had no idea what he was getting into when he popped the question and dropped the ring! xoxo

Manic Monday #18

Manic Monday......BIG

11:08 PM - June 08, 2005
DREAM BIG BV!

Dear BV,
I heard this song the other day and thought about you. I'll have to download it. Its a great song and even though its not Bono singing it I know you would love it!

When you cry be sure to dry your eyes, cause better days are sure to come.And when you smile be sure to smile wide, and don't let them know that they have one. And when you walk, walk with pride, and don't show the hurt inside, because the pain sill soon be gone.

Chorus:And when you dream, dream big, as big as the ocean blue. Cause when you dream it might come true. When you dream, dream big.

And when you laugh be sure to laugh out loud, cause it will carry all your cares away. And when you see, see the beauty all around and in yourself, and it will help you feel okay. And when you pray, pray for strength to help to carry on when the troubles come your way.

Love, Shellie"

On the B Side: In another time, in another place and on another blog this was an entry that Shellie left for me during a difficult time. The word "big" brought my mind back to this entry. Thank you Shellie for your encouragement as it has carried me many times!

Manic Monday: Bug

"Mom, I'm not going to step on any more bugs because they are alive." says my mostly sweet Dayton on the way into Primary Children's to have his blood drawn a few months back.

Then there's my precious little fire cracker Ellie and one of her infamous and often heard phrases, "Mom, Dayton is bugging me!"

On the B Side: I'm grateful for these little people in my life!

Manic Monday: Over

I am joining the manic monday posts in my own little quiet way. Over.

Over feels so indefinite to me. It seems like the word over should be much more absolute but in my world it's so grey, so not concrete, so infinite and so not over. I feel like it should suggest finality but in my mind there are very few things in this life that are final. Most things don't ever really end. Are things ever really over?

Over feels a lot like numbers to me. Dayton has been on a kick lately trying to grasp, understand and explain in his own terms the fact that numbers never end. Numbers are never over. There is no end even though there is a beginning. How could there really be no end? Yes, numbers go on forever. There is no end. There is no over.

I think about my parents divorce. It took 8+ years to resolve and still lingered given financial complications but even when they were resolved it wasn't over. It's never really been over. It's there. We all know it and it's affects are far reaching. The circumstances seemed to end but it is more of a ripple effect and it's been many years so it doesn't feel over in a definitive way.

I think about my health and it's much the same. The problems don't really go away and even when they seem to they are never really gone and there's never a guarante that it's over. It's never really over. Sometimes the issues evolve making them seem even less over.

Take a look at house work. It's never really done. It's never really over. You can do your laundry but it's not over and will creep back up before you know it. Same goes for cleaning. It's an eternal round! There's nothing over about it.

The examples are not all negative and go on forever (without ever being complete, comprehensive or over). Even in death, we know that life is not over. Honestly, I can't come up with anything off the top of my head that is ever really over. The sphere of influence is too great for anything to really reach that point of finality.

On the B Side: I realize that this is my subjective experience. It is hopeful and some times discouraging to me that things do not really end, that things are never really over. Right, wrong, indifferent, good or bad. There are always rippling effects that perpetuate the-not-over-ness of life; one eternal round that influences and perpetuates.