Happy Birthday Pard'ner

Aaron,

You are a part of me, and I am happy to know that life is your play ground. We are glad you are still sticking with college, and learning Spanish. Since the day you were stuck in my face while I lay on the gurney in the operating room at 9:20 in the morning, I knew you came into this world big and would make a big impression.

You go after things with gusto, just like you did your western phase, and the Bono long hair. Anelisa and you were my Irish twins, and I wish you both were here right now, so that I could hold you and cover you with kisses.

Happy 23rd birthday Aaron Glen Dillion, you rock my world!

Love,

Mom

Today

I have stared at this blank screen for two days, and ghosts just fill it's space with brief moments of familiarity

My words are scattered about the pastures I keep, they cannot be wrangled no matter how I hard I try to swing the rope out in a circular movement

The faces of the innocent only comfort me for a short while, a child's life is trapped between a time continuum, but can never be contained as it seeps slowly out into blank space

Not a day goes by I do not think of my mother, my grandmothers, my daughter, my friends I have lost to some disease, or simply times final hour

Saturday morning I got some sleep in spite of our coughing from bronchitis, and felt halfway decent

Only to find out news was kept from me for obvious reason- Lisa has less than a year to live. Her pancreas is eaten up with cancer, and she is younger than me

Joe will share in this aching pain of loss that goes hand in hand with a hideous headless demon we call death

Have my words hidden in the pot holes of happiness, where the demon rears its ugly head to remind us we are merely temporary gardeners over seeing beauty bloom in the field one season at a time

White is the darkest color I have ever seen- I wonder what color will I find here tomorrow

Have you ever caught crabs?

We went to a pier off the Atlantic, and everyone was fishing. Seems like I caught bronchitis from hubby, and not feeling well, but I did not want to miss all the action yesterday. I also now know how Farmlady felt about walking out on a long long long pier three feet wide maybe...because I got vertigo and felt dizzy, so hubby had to come out and walk me the rest of the way out.

Once I sat down off the pier I was a little bored and hooked up a line with some fish and a large weight and dropped it straight down.

I began pulling in Blue Crabs. They are mean and will not hesitate to pinch you, and hold on! Here is one I had to slap it down with my rod to keep it from running off the pier, and it was a funny sight. The minute he hit the ground, as I grabbed my camera, he stuck that piece of fish in his mouth. He decided meal time was right there and then!

They are good eating...

Muse Monday 21- Old Friends

Old friends are hard to come by, but I have a feeling Gordon and I seem to be like old souls that reunite... There seem to be lots of tree frogs in this neck of the woods, and one mad friends with my hubby! The little green companion (American Green Tree Frog) let me get really close and take lots of photos!

I love this Guy Clark CD, but I could not find a site to just download the lyrics, so enjoy the video...