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I'm a mom of 3 great Kids and have been happily married for 37 years. I Love Coffee. Art. Literature. Good food. Music of all kinds . And the fellowship of Great Friends & Family.
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Healing After Divorce: Finding Freedom

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Well, He left me for someone else.

It only hurt the first time, when he asked for the divorce, but by the time he broke all ties with the first woman and came home, I had pretty much let him go and was just a very good friend with benefits. And we tried for a second go, or so I thought. NOT!!! He started dating within weeks of coming home, found a New squeeze, moved in with her after a month, and I found out from the girlfriend that he is finally finalizing the Divorce on FB, no less. Needless to say, I was really pissed off because it was not her place to put her nose in my personal business.

And with a great amount of narcissistic hubris, he calls me to tell me he is breaking all contact with me because I heart his posts on FB, seriously? At this point, I am just glad he is happy and would like to be friends, because eventually we will cross paths as we share three grown Kids and four grandkids. She thinks I still have romantic feelings for him. Nope! Why would I hurt myself like that? I mean, come on, I’m not a massacist. Just as long as he knows it was him who broke everything after 37 years, and some months, I still haven’t gotten my decree!

I JUST WANT TO BE FREE NOW!!! Please.

I’m All Good!

BECAUSE I LOVE MYSELF!!!

Like a Phoenix Rising, I will be More than OKAY !!!

A Special Christmas Eve…
ART & Poetry · Family · Friends · Holidays

A Special Christmas Eve…

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                Before you go to sleep, my friends, and dream of Christmas morn, I wish to tell you of a legend that was to have happened around the shortly after Christ was born.

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The Legend of The Holly

The Legend of

The Holly

 

                                                                  In haste from Bethlehem,

                                                               And heard the tread of soldiers

                                                                    Coming in pursuit of them.

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There wasn’t any time at all

To find a hiding place,

For Herod’s men approached them

At a swift and steady pace.

♦

So Marry took her Little One

And with a whispered prayer,

Hid Him beneath a holly bush

With gentle, loving care.

♦

The wintered holly put forth leaves

To hide the Infant King,

And grew a guard of slender thorns

About Him in a ring.

♦

King Herod’s soldiers hurried past,

And all were unaware

The Infant whom they sought was safe

Within the holly’s care.

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The Christ Child blessed the holly then

So it would always be

Forever green— a sign of hope

And  Immortality.

♦

So now, at Christmas, holly plays

A very special part

Because one night it gently held

The Christ Child in its heart.

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Family · Friends · GREAT COFFEE & FOOD

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This is Nayana’s Post Just reblogging it…

Ingredients for the white chocolate layer :

1 1/2 cups ………………..heavy cream ( Used the brand Rich Cream)
3 tbsp………………..white chocolate ( grated )
3 tsp…………………agar agar
3 tsbp………………cold water.
1/2 tsp…………….chocolate essence

Method for the white chocolate layer :
Mix agar agar in  cold water and keep aside for 10 minutes.
Take two vessels one small and one little bigger than the first one.
Now boil water in the smaller one .
In a bigger thick bottom vessel add the cream  and white chocolate .
When the water in smaller vessel boils keep the bigger one on top of the smaller vessel.
Stir the mixture in the upper vessel continuously till the chocolates completely melts.
This is called double boiled method.
Do not heat the cream and chocolate directly or else the cream will start leaving fats.
Remove from the heat and add chocolate essence and agar agar water and mix very well.
Cool and keep aside for further use.
Ingredients for the coffee layer :
2tbsp……………………instant coffee powder
1/2 tbsp………………..agar agar
2tbsp……………………cold water
3tbsp…………………..sugar
1/2 cup water
Method for the coffee layer :
Mix agar agar to cold water and set aside for 10 minutes.
Boil  1/2 cup water, sugar and coffee powder .
Add it to the agar agar mixture and blend well.

Keep it aside for further use.

Assembling : 

In a glass add 1/3 rd of the coffee mixture at the base.
Keep the glasses in freezer for 1/2 an hour for quick cooling.
When the coffee layer is firm to touch add the white chocolate layer.
Again set it in fridge or freezer depending on how quick you want it to set.
Check for the firmness of white layer.
In fridge it will take 4 to 5 hours to set and in freezer about 1 to 1 n 1/2 hours to set.
Now top with the remaining coffee layer and again freeze till the top is firm
Serve chilled garnished with white chocolate scrapings.
The Seasons Of The Soul
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The Seasons Of The Soul

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Why Am I Cast down and despondently sad
When I long to be happy and joyous and glad?
Why is my heart heavy with unfathomable weight
As I try to escape this soul-saddened state?
I ask myself often – “What makes life this way,
Why Is the song silenced in the heart that was gay”?
And then with God’s help it all becomes clear,
The soul has its seasons just the same as the year-
I too must pass through life’s autumn of dying,
A desolate period of heart-hurt and crying,
Followed by winter in whose frostbitten hand
My heart is as frozen as the snow covered land-
Yes man too must pass though the seasons God sends,
Content in the knowledge that everything ends,
And oh what a blessing to know there reasons
And to find that our soul must, too, have its seasons-
Bounteous Seasons and Barren Ones, too,
Times for rejoicing and times to be blue,
But meeting these seasons of dark desolation
With strength that is born of anticipation
That comes from knowing that
“autumn-time sadness”
Will surely be followed by a
“Spring-time of Gladness”.
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A Mother Remembering…. part1

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I am still very proud of you son . you picked up the pieces after a painful divorce and now are engaged to the most loving young lady I’ve met in an age. I am also very proud you got your degree in Criminal Justice . And now are training to be a paramedic. I always knew you were destined for greatness!! Keep up the good work Son.

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I Remember…

I remember when I found out I was carrying you under my heart, and when I herd your heartbeat for the first time. When you moved the first time how thrilled I was you my child living inside me, apart of my body but separate somehow.
As you grew and we changed together my love
For you grew too, and I couldn’t wait to see you and hold you in my arms.
When I gave Birth it was my Greatest achievement
There you where I called you by name,
(7-3-88 5:55PM 8lbs, 8oz 181/2 long)
Christopher Allen
Is what I said.
When I got to hold you I said welcome to the world and cried, and your Father was so proud.
We took you home three days later and for us life had officially started as a family of three.

As you grew, you dad went into the…

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Useful Info: positive Reinforced Discipline

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Positive Reinforced Discipline:

when you are laying down the law never do it with a raised voice .
stern and strong is good. yelling is Bad.
name calling is bad braking down self esteem is bad .
always let them know that you love them even though you are disappointed in their actions.
let them know that their actions were dumb or stupid while at the same time reassuring them
they are not dumb or stupid.
listening to what they have to say without interruption, unless they are being disrespectful . just say excuse me and interject there but try to stay in in a speaking voice. because when you start yelling their brains shut down and they stop listening. all of your consequences are put in to place with I love you and you know that for every action is an opposite and equal reaction. so these are our…

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Friends…
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Friends…

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What Kind Of Friend Are You???

  1. The friend who only calls or comes round when you need something?
  2. The friend who if its not convenient it doesn’t matter to you?
  3. The two faced friend who loves me to my face and trash talks about me behind my back?
  4. The friend who is just a friend for what I can give you (stuff)?
  5. The friend who uses me for your fall guy?
  6. The mean friend who subtly bully’s me?
  7. The friend who takes me for granted?
  8. THE FRIEND WHO IS ALWAYS THERE NO MATTER WHAT?
  9. THE FRIEND WHO LIKES ME FOR ME?
  10. THE FRIEND WHO IS HONEST 99.9% OF THE TIME?
  11. THE FRIEND THAT DISTANCE DOESN’T MATTER YOU’LL CALL,TEXT, OR WRITE OFTEN OR WHEN POSSIBLE?

12. THE FRIEND WHO LOVES ME UNCONDITIONALLY?

I was not yelling. I was separating the good from the bad. Friendship is very important to personal growth and stability, allot of people go through life with out experiencing true friendship. And it’s sad. you don’t need to follow the crowd to have friends. sure its fun to fit in when it good clean fun like fashion, music and common interests. But acting like some one else is not good for you; you need to be you. If you don’t know who you are trying new things is good as long as they are legal and you aren’t going to hurt your self doing them. to be liked you must Like your self.

I know that can be hard some times and some times you need a helping hand to show you how to do this. Self respect and self esteem go hand in hand .

And always remember that what you say and what you do out in the world is how people in the world see you and make their opinions of you.IF YOU DON’T ACT LIKE AN ASS AT HOME, DON’T ACT LIKE ONE IN PUBLIC!

Words can Hit harder than a slap. So think before you speak. you will make more friends that way.

You know I just went over the don”ts. And did not help any one make friends. Well here it is its simple , smile and say hi. Sometimes it just happens you start talking to some one oh  I don’t know at the Dr.’s office or the park or the food court at the mall and things build from there or its someone from work or school. I used bad grammar on purpose to make a point. sometimes a random act of kindness can be an Icebreaker just don’t be creepy about it. If you are trying to make friends with someone who is standoffish and a little rude find out what interests them it might be something you like to do to or something new you might like.

well, I’m going to close with a poem from a friend.

                    A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend,

one human soul whom we can trust utterly,

who knows the best and worst of us,

and who loves us in spite of all our faults…

by: CHARLES KINGSLEY

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I think you can find a Coffee Lover anywhere…(tea,juice, & coco too)

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Most everywhere I go and where ever I find Friends it seems That Coffee is something to be shared by Most I encounter its common ground. It’s the proverbial icebreaker to start a conversation it might get goofy but you get comfortable enough to have a real talk about anything and everything over coffee.

Not all my friends like coffee but that’s okay,  I don’t fault them because I like tea, fruit juice, & Coco in different flavors and blends.  even though my favorite is Coffee different strokes for different folks. I have a variety of all these things in my kitchen as I have friends over I have many different ways of brewing Coffee and tea and making the perfect Coco. I make fresh fruit juice or have the makings of their favorite blend on hand as I like them too.  So Don’t think Coffee is bitter It’s Like life its what you make of it. and Invite your friends over or out to Coffee get them what they like and have a great time sharing in person for those  who are close to you  or start a chat cafe. Spend time with your friends & Family their all you  have and life is short.4dcc60d21c69bc02e5ab333fdf5d653c9999999999