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Tag: life
Friendship
From casual to intimate, levels of friendships vary throughout life. And no matter the level, friends have the power to influence our lives for good or evil. I have been very blessed by God to have the sweetest friends through life that have enriched my journey, shared by joys and wiped my tears. They have endured…
Promises
Promises Morning washes the lake and pier with light. Summer dwindles to sparks, smolders cold into crisp autumn days. But the sun, the sun burns no matter the season it stays, it stays… unless the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob breaks his promises to Israel.
Out of the Left Lane…
Sweetly broke the dawn this morning on Possum Kingdom Lake. A group of friends met at the lake house of mutual friends. We just got away for a day, spent the night on the lake, enjoyed a day together, reminiscing, visiting, catching up, laughing, telling stories on each other, and laughing some more. We spent a leisurely morning…
Last Roses of Summer
Most people are sad to see summer days end. This year is bittersweet for me. Although the weather remains hot here in Texas and summer doesn’t officially end until September 22, the last of August still marks summer’s finish. Young people are returning to school and the routine that will dictate their lives for the next…
haiku: irony
prickly thistle thrives in the desert place, swathed in purple like a king
Another Love Story…
This is so touching. Oprah interviewed a Jewish couple who had gone through the Holocaust in Poland. This is their love story. Oprah says this is the most beautiful love story she has ever heard. And I quite agree. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1571970ftg4AJEe
A Love Story
Today is our 25th anniversary, so I thought a love story would be in order… A 55 pound tortoise who lives in the zoo in Jerusalem, Israel, is paraplegic, that is her hind legs don’t move. But recently custom fit with a skateboard, Aravat isn’t staying home anymore. Now she ventures out all the time and has attracted a…
Pitter-Patter
This guy still makes my heart go pitter-patter. Next week we will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Yes, we had a hot August wedding in Texas. And here it is again, 25 years later, still hot. So we are heading a little north for a respite from the heat. I wanted to go to Italy or…
Hope… for a Fail-Safe Future
Barack Obama is the hope that so many of us have been waiting for. A hope for a better government; a hope for better poitics; a hope for a better world. Let’s work together to get Senator Obama elected and to become the Greatest President ever!!! This quote is from Barak Hussein Obama’s website: “Americans…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 