tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17836739567361418752024-03-05T17:13:14.459-05:00Creations by JEllenOne recently relocated studio with a passion for all things bright, including fabric, fiber, flowers & fiestaware and a newly discovered passionate love for yorkiesJoycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.comBlogger535125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-9934022474744803672019-04-23T00:40:00.002-04:002019-04-23T11:45:37.697-04:00tip toe through the tulips...i first planted<br />
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at our home...</div>
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in south euclid</div>
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back in the fall</div>
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of nineteen eighty eight</div>
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they were beautiful</div>
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that first year</div>
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the next august</div>
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we delivered sarah</div>
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she arrived with an unexpected</div>
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extra chromosome</div>
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a few years earlier</div>
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a woman named</div>
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emily perl kingsley</div>
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had written a poem</div>
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about the shock</div>
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of learning your child has</div>
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down syndrome</div>
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she likened it to going<br />
on a trip</div>
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to holland when you</div>
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thought you were</div>
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heading to italy</div>
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i didn't want to go to</div>
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italy or holland</div>
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so for a short while</div>
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i hated tulips</div>
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then something wonderful</div>
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happened</div>
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i feel madly and deeply</div>
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in love with sarah</div>
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and tulips too</div>
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but as life evolved</div>
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so did the deer</div>
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that were multiplying</div>
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faster than rabbits</div>
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in our first ring suburb</div>
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they ate all the tulips</div>
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every last one</div>
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thirty years after first</div>
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planting those bulbs</div>
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i started over</div>
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in a new home</div>
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nearer the country</div>
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i was hopeful</div>
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yet realistic</div>
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i could hardly contain</div>
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my enthusiasm</div>
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when i first</div>
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spotted sprouts</div>
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early in april</div>
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then the buds started to appear</div>
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followed by flowers</div>
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each morning</div>
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there seems to be more</div>
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and more</div>
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tonight</div>
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i took jackson out</div>
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with me</div>
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the sun was shinning</div>
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perfectly</div>
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and off in the distance</div>
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of the flower patch</div>
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you can see<br />
sarah's angel</div>
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so appropriately</div>
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placed</div>
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with the tulips</div>
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in our new home<br />
new beginnings<br />
with a healthy dose<br />
of gratitude</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-75290492200477681352018-04-12T15:30:00.001-04:002018-04-12T16:40:24.672-04:00jackson & nickyour precious puppies. they bring us so much joy we can't imagine life without them.<br />
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by the very talented</div>
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rita minamyer</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-39857555022124942972017-06-03T00:41:00.002-04:002017-06-03T00:42:00.924-04:00perfection in bloom...<br />
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My greatgrandmother's ring. Photos by Martin Lehrman.</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-63294374861507082622016-09-29T07:13:00.000-04:002016-09-29T07:13:03.908-04:00one shoe, two shoe...orange shoe<br />
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blue shoe</div>
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same shoe</div>
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different color</div>
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perfectly though</div>
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it's a pink sand beach design</div>
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tuscany tote</div>
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batiks by moda</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-46466278424460447122016-07-31T00:32:00.002-04:002016-07-31T00:32:32.972-04:00it's been awhile...since i've <br />
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of mine</div>
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mostly because i've</div>
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not had a minute to myself</div>
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for very good reasons</div>
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my sarah girlie</div>
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had a booth at the </div>
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national down syndrome convention</div>
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with her quilts</div>
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truly a dream come true</div>
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for both of us</div>
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last night i finally</div>
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had an evening </div>
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to turn on the music</div>
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and get creative</div>
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i had just the perfect</div>
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thing to work on</div>
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a miniature</div>
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it will be going </div>
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in the front window </div>
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next month</div>
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which is really</div>
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in two days</div>
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time sure does fly</div>
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when you're having fun</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-92078498792051545782016-04-23T12:16:00.000-04:002016-05-03T00:18:00.167-04:00purple rainwhen the world<br />
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looses</div>
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an icon...</div>
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we all mourn</div>
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for the man</div>
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the music</div>
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the memories</div>
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the association</div>
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we have</div>
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with each song</div>
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and the references</div>
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they may bring</div>
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i was watching</div>
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an interview</div>
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last evening</div>
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and an associate</div>
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who once worked</div>
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with prince said</div>
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some people tell you</div>
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to think outside</div>
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the box</div>
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prince</div>
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was never in a box</div>
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may we all</div>
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have a bit of that</div>
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philosophy</div>
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in us going forward</div>
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in this thing</div>
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called life</div>
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be uninhibited</div>
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be not afraid</div>
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be creative</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-88589875574969766992016-03-16T13:35:00.002-04:002016-03-16T13:35:49.613-04:00a girl can dream...right?<br />
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of a kitchen</div>
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in retro</div>
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turquoise</div>
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this one's a</div>
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show stopper</div>
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i just love it</div>
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appliances</div>
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from the </div>
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<a href="https://bigchill.com/">big chill</a></div>
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who knew</div>
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the house</div>
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in california</div>
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just </div>
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adorbs</div>
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check it out</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1783673956736141875#editor/target=post;postID=8858987557496976699">here</a></div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-45126879171603389382016-03-07T14:27:00.002-05:002016-03-07T14:33:58.794-05:00just because...he melts <br />
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my</div>
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mom heart...</div>
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...and every time<br />
he comes home<br />
it seems <br />
he has grown<br />
another inch<br />
still<br />
he'll always be<br />
my baby<br />
youngest son<br />
he oozes<br />
much love<br />
so very grateful</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-35423788503991674502016-02-06T12:35:00.002-05:002016-02-06T12:39:18.697-05:00one happy mama...it's been a while<br />
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since</div>
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i've shared...</div>
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daughter</div>
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just one</div>
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that way she</div>
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number one</div>
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would ever</div>
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share a </div>
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love of sewing</div>
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with fabric</div>
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that i have </div>
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rather because her</div>
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diagnosis</div>
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of down syndrome</div>
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lead me to believe</div>
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she would have </div>
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greater challenges </div>
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than some</div>
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including</div>
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her manual dexterity </div>
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for years and years she</div>
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had some wonderful</div>
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therapists who worked</div>
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diligently with her</div>
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hour after hour</div>
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day after day</div>
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her fingers now work</div>
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with the greatest </div>
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of precision</div>
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her seams are near perfect</div>
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her patience</div>
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extraordinare</div>
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today </div>
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not only does</div>
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she share my love</div>
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for quilting</div>
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she is also</div>
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learning</div>
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the fundamentals</div>
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of running </div>
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a business</div>
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it has taken a</div>
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very large village to</div>
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get us to this <br />
stage in life</div>
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for which i am so</div>
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very grateful</div>
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for everyone</div>
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who has had a place<br />
on this journey</div>
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with us<br />
thank you</div>
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Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-40780184873930011002015-12-31T23:59:00.000-05:002016-01-05T00:19:32.658-05:00it's been real...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-87856324909007455522015-12-13T10:18:00.000-05:002015-12-27T10:18:52.294-05:00a photo worth celebrating...it's a tradition<br />
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photos of the kids</div>
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sometimes...</div>
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us parent's too</div>
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it was easier when</div>
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they were young</div>
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all under the same roof</div>
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then they age</div>
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and off they go</div>
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to their own worlds</div>
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with a wife and a girlfriend</div>
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it's hard sometimes</div>
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knowing just</div>
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how far to push</div>
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when to let go</div>
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how to stay connected</div>
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add in a grudge</div>
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or two</div>
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a betrayal</div>
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hurtful words</div>
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and life gets even</div>
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more</div>
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complicated</div>
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and at times confusing</div>
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this little family</div>
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is fractured right now</div>
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heartbreaking</div>
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yet necessary</div>
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with time comes healing</div>
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maturity</div>
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perspective</div>
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and hopefully</div>
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new found energy</div>
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to move forward</div>
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to create new beginnings</div>
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thankful for the</div>
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happy times</div>
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such as this picture</div>
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taken on sister's birthday</div>
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for those memories</div>
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keep your heart</div>
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beating</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-46757771807460997872015-11-16T22:51:00.001-05:002015-11-16T22:51:27.250-05:00je m' appelle joiceit has been<br />
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a long </div>
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long time...</div>
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since i studied french</div>
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so long </div>
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that i barely</div>
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remember</div>
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most words</div>
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of the beautiful language</div>
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still </div>
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like many</div>
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my heart fills</div>
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with just the mention </div>
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of the eiffel tower</div>
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the streets of paris</div>
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so when word </div>
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first</div>
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starting spreading</div>
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that terrorists</div>
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had struck</div>
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the city of love</div>
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it was hard to</div>
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believe</div>
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as more details</div>
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surfaced</div>
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there is no denying</div>
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the world is </div>
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changing</div>
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and for that </div>
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i feel helpless</div>
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and afraid</div>
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scared for my</div>
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loved ones</div>
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yet we can't let fear</div>
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dictate</div>
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our every move</div>
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so i did what i know best</div>
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i took</div>
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to my sewing machine...</div>
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</div>
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...creating a circle</div>
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using fabric</div>
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purple of course</div>
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with eiffel towers</div>
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to form a dresden</div>
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or friendship circle</div>
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for in my world</div>
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if we all just started</div>
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loving a little more</div>
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hated a little less</div>
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just imagine</div>
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the difference</div>
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we could make</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-91413893006627939122015-05-10T23:36:00.000-04:002015-10-15T21:21:07.294-04:00a different kind of mother's day...i've learned over <br />
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the years</div>
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that life is full...</div>
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.</div>
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...of unpredictable moments </div>
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your day to day</div>
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existence</div>
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can be humming along</div>
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and then</div>
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out of nowhere a</div>
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situation presents</div>
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that hits you</div>
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upside the head</div>
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like a two by four</div>
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as i sat across</div>
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the table</div>
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from my son and his wife</div>
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the words stung</div>
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like alcohol to </div>
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a freshly opened wound</div>
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my tears feel freely</div>
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not just for me</div>
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but for my mother</div>
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it took me back</div>
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to a place<br />
earlier in my life</div>
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where i too</div>
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said many unkind things</div>
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and for the first time</div>
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i was sitting in her seat</div>
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i read once</div>
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that every child</div>
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grows to hate their mother</div>
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and you will know when they</div>
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have matured</div>
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by the day </div>
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they learn to accept and love</div>
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her for who she is</div>
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no longer will you see</div>
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her short comings</div>
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rather you will</div>
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appreciate her care</div>
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her support</div>
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her love</div>
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for me</div>
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it took a while</div>
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to almost fifty five really</div>
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the greatest blessing</div>
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now</div>
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is the opportunity</div>
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to observe my momma</div>
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with my princess of a girl</div>
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the two have become</div>
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best buds</div>
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for that i am most grateful</div>
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as i recognize</div>
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not every adult child</div>
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is given this </div>
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second chance</div>
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with their</div>
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mother still on earth<br />
yet we know<br />
those days are coming to a close <br />
soon<br />
my mother is dying<br />
she has terminal cancer<br />
it is slowly yet<br />
surely taking away her<br />
health<br />
her good days<br />
are becoming less and less<br />
what would i change<br />
not a thing i suppose<br />
for our trials and triumphs<br />
have shaped me into<br />
who i am today<br />
a very grateful daughter<br />
who has the ability to<br />
turn the bad into the good<br />
the pain into a<br />
promise<br />
for a better tomorrow<br />
no doubt<br />
sad<br />
yet brutifully abundant<br />
with rich blessings<br />
motherhood i've learned <br />
is a journey<br />
not a sprint<br />
rather more like a<br />
marathon<br />
that has not yet been run<br />
because <br />
we're always<br />
in training</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-59982130697658136502015-03-22T11:16:00.000-04:002015-03-22T11:16:29.499-04:00sweet child of mine...my baby<br />
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the third born</div>
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always...</div>
<br />
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<br />
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...always, always</div>
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keeps me on my toes</div>
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his little antics</div>
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are never too bold</div>
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just enough to</div>
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have me scratching </div>
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my head</div>
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wondering what i could</div>
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do different</div>
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perhaps better</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
as a parent</div>
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he has a heart of</div>
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pure gold</div>
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though</div>
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a work ethic</div>
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like none other</div>
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at eighteen</div>
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he busses tables</div>
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at a country club</div>
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hard grunt work</div>
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last night</div>
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he came home </div>
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with flowers</div>
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for me</div>
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just because</div>
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they are</div>
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purple</div>
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and he knew </div>
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i'd love them</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
which i do</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
i love him</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
even more</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-25791400958287736382015-03-01T13:22:00.001-05:002015-03-22T11:07:06.427-04:00hello march<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-3681957065146916892015-01-01T10:40:00.000-05:002015-01-07T16:07:08.818-05:00hello 2015a new year<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
brings new</div>
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opportunities...</div>
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</div>
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and new possibilities</div>
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for growth</div>
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change</div>
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and exploration</div>
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i'm ready</div>
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here's to</div>
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a new year</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
welcome </div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
2015!</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-90529534837675787412014-12-16T11:40:00.002-05:002014-12-16T11:41:34.231-05:00a star of batik beauty...some time ago<br />
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our friend</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
crystal of<br />
</div>
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</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
frivolous necessity</div>
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created a pattern </div>
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she named </div>
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<a href="http://frivolousnecessity.blogspot.com/2012/11/hexagram-quilt-pattern.html">hexagram</a></div>
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from the </div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
moment i first</div>
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saw it</div>
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it looked most like</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
a star of david</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
to me</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
this past week</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
i needed</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
to accomplish</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
something with fabric</div>
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for the total</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
relaxation of the</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
project</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
from the </div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
organizing and the cutting</div>
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<br />
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to the stitching</div>
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</div>
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to the squaring up</div>
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process</div>
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where the end</div>
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result is </div>
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this </div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
lovely pile of</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
color</div>
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just in time</div>
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to wish</div>
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everyone a</div>
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very happy</div>
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Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-15026339084470901272014-10-30T13:52:00.000-04:002014-10-30T13:52:04.821-04:00thursday thought...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-19712940089990589722014-10-22T01:01:00.002-04:002014-10-22T01:01:55.560-04:00horizon...oh the magic<br />
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of her</div>
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designs...</div>
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...and the sweetness</div>
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of her heart</div>
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speak to me</div>
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like few do</div>
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<a href="http://katespaindesigns.blogspot.com/">kate spain</a></div>
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how i adore you</div>
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your newest</div>
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makes my </div>
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purpliest passion</div>
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so happy</div>
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the tranquil colors of</div>
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sea glass</div>
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are so inspiring</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-47199982529664964112014-10-21T01:46:00.005-04:002014-10-21T01:46:41.223-04:00the early years...i've been<br />
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living </div>
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in a funk...</div>
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lately</div>
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just not sure</div>
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of anything</div>
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anymore</div>
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life has a way</div>
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of waking you</div>
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up</div>
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every now</div>
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and then</div>
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bam</div>
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out of the blue</div>
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situation</div>
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that takes you by</div>
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complete</div>
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surprise</div>
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renders you</div>
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clueless, shocked</div>
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disappointed</div>
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and heartbroken</div>
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then just as</div>
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you dry the last</div>
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of the tears</div>
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a small treasure</div>
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appears</div>
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a memento from</div>
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years past</div>
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that brings</div>
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a smile back to</div>
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your face</div>
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puts a glimmer</div>
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of happiness</div>
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back into your day</div>
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just enough</div>
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to recognize</div>
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that</div>
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those early years</div>
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are there</div>
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forever</div>
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treasure</div>
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the memories</div>
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and know</div>
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they are yours</div>
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to keep</div>
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no matter what</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-14665516892386208262014-09-25T23:24:00.001-04:002014-09-25T23:24:33.940-04:00thursday thought...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-15543887205655357942014-09-19T23:20:00.000-04:002014-09-25T23:22:29.521-04:00my handsome prince...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
i've learned</div>
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so much</div>
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from this one...</div>
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our third born</div>
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the baby</div>
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of the family</div>
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he came out wildly</div>
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kicking</div>
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nonstop</div>
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and it was that </div>
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way for years</div>
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oh the stories </div>
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we can share</div>
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somewhere</div>
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along the way</div>
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he developed the</div>
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kindest heart</div>
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the warmest smile</div>
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a tenderness</div>
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and compassion</div>
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not often seen</div>
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in a boy his age</div>
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i think his classmates </div>
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recognize it too</div>
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they voted him </div>
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to the homecoming court</div>
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this week</div>
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so proud of him</div>
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and grateful </div>
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to be his mom</div>
Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-45590553692970917482014-08-28T19:12:00.002-04:002014-08-28T19:13:00.696-04:00never stop...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Joycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466914387696533499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1783673956736141875.post-5888651256390079362014-08-09T01:01:00.000-04:002014-08-17T09:01:37.600-04:00celebrating four years..so hard to <br />
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believe</div>
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our quilt shop...</div>
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is four years old</div>
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today</div>
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it seems like</div>
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just yesterday</div>
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we were cutting </div>
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the ribbon</div>
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on my sarah's</div>
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twenty first birthday</div>
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we had no idea </div>
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where this journey</div>
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was to take us</div>
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yet today</div>
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i can't imagine</div>
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us doing anything</div>
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other than sharing</div>
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our love of fabric</div>
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our zest for </div>
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fiber creativity</div>
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demonstrating</div>
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sarah's sewing talents</div>
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while fulfilling </div>
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our mission</div>
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of employing creative persons</div>
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of all abilities</div>
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including those with</div>
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down syndrome and autism</div>
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and assisting</div>
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kristen's light to shine</div>
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around the world<br />
celebrating we are<br />
with our annual<br />
sweet treat extravaganza<br />
life is good</div>
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