When it all goes wrong....

Today is one of those days...when I am reminded that you go through times when just about everything seems to be going wrong.  Life just doesn't seem to want to cooperate with you.  But I am resolved to start tomorrow with renewed enthusiasm, belief.....and hope.

“It's not how we fall. It's how we get back up again.” 

~ Patrick Ness

Bedtime

"O bed! O bed! delicious bed!

That heaven upon earth to the weary head."

~ Thomas Hood

It's happening...

It's happening....almost overnight, it seems the colors have started to change.  The leaves are beginning to leave the safety of the branch, and float to the ground.  I to enjoy the colors and the smells and the food of autumn.  Yet, autumn, in all it's glory signals the coming of winter...and no matter how I prepare myself...I am never ready for that.

“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,

We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” 

~ Humbert Wolfe

We are the Music Makers

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

             ~Arthur O'Shaugnessy

Recital

Alex sang and played piano tonight in his piano/voice recital.  So very proud!!  Now he needs to sleep to get ready for a full day of marching band tomorrow!!

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” 

~ Albert Einstein

Fantasy and Reality

Back when this picture was taken...it was cute. It was fantasy to have my two babies riding in this little car in some theme park somewhere.  It was a dream a possibility....looking into a future that I couldn't really fathom actually arriving.   The reality is that today....this scene could actually happen.  Time goes by at a frighteningly fast speed.

“How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?” 

― Dr. Seuss

She may be little...

I can't believe she is 20...but don't mistake her small frame and sweet smile for weakness.  She knows herself and she knows what she believes and she is not afraid to let you know it, if the situation warrants it.

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!”

~ William Shakespeare