appreciation is like: a warm shower after a long day out in the cold or like a sunbeam that breaks through the clouds to warm the top of your head it’s like a loving hug after a long period of loneliness or a belly laugh after a good cry oh, how i want for you to feel appreciated
dear world, as you know, sometimes living is hard so, i have a special request: when i wake up on one of those days please, just love me with yellow . . . kiss me with sunshine to brighten my day place daffodils and dandelions along my way feed me banana bread, pineapple and corn on the cob and always let me wear yellow shoes to my job give me a fluffy chick or a duckling to hold and money in my pocket, doesn’t have to be gold place ribbons of highlights throughout my mane to keep me from feeling too boring or plain give me a polka dot bikini over skin that is tanned and a pristine beach covered in warm golden sand feel free to treat me with lemon sorbet and a yellow lab with a frisbee that knows how to play later, light a candle to quiet my mind so it’s warm little glow can help me unwind give me my partner to cuddle and spoon or dance with romantically under a soft yellow moon please, love me with yellow cuz yellow is best it always reminds me how much i am blessed
as a lover of words i must confess i like the naughty ones too i can’t help it they make me laugh and laughing makes me happy so please, don’t tell me wickedness never was happiness, because sometimes it kind of is
did you know whenever you go i send angels with you
hey, do you see that person over there? the one you think is quiet and weird they have a story that you don’t know oh, and that person, over there the one you think is obnoxious and wrong they have something to offer that you can’t see maybe you should walk over there, start a respectful conversation and then listen because you will always learn the most from the people over there
shhh . . . hush now everything’s okay it’s all temporary there’s a place beyond this one where there is peace and where there are answers to all of your questions but for now, hush, breathe, open your eyes and go back to life
i’m convinced that Something Divine breathed magic into us, our relationship something sacred has been there from the start even before we began stitching our lives together i’m grateful when i think back on the firsts of our embraces because that fire forged the place i now call my permanent home, that safe space within your arms we share memories experiences and a passion for each other that defies logic and reason when you consider how different we are but i think we’re the best kind of love story when teens talk of passion and of knowing their love is real the world rolls its eyes but time gifts a union like ours validity and respect i’m glad we kept going when we were young, that we loved and fought for us, our relationship in spite of the world and its skeptical eye-roll somehow we knew early on that a lifetime together was ours for the taking because of you i know what companionship intimacy forgiveness and safety feel like because of you I get to experience rare, mature love I see the lines deepening on our faces and I wonder how has this happened so fast? it’s all so beautiful and brief together, we are something special complex but simple just a lovely brushstroke on the canvas of humanity on an original painting by Something Divine
so, you ate a donut it ain't no big deal, honey just make sure the next time you open that sweet mouth you drop in a carrot a pile o’ broccoli a handful of blueberries some steamed spinach and a beet mmhmm, a beet you’re welcome, honey
god, grant me the serenity to accept the people i cannot change (everyone else) the courage to change the person i can (myself) and the wisdom to remember this truth amen
what’s this? can it be? crocus! the magical miracle of spring? why, yes! it is! it is! hooray! look at you! you bright and zippy perennial pioneer! you delightful little leader of the color parade! i’ve been waiting for you! for. so. long.