Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Wordless Wednesday

Mollie's Poem



I am a DANCER.

I wonder if I will ever be AMAZING.

I hear the sound of tap shoes on tile.

I see my face in the mirror as I spot myself after each pirouette.

I want the day to come when I am given the honor of receiving my first pair of Pointe shoes.

I am a DANCER.

I remember the first time I ever did a double pique turn.

I feel the rough calluses built up on my feet from months, years of devotion.

I touch the cold metal ballet bar.

I cry when I feel like I am not good enough.

I am a DANCER.

I understand that I am not perfect.

I say, “ This is what I want to do for the REST of my life.”

I dream of dancing for him…

I believe that I can do anything if my heart is truly in it.

I am a DANCER.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Cute Things Isaac Says and Does


He pushes the test page button on our printer, gets so excited because he has printed something, and wants someone to make him an airplane out of the paper.
One time, I wasn't paying attention, and he printed a test page on all of the paper in the tray.

He know how to get to my house, is a great back seat driver, and if his parents aren't going to my house but drive near our street he yells, "Goga, Goga."

He gets so excited to play with his Thomas train that he is calling "Thomas" as soon as he comes through the door.
He also has a Billy, an Elizabeth, and a Rosie, but he will not call her Rosie, because Jared called her "what's her face" when he took them all out of the package. Isaac consistently insists on calling her "Face" no matter how many times grandpa tells him her name is Rosie.

He puts the leash on Johny and leads him around the house for a walk.
That is, if he is not climbing on Johny and riding him like a horse, or laying down on Johny's bed with him.

He loves to put pennies in Grandpa's robot bank. He has this funny little quirky thing that he does when he twists each penny before he can deposit it!

He loves to shred paper. He says "schredda" over and over.

He loves to watch Kipper.

He thinks all of our 5 sugar gliders are named "Cal" because one of them is named Calvin.

He is the Joy of his Grandpa and Goga's life.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Wondering


Thinking about what I wish for...


Thinking about where
I want to go...

What about you, what are you wishing for and where is it that you are wanting to go?

Growth means change and change involves risk,
stepping from the known to the unknown.
~ George Shinn~

Determine that the thing can and shall be done,
and then we shall find the way.
~Abraham Lincoln~

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Reaching

Sometimes
You just can't reach
what it is

you need...



Without a FRIEND
to help you
UP.



Person to person,
MOMENT
to moment,
As we LOVE,
WE CHANGE
the WORLD.
~
Samahria Lyte Kaufman~