North Carolina, and Charlotte, especially, seems to be a place where they Carpe Diem regularly. This seems most evident on a holiday, like Easter. There were egg hunts all over and celebrations for the children to participate in, at school and in the community. We don't know how to keep up with the seasonal changes here yet. It seems that we were just digging out from the snow and here we are with 80 degree weather already. When it snows, Charlotteans take off and celebrate with the children, if possible. When it is sunny, they shine up their ride and zoom for breezes in the sunshine. We are trying to learn from them.
Jesus is risen and we celebrated as usual and extra specially. It was in the 80's and we are still not used to this heat in the Springtime. My twin gardeners are helping transform this new house and hopefully we can take advantage of the season.
I really always try to keep moving and have a small black cloud that overcasts me on the day before Easter, no matter what I try to do to change it.
The tumult of family preparations rose to a fever pitch about the middle of the evening. I was blessed to hear and participate in the fever pitch, some good yelling and some not so good yelling. All a part of the preparations for the celebration of the Resurrection in my house. Jesus is risen. As usual the comforts of the praise and worship and the beauty of the day seemed to raise my deadened and mournful soul to celebrate the Resurrection, with joy.
Each week, I say, I don't know, if I will be able to worship with joy in the Lord. But, especially, on Easter. Each child looks me in the eye on Easter and my precious husband and they are a reminder of the Resurrection of Jesus and salvation of our souls. I know that our undying souls are leaning on the everlasting arms. God comforts my soul, which sometimes seems to have blinders into the grave, on Easter. My heart goes to the gravesite, every year and God sends a special Angel to fly me back into the present to see the restoration of my soul. Halleluia. I couldn't shout to the Lord, at church, because it was too crowded and distinguished people come on Easter. I always say, I am going to try to be siddity, like the Charlotteans and God reminds me of His goodness and I am out of my seat acting a fool, for Jesus again. "Hold my mule!" I'm fixin to shout again.
After Church, we went to Freedom Park to photograph our beautiful, happy, tumultuous family.
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Title- The Studious One!
artwork by Elyse
Of biscuits and syrup
tasty treats
Happy Saturday!
a day at the Raptor Center.
Widdle Emmie in outer space school
Emmie jumped on the bus and off it flew out into the atmosphere. There was a set of clouds with turbulence right above the house and it took a few minutes for my Emmie to buckle her seatbelt. They hit the bump hard and it knocked my Emmie out of her seat and she bumped her head. The video camera came on and the monitor looked through and stated, Ms. Emmie, where are you? You are not in your seat. Where are you? I am alright I fell because I hadn’t buckled correctly. Well jump up Emmie we have a long way to go and you have to be buckled there is entirely too much turbulence in the stratosphere for you to unbuckle now. As soon as we are through this weather system there will be straight sailing but right now you must buckle. Emmie scrambled into the seat with intensity and purpose now. She watched every cloud pass her window and her nose was pressed to the window trying to see the top of the house as it drifted slowly out of sight. Soon they were not only out of sight of the house, the sun came out brightly and just as quickly they were putting on the atmospherical breathing apparatus and the outerspherical lights. The ABA and the OL. These precautions were to make them appear to be satellites to the radar as they were out in the ionosphere. Emmie knew all about this now. She had gone to the orientation and had a good breakfast and it took them 20 minutes for her to get out past the atmospherical pull and to feel the zero gravity. It would be 15 minutes before the gravity simulators would take effect, a glitch in the system which was being worked on. Until then, they enjoyed the couple of minutes of floatation, while being connected to the seats by belt. The first thing they saw everyday was the strataflotsam. The items which had been dumped into the atmosphere by earlier generations. What would their generation do about this ecological waste area that remained floating above their heads? This was a question for the generations. For now it was the area that they had to guide through on the way to school.
Midnight at the OASIS
Sunset in Huntersville
My little Emmie
ran to the bus on the first day of the last year of school. 2 buns on the side of her head. She kissed me and ran at dawn to the bus. She was starting the adventure of a lifetime. I would never see that little girl again, she was going to woman school!
My Father and I 1989
to the tune of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
A VISIT TO PAPA
Are you going to Mary Immaculate?
Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,
Remember me to the one who lived there,
He once was a true love of mine,
Tell him to buy me an acre of land,
Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,
Between the muddy Hudson in Jamaica Bay,
Then, He’ll be a true love of mine,
Tell him to sow in it seeds of pure cream,
Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,
And build Ice cream mountains and buildings of whipped cream,
Then, He’ll be a true love of mine,
Tell him to reap them with sickles of M&M’s,
Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,
And chew bubble gum and eat till we’re done,
Then, He’ll be a true love of mine.
Tell him to run it off down the motor parkway,
Apricots, Chocolate Cherries and Pie,
After your done 50 pushups
and jog down the West Side Highway,
Then he’ll be a true love of mine…
(Don’t wait for me today dad, The kids are sick again, My tummy’s bulging again, My heart is aching again, And now there’s no love there…)
He once was, a true love of mine….So, Girls, I do beg you don't miss your Daddy,Apricots, Chocolate cherries and Pie,You have one short chance to see him on this side, Go visit him and let your light shine.
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