There's Only One You ..... and a very special woman!

"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told:

 "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

                                                Maya Angelou

new year - new wishes

new beginnings - new hopes

because there's only one you!

wherever you might be!
and then there's my very special lady...
Maya Angelou

"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, 
you will have succeeded."

"Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway."

Maya Angelou

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
                                Maya Angelou

Friendship's Healing Circle....Blessing Be Blessing Me

friend, dear friend
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry;
to get my work done
and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
~ Maya Angelou ~


The idea is to write it so that people hear it
and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
~ Maya Angelou ~

I cried a tear: you wiped it dry.

I was confused: you cleared my mind.

I sold my soul: you bought it back for me.

And held me up and gave me dignity,

Somehow you needed me.

                                           You gave me strength to stand alone again,

To face the world out on my own again.

You put me high upon a pedestal,

So high that I could almost see eternity,

You needed me.

You needed me.

And I can't believe it's you, I can't believe it's true:

I needed you and you were there.

And I'll never leave: Why should I leave? I'd be a fool.

'Cause I've finally found someone who really cares.

You held my hand when it was cold.

When I was lost, you took me home.

You gave me hope when I was at the end.

And turned my lies back into truth again:

You even called me friend.

You gave me strength to stand alone again,

To face the world out on my own again.

You put me high upon a pedestal,

So high that I could almost see eternity,

You needed me.

You needed me.

You needed me.

You needed me.

For all my sisters, mothers, daughters and friends that are fighting the fight - Cancer.  I heard this song the other day and it brought me back to several years ago. My friend Jackie's husband Dennis was diagnosed at the age of 27, with a malignant brain tumor. They had just returned from their honeymoon. I asked her how I could help. She said "just be there when I call". We held his hand for three days and somehow this song and album soothed him. The words have stayed in my heart and my mind and when I hear it I always think of "friendship" and it's strong bond, comfort. The day I drove home I told my husband fiercly that I "never wanted to lose another friend to Cancer again". As if I had a choice.

Jackie moved to Florida, married again and has two sweet daughters. I have been with other friends fighting the fight - some have won, so far I have won.

To be there, to be a friend, to have a friend - blessing be, blessing me.

Where there is great love,
there are always great miracles.
~ Mother Teresa ~

Phenomenal Woman
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say, It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman, That's me.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please,

And to a man, The fellows stand

or Fall down on their knees.

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.

I say, It's the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I'm a woman Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman, That's me.

Men themselves have wondered

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can't touch My inner mystery.

When I try to show them

They say they still can't see.

I say, It's in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I'm a woman Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman, That's me.

Now you understand

Just why my head's not bowed.

I don't shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing

It ought to make you proud.

I say, It's in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair,

the palm of my hand,

The need of my care,

'Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman, That's me.

Maya Angelou