Have you ever felt this way..........

Glitter In The Air

 lyrics Songwriters: Mann, Billy; Moore, Alecia;

Have you ever fed a lover with just your hands?

Close your eyes and trust it, just trust it

Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?

                                                                    

Have you ever looked fear in the face

And said I just don't care?

It's only half past the point of no return

The tip of the iceberg, the sun before the burn

The thunder before lightning, the breath before the phrase

Have you ever felt this way?

Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone?

Your whole life waiting on the ring to prove you're not alone

Have you ever been touched so gently you had to cry?

Have you ever invited a stranger to come inside?

It's only half past the point of oblivion

The hourglass on the table, the walk before the run

The breath before the kiss and the fear before the flames

Have you ever felt this way?

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

There you are, sitting in the garden

Clutching my coffee, calling me sugar

You called me sugar

Have you ever wished for an endless night?

Lassoed the moon and the stars and pulled that rope tight

Have you ever held your breath and asked yourself

Will it ever get better than tonight? Tonight

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 ~

Fairy Fairyland Friendly Friday - Poof!

as always...thinking about Spring, new ideas on what to create, what to plant, vivid colors...sun on my face

and although I see now posies peeking through what remains of two whoppers of snow storms in Maryland.... I still envision

mystical

magical

fanciful

furry...oops! fairies!

Happy Friday!
"Picture yourself on a boat in a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies

Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly

A girl with kaleidoscope eyes"
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles

Time after time

I tell myself that I'm

So lucky to be loving you.

So lucky to be -

the one you run to see

In the evening when the day is through.

I only know what I know,

the passing years will show

You've kept my love

so young, so new.

And time after time

you'll hear me say that I'm,

so lucky to be loved by you.

written by Sammy Kahn & Jule Styne

(my favorite is sung by Frank Sinatra)

Romance, marriage and love are beautiful things.