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Too Many Birthdays


Every time Bob and I see someone who is driving like they don’t have a brain in their gray and wrinkled head, we comment to one another, “Too many birthdays!” We’ve been doing that for years. And guess what? Now we are they!!

Gray and wrinkled Bob with graying TazE…
Hey, her butt didn’t used to be gray!!!

Well, at least HE is they! At 81 (he’ll be 82 in December), Bob is 5 months ahead of me. He’ll always be older! I can smile in the rear view mirror, wear a hat to cover the gray, and pretend I’m still a young chick! Heck, age is just a matter of how you feel, right? HEALTH is everything! Love is essential. God is good!

Yup, today is my birthday…
and for the next 5 months,
Bob & I are the same age.
No way!!

The hair may be gray, and the face has a few added wrinkles with “too many birthdays,” but age is a matter of the MIND. Right? If you don’t mind, I don’t mind!

Just don’t call me old!!

Tell me I’m “bee-YOU-tiful”
like this card I received yesterday
from Bob’s sister!
(Thank you, Bonnie)

And pick a few flowers from your garden to decorate your table…
like my neighbor, Sue, did yesterday.
(God bless her)

Keep singing and dancing
(ya gotta keep movin’),
writing and blogging your thoughts,
dreaming and making those dreams come true,
living your passions,
and you’ll never have
“Too Many Birthdays” –
no matter how many years
the calendar tells you!!

It’s time to open presents,
sing the birthday song,
blow out a few candles (don’t try to count them!)
and praise God for the years
he has given me “Too Many Birthdays!”
I’ll take ’em all – gladly!

I’m happy to be in the passenger seat!
I thank God every day for my health,
and for my driver, Bob!

Have a Fabulous Friday!
I’ll see you tomorrow
and tell you all about
my “Happy (not too many) Birthday!”

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Come on, friends, sing along.
I’m listening!!

(When I get old, I’m gonna wear more purple…
Just don’t rush me!)
Love,
JanBeek

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Aging Gracefully, blessings, blogging, Family, flowers, friendship, Gratitude, happiness, health, humor, Life's Challenges, Love, mental health, music, relationships, self-acceptance

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Having it All


What is it you have?
What is it you want to have?
Ask and you’ll receive.

Is it that simple?
Is that really all it takes?
Why isn’t it mine?

Why isn’t WHAT mine?
A yacht – a million dollars –
A villa in Italy?

Do those things matter?
If I have love and my health,
I DO have it all!!

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Ponder that!
See ya tomorrow.

Hugs,
JanBeek

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blessings, contentment, Gratitude, Haiku, health, Love, mental health, mountains, Poetry

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Little Things


What are the Little Things?

  • blossoms
  • strawberries
  • wine
  • tomorrows
  • joy
  • today

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine,
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine.
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
‘Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today

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I’ll be a dandy and I’ll be a rover
You’ll know who I am by the song that I sing.

  • music
  • songs
  • singers (like Johnny Denver)


I’ll feast at your table, I’ll sleep in your clover,
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring.

I care what tomorrow may bring!

I can’t be contented with yesterday’s glory.
I can’t live on promises winter to spring.
Today is my moment, now is my story;
I’ll laugh and I’ll cry and I’ll sing.

  • promises
  • winter
  • spring
  • this moment
  • stories
  • laughter
  • tears
  • singing

Play it again… sing along… think about the little things.

Rejoice in the JOYS that are yours today.
And don’t forget to thank God for all your blessings.

I’m praying for your health and safety,
and asking God to watch over you and your loved ones.

What “little things” can you add to that list
of things for which you are grateful?

Have a Wonderful Wednesday.
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blessings, contentment, God, Gratitude, happiness, Life's Challenges, Love, Memories, music, Poetry

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A Different Easter


My post yesterday was titled with the single word:
Rest!!
I’m hugging you in prayer today.
I pray you were able to rest on the Sabbath –
and I pray you are ready
to sing his praises
as you celebrate a very happy and meaningful
DIFFERENT Easter Sunday today.

Here is my favorite Easter hymn. If you grew up in a traditional Christian church, you know this as well as I do… and you won’t be able to help yourself – – – you’ll HAVE to sing along!

God Bless You!
Have a good rest…
a very unique Easter…

… and a day filled with blessings.

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blessings, contentment, Faith, God, holidays, Love, music, peace, prayer

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Welcome to My World


Here I am – comfortably settled in this beautiful condo in Rancho Mirage, California. Southern CA is so beautiful! The temperature outside is a wonderful, windless 73 degrees and warming. Join me!

Share some poetry with me. I love poetry. Lately I have been engaging in a series of Haiku using the three lines of 5-7-5 syllables to pour my heart out. But, is that the intent of Haiku? Does each form of poetry have a built-in intent?

Free form seems to be in vogue these days. I have enjoyed exploring it.

Rueben Quesada, poet who featured

3 Contemporary Poets on Suffering, Sorrow, and Truth

__ wrote:

“The most important thing I have learned
about being a poet is that writing poetry
is more about attending than intending,
more about silence than sound.”

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But is listening something we do with headsets when we are out in nature? What about the rustle of the leaves and the sound of the birds? What about listening to the silence?

Welcome to My World

As I sit in the quiet of my patio
In the sunshine of southern California,
A golf cart buzzes by,
A club whacks a ball,
A ball flows silently toward its target,
A hummingbird hovers near the feeder,
Unsure of my presence, it lands
And sucks silently from the red nectar.

As I sit in the comfort of our living room,
In the ambience of southern California living,
A symphony plays Boyce Concerto Grosso in B Minor,
The dishwasher runs quietly behind me,
My fingernails tap those damn keys,
And Cristian is proud of my persistence –
It’s the key to successful blogging, he says.
I am attending – and so are you.

Welcome to my world.

Come sit a spell with us.

Thanks for visiting.
See ya later!

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blessings, blogging, contentment, Gratitude, Living in Harmony, Love, music, peace, Poetry, Travel, writing

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Wait 5 Minutes


We have a saying here in Montana:

“If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes!”

Our patio this afternoon

So don’t waste your time complaining about the weather, just brush the snow off the chairs…

… brush off the barbecue, and just maybe…

… before the gorgeous sunset ends,

you can sit down to a cozy meal inside.

No need to complain. It is what it is…

May be back to 70 degrees tomorrow.

Only God knows…

Just smile and make the most of it.

See ya tomorrow! (Keep smiling!)

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contentment, Gratitude, happiness, Love, Montana, nature

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Specks of Splendor


Specks of Splendor

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Like a gold miner panning for gold,
I sift through life’s muck and mire
To look for the specks of splendor
That sparkle and dance like fire.

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No matter how awful my day was,
At the end, I put on my Jesus glasses
And find the specks that sparkled,
The nuggets in muddy splashes.

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The most dismal, dark, and cloudy day
Has shimmers of beauty in the trials.
With God’s help, I sift and find them.
Then tuck into bed with gratitude and smiles.

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See you tomorrow.

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contentment, Gratitude, happiness, Jesus, Life's Challenges, Love, mental health, Poetry

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Cold, Colder, Coldest


Don’t you just love this winter blast of arctic air?

 

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Hang in there!

It IS warming up…

Look at that…
up to -5 by 9:00 pm…

That’s worth staying up for!

Happy Sunday, my friends.
God bless you!
Stay warm!

person holding coffee filled mug

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life, Life's Challenges, Love, Montana

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Quiet My Soul


We’re snowed in!

The four foot drift

Behind my car is tall;

Not looking very friendly at all.

The flakes still fall.

abstract blur bright christmas

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It’s too much to shovel

And once that’s removed

What about the three foot waves

Gathered here creating graves

In our long driveway?

snow covered rocky mountain

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“I have composed

And quieted my soul”

Psalm 131:2 is a reminder

To take off the blinders;

Trust God, the Perfect Finder.

photography of person peeking

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He helps me find what matters most.

I trust Him to quiet my soul.

Help me not to implode in

This spot, but find the Jesus road in

Whatever place I am snowed in.

snowy pathway surrounded by bare tree

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The path isn’t blocked;

The wheelbarrow of tasks

May be inaccessible, but I can

Find His plan if I scan

 The land where I am.

So, compose my soul, dear Lord.

Help me find peace

And contentment. Just tuck me

In and channel me; don’t chuck me

Right where You’ve stuck me!

close up cobweb macro pattern

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Don’t let me get caught in

This web of cold and confusion.

You’re here to hold me.

You protect and you mold me.

I will trust what You’ve told me.
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Amen?
and Amen!

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Bible Lessons, contentment, Faith, God, Jesus, life, Life's Challenges, Love, peace, prayer

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New Year’s Wish


Have a Very Happy New Year!

I hope it starts off and ends on the right foot!!

❤ God Bless You ❤

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happiness, holidays, Living in Harmony, Love, peace

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