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Footprints in Your Heart

True Friends - footptints

A friend sent this card
with “Your friendship means the world to me”
written on the inside.

She wrote,
“I can feel your footprints
in my heart everyday.
Do you mind is I
walk all over your heart, too?”

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Those footprints are not just ON my heart,
they are IN my heart.
I feel her love deeply.
It keeps me buoyed on days
when I might otherwise be feeling down.

I subscribe to “Someone Cares” cards from Guideposts. I love these cards because they always include a pertinent scripture reference, an uplifting message, and a pertinent story on the back of each.

This last mailing of Guideposts’ cards had the message
I used in my last post,
“Whenever we’re together,
and even when we’re not,
warm and caring thoughts of you
make me smile a lot.”

Guideposts “Someone Cares” cards are available
at shopguideposts.org/someone-cares-greetings.
I highly recommend them.
They are unique and special.
When I open the package of 12 every 6 weeks or so,
the cards call out the names of friends
for whom I feel that card would be most appropriate.

The back of this particular card
had a wonderful story on it
– written by Lisa Bogart:

“When my best friend came to New York to visit me, I wanted to pack all the sights, food, and fun I could into our four days together.

On the first morning, we took a 10:00 train into Manhattan. We walked crosstown, hopped on the subway, and headed uptown to the Cloisters… then to the Metropolitan Museum of Art… farther downtown to my favorite barbecue place… window-shopped and gawked at the towering buildings. Finally, we took a train home at 10:30 that night.

My friend was pooped and asked if we could stay closer to home the next day. When she came down for breakfast, she had her knitting with her. She suggested we sit on the patio and knit for awhile. I put on a pot of tea, and we spent the morning catching up and renewing our friendship.

We went on a few more adventures before she left, but it was that quiet time together that I remember best. It makes me smile and feel close to her even when we’re miles apart.”

Do you have a special friend who has left footprints in your heart? Why not send a card to them today letting them know you are thinking of them in a special way? Sending snail-mail cards does not have to be a “lost art.” Keep it alive with your footprints today!

Thinking of you

I love you, dear WordPress friends.
You leave your footprints in my heart
each time you visit and leave a note.
God bless you!

Jan sends cheers!

See ya tomorrow.

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friendship, happiness, Love, mental health, Sharing, writing

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True Friends

True Friends

God has blessed my life
With a circle of true friends.
Some are close enough to hug,
Others are scattered to earth’s ends.
.
Regardless of their physical proximity,
My true friends are always with me.
When we reach out to each other,
Their love stretches out to gift me.
.

Some soul sisters I have known briefly,
Others are friends a decade or more,
And a few treasured true friends
I’ve known since I was young and poor.

MarcieJudyBobSandersMonica — Marcie, Judy, Bob, Jerry, Carolyn & Monica

Some are older, wise, and vibrant,

Some are family living far away,

Some are neighbors, always near and supportive,

Our neighbors, the Ducsays & Laquas w/Tammy & Henry

Some are my buddies who join me in play.

Some are families who make life special –

Some are in-laws who keep in touch –

Some are couples who invite us over –

Gerry & Alex w/ Bob & Ott

All are a part of me… and I love them so much!

Kuan Tao-Sheng as quoted in Theodor Reik’s book, Of Love and Lust:
“Take a lump of clay,
Wet it, pat it,
Make a statue of you
and a statue of me.
Then shatter them, clatter them,
Add some water,
And break them and mold them
Into a statue of you and me.
Then in mine, there are bits of you,
And in you there are bits of me.
Nothing shall ever keep us apart.”

God has blest my soul
With true friends who make me whole.
I carry bits of them where e’re I go.
They round me out so I can roll.

I roll with the punches life flings,
I weather the storms life brings;
I reach out to friends, and they to me.
So no matter the trouble, my heart sings.

animal avian beak bird — Life is better with a friend and a song!

Thank You, God, for life’s true friends.
Thank You for God’s Holy Spirit, too.
He is the friend who’s with me always.
I pray that He’s a True Friend to you.

God bless you, my dear blogging friend!
Thank you for being a friend who visits and comments.
Your participation in my blog means
the world to me!

box cheerful color cute — See ya tomorrow.

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blessings, friendship, God, Gratitude, happiness, Living in Harmony, Love, pets, Poetry, Sharing

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Yes, I Salvaged the Cake!

One of my blogging friends asked,
Did you salvage that cake?

The Shortcut Syndrome

Yes, I was able to cut off the burned parts,
Turn it over on a cake plate,
and frost it with whipping cream.
And it was delicious!

Thanks for reassuring me.
Even the worst of our mistakes
Can turn out OK,

IF we don’t give up!

But, the best solution is
Read the fine print to begin with!

Have a great Monday evening.
.
We’re headed to visit our dear neighbors
Who are here for the summer
and then leave in the fall –
headed for warmer weather.

Chickens!!

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Only kidding…
You’re not chicken for leaving in winter…
But we will sure miss all our “Snowbirds!”

5 guys - Mt. Baldy
Four of these five guys head for warmer climate in winter.
Only Bob – on the left – the guy in shorts –
the one who thinks it’s warm
when others are cold-
will remain!

And both of my girlfriends here will leave.
Penny, on the right, is the one
we are saying farewell to tonight.

Oh, but I can’t cry.
I need to count my blessings.
Better to have ’em part of the year
rather than not at all.
.
And thanks, Mrs Hen, for the egg whites.
Without them I couldn’t have made that
angelfood cake!

eggs in the metal basket
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See ya tomorrow, my blogging friends.

Sure glad you’re not leaving me!

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food, friendship, Love, Travel

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Universal Responsibility

With the flooding in the Bahamas and the hurricane Dorian threatening the east coast of the USA, our sense of responsibility for one another is heightened.

Our friends – people, animals, all – need us.

What can we do to help?

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Lock arms with your neighbor. Decide together on some course of action.

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Reach out across color and ideologies and countries and oceans. Reach out to others with a pure heart and a love for all God’s creations.

man hugging american pit bull terrier puppy close up photo

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Don’t be timid. Take a clue from our animal kingdom. Reach out in love to those near you… … and those far away.

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Find the need… a universal need… that you can do something about…

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And just do it!

How far can your arm reach today? Stretch out and test it!! Do you have an idea about something you can do? Share it!

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See ya tomorrow. JanBeek

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Animals, friendship, Giving, Life's Challenges, Love, Serving One Another, Sharing

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Montana Evening

We had a wonderful Montana evening with friends in our “Hood.”

Even though their house is just around the bend from us,
their view is different from ours.

Enjoy a reverse order evening…

A look at the Madison Range from the Ducsays prior to sunset

Earlier in the evening with bright blue sky

Behind those trees is our house.
Don’t you love the open spaces and Big Sky with puffy clouds?

Our “Hood” Gathering:
Charley Ducsay, Diane, Terri, Janet Ducsay, Gary, me, Bob & Henry
Happy 50th anniversary to Diane & Gary!!

Wouldn’t you love to watch the sun set
from such a great place
with wonderful neighbors like ours?

I wish you health, happiness, good neighbors,
and blessings to spare each day.

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blessings, contentment, friendship, happiness, Love, Montana, nature

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Thoughtfulness

Top of Mt Baldy

Yesterday Bob & I took our ATV, our dog, our lunches, and our stamina on a ride with friends up to the top of Mt Baldy in the Tobacco Root Mountains. From my sanctuary window, I can see the snow-topped mountain off to the north-west of us.

Hard for you to see, with the sunlight reflections on the glass, but it’s out there through the angels in the distance… the tallest of the snow capped mountains.

What does all that have to do with thoughtfulness? Well, without the help of our friends, we wouldn’t have ventured up there!

First of all, some of the trails were really, really rocky and rough. We wouldn’t chance it alone!

Rocky trail up to Mt Baldy

Secondly, I could not have made that climb up from the trail where we left the ATVs without the help of my buddies!

With kind thoughtfulness, they each took one of my arms and climbed with me. They stopped to rest when my breathing got to panting instead. God bless ‘em!