we climbed the mountain!!

hello my friends!! so here i am again!! finally school is over and i have just completed the most amazing journey. when i started this class back in january i as scared to death. here i am in my 40s starting a whole new career in a room full of mostly young people, and i was convinced i was not ging to make it!! but not only did i make it, i made some wonderful friends along the way-counted amoung my best friends now-and because of them last night i graduated with honors. without them,i would not have done that or come this far. there were times i struggled-we struggled-but we worked our butts off together and we got through it. and last night we stood proudly all of us, our families there taking pictures and cheering as we took credit for this amazing accomplishment-this amazing jouney. but everything that we went through since january 11th, 2010...all the hard work, late night studying, struggling, etra class time to get it right, encouraging eachother-it was worth it and then some. no one saw that part, the hardest times-but those are the proudest memories for me...of all of us.

they take pictures of mountain climbers at the top of the mountain. they're smiling, elated, triumphant! they don't take pictures along the way 'cause who wants to remember the rest of it? we push ourselves because we have to. not because we like it. the relentless climb, the pain and anguish of taking it to the next level-nobody takes pictures of that. nobody wants to remember. we just want to remember the view from the top. the breathtaking moment at the edge of the world. that's what keeps us climbing. and its worth the pain. that's the crazy part. it's worth anything. (grey's anatomy)

until next time...safe jouney.

yeah...i don't think so.

hello my friends!! i know i know!! its been longer then usual!! i do have a legimate excuse!! well i think anyway!! we have been studying hard for our certification and everything else has been put on a back burner for now. but i am almost done!! then i will use the nice weather as an excuse!! haha!!
anyway, my son's 4th grade teacher told me she wants him to start watching the news...keep up on current affairs so he could join the other kids in their discussions!! i about burst out laughing in her face! they are 10 years old for goodness sake!!! i have listened to their conversations, they talk about poop, farts and spongebob!! watch the news? my child>? no, im sorry. i watched it the other night. there was a robbery, a murder, a rape, and the state of our government, and economy is enough to make us cry 24 7. he doesn't need to know about it, he doesn't need to worry about it. thats my job. thats why im not always my happy shiney self all time-not many of are any more. its just the way it is. but not in 4th grade. not if i can help it. thats called being a parent.

ralph w sockman said:
"nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength." and john morley said:
"nature in her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts is but the backround theatre of the tragety of man."

until next time....safe journey.

what goes around....

hello my beautiful friends!! i hope you are all well!!! spring is in full bloom!! i love this time of year!! this is where life begins again. a chance to start over. we all have choices to make. thats no revelation. lol. but the choices we make, they don't always just affect us, they also affect the people around us. in these difficult times our choices are getting harder and harder. unfortunately, i know of many people who have made undesireable choices that have been to their benefit, and the demise of others. i am not a judge and jury, but i believe in karma. and surely we all know what goes around comes around. and if you don't know that lesson yet, i am afraid my friends, that you surely will learn it the hard way.

passing the point of no return doesn't just happen. it's a choice that we make. a line we decide to cross, and then we live the consequences. there are no promises of a posative outcome. no guarentees that, like caesar, we'll end up with an empire.[and look what happened to caesar in the end.] all we can really count on is that things will change, and that we will have to live with the results. and that's the hard part because we are defined by our past. we can rethink our choices a million times, but what we decide we own. it becomes a part of who we are. and while we may be crossing the river, our footprints will always remain on the other side. (donner)

until next time...safe journey.