Laura's Caterpillar
2010
Soon to be another Bright and Beautiful Morning here in Florida! Little Kamryn is the master of so many things! He is just awesome on the WII; bowling, tennis, boxing, golf...
(yawn) he is just too good at these daggone games for the Godmother!
So yes, I must gloat as much as I can over my perfect bowling score to him... although he has beat me without shame several times since!
Another trip to Dr Kevin Gallagher, another ice pack... another day to STOMP!
Ahh, bring on the sun and the continued fun.
Never too hot to start the day with a cup of Coffee though!
Wondering what mischief Kam, COB and me can get into today!
Thought of the day:
Just when the Caterpillar
"thought it was over"
He/She turned into a
Magnificent Butterfly!
AND
The Butterflies are awesome this year!
They are all types, colors, little and large here ~
In the yard just a fluttering, flitting about
with grace and beauty unlike any year before.
Laura has pampered the butterfly garden here and at her home; she has transferred the little caterpillars from one plant to the next; they have destroyed the milkweed causing her to buy more, transplant from the seed and keep her all around busy!
I keep tellin' her she needs to be a part-time butterfly farmer here in Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs... she is just so darn good at it.
We often sit out there and count them, name them and try our best to keep track of them. She of course is much better than I at doing that~ Brilliant they are and what a dance they do... And to think...
Just when that little caterpillar thought it was all over... It has only begun...
From a chrysalis hanging there...
just hanging out.
The real struggle begins.
STOMP
By and through the great struggle of beating those little wings with all its might; a butterfly will emerge from that protective shell of a chrysalis which once was a little caterpillar which once was a little bitty egg on a plant.
That very struggle; a hard struggle at that.
Many will witness the struggle; some will want to help, some might even help... but through the act of trying to help it will actually weaken and harm the struggling butterfly... Harm and make it unable to survive. Some struggles are meant to be, some are necessary for survival.
We must allow them to happen even if painful to watch. They are a "rite of passage" of sorts.
As it is with the caterpillar ~
as it is with the butterfly ~
It will fight its way through the struggle, finding a place to land and to hang, to dry its damp wings awhile and rest from the struggle.
Once that is complete:
IT IS TIME
BE READY TO BE AMAZED:
The struggle is over
The flight into freedom and wonderment and beauty is now real, it is amazing, breathtaking
and just how it is supposed to be!
It is transformation from the darkness
into the light
It is hope into healing ways
It is freedom
It is real
It has chosen to embrace the struggle and
to WIN
Apply that to YOU
Step into the light
Embrace the day
Fight your way out of the cocoon and the struggle... beat your wings hard to get out of that place that makes you feel trapped or in the dark and know that through the struggle and THOUGHTS that it is "over" or it will never "be the same" or never be "good" again:
Perhaps...
It is only beginning for you~
S T O M P
Embrace the challenge like the caterpillar and the cocoon; fight, STOMP,
Rest
and
TAKE FLIGHT with beauty like the butterfly
Free
Enchanted
Happy
Light
Beautiful
Aware
We don't like to admit all that we go through to get it all together in our lives... but when we do get it together we feel good all over! Sort of what Maya Angelou says about the butterfly I'm thinkin!
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty". {Ê Maya Angelou}
The fire is burning brightly and its embers are hot.
Sending hope in healing on the winds to all who gather here and for all in Tampa, the families of the fallen, those in blue who are grieving while they are serving and protecting us.
To those who are serving this great Nation, I thank you and your families, I want you home safely.
We are together in prayer, in thoughts of all that is needed to remind you out there, we are WARRIORS... we are with you, along with some powerful angels... May you find comfort in knowing we are with you always:
FOR:Tampa, our Mayor, Chief, Tampa PD, all who serve: Tink..and
Trish, Barb, Anastasia, The Kocab Family, Curtis Family, Tampa PD, those serving here and there in Uniform...
Randy and Winnie in New Mexico,
Our Black American Bears Lily and HOPE, their spirit, and Chris, Jill, the folks at the NABC, Joseph, Cathy Madden and her family., Vicki and Matthew, Cindy in NC, Cindy C, Laura, Mitch and family, Liz, Lee, Molly, Joanie, Jude, COFA,Judi, Matthew, Matt, Mark's family and many friends , Andrea, Jimmy, Marie and family up in New England, Pat, Dorothy, Angela, Elijah, Ode, Linda M, "Southwest VA", Irene, Kevin, Dr D, Deb, Randy, Dr B , Charlie and family, Booker, Bernice, Jean, Julie, Rhonda, Victoria, Mildred, Andi and family, Irene, Faith, Denise, Jim, Tom, Joey, Shelby friends and family, Judi, Phylis, Joyce, Gina, Tonya, Beverly and Family, Janeth, Melissa, Pam, Virginia, Stacey, Kevin Edward Belevich and his Pops Jack Phelan, Elizabeth, Nita, Gary Siegal, Adrienna,Brian Mawbey,
Please hold the friends and family of these people in your hearts and prayers as they begin that long and uncertain journey through grief and into the lights of healing...
Walk In Beauty,
DRSES
author of
Healing Heartaches, Stories of Loss and Life
http://www.healingheartaches.com/
5 comments:
Beatiful Photo. No pain,no gain for the little butterflys. The are amazing creatures. Sometimes we are in a dark cocoon, sometimes we are drying our own wings after we break through to the light, and sometimes we forget that the tuff work handed to us by the universe was truely just preparation for flight. Even the hard stuff has it's purpose.
Do the work, celebrate the flight! STOMP!Waiting for the sunrise this day. Just the promise of this everday event provides su with the hope that this new day will be another chance to welcome the light. To FLY. Ice it down doc, I feel the healing commin on...
Oh ! Such a fantastic blog & picture today.
The butterfly is all you said, and our lives can be similar at times. Thank you Dr. SES
for your choice of topic, advice and fun these past days. I have commented, however, they became LOST IN CYBER SPACE for a few days.
I love the updates of your activity level with COB & Kam. Go get 'em Sherry...........
Pluggin' right along here, I am melted IceScream....... not FIRM
Today is the day of my first borns birth. She is 39. It's very difficult for me to imagine that my only girl child is 39 today. She has suffered much emotionally over the past years with marriage to an alcoholic but she gave birth to two very special little boys. She finally divorced from the marriage and has found love with another. I pray this is the man she can find happiness and share her life with. She is like that butterfly. She fought hard to get out of that cacoon and has spread her wings to soar on the breeze.
Good day to all, slept in way past
morning.. the thunder is rolling and for some odd reason this is comforting to me....
another miracle of nature...
Loved the blog ... butterflies...
so fragile and graceful yet dancing
so lively and flaunting....their life's
journey to freedom,,,I cherish each one I encounter
There is one particular beauty...bluish
and purple in hue, magnificent wings , she
hangs right by my window and seems to
follow my steps, or leads me, whenever
I'm outdoors... and yes, she has the most
beautiful name...
Heal up well drdsewickedcool.. don't let
those young ones show you up !!
May the Angels dance with the butterflies
today..for I think they are one in the same...
Have a great day !
sign me,
Andrea
Soft rain now after terrific thunder storms. I can smell the earth. Everything so green and fresh looking. Water everywhere. So glad the cap on the spill is holding here in the Gulf.
It's good news so far. Listened to radio news on my commute the last few days. Some good but lots that is distressing. I am officially on vacation form Bad News. At least until after Labor Day. Giving myself a break. I think it underminds my positive attitude. It's like digging little holes in my smile. No news is better I think. Best to all.
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