LIving Large and in Color Each and Every Day

ONE MORE DAY til' #1 Buddy Pal

D'Vante Todd Edwards

 ~Birthday ~

 Sweeeet 16

Stand UP

STOMP

I woke up at 3:37 this morning thinking about my Godson!

Here I sit... thinking about his `16`th birthday;

his life, memories of his lifetime in my dreams that awoke me with the realization:

I FORGOT TO MAIL HIS BIRTHDAY CARD!

Oh no... how could that be? It's laying on my desk, and in the excitement of his coming birthday I thought I had already mailed it!

Got up... looked on the desk, and wouldn't you just know: there it lay, waiting for me!

Alrighty then

already up, might as well sit for a bit and reflect on his life... cherish and relive some of the memories

(if not all), what else do you do at this hour?

I got amused as I realized ... he would only be shaking it to see if anything "green $" fell from the envelope anyway!

Granny used to do that with cards too; so does Mom, so do I... and so does 8 year old Kamryn!

Must be in our DNA to do that I'm thinking at this hour of the day.

Great mid week morning after the thunder and lightning beings played back to back and rolled and rumbled together once again last night!

Made me some Coffeek after all it's De-Caf!

Again it tastes  great this early morning!

Mom did GREAT with surgery... they got it "all"

With great surgeons and nursing staff they did it!

Mom has MD orders:

no running the streets/no going out/leg UP/rest/PERIOD.

She is doing great even with those 30 stitches that are now in her leg ...

but ever so sad

 that she will not get to go and party with

D'Vante on his 16th Celebration on Thursday...

I'm sure they will come and see her after they have dinner... and maybe even bring her a meal to celebrate our boy.

Wish I could be there for the 16th Birthday celebration. D'Vante will kick off his special day with not one but two football practices that day; one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Living Large and in color...

yep

that's what I'm thinkin!

That's how we roll in our home and in our lives;

enjoying the best of times even in the worst of times.

Living large with love and grace and kindnesss, that's what I wish for D'Vante for his birthday among many other things ...

Where has all the years/time gone... remember all those seconds we have today?

 "Poof" they just go so quickly.

I always think that if I am not really living on the edge, just a little bit, I am taking up way too much space. When I leap, I’ll take flight, or engineer a workable set of wings on my way down. I’ll breathe deep and exhale with such gusto I’ll create my own updraft.
Now that is living large with a visual to boot this early in the mornin!


I don’t’ want an ordinary life, with a predictable outcome.
 I want great laughter, overblown joy, big accomplishments that will long be remembered.
 I want to live as though I alone invented love.
I already live and tell others that it was "me" who invented "lines" (the things you stand in while waiting for something great to happen, you know what I mean)
I want to write my personal history with great big capital letters.
 I intend to live LARGE.


It is about intention and I intend to do it all.
No regrets.
Time wasted is time spent and I will spend every single moment creating memories, feeling deeply, laughing out loud and dancing to the rhythm of the music of my life.


I will circle my heart in ribbons made of rainbows, binding myself to the goodness in the hearts of those I love and believe in.
I will take chances, every chance I get. No holds barred.

The kid in me will foster magic and wonder and curiosity.
The adult in me will master, and win and life’s take lumps on the chin. Hit me with your best shot...
I am a firewalker...

 I will take responsibility for my own happiness.
 It will be my goal to cast sorrow aside whenever possible.
 Not because I must, but because I intend to grow very old, and be very happy every day of my life.


I will define everyday who I am and who I am becoming. For that and so much more of this mornings thoughts I give thanks... and so it is! )hotcha(
This wild and wonderful roller-coaster we call life beckons and I will stand at the front of the line to ride wide open. Well ok, maybe not literally stand at the front of the line I invented... but you get my drift here...
I will continue to tickle and amaze the cardiologist with the stories of doing flips from the bow of boats, getting up on water skis after .... ahem,.... many years....
I will stand at the front of the line to swim with the dolphins, and to witness a sunset and sunrise.... Literally I will ....


Some truths are worth repeating…


Sometimes you have to outshine the sun.

Sometimes you just have to hang the moon yourself.

SOMETIMES... you have to STOMP... with gladness.

Life is what we make it, and what we make OF it.

Just knowing that truth, isn’t it worth it?
I love knowing that we each write our own life’s story, but do not become the story... We are capable of so much more when we soar.
It is wonderfully empowering to live with intention.
To take whatever risks I choose, and to reap mighty rewards in the trying.


What is your truth?
Is your life already what you want it to be? If not, get busy.
Live with intention, love with great passion... dance across the rainbows after and during the storms... But
always LOOK UP.... LIVE LARGE AND IN COLOR....

The fires are burning brightly, the embers are hot, smells of sage and gratitude fill the Universe....
STOMP

Thoughts of all on the wind this morning... You know who you are.... if you have forgotten, look at previous thoughts you will find your names there...

For today:  Living Large and filled with Gratitude for so much... Blessings to you and yours ~

Walk In Beauty,
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