Meri's Musings

                                  Walk with Rebecca. © 2012 Rebecca Brooks Walk for hope. Personify compassion. © 2012 Rebecca Brooks Be the change you wish to see in the world. For more info,  go to MuscleWalkMDA and visit Rebecca's blog.

We all have our time machines.  Some take us back: they’re called memories.  Some take us forward ; they’re called dreams. -           Jeremy Irons

Today there will be no Share the Joy. It will have to wait until there’s news of Rebecca . She’s undergoing painful surgery today I’m asking you to light a candle Send healing thoughts to the All There Is Ask the Virgin   to intercede if you're so inclined Or maybe Rebecca's virgin. . . . And infuse Rebecca’s body and spirit with Light and Joy.

It snowed last night and into respectable hours of the morning. The swaths of pristine white gave me JOY. But what amused me was how bizarre 20-somethings get When they’re building a snowman. I think it's time to get pathologist Megan Hunt, the Body of Proof character from the coroner's office to do a sno-topsy. What gives you joy? 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list so that people are enticed to visit your blog. If you just can't get it to work, send me the info and I'll try to link it for you. 4. Visit other players -- as many as possible -- and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment, because everyone enJOYS getting positive feedback. Let&

Here's my post to FinallyMe.com today: It's a snow day here. Schools are closed and roads are treacherous. The kind of day you stay inside and eat oatmeal or mashed potatoes, at least if you're me.  The kind of day that I go through my email inbox to sort out what's a keeper and what can go, all because I know I have a couple of tasks to work on and my brain is a little sluggish from the cold. One of the emails was of the "here are your online dating matches -- aren't you excited?" variety.  Clicked on it to find three so-called specimens. . . uh, make that candidates. So I read the first profile. Now my general position at this point is that I enjoy my own company and have great girlfriends, so a man is optional. On the other hand, I maintain the belief that it never hurts to look because you might find someone special whose company you enjoy even more than your own. Not today. Today, looking mangled my sensibilities. Here

Today the JOY comes from Knowing the project that I’ve been Working like crazy on is almost ready to launch so I can finally catch up on other things I've been neglecting. . . . The blue skies (even if it IS cold) Starting back up in the Memoir class, pt.2 And knowing that I’ve already been critiqued on my 3000 word piece (it helps to volunteer for the first week slots) What spells JOY for you? 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list so that people are enticed to visit your blog. If you just can't get it to work, send me the info and I'll try to link it for you. 4. Visit other players -- as many as possible -- and let their joy infect you. Leave them a comment, because

Hubble Telescope Image Listen to me: The secret is to shine your own light and follow your own path. Don't worry about the darkness. Only in darkness do the stars shine brightly.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle,  and the life of the candle will not be shortened.  Happiness never decreases by being shared.   Buddha  My word for this year is ESSENCE. The heart of who I am. I am living from that place and it’s there that you will know me. May the blessings of peace be yours as you go through your day.

What gives me JOY? Men who bring flowers (especially scented ones),  help me on with my coat,  hold chairs and open doors. Men who love movies where no one dies or blows anything up. Men who make me laugh and make me remember that I can still bring the sexy. My children who are all wonderful human beings . Knowing that I had the capacity to love one man with my whole heart for half my life ( that would be Brendan and Gavin's dad) and another for half my life before that. . .  (Lise's dad). Brightly colored walls give me joy and so does travel to places near and far. . . . I must be easy to please. What spells JOY for you? 1. do a post that tells and shows us what gives you joy. 2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name. 3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link) to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list s

May I have the courage today To live the life that I would love, To postpone my dream no longer But do at last what I came here for And waste my heart on fear no more. ~ John O'Donohue ~