Hey, since you are parents wo are really involved with your kids I thought I'd ask you this question on behalf of:

If you could have just one day from your past, what would it be? Susan

I imagine most Mom’s get a bit emotional after their kids are grown and gone from home and they take on the daunting labor of love to put together a memory album for their children. I imagine looking at those bright smiling faces from long ago stir up quite a few “I should have’s”, just the same as it does for me, and maybe I am not all that different from some Mom’s, but sometimes I find myself wondering if I am the only one who literally gets a “heart” ache from looking at all those photo’s from yesteryear

(Here's the track back--use it if you can):

http://www.illusivelife.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/181

One word:

BRAVO!

(And now for a bunch more words...)

I'm in a very reflective state of mind right now, I'm trying not to be but it is what is and after reading this I realize that all the stuff I've been trying not to think about I need to do more than think about it, I need to really think it through and decide what changes I need to/want to make based on it. This probably doesn't make any sense...I have some journaling to do now. Have a great day, Stace and thank you for this post!

Wow is right. Wow. Thank you, Stacey.

Kathy-- if you'd like to join the conversation, email me.

jen

You have left me speechless. Beautifully and eloquently written. We think alike.

I can't seem to get this post out of my head.

How true your words are. We had a similar conversation this evening.

my take on God...

S/he is as big as the universe (possibly bigger) and what we know about "God" consists of about the size of a dew drop.

We have no right telling anyone what IS or IS NOT correct about "God". S/he speaks to us each directly in a way that s/he knows we will hear. It isn't the same way for all of us.... "God" loves our diversity and s/he caters to it.

Like I said... MY TAKE...
- Dana

I had a similar conversation a few weeks ago with a blogger friend who is Jewish. I told him that I felt that I was a "spiritual" person, but not religious, and wondered if that made sense. I am fairly (is there degrees?) agnostic, but that does not mean I don't place high importance on personal values and basic human goodness. Even though I have never met you or Bill face to face, I can tell through your words that you are sincere and wonderful folk who would be great neighbors, kinfolk, or local citizenry. Glad to have a chance to tell you so.