Remember When?

Remember when just holding hands was enough
Remember when being held closely was enough
Remember when laughing at each other was enough
Remember when an evening out nowhere special was enough
Remember when not have money but having each other was enough
Remember when late night phone conversations was enough
Remember when an unexpected letter or card was enough
Remember when just being special to someone else was enough
Today it's still enough in some people's eyes

And I Talk to God

God says to me- You are strong now
  You may have to travel alone
I say to God -I need to follow the lessons
  I learn from my friend
God says to me - I may need him to do
 other work now
I say to God - I think he still has work to do
God says to me -Maybe he should stay but
  the pain may be great and the journey
  may be tough
I say to God -Let me be the one he needs
  like all the times I needed him in my struggles
So God allows us to travel some more, my friend
When others mistake your trials as a time to quit
I see your fierce drive to forge ahead
When I speak to God -He knows I see your spirit
  & your soul and the ideals you wish to give to
 family and friends
When I speak to God I realize I have never seen
  your mere physical presence but I see the eyes
  and spirit of a true friend who inspires me to be
  my best
When I speak to God I learn what the test of time
  does to our friendship -it endures and it keeps us
  both on a path to leave a legacy for our children
When I speak to God I ask Him to give you joy and
  happiness
When I speak to God I remind Him you are my hero
When I speak to God I ask Him to allow me the grace
  to be your hero when you need one.

Someone Remembers

The older we get the more we realize we are the
same person we once were but in an older body.
I marvel at the reminders around me of 1969.
The music, the cars, the reference to Easy Rider
and movies of that summer.

The ideals of peace and family back then are still
with me. Whether our nation ever got close to the
idea of living in peace here & abroad still seems
unattainable. Whenever we get near that end some-
one changes the course.

From the '70's I still relate to the same passionate
sense of working with teen-agers but now when I
give advise I laugh to think I am a grandmother.
Going to the grocery store and being carded to buy
beer is a joke after 40 years of being legal drinking
age.

Throughout it all there is still someone who remembers
my heart and my sense of humor.

Someone half my age
just let me know she got the smart ass comeback
comments from me in the office. I feel honored!
They shouldn't change seating arrangements in the
office if they want others to remain professional at
all times.

When I feel lost or in need of a card or letter to lift
my spirits I know someone who remembers my
heart will pull me through in this age of emails.

I recently learned a valuable life lesson about people
who enter our lives because of the attraction they feel
to our personalities. The problem sometimes in being
honest & open to who you are is that some only talk a good
game -they can't walk the walk. I never realized in all
these years that I became disappointed by those who
claimed to be something they were not because they
were attracted to the life I live. I move fast and I move
with purpose as you may realize if you follow my blog.

Someone in my life remembers who I am and is there
always in spirit to support my efforts. I am eternally
grateful for those few moments we share in emails or
in phone conversations to catch up on all that transpires
in our lives.

I hope someone remembers you and the feelings in your
heart. There is the person I remember also and I know
their heart and hope I make them smile too.