In it to win it.

People come in and out of our lives.
Some form acquaintances.
Others become friends.
And a small few fill our heart and soul and grow to be part of our very being.

When life separates us from these particular persons, fate has a way of keep them part of us. Bringing them back in our lives.
Fate, and Facebook.

An old nursery rhyme sums it up better than I am able to at the moment:
"Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold."

No matter what jewel, they are precious and we should hold on to them with all our hearts.

His Eye On The Sparrow

Eagle Eye.

Can our government really spy on us?
Listen to our phone calls?
Read our emails?

Probably.
But really, why?

Honestly, if they want to be that nosey, they can open my email ahead of me every day. Delete my spam. Save work-related messages. And keep all bill reminders in the inbox in hopes I might someday take care of them.

They can listen to every call I make. In fact, why don't they just call me and keep me awake on the road. Motivate me when I am feeling lazy. Make me laugh when I am down.

They can read this blog and see if there is any anti-American sentimentality to be aware of. Or they could write it for me.

Better still, our government could just leave us all alone with faith that there still are some decent people left i this world.

There just have to be.

Debts repaid

A page from the Notebook

My boss at Virginia Musical Theatre used to keep a to do list on his computer.

He called it:

The Big To Do

Nothing is too small to be included on the Big To Do.

Grants.

Groceries.

Greeting Cards.

He claimed it kept him on task.

Allowed him to focus.

Made his job easier in and out of the office.

For years I didn't understand the function.

It seemed silly.

How could making such a list help your day?

How could writing down a few things keep my day intact?

But I tried it once.

Just once. I was convinced that would be the end.

Now, I am THE listing king.

Everything that needs to get done better be on that list. 

Or it won't get done. 

I swear. And I never lie.

Most of the time.

Grammer School (or lessons from the VERB)

"My cousins used to have a crazy cocker spaniel but it didn't turn me off to men."

-Cindi Verbelun (discussing the sex drives of animals and their effects on the humans they encounter,or her post-graduate bestiality phase).