The Gift Of Wings

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the holidays. I have been doing some reflecting on my life lately, to help me to continue to strive to be a better person, work on my shortcomings, you know all that good stuff!! Now that it is the Christmas season I have been reflecting about my Mom and Dad a lot. Looking back to the Christmas's I had growing up with them. I remember not always getting what I wanted and feeling a little sad. But as I grew I realized my Father did the best he could. God bless him, because he was the only one working and had 6 Children to buy for. His last Christmas he was so generous with all of us. He was sick with Heart Disease and he knew he could leave us at anytime having reached the 10 yr mark that the Doctors had given him. Then after he was gone my Mother, who lived on little means with her disability check, still managed to give her 6 children and 10 grandchildren all a little gift. I always got a pair of socks from her and to some people that may seem silly, but to me it was her way of still trying to take care of me as if I was still her little girl. And now that she is gone my sister carries on her tradition of giving me a new pair of sox's every Christmas and it makes me smile and tear up a little at the same time and I love her for that. But as I have been reflecting on these memories I am thinking mostly about the gifts they were really giving me. The gifts of appreciating what you have been given and doing the best you can to give no matter how big or small. Gifts that last a lifetime. I know too that they are still giving me the best gift they can, the gift of their Angel Wings around me.
Thank you for reading this special post
as part of the Merry Christmas Celebration,
Love ya,
Janet :)

Zumba Baby!!

Hi Everyone,

I hope all is well with you, I am feeling great. I believe in the law of attraction more than ever today. In one of my recent posts I wrote about wanting to start working out, doing yoga, power walking. I put my thoughts out there to you all over the world and I feel the universe really puts things in motion for you. Then someone at my work tells me that the YMCA has yoga classes for only 5 dollars a class. So then I go buy some workout clothes. The next day as I was preparing to sign up at the Y in Hanover next to my work and without knowing my plans my sister tells me my niece Lauren signed up to workout at the Y there in Hanover. I said that is what I was just about to do there, check out their yoga classes etc. So I talked to Lauren tonight and she wants to workout with me too. I am going to go sign up today and we are going to do a Zumba Class on Sunday. It doesn't start until 3 in the afternoon and I will be working next door until 2. They live in Hanover and I work there so it all comes together. I love to dance, I always danced in my room as a kid, and when me and my friends got fake ID's we went clubbing 4 nights a week. I have fallen in love with Laurens dog Abby as I walked her and enjoyed her companionship, now I have a little dog like hers named Abby. My sister and I gave birth to our daughters 364 days apart, Lauren was born August 12th, 1983 and Christa was born August 11th, 1984. So Christa and Lauren were like sisters in a way growing up. When Karen had Robert, Kim and Lauren I loved it, they were more like siblings then nieces and nephews. They brought such joy back into my life. I missed Karen very much when she moved out, but then loved her coming over with the kids, I would watch out the window for them to arrive. Most of all from writing this it brings back to me the power of family and how all of us in our lives get what we need and not what we want. Put yourself and your thoughts out there, in the long run it will only lead to good things in your life. Fear less. Now I have a family member to dance with, nice, life is good. I hope all of you have some Zumba in your day:)

Thanks for visiting my blog,
Take Care,
Janet :)

You and Me and Why I Am

Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all doing good today, I was happy to find these two new videos by the Dave Matthews Band today. The Album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King have been nominated for two grammy's. I hope they win both, the band reached a point that they almost broke up but worked things out and made this album in memory of their long time friend and band member LeRoi Moore, a saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, who died last August from complications stemming from an ATV accident he suffered in June. He was only 46 years old. His nickname was GrooGrux King and he liked his whiskey. Dave has said his spirit is always with them on stage. My sister Karen is a Dave Matthews Band groupie and she got me into their music. We both belong to his fan club so we can get tickets every summer to go to their show. Some day we want to go out to the Gorge where he plays every year because it is so beautiful out there and it would be a fun getaway. They put on such a good show for the ticket price. They only charge 70 dollars and they could get much more. The scalpers get more per ticket. The show is always different and there is a Woodstock like atmosphere, a certain scent in the air and lots of dancing! Dave and his band also treat all the crew from top to bottom like family. They pay for all their kids to go to college. Not your typical rock band. So I would not doubt if some of them are in the you and me video following in their parent's footsteps. I enjoy watching the drummer, he always has a smile on his face. I hope you enjoy the music. I suggest watching the videos in full mode. Work has slowed down a bit now that the holiday season is over, so it is nice to have more time to blog.
Thanks for visiting my blog,
Take Care,
Janet :)






Why I am
still here dancin with the GrooGrux King
we'll be drinkin Big Whiskey while we dance and sing
and when my story ends its gonna end with him
Heaven or Hell I'm goin there with the GrooGrux King.
That's why I am forever dancing with the GrooGrux King!
R.I.P. LeRoi Moore

Another Loss

Hi Everyone, I hope you are doing well. Today I am not doing so good. My dear daughter had a miscarriage with my second grandchild. I really feel this loss, as I was looking forward to my family growing and my heart breaks sooo much for my daughter and what she went through. I wrote a poem to help me deal with this, Thanks for visiting my blog today,
Take Care,
Janet

On June 26th, I received a some news,
that made my heart grow more then I knew.
My daughter and son in law are happy to
announce, they will be having my second
grandchild in March 2010 they pronounced.

In the week or two that have gone by, many a image
have crossed my mind, Your mother and
father smiling as you entered the world. Your
sweet sister having you in her arms to hold.

Today my baby girl who is so grown and I
am so proud of, called me with words I
could not hear through the fog. She told
me you were no longer to be. I said what
do you mean?? Although I knew, I could
not handle that I was not there with you and her.
She was so brave, she woke and knew
what she had to do, she did not call me to
help, only to tell me after what she went through.

So my dear grandchild I never met, I know
you are an Angel above to help. May you
rest in the arms of your great grandmothers,
who loved you although in life you never met.
Someday we will meet, and I will feel that love
that grew in my heart so sweet.

Happy Birthday Karen

Hi Everyone,
Feburary 17th is my sisters birthday who I love so much and I wanted to dedicate this post to her, I wish I could do more for her as she has done so much for me and my family. I would not be the person I am without her in my life. So from my heart I wrote a simple poem.
Thanks for visiting my blog today,
Take Care,
Janet :)
Happy Birthday to the best sister in the world. You have always cared for me, when at times it was undeserved. You were the oldest when things in our house got heartbreaking, but you kept on caretaking. Your words were little, but your example said it all. Pick yourself up and carry on, love and forgive and move on. Appreciate each day as you never know what will come your way. Family is precious, embrace them and their faults, for in the end family is what matters most of all. Happy Birthday Karen and thank you so much for all you did for Mom and Dad and continue to do for us. You are truly an Angel on Earth and we are blessed.