Somewhere I Have Never Travelled

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience, your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose

or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility: whose texture
compels me with the colour of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens; only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

-E.E. Cummings

Huh?

Right question.
...Wrong answer.

Where are you?
On my way.

What time is it?
Time to get a watch.

Stop answering inquisitions
with things that make no sense.

Get off the cord,
Get on the ball.

- J.J.

Ballad to a Rockstar

Rock, paper, scissors
Truant, tardee
Just plain unpunctual
Will you ever modify this conduct?

Life is a time piece
And every piece of time
Should be held with tender gloves
(I mean mittens)

Tough love
Tough meat
Thick skull
A hammer cannot infiltrate

Pound pound pound
Like the beating of a drum
Going going...
Rock, paper, scissors

- J and J

Jackee

Just a girl
A wife and mother
Courageous
Kind
Easy to please
Eternally loved

Landon

Loves life
Animated
Never bored
Daddy's boy
Or Mama's baby
Nuts about books

Transforming

What is the opposite of pride?
Submitting yourself with nothing to hide.
It is having a heart that is lowly and meek,
Praying to God for the answers you seek.
Humbling your soul as you fall to your knees,
Forsaking all sin and asking Him, "Please..."

by Jackee

Anger

Wrath, rage, or fury
Gets your blood boiling in a hurry.

by Jackee

Military

Defend, shield, shelter, and protect
Those who provide these, deserve our respect.

by Jackee

Concealed Within

They see beauty
I see ugly
They see confidence
I see self-doubt
Under the image she masks her true self
It's dark, black, and corrupted
They see cheerfulness
I see weakness
They see spirituality
I see sin
Under the painted on portrait is the demon within
She is lost, discarded, and worthless
They see beauty
I see disgrace

by Jackee

Inside My Heart

A garden, where once wildflowers grew in every color
Where trees and shrubs grew geen and were full of life
Now, they're all dead, brown and dry
The sky is gray and the clouds are still dark
A storm as black as night has just blown through
Bringing with it harsh winds and hail
The garden is cold now

As I walk into the garden I feel sadness come over me
Where did the gardner go?
What has happened here?
This garden needs love and caring
It needs water and light
I feel overwhelmed thinking of all that needs to be done
All the work and time that need to take place
To make this a beautiful garden once more

by Jackee

Beauty From Pain

The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I'm alive
But I feel like I've died
And all that's left is to accept that it's over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made
I try to keep warm but I just grow colder
I feel like I'm slipping away

After all this has passed
I still will remain
After I've cried my last
There'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

My whole world is the pain inside me
The best I can do is just get through the day
When life before is only a memory
I wonder why God lets me walk through this place
And though I can't understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back someday
And see how You've brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames

After all this has passed
I still will remain
After I've cried my last
There'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

Here I am at the end of me
Trying to hold to what I can't see
I forgot how to hope
This night's been so long
I cling to Your promise
There will be a dawn

After all this has passed
I still will remain
After I've cried my last
There'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

By SuperChick

Forgiveness

"A common error is the idea that the offender must apologize and humble himself to the dust before forgiveness is required. Certainly, the one who does the injury should totally make his adjustment, but as for the offended one, he must forgive the offender regardless of the attitude of the other. Yes, to be in the right we must forgive, and we must do so without regard to whether or not our antagonist repents, or how sincere is his transformation, or whether or not he asks our forgiveness."
-Spencer W. Kimball

I Need Thee

Guide now my feet-
Keep me from former snares.

-I Need Thee Every Hour, Hymn

Psalms 25:16-18, 20

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

Look upon mine affliction and my pain: and forgive all my sins.

O keep my soul, and deliver me:

Pirates Beware

Ahoy Matey!

Scrappin' Away

CARS

My Strawberry

Here is a strawberry that I created with cardstock and black brads.

1976

This page was done as an example for a challenge that I hosted called, This Day in History.

Notice the GOLDEN color that I used to help pay tribute to the era. :o)

Pooh Corner

"How do you do Nothing?" asked Pooh, after he had wondered for a long time.
"Well, it's when people call out at you just as you're going off to do it, 'What are you doing Christopher Robin?' and you say 'Oh nothing,' and then you go and do it."

Counting Crows

"I've been here before and I deserve a little more."

Pooh Corner

"This is the first verse," he said to Piglet, when he was ready with it.

"First verse of what?"

"My song."

"What song?"

"This one."

"Which one?"

"Well, if you listen, Piglet, you'll hear it."

"How do you know I'm not listening?"

Pooh Corner

"Hallo, Piglet," said Pooh.

"Hallo, Pooh," said Piglet, giving a jump of surprise. "I knew it was you."

"So did I," said Pooh.

Leaving Me

So far down,
I can't see below.
My head is a sesspool of thoughts;
Can't see past the darkness.
Pain surrounds my heart,
My soul aches for light...
Where has it gone?

-Jackee

RUSH

Cascading Thoughts
Descending Below
Dropping, Falling
Here I go...
Sliding, Slipping
Quickly They Flow

-Jackee

Job 3:20-21, 25

"Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me."

Love

"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." -Robert Heinlein

Psalms 31:9-10, 12, 14-16, 24

"Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eyes are consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemy, and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon they servant: save me for they mercies' sake."

"Be of good courage, and he shall strenthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord."

Pooh Corner

Pooh went to the larder; and he stood on a chair, and took down a very large jar of honey from the top shelf. It had HUNNY written on it, but, just to make sure...he put his tongue in, and took a large lick.

Psalms 119:143

"Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights."

I LOVE THIS

"Sometimes we get caught in squalls and storms and things don't do the way we think they should, even when we think we have done right. But God can find us in the eye of the storm and give us courage to swim in rough waters. We learn lessons from storms that we cannot learn from calm seas." -John H. Groberg

Negatives

"Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed." -John Pritchard

Faith

"Where doubt and uncertainty are, there, faith is not, nor can it be. For doubt and faith do not exist in the same person at the same time." -Joseph Smith

My Handsome

Ever since I started combing Landon's hair I have always finished by saying, "You're so handsome, just like Daddy." After awhile I would just get to, "You're so handsome" and he'd cut in "Just like Daddy?" He would just beam knowing he was as handsome as his dad.

The other day, I had just combed his hair and he went to get his bag for school. I ran back into the bathroom to brush my teeth and when I came back out he was sitting by the front door with a pout.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I'm sad," he said, "I lost my handsome."

I noticed that his hair was a little messy and while I straightened it out I assured him that his handsome was still there.

About a week later it was a little cold and windy outside and as we were heading out the door again for school he stopped me.

"Mom, no, I can't go outside! The wind will blow my handsome away!"

Mike Huckabee's Action Steps to Higher Ground

These are my favorites:

1. Read the Bible more; blogs less.
2. Listen to more music and less talk radio.
3. Do volunteer work with the impoverished, disabled, or ill.
4. Write letters of praise to total strangers you read about who do wonderful things.
5. Practice "Random Acts of Kindness."
6. Don't use profanity.
7. Attend worship service every week.
8. Always say "Thank you."
9. Never ask for anything without saying "Please."
10. Never miss a musical performance or school play your child is involved in.
11. Volunteer to help out in at least one school activity per year.
12. Don't smoke - PERIOD!
13. Exercise a minimum of three times per week, at least thirty minutes per session.
14. Never litter!
15. Recycle.
16. Take steps to prevent being a victim of crime.
17. Donate a tithe or more to your church.
18. Write a letter to the editor.
19. Visit historical sites or museums.
20. Take the family on an old-fashioned picnic.
21. Don't watch TV during dinner.
22. Take a course at your community college.
23. Pray before meals.
24. Travel abroad.
25. Make a to-do list everyday.

Between the Sheets

It's a movie -
And I act; I'm a performer
I play the person they want me to be -
I know all the characters
Because I've played them all.
But who is the actor?
When can I play myself?
I don't even know who I am...

-Jackee

Black and White Innocence

She slowly uncovers her unrealistic disguise
While sitting alone in a dark corner, on the hard, cold floor
A single, innocent tear falls down her narrow, white, shameful face
She'll keep wiping away the useless tears
As continually they fall
-Jackee

WATERFALL

I sit in a world only known to me. A world of animosity, weakness, shame, guilt, and sadness. They fill my mind - trap me. It runs through my veins with the blood. It comes out of my mouth like a waterfall; so fast and so furious. Nothing can stop it. It hurts the people down below. It can't be stopped. It doesn't shut off. What am I suppose to do? I can't contain it all. I can't hold back any longer. It's time. It needs to be heard. The dam has broken.

-Jackee

I AM

Sadness has become me
It has engulfed my soul
Taken over my mind
Pain doesn't hurt me
I am numb from all
From all the things that try to hurt me
I can't fall anymore
The bottom is above me
I hate the truth
I hate reality
Mask it
Hide all the feelings
Don't let the sadness show
He must never know
She is weak
So ashamed of what I have become

-Jackee

How Will it End?

What is wrong with me?
Who is this person I've come to hate?
When did it all begin?
Where has she gone?
Why do I do what I do?
How will it end?
-Jackee

Deep Within My Thoughts

deep within
my thoughts
hold dark secrets
secrets of death
wicked death
hatred, anger
what a terrible
sin...
the blackness
of the deep
within

-Jackee

Gathering Darkness

Gathering Darkness

darkness - confusion - it's like fog that gathers in my head - clouds my view of what things really are - of how they're suppose to be - I see things through a thick sea of smog - it's hard to tell what is real - what is right - what is good - what is bad - the pain is so strong - I pray to God for strength - it helps - but then the fear sets in again - it outweighs all - I can't see clear anymore - gathering darkness

-Jackee

This Was Fun

Another layout for another scrapbooking challenge that I'm in.



This challenge was to use up your scraps. 85% of the layout had to be scraps. I made the page from all scraps; used leftover letters and even a "throw-away" picture that was in the discard pile.

Prince of Pout

This is a layout I just finished for ANOTHER challenge where you had to use 15 or more buttons. TA-DUH!

Scrappin'

A scrapbook layout for another challenge that I'm in. The challenge was to cut out the main person/people in the picture and make it the center of a layout.


Mommy & Me

My mommy cuddles me,
kisses me, hugs me and misses me.

Pampers me, praises me;
always amazes me.

Washes my clothes for me;
tickles my toes for me.

Giggles and talks with me
and goes on walks with me.

Says "sweet dreams" to me;
sings cute songs to me,

I’m so glad she belongs to me!

Nine Words That Women Use and Men Should Know

*Men should print this list for future reference.

NINE WORDS WOMEN USE

(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are
right and you need to shut up.

(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour.
Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more
minutes to do whatever it is that you're doing before helping around the house.

(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and
you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end
in fine.

(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

(5) Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement
often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot
and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you
about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)

(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can
make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before
deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question it, or faint. Just
say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless
she says "Thanks a lot" - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you
at all. DO NOT say "you're welcome" ... that will bring on a "whatever").

8) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning
this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is
now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking "What's
wrong?" For the woman's response refer to # 3.

9) Whatever: You're basically... screwed!

Thoughts From Max Lucado

"I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."
Matthew 28:20

"A storm on the Sea of Galilee was akin to a sumo wrestler's belly flop on a kiddy pool. The northern valley acted like a wind tunnel, compressing and hosing squalls onto the lake. Waves as tall as ten feet were common... Yet from the center of the storm, the unwavering Jesus shouts, " I am.""

Whatever your storm...

He is always with you.

Just Like Daddy

LIKE FATHER - LIKE SON
What can I say? He's his Daddy's boy.

Dream A Little Dream

I've been scrapping! This page was created for a scrapbook challenge.

Landon and Rocket