Blaze

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Hollyhock No. 156 (to Mary and Molly, with love)

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Patchwork

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Sanctuary

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My Happy Ending

He was gorgeous.  He was dark and mysterious, and so sweet.

 He sought me out and wooed me persistently.

 Against my better judgement I finally let him in,
and I fell in love hard.

 I really thought he was mine, that he loved me back and
wanted to spend his life with me.

I made space for him in my life.

 I think he did love me, but he had a home already and just "visited" here. 
He had a woman there who loved him and children who needed him, so he always went back. 

Soon his visits came further apart, and I never knew when I'd see him again. 
I resented his family, and I knew it wasn't right for me to want him for my own.

But I did.

 In the end, though, it couldn't last.  And he's really gone now.

I haven't seen or heard from him in months.

I've been sad.

 

*  * * * *

 

Now I've found this kind of love again . . . and this time it's for good!

There'll be no leaving, no coming back every few weeks to "visit" and break my heart all over again.

This time it's the real deal.

And I want you to meet them now . . .

 

First, here's my sweet boy who wriggled his way into my heart and made me know what I'd been missing . . .

 

Zander

Zander's Story

 

 

And now, here are my girls . . .

 

O'Neill and Daisy

 

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Bordello Chandelier

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Farmor's Glass

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Someone’s doing unto me!

Do your little bit of good where you are.
It's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

I do random acts of kindess.  Sometimes it's planned, more often spontaneous, but always anonymous.  I don't do anything huge or dramatic . . . I'm not paying anyone's mortgage on the sly or painting their house while they're on vacation . . . it's just little things that I see a need for and can do for someone else.  To be honest, I do these things for a very selfish reason:  It makes me feel good.  It makes me feel good about myself and my day and the whole world.  It lifts my heart, and I think it's good for my soul.  To do something for someone else makes me more mindful of all the blessings I enjoy every day . . . a privileged life that allows me to feel able to give of myself to a total stranger.

Now someone's doing unto me.  Three times this snowy winter someone has removed my snow.  Three times I've walked home from a long day at work thinking about needing to spend an hour or so in the cold and wind and dark clearing snow from my sidewalks, steps, deck and driveway . . . . to find the snow GONE!  They've even cleaned off my car!  No note, nothing at all to indicate who's taking care of me so nicely.

I'm a caregiver by nature, not a care-getter.  In fact, I have kind of a hard time letting someone else take care of me at all.  So I've been wanting to find out who my snow helper is so I can thank them . . . something I would specifically NOT want any of my random acts of kindess folks to do.  And for a while I was feeling a little guilty that I can't thank them and then do something nice back.  The more I think about it, though, the more I have absolutely no idea who my helper is.  And the more I think about it, the more people I think it might be.  And what a blessing that is!  To have a list of people in my life who I think would be so kind to me.  It's amazing, really.

I'm learning something very valuable.  Turns out kindness is as good for the one done to as for the one doing . . . . truly one of life's more delightful win-win situations.

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Nishikigoi

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Winter's Satin Brocade

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