THE FOREVER YOUNG'S - We married in August 1996 to start the Youngs...added our little miracle girl in July 2000.....We three are what make up "THE FOREVER YOUNG'S". We are a family that devotes our time to "FAMILY TIME"......every moment is a cherished one!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Technology
I was typing out a entry and the computer froze I was down to my last couple of words and it froze.....how annoying! So I give up tonight and will have to do it another time!
Monday, October 09, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope your Thanksgiving is filled with the joys
of home and family, touched by the
beauty of friendship, and warmed
with the blessings of Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family!
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Thanksgiving Dinner!
Thanksgiving dinner with special friends we call our family. It was a great day spent with those we love. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on what we are thankful for, and I know that we are thankful for Yvonne and Eldon to be important people in our lives.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Fun & Laughter!
What a great night with our friends Daniela and Kevin. They made a nice supper, good drink and great company! It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without friends like these around. Thanks for a great evening it was fun!
Never ThroughT I'd See the Day
Kevin enjoying some wine. Actually he did drink wine but not like this! lol!
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Difficult!
Wow Grade 1 it's a lot more difficult then JK & SK...no I'm not surprised but all I have to say is wow! Megan is bringing books home every night to read......in SK she was bringing books home, level 1 readers which was no problem....this year they are more difficult....I don't expect it to be easy but man 32-40 pages in one night is quite hard ......tonight she brought home Curious George Plays Baseball and she finished it....after that she went to bed with the book and tried to read on her own.....the effort's there, I hope she keeps the positive attitude about reading.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Sometimes...
....things just happen for a reason. You may wonder what I'm talking about, but that's what I've always been told "Sometimes things happen for a reason!" I've been truly tested so far in my life and everytime something happened I just thought why me?? But now I realize that it has made me a stronger person. Tonight I met up with someone I have really never talked to and they shed a lot of light on issues that I knew were there but didn't realize the level at which they were, it truly made me happy inside. Things really made sense tonight and I am so grateful to meeting this person......
Sunday, October 01, 2006
A Beautiful Piece.....MOTHER
This is a truly BEAUTIFUL piece. Please read this at a slow pace,
digesting every word and in leisure...do not hurry....this is a
treasure...
For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom, this is beautiful.
For those of us who aren't, this is even more beautiful. For those who
are moms, you'll love this.
The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long
way?" she asked. And the guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And
you will be old before you reach the end of it.. But the end will be
better than the beginning."
But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that
anything could be better than these years. So she played with her
children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed them
in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother
cried, "Nothing will ever be lovelier than this."
Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the
children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them close and
covered them with her mantle, and the children said, "Mother, we are not
afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come." And the morning came,
and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and
the mother was weary. But at all times she said to the children," A
little patience and we are there." So the children climbed, and when
they reached the top they said, "Mother, we would not have done it
without you."
And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up at the stars and
said, "This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned
fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage. Today,
I 've given them strength."
And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth, clouds
of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the
mother said: "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light. " And the children
looked and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them
beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said, "This is the best
day of all, for I have shown my children God."
And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and
the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her children were
tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough,
they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they
came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and golden
gates flung wide. And mother said, "I have reached the end of my
journey. And now I know the end is better than the beginning, for my
children can walk alone, and their children after them."
And the children said, "You will always walk with us, Mother, even when
you have gone through the gates." And they stood and watched her as
she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said: "We
cannot see her but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than
a memory. She is a living presence......."
Your Mother is always with you.... She's the whisper of the leaves as
you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach in your freshly
laundered socks; she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well.
Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every
tear drop.
She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's the map you
follow with every step you take. She's your first love and your first
heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate you.
Not time, not space... not even death!
Thanks my friend "Yvonne" for sending this my way, it meant a lot!
digesting every word and in leisure...do not hurry....this is a
treasure...
For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom, this is beautiful.
For those of us who aren't, this is even more beautiful. For those who
are moms, you'll love this.
The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long
way?" she asked. And the guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And
you will be old before you reach the end of it.. But the end will be
better than the beginning."
But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that
anything could be better than these years. So she played with her
children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed them
in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother
cried, "Nothing will ever be lovelier than this."
Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the
children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them close and
covered them with her mantle, and the children said, "Mother, we are not
afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come." And the morning came,
and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and
the mother was weary. But at all times she said to the children," A
little patience and we are there." So the children climbed, and when
they reached the top they said, "Mother, we would not have done it
without you."
And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up at the stars and
said, "This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned
fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage. Today,
I 've given them strength."
And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth, clouds
of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the
mother said: "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light. " And the children
looked and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them
beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said, "This is the best
day of all, for I have shown my children God."
And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and
the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her children were
tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough,
they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they
came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and golden
gates flung wide. And mother said, "I have reached the end of my
journey. And now I know the end is better than the beginning, for my
children can walk alone, and their children after them."
And the children said, "You will always walk with us, Mother, even when
you have gone through the gates." And they stood and watched her as
she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said: "We
cannot see her but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than
a memory. She is a living presence......."
Your Mother is always with you.... She's the whisper of the leaves as
you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach in your freshly
laundered socks; she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well.
Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every
tear drop.
She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's the map you
follow with every step you take. She's your first love and your first
heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate you.
Not time, not space... not even death!
Thanks my friend "Yvonne" for sending this my way, it meant a lot!
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Clear Out!
Today after gymnastics I said to Megan that we needed to clear out some of the old toys that she doesn't play with anymore and give them to a shelter. "She doesn't want to give up her special things", she said, I told her I know, she said, "like the toys that were yours Mom that Grandad and Granny bought for you." She said, "we need to keep those because I want to give them to my kids one day, if I have any." What a kid!
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Happy Birthday to Me!
Tonight my husband and daughter took me to the Keg for dinner for my birthday. Afterwards we were invited over to Yvonne and Eldon's. While we were there they had bought a Dairy Queen Cake (mmmmm good) and we had it. Megan carried the cake, with not a lot of grace (almost dropping it), it was a nice night.....Thanks everyone for a great day!
Oh To Be Young Again!
This was me many moons ago.....today I turn ##....yes it's my birthday at 10:20 am I was born ## years ago...this is me, this picture was taken at my first home which I grew up in for many years....I loved that house.....my parents had a done an English Pub in the basement it was awesome! My birthday is less important to me now.......it is very important to my daughter, so it is special but not like it used to be......My birthday was so important when my parents were alive, we would go over to there house and my Mom would make me my favorite supper "Steak & Kidney Pie" (don't say gross...I heard you!!!)....I figured that my birthday should be celebrated with my parents since they are the ones who brought me into this world....so it seems so much less important to me now....this will be the 3rd year without my Mom and 2nd without my Dad....it's hard to go past special days without them...I must live on the memories that they made for me each birthday as I grew up, and it's them I must thank for without me I wouldn't have what I have now, a wonderful husband and an amazing daughter! Thanks Mom and Dad for my life!
Friday, September 22, 2006
Confidence!
Megan had her first ever spelling test at school today. When she came home with the words on Monday I tested her right away to see how much we had to work on, she did really well, we didn't practise again until last night.....I tested her by saying the word then using the word in a sentence and then she had to print the word....she got them all right......So today after school I asked her how she did on her test and she said "I got them all right", I said "Great did the teacher mark them?" and she said "no not yet".....I tell you that's confidence!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Off Sick!
I'm sick today. Woke up in the middle of the night with a banging sore throat, I couldn't fall back to sleep it was that bad. It came on all of a sudden. Went to the doctor and it is a bad infection (that came on quick). Felt fine yesterday. I guess these things catch up to you eventually. Felt bad about calling in sick (as you all know I always do!), I shouldn't because I don't want anyone else getting sick. I just feel like I let people down when I do call in sick....plus I'm a bit possesive about my work!!! Oh well I'll be back at the grind tomorrow.....and to be honest as I'm typing this I still don't feel that great......hopefully I'll wake up in the morning feeling on top of the world! Here's to hoping!
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