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Pictures, Poems, & Quotes from all across ECF - Part 2
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I use to have horses, goats and chickens beside my house. From my back porch all I could see was beautiful green pastures and cows that warned me within 20 mins to get my clothes off the line because it was gonna rain. Twenty nine years later there are very nice townhomes beside me and a whole community behind me. Change sometimes is something that we have no control over but that doesn't mean we can't miss the way things were.......
I just got a warm feeling from reading this and wanted to share it with ya'll.
When I Am An Old Horsewoman
I shall wear turquoise and diamonds,
And a straw hat that doesnt suit me
And I shall spend my social security on
white wine and carrots,
And sit in my alleyway of my barn
And listen to my horses breathe.
I will sneak out in the middle of a summer night
And ride the old bay gelding,
Across the moonstruck meadow
If my old bones will allow
And when people come to call, I will smile and nod
As I walk past the gardens to the barn
and show instead the flowers growing
inside stalls fresh-lined with straw.
I will shovel and sweat and wear hay in my hair
as if it were a jewel
And I will be an embarrassment to ALL
Who will not yet have found the peace in being free
to have a horse as a best friend
A friend who waits at midnight hour
With muzzle and nicker and patient eyes
For the kind of woman I will be
When I am old.
-Author Patty Barnhart
I just got a warm feeling from reading this and wanted to share it with ya'll.
When I Am An Old Horsewoman
I shall wear turquoise and diamonds,
And a straw hat that doesnt suit me
And I shall spend my social security on
white wine and carrots,
And sit in my alleyway of my barn
And listen to my horses breathe.
I will sneak out in the middle of a summer night
And ride the old bay gelding,
Across the moonstruck meadow
If my old bones will allow
And when people come to call, I will smile and nod
As I walk past the gardens to the barn
and show instead the flowers growing
inside stalls fresh-lined with straw.
I will shovel and sweat and wear hay in my hair
as if it were a jewel
And I will be an embarrassment to ALL
Who will not yet have found the peace in being free
to have a horse as a best friend
A friend who waits at midnight hour
With muzzle and nicker and patient eyes
For the kind of woman I will be
When I am old.
-Author Patty Barnhart
You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.
― William W. Purkey
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.
― William W. Purkey
Been watching the snowboarding on the olympics tonight and all it has done is made me think....
bahahahahahahaha
Sorry, I know this is not "inspirational" but I'm cold......
Sorry, I know this is not "inspirational" but I'm cold......
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.
Max de Pree
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent Peale
Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Buddha
Buddha
Borrowed some music
"Snowblind"
Mirror, mirror on the wall
The face you've shown me scares me so
I thought that I could call your bluff
But now the lines are clear enough
Life's not pretty even though
I've tried so hard to make it so
Mornings are such cold distress
How did I ever get into this mess
I'm snowblind, can't live without you
So fine I just can't get away
Now I'm snowblind, snowblind, snowblind
Harmless and innocent you devil in white
You stole my will without a fight
You filled me with confidence, but you blinded my eyes
You tricked me with visions of paradise
Now I realize i'm
Snowblind, can't live without you
So fine I just can't get away
Now I'm snowblind, snowblind, snowblind
Mirror, mirror I confess
I can't escape this emptiness
No more reason to pretend
Here comes that same old feeling again
Snowblind, can't live without you
So fine I just can't get away
Won't you throw me a lifeline
I'm going down for the third time
I'm snowblind, and I can't get away
"Snowblind"
Mirror, mirror on the wall
The face you've shown me scares me so
I thought that I could call your bluff
But now the lines are clear enough
Life's not pretty even though
I've tried so hard to make it so
Mornings are such cold distress
How did I ever get into this mess
I'm snowblind, can't live without you
So fine I just can't get away
Now I'm snowblind, snowblind, snowblind
Harmless and innocent you devil in white
You stole my will without a fight
You filled me with confidence, but you blinded my eyes
You tricked me with visions of paradise
Now I realize i'm
Snowblind, can't live without you
So fine I just can't get away
Now I'm snowblind, snowblind, snowblind
Mirror, mirror I confess
I can't escape this emptiness
No more reason to pretend
Here comes that same old feeling again
Snowblind, can't live without you
So fine I just can't get away
Won't you throw me a lifeline
I'm going down for the third time
I'm snowblind, and I can't get away
Sorry for the long story but I saw this tonight and just thought it was to sweet not to share.....
Couple Married 67 Years Pass Away 32 Hours Apart
Olympia and Michael DeNittis on their wedding day
COURTESY ANNMARIE MCDONALD
Its own Valentine tale, the real-life love story of Michael and Olympia DeNittis could practically be mistaken for a movie script.
The couple first met as children while growing up down the block from each other in Port Reading, N.J., reports the Asbury Park Press. Throughout their 67 years of marriage, the pair were nearly inseparable till the end, passing away just 32 hours apart.
Olympia, 95, died of pneumonia on Feb. 2, in an Edison, N.J., hospital. Family members were devastated by the loss, but chose not to share Olympia's death with her husband.
Michael had health issues of his own. The 94-year-old had spent the past four years vigorously battling colon cancer. The man's family feared the tragic news about Olympia would crush Michael's will to live. After spending a lifetime together, it appears Olympia and Michael had their own plans.
"I think she was dying of a broken heart, but I also think she wanted to pass first so he wouldnt have to enter heaven without her there to welcome him," the couple's granddaughter, AnnMarie McDonald, 29, told the Asbury Park Press. "And when my grandmother made up her mind to do something, she did it. She did this as a testament to their love."
Childhood sweethearts, the couple married shortly after World War II. Over their six-plus decades as man and wife, they had two children, and later, a granddaughter.
Michael, who had always been determined to fight for the life he had built with his wife, awoke from his hospital bed in New Brunswick, N.J., shortly after Olympia's death, asking about her. He told his family that he had dreamed of his death and started to ask about Olympia's health.
"I think instinctually he knew she had died," McDonald told NJ.com.
The family continued to keep Olympia's passing from Michael, but the well-meaning secrecy couldn't separate them. Thirty-two hours after his wife died, Michael joined her.
Despite grieving a double loss, Michael and Olympia's surviving relatives have found some peace in knowing that the dedicated couple were not apart for long.
Couple Married 67 Years Pass Away 32 Hours Apart
Olympia and Michael DeNittis on their wedding day
COURTESY ANNMARIE MCDONALD
Its own Valentine tale, the real-life love story of Michael and Olympia DeNittis could practically be mistaken for a movie script.
The couple first met as children while growing up down the block from each other in Port Reading, N.J., reports the Asbury Park Press. Throughout their 67 years of marriage, the pair were nearly inseparable till the end, passing away just 32 hours apart.
Olympia, 95, died of pneumonia on Feb. 2, in an Edison, N.J., hospital. Family members were devastated by the loss, but chose not to share Olympia's death with her husband.
Michael had health issues of his own. The 94-year-old had spent the past four years vigorously battling colon cancer. The man's family feared the tragic news about Olympia would crush Michael's will to live. After spending a lifetime together, it appears Olympia and Michael had their own plans.
"I think she was dying of a broken heart, but I also think she wanted to pass first so he wouldnt have to enter heaven without her there to welcome him," the couple's granddaughter, AnnMarie McDonald, 29, told the Asbury Park Press. "And when my grandmother made up her mind to do something, she did it. She did this as a testament to their love."
Childhood sweethearts, the couple married shortly after World War II. Over their six-plus decades as man and wife, they had two children, and later, a granddaughter.
Michael, who had always been determined to fight for the life he had built with his wife, awoke from his hospital bed in New Brunswick, N.J., shortly after Olympia's death, asking about her. He told his family that he had dreamed of his death and started to ask about Olympia's health.
"I think instinctually he knew she had died," McDonald told NJ.com.
The family continued to keep Olympia's passing from Michael, but the well-meaning secrecy couldn't separate them. Thirty-two hours after his wife died, Michael joined her.
Despite grieving a double loss, Michael and Olympia's surviving relatives have found some peace in knowing that the dedicated couple were not apart for long.
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