Sunday - how about a wedding???

"You cannot teach love, but you can feel the sweetness that it pours into everything." ~ Anne Sullivan

Remember my niece got married a couple of weeks ago - what better thing to think about on God's day, then a wedding.

Do you remember yours and how you felt?  Any funny thing that happened?  At my son's wedding my grandson helped himself to the cake - ahead of time.  Just checking it out to make sure that is was okay. 

And at my daughters wedding she had the most gorgeous cake that matched the design of her dress lace on it.  When they cut the cake and tasted it - it tasted like the strongest rum cake you had ever tasted.  It was terrible - now here is the funny thing - first of all we did not order that - but the wedding was held at the church and the minister had about five pieces! He loved it.  lol


These are the male characters in the wedding.  They look quite serious!

Grandson and his lovely mother.

My grandson and my great niece - they are so cute and that is her mother - my niece in the middle.

The bride my great niece and her uncle my nephew.

It was a gorgeous venue. 

The girls.

The bride and groom putting their sand crystals together as one.

Their first dance together.

Her shoes on her second dress.

Holding hands and promising in front of God.

Complete with a lot of fun and dancing.

Well I do hope and pray they stay in love forever!  That is my wish.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

My little bride . . .

This cute little Siamese Cat (in her dance recital) is getting married in May. She is about the age my grandson is now, maybe a year younger.

Where does the time go? It went in a blink of an eye. You think when you're young and raising your children (at times) that it will last forever - and now in a blink - it's gone. I never dreamed back then, in Chicago, that I'd be where I am today.

You never know where life is going to take you or when it will change. You can be sailing steady in one direction and then all of a sudden without any notice the wind changes either speed or direction. And you know, you can't change the wind. Oh you may fight it for awhile, but you either have to learn to blow with the wind or be windblown and tossed around.

I'm doing better with the 'thoughts' of the upcoming events in my life, at least I feel like I'm able to deep breathe a tiny bit better (at first I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me and I couldn't breathe - even though I saw the events unfold right in front of my eyes). It's going to be hard, but I'm beginning to feel now, that I can do it. So much at one time to take in. I'm talking about finally after 35 years becoming an empty nester.

"He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality."– Anwar al-Sadat

Love,
Chatty

A Happy Ending - Sugarland

Okay, okay - I've got to talk some about weddings. We have one coming in four months. A big white (ivory) wedding. If you didn't think a full formal wedding could be planned in six months - you don't know my resourceful daughter. I think it's all coming together beautifully.

I think what the song is trying to say, to me, is that again a happy ending is a choice. And not just one choice. It's a choice every time you make a decision - in marriage and in life. I believe that in my core! If you see someone happy or unhappy - it usually is a choice. Not always, but many times it is.


"A Happy Ending" by Sugarland - see the YouTube Below.

Cowboys ride into sunsets
The good guy always gets the girl
Cinderella's just fit
The glass slipper that changed her world
We all know the stories
We all know the fairy tales
We all get the glory
Of making it for ourselves

Chorus:
From the beginning
We're all looking for a happy ending
Every dream of winning
Every love we've been in
Right from the beginning
We're looking for a happy ending

We come here with nothing
And take it with us the day we leave
The first and last breath don't matter
It's all the ones that are in between
It's the reason for living
It's the reason the caged bird sings
It's why we sit in the movies
All the way to the closing scene

And for all the dreamers who have come and gone
Who have reached for the stars who have overcome
You're the hope, you're the wish, you're the truth
Baby here's the proof
Baby's born in the ghetto
Baby's born with a silver spoon
One tells his mama, "I'll have a dream."
One tells his mama, "I'll walk the moon."

My wish for you my dear daughter, is that you will choose to have a happy ending. To do that I think you both must work hard and sacrifice. But most of all - don't forget to choose to have some fun. Life doesn't have to be made harder than it is - hard times will come on their own. Slow down and smell the roses.

She is picking out songs for her wedding now - it's been a lot of fun - if you have any suggestions - let me know.

Love,
Chatty

The Bridge Across Forever by RIchard Bach

"The Bridge Across Forever" a true love story, by Richard Bach.

Another 'book report' of sorts.

Some good quotes that I liked from this book:

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." page 30

"To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there." page 31

"There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go." page 82

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it." page 125

Soul Mates Wanted:

"Wanted: a hundred percent man. Must be brilliant, creative, funny, capable of intense intimacy and joy. Want to share music, nature, peaceful joyful life. No smoking, no drinking no drugs. Must love learning and want to grow forever. Handsome, tall, slim, fine hands, sensitive, gentle, loving. Affectionate and sexy as can be. Must be emotional stable, honest and trustworthy and a positive constructive person. . . " page 155

"Wanted: a one hundred percent female guardian angel in human body, please. Independent, adventurous, extreme wisdom required. Prefer ability to initiate and respond creatively in many forms of communication. Must speak Horse-Latin. Only angels with glorious eyes, stunning figure and long golden hair need apply. Require curiosity, hungry capacity for learning. Prefer professional in several creative and business fields, experience in top management positions. Fearless, willing to take all risks. Happiness guaranteed in the long run." page 157

"Do you ever notice, after you've known someone for a while, how their appearance changes?
He can be the handsomest man in the world, but turns plains as popcorn when he has nothing to say. And the plainest man says what matters to him and why he cares and in two minutes he's so beautiful you want to hug him." page 158

"Because we believe the surface, we forget that surfaces aren't who we are." page 158

"A soul mate is someone who has the locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise. Our soul mate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction."

"Our soul mate is the one who makes life come to life." page 388

This book is the true love story about Richard Bach and Leslie Parrish.

http://www.inner-growth.info/private/richard_bach_biography.htm

A brief summary about R. Bach:

He was an airplane pilot.

He had been married once before and had six children. He then divorced and left his family in part because he didn't believe in marriage.

Since 1959 he had this idea of a bird learning to pass beyond the walls of limitations, Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Almost all his books used airplanes as a way to pass the message.

Bach met his wife, Leslie Parrish through the shooting of the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull in 1973, based on his book.

They went their way, far enough from Hollywood, somewhere between 1977 and 1981.

Finally, they got married in 81.

Recently Leslie and Richard got divorced.

I liked the book. Bach writes his feelings down - as he experiences them or at least how he remembers them happening. It's a book, about himself, his thoughts and feelings, and growth.

There was a section near the middle of the book - where he and Leslie were struggling together. She wanted to be closer and he didn't want to give up his freedom. Although by the end of the book he did give up his so called freedom - which surprised me - they got married and seemed to be very happy.

(Then I just had to look him up and found out that they got a divorce. Kind of disillusioned myself a bit.)

So what do you think about soul mates? Do they exist? Was Leslie his soul mate - even though they got divorced? Do soul mates last forever? Can you have two soul mates? Can you change soul mates during your life? What if you find out the person you married is not your soul mate? Is your soul mate still out there?

Weddings and love are on my mind these days......

Love,Chatty

"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard." ~ Anne Sexton