Today, Friday December 12, 2014

Hi Everyone! I'm back...

Today  I just want to quickly share what I'm grateful for...

• Christmas music...especially " A Charlie Brown Christmas"
• Pizza
• White Birthday Roses
• Birthday flowers by my bed
• Birthday surprises in the mail
• Birthday cards
• FaceBook Birthday posts
• The numbers 5 & 4...they represent my height and my age
• A Special Friend that got to eat jello and Popsicles today
• An Organized Friend that organizes the rest of us so we know that our Special Friend got to eat jello and Popsicles today
• Mother and Daughter relationships...they last forever you know
• A Missionary that has been out 3 weeks and living in Martinsburg, West VA
• A totally bare Christmas tree in my living room surrounded by good intentions
• Hot Chocolate and a CAN of Reddi-Whip
• Christmas presents to wrap
• Flights arriving from SLC next Friday
• Prayer
• And MOST of all...My Savior, my Friend, my Redeemer...Dear Jesus Christ and His Birthday!

 

Today...October 5, 2014

SUNDAY HAIKU #4

HAIKU #4

In a crum'bling world

Thank Thee Dear God, for a Seer.

Thy Stone of Knowledge.

   

   

   

Today...September 21, 2014

Sunday Haiku #3

Sunday Haiku #3

Elijah's coming

Brings seal'd strands of DNA

...And casting of crowns.

Today...September 17, 2014

Today I was zipping through my emails when one in particular caught my eye. As I opened it up and began reading, I realized that I was on an invitation list to direct one of three shows at a nearby Children's Theatre organization for this year.  And as I read further I saw that one of the shows was a particular piece that I've been interested in directing for many, many years.

I sat and considered the letter, and realized that directing Children's Theatre is an experience that I am no longer going to be able to do...because of my lifestyle change and all. Yet as I look back at all the past experiences and productions I have been blessed to be involved with--since the AGE OF SIX: I can't help but think, "You know M'Lisa, it's been a good run; a very, very good run." Plus I'm a firm believer that what I learn in this life, I'll definitely get to take with me to the next. So I'm just going to have to let Theatre go for now; (so much easier said than done!)

BUT--I do have a YouTube Video of one of the very first Children's Theatre productions I ever directed. Yes, it was with a VERY prestigious acting troupe that called themselves THE FRONT PORCH PLAYERS. What you are about to see is THEIR version of SLEEPING BEAUTY!  ENJOY!

CAST

Princess Aurora - M'Lisa E.
MALEficent - Aaron
Fairy - Rebecca
Narrator: The Mama
Stage Manager: The Daddy
All other players & Ensemble: Cousins
Black Lab: Gumby
Cinematography: Uncle John
Audience: Aunts & Uncles Hansen
Unseen Observers: (Andrew, Michael, & Noah)

 http://youtu.be/GMSRiL-7w2s

Today...September 15, 2014

My mind today, has had a free riders pass into Fibro-fog; just hate it, but not much I can do about it.

So this little post may be brief--WILL be brief; WILL DEFINITELY be BRIEF...brief

On days like this, I hopefully don't have a lot on the calendar, so shutting down isn't going to impact ANYTHING in particular; or ANYONE...because it kind of feels like I'm not here ANYWAY.

On days like this I'm grateful for quiet...and peace...and PIntEREsT.

On days like this I really appreciate Ice Cream CONES FOR DINNER, because they are not hard to COOK.

On days like this I'm VERY grateful for clothes that are WAY TOO BIG and where NO IRONING is required.

On days like this I'm so thankful I don't have LITTLE ONES at home, because I'm not sure I could take care of them, and I'd just end up CRYING with THEM.

On days like this I thank Heavenly Father for KURT. He (neither one of them) seems to mind if the BED isn't MADE because I'm STILL IN IT, and looking into KURT'S EYES makes the FOG clear away...KURT is magic.

On days like this, I'm so grateful that EVERY day isn't LIKE THIS. Just for TODAY, just for today...then the FOG will go away.

SUNDAY HAIKU #2

 SUNDAY HAIKU #2

The Phoenix of TRUTH

Burning through Apostasy--

BOTH! Father and Son!

 

Today...September 13, 2014

The sibling situation in families can create some very interesting dynamics. For instance there's the First-born Child, and for a while he or she might also be considered the Only Child; however, if another bundle of joy comes along then the toddler still maintains his status as First-born, but is no longer the Only Child which may or may not upset the apple cart.  IF the apple cart holds steady then there is an interesting phenomenon that can occur between that first and second child; I like to call it the "First Friends" Phenomenon.

For me, my older brother Shep--(short for H. Shepard Bailey, who also had a birthday on Thursday)--was always there. He's part of my very earliest memories. The style for little boys back in 1962-63 was a head that was totally buzzed, and Shep was no exception. I can remember that almost bald head very clearly, with these VERY BIG blue eyes. Through the years I've learned--and sometimes the hard way--that those blue eyes could manifest all KINDS of emotions; some good and some not so good--especially if you were the "Little Sister" who was NOT the "The Little Angel" all the time.

For Shep and me, we were definitely part of the First Friends Phenomenon but with kind of a different twist; when he was six and I was five our parents divorced. There were days when it felt like he was Hansel and I was Gretel wandering through the big, dark forest alone without ANY breadcrumbs whatsoever. Going through a divorce as siblings while we were children was definitely uncharted territory. We were frightened, heartbroken, and sometimes felt very much alone. BUT...as time passed and we adjusted to those unwanted changes, not only did we get stronger as little individuals, but our First Friends bond became forged in "fire and blood"--so to speak.

I can't actually say if Shep and I had been born into different families and we were just in the same class at school, if we would have really taken the time to get to know each other--or if we would have even wanted to. But that's NOT what happened. We WERE born into the same family, and we ARE brother and sister, and we DO know each other--like the back of our hands. We don't go around talking about it, or even mentioning it for that matter; but Shep and I can sometimes look at each other in a certain way, and in that look I know we're both remembering our togetherness as Hansel and Gretel, the Dark Forest, and the Wicked Witch that would occasionally pop out from behind a tree.  Yes, in that glance we BOTH know that in a heart-beat we would walk through fire for each other.  Happiest of Birthdays my First Friend!