Gigi and Kaili~~Girls day out..shopping!

My beautiful grand daughter Kaili! I took her on a shopping spree yesterday and bought her a pretty substantial amount of new clothes...typical girl..loves fashion! (and grandpa because he really paid!)

Just for fun....too bad they can't really do it!

from the book.."The Only Way Out Is In"...

"The Guest House"

This being human is the guest house,

Every morning a new arrival,A joy, a depression, a meanness,

A momentary awareness comes

As an unexpected visitor,

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,

Who violently sweep your house

Empty of its furniture.

Still, treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out

For some new delight.

The dark thought,the shame,the malice,

Meet them at the door laughing

And invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes

Because each guest has been sent

As a guide from beyond.

~Rumi

It is almost Thanksgiving once again~again...how time flies.....
its been so extremely beautiful here where I live these days. My husband and I went for a run in the rain yesterday..not really rain..drizzle...but it was refreshing and fun none the less! Now it's sunny and gorgeous out this morning~
I keep thinking about how much I wish I could get back to Varanasi next year while I am in India..but I will be grateful just to be back in Mother India and leave it at that!
The city of Varanasi is just such a spiritual city..and it grabbed me tight and just held on long, long after I had left there....one day I do wish to go back, and I will.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all...and don't forget to be Thankful each and everyday!
Om Shanti!

How times does fly~

this one is for Kaili, our grand-daughter. She is going to be a big sister next month....to her new brother..Marly. (Unless they decide to change the name before he arrives) But I just can't believe that she will be 1 year old already in January....
it seems only yesterday this little sweet pea was born. How can it be that already a year has passed????
Beautiful girl, born on her grandpa's birthday!

OM Shanti, Shanti,Shanti

This Life...

It has been a day of "Realization" and "Healing" for my youngest...

I really don't like to talk about personal matters here, personal matters are well...Personal. Some things should be kept private. But it was SO good! It is a New Day~~~with a very Bright Beginning for a 16 year old young man and I am so happy. Because when your children are happy it is one of the best gifts you could ever receive. At least that is how I feel.

My children's happiness is simply everything to me.

It is what I live for...and would die for...my children.

I have been blessed today...as I feel I am most everyday. Just to wake up in the morning is indeed a blessing. I don't like to dwell on things too long, for in the time it takes to dwell on one thing...that one thing has changed and now you have another..Right?

Like a beating heart...each moment is different..and ever changing.

Like my friend Ursula..we ponder these things daily! Which in my opinion is a good thing!

A Very Good Thing indeed~

Ahhh life....

gotta love it!

Shanti~

As One

I sometimes stop and just for a moment I ask the "unknown" that is always watching over me...

What did I do in my previous life that I am now here in this one..and am so extremely Blessed and so very Loved..

Loved so much that it sometimes hurts because as we all know everything is "Impermanent".

I have learned though..not to hurry my life...not to wish so hard for something in the future..because with the future we age and we die just a little more each day and each moment.

But I do long for the day when my beloved will retire (10 more years) and we will be able to spend so much more time together..

You see, we have this love that is unexplainable..we are, as you might say.."As One" and although it may be hard to comprehend...its just the way it is with us.

We finish each others sentences..we say something that the other one just was going to say only seconds before...we buy the very same cards for each other sometimes on our Anniversary or Valentines Day...and we have even had the same dreams at night.

Why Me?..I won't question it..I will just say Thank You..and I will do my best to be the very best person I can be in this life I am now living...because is I was this lucky this time...can you even imagine another??

OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti