My favorite quotes and sayings: May 2009

May 29, 2009

A Friend Is Like A Good Bra...

Hard to Find

Supportive

Comfortable

Always Lifts You Up

Never Lets You Down

or Leaves You Hanging

And Is Always Close To Your Heart!!!

May 26, 2009

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THE ONLY FLAG THAT DOESN'T FLY

Between the fields where the flag is planted, there are 9+ miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB. Check out the dimensions of the flag. The Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions, as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars, comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants, with 4-5 flower stems each, for a total of more than 2 million flowers.Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson For our soldiers....

May 24, 2009

Origin And Birthplace Of Memorial Day
On May 5, 1868, the Grand Army of the Republic established Memorial Day or Decoration Day as the national day to decorate the graves of the Civil War soldiers with flowers. Major General John A. Logan appointed May 30 as the day to be observed. Arlington National Cemetery had the first observance of the day on a grand scale. The place was appropriate as it already housed graves of over 20,000 Union dead and several hundred Confederate dead. Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant presided the meeting and the center point of these Memorial Day ceremonies was the mourning-draped veranda of the Arlington mansion. Speeches were followed by a march of soldiers' children and orphans and members of the GAR through the cemetery strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves. They also recited prayers and sang hymns for the dead.Even before this declaration, local observances for these war dead were being held at various places. In Columbus, Miss., a group of women visited a cemetery on April 25 1866, to decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers and the Union soldiers whop fell at the battle of Siloh. Many cities in the North and the South claim to be the first to celebrate Memorial Day in 1866 but Congress and President Lyndon Johnson officially declared Waterloo in New York as the 'birthplace' of Memorial Day in 1966. It was said that on May 5, 1866, a ceremony was held here to honor local soldiers and sailors who fought in the Civil War, businesses were closed for the day and residents furled flags at half-mast. It was said to be the first formal, community-wide and regular event.In 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday by the Congress, who designated the last Monday in May as the day for its observance. Many states observe separate Confederate Memorial Days. Mississippi observes it on the last Monday of April, Alabama on the fourth Monday of April, Georgia on April 26, North and South Carolina on May 10 and Louisiana and Tennessee on June 3. In Tennessee, the day is named as 'Confederate Decorations Day' while Texas observes 'Confederate Heroes Day' on January 19. In Virginia, Memorial Day is better known as 'May Confederate Memorial Day.'

Memorial Day
- William Henry Clay Dodson
Hither we come to scatter flowers

This thirtieth day of May, Upon our fallen heroes' graves

On this Memorial Day;

We cherish now no bitter thoughts

In this fair land of ours,

But on all fallen heroes' graves

We come to scatter flowers.

The rank and file in North and South

Believed their cause was just;

We find upon each battle flag

Inscribed, "In God We Trust;"And in this sunny land of ours,

Now sleeping side by side, The Union Blue and Southern Gray

Lie buried where they died.

Since we have come to scatter flowers

This consecrated day,We cannot cherish bitter thoughts

Toward those who wore the "Gray;"Believing that their cause was right,

Freely their blood they shed;

Then, let us strew-alike-the graves

Of all our sacred dead. And those who for the Union fought,

In scattering flowers to-day On heroes' graves, would never dream

Of passing by the gray; And heroes of the "Southern Cause,

"In paying homage true, Will not forget the graves of those

Who wore the Union Blue.Thrice welcome, then, this sacred day.That binds our hearts anew;Our country undivided stands,For all-now love the Blue;On resurrection day,

Linked arm in arm, we'll find the boys

Who wore the Blue and Gray.

Peace
- Amanda Bradley
Peace will come when people live

In friendship, side by side, And cherish understanding

More than hatred, greed and pride.

Peace will come when people see

All people as the same,

And no one has to live in fear,

In ignorance, or shame.

Peace will come when people

Who are needy can reach out

For shelter, food, or love,

And no has to do without.

Peace will come when people

Learn to listen and to care

About the rights and dignity

Of people everywhere.

Peace will come when love and trust

And kindness know rebirth,

And on that day all people

Will rejoice in peace on earth.

Memorial Day
- Eula Gladys Lincoln
In distant field of sunny France

Where strangers come and go,

Amid the farms of Flanders, where The fragrant breezes blow,

Our solder-dead in quiet sleep'Neath crosses row on row.

Here shrapnel shells once shrieked and burst

And took their toll of death;

The very wind, itself a foe,

Bore poison on its breath.

Above their graves the birds now sing

As round that home of yore, When, carefree boys, they romped and played;

Those childhood days soon o'er,

The boys to brave and strong men grown,

They romped and played no more.

They put aside their childish toys,

A man's work each must do,And when their country called for them,

To her they answered true."We must protect our native land: She shall not suffer wrong For she has reared and nurtured us, We're men and we are strong. We'll bid good-bye to those we love; It will not be for long."

With aching hearts and tear-dimmed eyes

We watched them go away.

Some have returned but many sleep

In foreign lands today.

Where English roses bloom and fade, In France where lilies grow,

Among the fields of Flanders, where The scarlet poppies blow,

Our soldier-dead are not forgot

Though strangers come and go.

Memorial Day
- C W Johnson
We walked among the crosses

Where our fallen soldiers lay.

And listened to the bugle

As TAPS began to play.

The Chaplin led a prayer

We stood with heads bowed low.

And I thought of fallen comrades I had known so long ago.

They came from every city

Across this fertile land.

That we might live in freedom.

They lie here 'neath the sand.

I felt a little guilty

My sacrifice was small.

I only lost a little time

But these men lost their all.

Now the services are over

For this Memorial Day.

To the names upon these crosses I just want to say, Thanks for what you've given

No one could ask for more.

May you rest with God in heaven

From now through evermore.

Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep
- Mary Frye (1932)
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am in a thousand winds that blow; I am the softly falling snow.

I am the gentle showers of rain; I am the fields of ripening grain.

I am in the morning hush; I am in the graceful rush.

Of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am the starshine of the night.

I am in the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room.

I am the birds that sing, I am in each lovely thing.

Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there.

I do not die.

May 20, 2009

If I happened to show up on your door step crying, would you care?

If I called you and askedyou to pick me up because something happened,would you come?

If I had one day leftto live my life,would you be part ofthat last day?

If I needed a shoulderto cry on,would you give me yours?

This is a test to see who your real friends are or if you are just someone to talk to you when they are bored.

Do you know what the relationship is between your two eyes? They blink together,they move together,they cry together,they see things together,and they sleep together,but they never see each other;....

that's what friendship is. Your aspiration is your motivation, your motivation is your belief,your belief is your peace,your peace is your target,your target is Paradise,and life is like hard core torture without it!

It's'World Best Friends Week'

Who is your best friend?

May 13, 2009

May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have. As we value our happiness, let us not forget it, for one of the greatest lessons in life is learning to be happy without the things we cannot or should not have.

Richard L. Evans

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.

Ed Cunningham

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Voltaire

...the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

- The Lion King

Rafikki

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action."
- James Russell Lowell

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May 11, 2009

In my next life:

This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. She was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which need to be amputated. She of course could not walk when she was born. Even her mother did not want her.Her first owner also did not think that she can survive. Therefore, he was thinking of 'putting her to sleep'. By this time, her present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met her and wanted to take care of her. She is determined to teach and train this dog to walk by herself. Therefore she named her 'Faith'.In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfing board to let her feel the movements. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for her to stand up and jump around. Even the other dog at home helped to encourage her to walk. Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned to balance on her 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward. After further training in the snow, she now can walk like a human being.Faith loves to walk around now. No matter where se goes, she just attracts all the people around her. She is now becoming famous on the international scene. She has appeared in various newspapers and TV shows. There is even one book entitled 'With a little faith' being published about her. She was even considered to appear in one of the Harry Potter movies.
Her present owner Jude Stringfellew has given up her teaching post and plans to take her around the world to preach that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul'.In life there are always undesirable things. Perhaps we would feel better if we changed our point of view to see things from another direction.I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone can appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day that follows.

Faith is the continual demonstration of the Strength of Life !!

Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, And every year Morris would say,'Esther, I'd like to ride in that helicopter.' Esther always replied, 'I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, And fifty dollars is fifty dollars' One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, 'Esther, I'm 85 years old. If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.' To this, Esther replied, 'Morris that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars.' The pilot overheard the couple and said, 'Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don't say a word I won't charge you a penny! But if you say one word it's fifty dollars.' Morris and Esther agreed and up they went. The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, But still not a word. When they landed, the pilot turned to Morris and said, 'By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!' Morris replied, 'Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Esther fell out, But you know, fifty dollars is fifty dollars!'

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May 01, 2009

Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
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