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Change

Haiku : One Deep Breath

This week the subject is "Change"

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I so want to change

I need to change . . . oh . . . forget it . . .

I changed my mind

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You can have the above image on a t-shirt here

I really do want to change -

Sometimes I'm so disappointed that I'm not the person I always thought I would be!

I've had a really rough week (alot of emotional lows) and yesterday I was a real monster to my girls - blowing things out of proportion and yelling alot. After one especially bad blowout I broke down - so bitterly disappointed with myself. Camille saw that I was crying and gave me a big hug - I told her how sorry I was for the way that I was acting and we hugged for some time. A little later on she gave me this -

A very sweet card with an invitation to a tea party inside!

"Dear Mommy,

you are invited to a tea party!

time: 1:00

when: tomorrow

what: bring a fancy dress-up dress

where: kitchen

xoxo Meally"

Here's how the tea party went -

 

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It was a very nice affair - I managed to bite my lip about most every nit-picky thing I wanted to say - that seems to be a big problem with me lately - stupid little things bother me and I can't seem to control the urge to correct them - even if I hurt others in the process! This I would like to change!

Success

The creative prompt for this week over at Studio Friday is "Success"

This is a hard one for me!

Success is so elusive.

It's not like you can land yourself in success and stay there. It's not like you can pitch your tent in the success campground and hang out without constantly refining and repitching your tent! It takes vigilance to reposition and even redesign your tent in order to stay there.

And then who even decides what success means?

For me it's one thing - for you, another.

I think maybe that success is not a destination but rather one of many tools we can use to arrive at our ultimate goal - Happiness.

To pursue success in and of itself is alot like striving to catch the wind - who can possess it for more than just the briefest of moments?!

I can only take success in small doses!

All this thinking is making my head hurt . . . I shall go lay down now . . .

Closeness

Haiku : One Deep Breath

The subject for this week is "Closeness"

My younger daughter Camille and her Dad have this.

Loving and being loved comes as easy as breathing for this remarkable girl - no shyness, no awkwardness - only pure, fearless, fearsome affection.

My entry for this week attempts to convey a very special relationship between Father and Daughter.

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she slips beside him

easily, relaxed, content

they lean in and sigh

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Illustration Friday

Hats

This weeks creative prompt over at Inspire Me Thursday is "HATS". I couldn't help myself from including this altered page I did of Joe wearing one of his Dad's hunting caps!  This page was included in Kathy Macht's October book - a Round Robin project that I participated in with the Art Chix a few years back.