My Life...Right Now. (Story Time)

Recently, while watching the local news, I saw a clip about women who were battling cancer in the North Dallas area.  Of course that grabbed my attention.  Anyone who has any sort of battle, I am pulled towards. I find people who go through the hardships of life so inspirational...those are the people who should run the world...they know a thing or two about struggle, sacrifice, perseverance...survival...and most of all, love!  There was one particular woman on the show that made my heart full of so many emotions.  She had been declared "cancer-free" at one point, then the next thing she knew her doctor was telling her to spend as much time as she could with her daughter (who was a very young girl, maybe 11).  This shattered my heart into a million pieces.  My heart bled for her, her husband, her innocent child.  To know this and still be able to smile and try to create beautiful, everlasting moments for your family...she is truly a hero. For ...

This child was the start of the rest of my life. My children (and husband) are the greatest reminders of my earthly treasures!! To feel the purest, most unconditional love above and beyond all other loves...be a parent! The greatest reward for me is to have two beautifully, created sons, call me Mama!!  "In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die And where you invest your love, you invest your life"  ~ Mumford & Sons "Awake My Soul"

This is a picture I took a couple of weeks ago.  I love it so much.  These are wild flowers (some may call them weeds...but they are WILD flowers) that grow and take over, sort of like the bluebonnets here, in Texas.  They cover an area like a blanket.  They are so bright and beautiful.  To me, Spring isn't about the nice potted plants, or the "well known" Spring flowers or trees...it is about the flowers that grow and thrive in the wild!  The ones that no matter what kind of soil or (lack of) water they have, they are still beautiful. Enjoy! ~  Dee **This picture was taken with my Nikon 3100. www.rocktheshotforum.com

PRECIOUS TIME King Henry VIII : [ Opening lines ] In these last days I’ve been thinking a great deal about loss. What loss, your grace, is to man most irrecoverable? Charles Brandon : His virtue. King Henry VIII : No, for by his actions, he may redeem his virtue. Charles Brandon : Then, his honor. King Henry VIII : No, for again he may find the means to recover it, even as a man recovers some fortune he has lost. Charles Brandon : Then I can’t say, Your Majesty. King Henry VIII : Time, your grace. Of all losses, time is the most irrecuperable for it can never be redeemed.   Do you ever have the feeling that you are being prepared for something (both good and bad)?  I do!  I get into these moods where I find myself pondering about things...precious things, like time.  I love those moments because I see things in a new light.  I find a new appreciation for all things.  My husband, my children, family, friends, birds, trees, freedom, air, my li...

I am the Queen of my own little world~ "they" call me Queen Dee;) I can be crazy, silly, loud, quiet- I love to love- and more often than not, I wear my heart on my sleeve- but will be the first to rip it off and turn cold. I love the world and people in it and wish I could travel and learn more about other cultures.  But with that said, I am a true southerner at heart.  I want to know all about you, your Mama and Daddy and "them", your garden, your good days, your bad days, what little things your kids have done...I like to talk and I love to listen.  I could live in another country and embrace it   ( preferably England ehmm ;) ). But deep down I will always be a southern girl!  The saying, "you can take the girl out of the country, BUT, you will never take the country out of the girl."...yeah, that's me. I will always be the Granddaughter of a cotton picker, a share cropper, someone who raised her 4 children on her own after the death of he...

My heart and soul these two are.  For all the sacrifices I have endured, the mistakes I have made, and even the better path I have chosen; I would do every single one of them over again to have my babies...and to be the woman I am today. I Would..... Be a misunderstood child. Let pain that was not my own get the best of me. Be a misfit. Be wild and free. Be too serious. Think that I could save someone from themselves. Lay down and let someone walk all over me. Stand up and take no more. Be your best friend. Be your worst enemy. Love you. Hate you. Love myself. Hate myself. Take the high road. Settle for the road less traveled. Let you in. Shut you out. Say I would never leave. Always run away. Fall down. Stand back up. Get mad when you spoke the truth. Accept the truth in order to learn and grow as a person. Feel worthless. Find my worth. Waste precious time. Learn to value my time. Cry when no one is looking. Cuss when it isn't even as b...