Barbara Burke:Tomorrow Is A Gift-Arthrogryposis

Boast not of tomorrow, for you know not what any day may bring forth.
~ Proverbs Ch:277 Vs:1

Many things we need can wait The child cannot. Now is the time his bones
are being formed, his blood is being made, his mind is being developed.
To him we can-not say tomorrow. His name is today.~Gabriella Minstral

We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life.
But those who make their journey home across time & miles,
growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them,
are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us
by God's very own hands. ~Author & Friend -Kristi Larson~

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When a man walks in integrity and justice, happy are his children after him. ~ Proverbs Ch:20 Vs:7

Matthew and Meliza married in the Nisqually Basin on a clear July day on the banks of the Puget Sound. Matthew's immediate and extended family were invited; present were his Aunt Terri and Cousin Jack, who had been visiting from New York. Meliza's beautiful little daughter, Nina Brillantes, served in the ceremony holding her Mother's dress and carrying a bouquet of lavender. My son became a Papa that day, and my husband and I have been blessed with our first grandchild.

"Love is the cure,
for your pain will keep
giving birth to more pain,
until your eyes constantly
exhale love, as effortlessly
as your body yields its scent.
~ Rumi"

It is precisely because our present life is
so inseparably linked with desire that we
must make use of desire�s tremendous
energy if we wish to transform our life
into something transcendental.
-Lama Thubten Yeshe

The seeds of some trees are so tightly
compacted within their protective covering
that only the intense heat of a forest fire
can free them, allowing them to sprout.

"Vision without action is
a daydream, action with-
out vision is a nightmare"
~ Japanese proverb

My son if your heart be wise, my own heart also will rejoice;
And my inmost being will exult, when your lips speak what
is right. ~ Proverbs Ch:23 Vs:15

Out son Matthew (Papa) getting
to know his new daughter.

"Your work in life
is your ultimate seduction"
~ Picasso