When you know who you areOther people can enter and exit your lifeWithout it rocking your worldAs your foundation is solid and unshakeableBecause you have yourself.When you know who you areThe opinions and judgements of others matter far lessAnd people can speak words of criticism, unkindness and malice about youWithout it affecting how you feelContinue reading
Category Archives: PONDERINGS
Summertime
It’s summertime and don’t worry about your cares! Don’t leave anything for later. Later, the coffee gets cold. Later, you lose interest. Later, the day turns into night. Later, people grow up. Later, people grow old. Later, life goes by. Later, you regret not doing something… When you had the chance. Life is a fleetingContinue reading “Summertime”
Once Upon a Time…
Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Janet. She was very cute and really smart! Everyone loved her and she loved them back but one day, she got tired of being so nice and she stopped! The End Wow! No cut and paste here. Isn’t it weird how you can experience situationsContinue reading “Once Upon a Time…”
Janet’s Story of “JESSE” in one sitting
This is what is on my mind…. Get some coffee. This is a good and long one but one I want to write while I can. In 2020, I had three brain strokes. And I am struggling to get better. I did not anticipate brain damage. But then, I did not anticipate moving to Nice,Continue reading “Janet’s Story of “JESSE” in one sitting”
Health Matters!
“In the last Quarter of Life” A lot of us are in the last quarter of life and I share without politics, religion, race cards. Just gentle thoughts: You know, time has a way of catching you off-guard about how quickly it travels. It feels like just yesterday that I was young and ready toContinue reading “Health Matters!”
My childhood
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930’s, 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and Early 80’s! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn’t get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered withContinue reading “My childhood”
New chapter coming up!
She never meant to go down the hard roads that she did, it’s just how her life turned out. She didn’t choose her story.. Her story chose her. It’s been a tale of heartache and heartbreak, falls and failures, struggle and loss. But even more than that, her story is one of rising from theContinue reading “New chapter coming up!”
Easy to Love
“Am I easy to love? If someone asked me that, I wouldn’t know how to answer. Maybe some days I’m easier to love than others. I don’t think a person is easy to love 100% of the time. Everyone has good days and bad days. Everyone has their moments. Somedays I’m a whirlwind of emotions.Continue reading “Easy to Love”
Happy Birthday Jay, Janet, Mom, Grandma and……
It’s wonderful to be 87 because it is old in experience and not too to old to have time ahead! Besides, I will always be young at heart « Little Janet Jewell from Gainesville, Georgia » Aires/Peach/Little chicken and more …… March 30, 1937 It all started and wow what a great lifetime!!!!! I feel very blessed.
Love wins the Day
As children we’re convinced That monsters hide beneath our beds But as adults we soon realise That they walk the streets instead It’s not their face that’s monstrous It’s their loathing and their lies For it isn’t how they look – The monster’s who they are inside And at first we tiptoe round them TerrifiedContinue reading “Love wins the Day”
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