now

not a question for answering

how is it, or why, that when anything goes wrong..."wrong"...big or small, it makes not having baby matthew with me feel that much more lonely and worse?!

mail from farmor.

she sends me articles, very old, old and new, from her many storage folders and boxes...things she cherished once...this is one. i don't know when it's from.
"attitude"
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our Attitudes." -Charles Swindoll

i was reading as i typed.

today.

i'm wearing her headband and she has strawberries and cinnamon all over her face.
then she made the puppy go "waltin on yo weg."
then she tackled me.







thought my earring just broke but it didn't.

oh myLANTA

so good.
Blend until smooth:
the meat and water from one young coconut.
one large banana.
about one cup of frozen whole strawberries.
about one and a half cups of frozen mango chunks.



you can add a little cinnamon, carob or chocolate powder/syrup, spirulina, or vitamin c powder or whatever if you like.


mmm delicious.
i'd post a picture but i drank it already.

it will change your life

baked sweet potato
topped with
coconut oil, a little pure mapel syrup,
mixture of cayanne pepper, cinnamon, little brown sugar & salt,
& chopped up perfectly ripe pear

+ one cup mate on the side