Sunday, May 9, 2010

MOMMA


REMEMBER ME
REMEMBER ME WHEN FLOWERS BLOOM
EARLY IN THE SPRING.
REMEMBER ME ON SUNNY DAYS IN THE
FUN THAT SUMMER BRINGS.
REMEMBER ME IN THE FALL AS YOU WALK
THROUGH THE LEAVES OF GOLD.
AND IN THE WINTERTIME-REMEMBER ME
IN THE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
BUT MOST OF ALL REMEMBER EACH DAY
RIGHT FROM THE START I WILL BE FOREVER
NEAR FOR I LIVE WITHIN YOUR HEART.

IN MEMORY OF MY MOMMA PHYLLIS MAE YOUNGKRANTZ LEWIS
NOVEMBER 30, 1932-OCTOBER 16, 2004

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE AND MISS YOU!!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Monday, April 5, 2010

HELEN KELLER

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES OF HELEN'S.
"WHEN WE COMPLAIN OF HAVING TO DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER, LET US REMEMBER THAT GOD DOES NOT SEND NEW TREES, STRANGE FLOWERS AND DIFFERENT GRASSES EVERY YEAR. WHEN THE SPRING WINDS BLOW, THEY BLOW IN THE SAME WAY. IN THE SAME PLACES THE SAME DEAR BLOSSOMS LIFT UP THE SAME SWEET FACES, YET THEY NEVER WEARY US. WHEN IT RAINS, IT RAINS THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS HAS. EVEN SO WOULD THE SAME TASKS WHICH FILL OUR DAILY LIVES PUT ON NEW MEANINGS IF WE WROUGHT THEM IN THE SPIRIT OF RENEWAL FROM WITHIN--A SPIRIT OF GROWTH AND BEAUTY."
AN EASTER MESSAGE TO THE BOSTON COMMUNITY CHURCH, 1932