“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” -Rumi

“When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them.” -Rumi

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. — “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963

Respect your haters. They are the ones who think you are better than them. -Unknown

You don’t understand, no-one does. When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you’re expected move again only you don’t remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself. You never in your life think that love like this can happen to you. -Francesca, Bridges of Madison County

“Motherfuckin’ tittysuckin’ two-balled bitch!” -Agent Zoil – Paul

Baby girl is doing GREAT!

2 August, 2009 /

Shea didn’t want to go to Santa Cruz this weekend because the car I rented was too fast.
I sat her down and said, “Baby, I don’t want you to ever miss a thing because you were too scared. I promise I will not make you ride anything and I will sit there with you while your sisters go on stuff. Just try.”

She did try. She is afraid of things that move too fast or up too high. She will fist fight with a bear, but won’t get on a step ladder. She went on the sky coaster that goes over the whole boardwalk. THIS IS HUGE for her! HUGE!
Then Alyx convinced her to go on the ferris wheel! Up high and moving fast. She did GREAT.

When it was over she said, “See mom, I didn’t miss anything I didn’t want to miss.” And she thanked me.

I want to believe I am being a good role model for my kids, even though I am taking it to the extreme with skydiving, and I think today proved that I might actually be on the right path.

My baby girl went on a ‘scary’ ride and lived to tell the story! and I will be hearing about it for MONTHS! :)