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| ~~Lydia Kaprice With Her Great Grandma, Marceline Robertson~~ |
......as seen through my eyes!
By: Jacqueline E. Hughes
I may call this an 'author's repost' or fundamentally, "Gone fishing in the archives for this special one!" Maybe this comes under the heading of 'Classic Thursday.' Whatever it is to be called, I always feel it's important to go back a little in time and allow work from a few years ago to resurface, come up for air and take a deep, deep breath once again. As a writer, it's important to see where you've been in order to realize which direction you are heading in.
This post was originally written in celebration of a friend's birthday. Rereading it, after giving it a slight dusting-off, the original intent, celebrating our life from infancy through adulthood by weaving one component, Love, constantly within the fabric of our existence, encourages us to be stronger, responsible and creative humans. The message stays as relevant today as back then, as it will tomorrow or a thousand years from now.
Enjoy....
Originally Posted 08/20/2010
Ode To Those Of Us Turning Sixty
Like mist rolling into a dream that gently wraps all thoughts, all perspectives within its opaque wisdom....life proceeds on a daily basis as we take baby steps along this abstract journey. We struggle to stand and to walk and to speak and to communicate with others around us…..as we observe their personal creation of the dance of life through every second, minute, hour, day, month, year and decade of breath that escapes between their ruby red lips.
We are infants morphing into adults with so much exotic pain and exquisite joy accompanying our movements that we’ve been known to cry to the heavens either in shock or ecstasy during any given day. On quiet days we curl into ourselves and specifically fail to ask the question, “Why?” deeply afraid of the answer and genuinely appreciative of the minute respite, knowing our emotions will attack us, once again, tomorrow…….
All too swiftly we become the adult form of the beautiful infant of our past carrying the trappings of adulthood upon our shoulders like our Father once carried us, high above the snakes that slithered around his shoes…..making us tall and momentarily secure. Unfortunately, he let us down from that lofty place in so many ways. On our own , survival is imperative as we hopscotch our way between the serpents and manage incredible bites of sustenance in the form of hard work, hard play and profound moments of sweet, enduring love…….lovers, spouse, children, grandchildren line-up to create this undeniable bond of such magnitude and strength….we are blown away by its power.
We become survivors. Like a flash of lightning in the evening sky, the electricity flows through our earthly bodies with such creative power that we in turn charge the world around us and continue the ebb and flow of eternal life. Such power and responsibility within us is, simply put, enormous! Love….
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