Whoever knows it

also knows that in love there is no More and no Less;

but that he who loves can only love with

the whole heart,

and with the whole soul;

with all his strength and

with all his will.

~~Max Muller

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...happiness is something you create...

a box of jumbo crayons is a good place to begin

skinny crayons feel more color-inside-the-lines-ish

even without the company of chubby toddler fingers

jumbo crayons carry you back to the childhood joy of creating...

flipping open the box top

sniffing the waxy goodiness

running your fingertips across each point

coddling magic sticks in your hand

feeling each carefree stroke on paper

creating anything

creating happiness

:)

it would be inspirational if you shared a link to a little bit of your happiness

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(see photograph for definition)

wordless wednesday

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 For everything you have missed, you have gained something else,

and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

~~Ralph Waldo Emerson

six days ago our sixteen year old son

returned home

from residential psychiatric treatment

again

two days ago his father and i called 911

and our son was arrested

today we formally file felony charges

and

for the safety of our younger sons

hope that

our son

will never return to his family

how does a mother crawl up from

the grave of this death

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the blending of fatherhood and grandfatherhood...

...better than real ice cream