...for my sister...

sometimes our blogs are our therapy.

most of the time i like to have fun with nature...

NOT MUCH is more exciting to me than wandering around...

in the yard...in the woods...and finding interesting things to take pictures of.

well...although i always have a vast number of pic's to go through

and decide which ones to post...

today is more of a deep thought day.

the first thing i did this morning...before i even got my coffee...

was to light a memorial candle for my sister.

sally was 3 years younger than me. 

she passed away after losing a long battle to breast cancer

she had a mastectomy, went through all the usual treatments...

chemo & radiation...only to find out five years later 

that her cancer was not only back, but had metastasized.

she passed away in march of  '07.

today she would have been 54.

she had ONE bumper sticker on her car...it read 

"No Wimps"

her favorite quote was

"Gratitude is the best attitude"

and so...i always seem to get a little 'down' when birthdays or days of death

roll around.  and for me...that's fairly often...having lost both parents 

and my only sister & brother.  

of course there have been many other deaths of relatives and friends...

over the years...but it's really only my sister, brother & dad 

that get to me the most.

it's only for them that i light a candle.

it's only for them, that i get a little down.

 

when i'm in the store...buying a birthday card for someone...

and notice the cards for brothers and sisters...

i stand there...trying to keep from crying...tears welling up in my eyes...

heart-ache to the max.

 

anyway...enough of all that. 

i wasn't planning on doing a post until tomorrow morning,

but decided to do a quick one today...for sally.  

to help me.  to make me feel better. 

i needed to talk.

for the most part...

people don't want to hear me go on about 'missing them'.  

i should be over it by now,  you know.

so, here i am. 

knowing you don't have to read if you don't want.

you don't have to listen.

but it makes ME feel better to write.

 

sally loved flowers.

so these are for her!

and you.

 

~rain lily~

 

~lantana~

 

~butterfly weed~

What sets sisters apart from brothers
and also from friends
is a very intimate meshing of
heart, soul and the mystical cords of memory.

 

~mimosa ground cover~

 ~tropical  sage~

 

~hydrangea~

Chance made us Sisters,
hearts made us friends.

 

~beauty berry~

 

~standing cypress~

 

~black eyed susan~

Sisters are blossoms
in the garden of life.

 

 

~pansies~

 

~dogwood tree~ 

 

~redbud tree~

 

~persian silk/mimosa tree~

 thanks for staying...

I give you this one thought to keep -

I am with you still - I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow,

I am the sunlight on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not think of me as gone -
I am with you still - in each new dawn.

(NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER)

have a safe journey!

:]  laura