It's snowing here this morning!!! It's not even hit Halloween yet and it's snowing!!! Ya gotta understand I've been in Northern Virginia for long time prior to moving here. And before that I was in Rhode Island but I've never seen it show BEFORE Halloween!!!

And it's time to send the cubs to school. OMG...where are the hats and gloves!!! Long sleeve shirts!!! Boots!!!...forget the boots it's not that bad (yet).


Oh, there they are!!! Guess I'll have a cup of hot CHOCOLATE (oh geez, more chocolate!?) with whipped cream and enjoy the view.

I do love snow...think it's pretty.

So what's the weather like for you guys today? And why do I get the feeling that I'm not in Kansas er...I mean Virginia anymore. Brrrrrr!!!

"My mama always said, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
~ Forrest Gump



Had some extra time today and I got to thinking about the Stream. This place that some of us call home. Sometimes all of the different Blogs seem like a box of chocolates to me...lots of variety. By the way, I'm sorry if this post makes you hungry (or anything else).

Some so sweet and yummy,

some kinda nutty,

and some very very talented!!!
(that's Art M. @ Voice for Black Male Issues by the way)

Sometimes we're sad...
and sometimes we're happy.
(Chocolate Lab, get it)

Every once and a while someone gets hot (and rightfully so).


But always we are all so wonderful and unique.
(check it out...chocolate sushi!!!)

I love you guys so much. You're always there for me. Today is a better day for me. Thanks!!!

How can it be that 2 souls can come together and forever be connected? In the same vein, how is it that hearts that connect through computer wires can come to be so significant to each other? How is it that people fall out of love with each other? And how is it that at this time of my life I am alone?

Perhaps it was one of my greatest sins.

I accept that my path now has to be a solitary one but on some days after I've fought the good fight and all of the distractions have ceased I'm most aware of how much I hate to be alone.

Knowing the difference between alone and lonely...I move in and out of both these days.



Four Seasons of Loneliness

I long for the warmth of days gone by
When you were mine
But now those days are memories in time
Lifes empty without you by my side
My heart belongs to you
No matter what I try
When I get courage up to love somebody new
It always falls apart cause they just
Can't compare to you
Until you release me
I'm bound under ball and chain
Reminiscing our love as I watch four seasons change

Chorus:
In comes the winter breeze
That chills the air and drifts the snow
And I imagine kissing you under the mistletoe
When springtime makes its way here
Lilac blooms reminds me of the scent of your perfume
When summer burns with heat
I always get the hots for you
Go skinny dippin in the ocean where we used to do
When autumn sheds the leaves the trees are bare
When you're not here it doesn't feel the same

Remember the nights when we closed our eyes
And vowed that you and I would be in love for all time
Anytime I think about these things is shared with you
I break down and cry cause I get so emotional
Until you release me I'm bound under ball and chain
Reminiscing our love as I watch four seasons change

This loneliness
Has crushed my heart
Please let me love again
Cause I need your love to comfort me and ease my pain
Or four seasons will bring the loneliness again

it was terrible...dreamt that my ex-husband sent my middle cub away for a year to live with her aunt because I'd fallen down in my duties to help her with her studies.

It sucked...I don't usually have bad dreams.

I know where the dream came from (no, it's not a real concern just something my subconscious mind put together from a few things that are running through my head right now). I can't imagine being away from my children. They are my life...my reason for living...my season of love.

I spoil them terribly. I try to find different ways to show them that I love them. From playing trains with the baby to having in depth conversations with the oldest about Naruto and spending hours doing the middle one's hair. Wait a minute, that's the adjenda for today!!!

My latest thing to do as the winds start to blow colder and colder here in Michigan is to warm their clothes in the dryer in the morning so they don't have to change into cold clothes.

I love the cubs...they're one of the best things I have going for me...now and forever.

Inspiration...I find it in the oddest places. I'm currently watching the movie RENT but I can't get past this opening song...Seasons of Love.

Please talk a minute to listen and read...it's one of the most powerful messages I've ever heard. Hope you guys like it...sending my love to you all.

Seasons Of Love Lyrics

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Moments so dear
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure - Measure A Year?
In Daylights - In Sunsets
In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles
In Laughter - In Strife

In - Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure
A Year In The Life?

How About Love?
How About Love?
How About Love?
Measure In Love

Seasons of Love.
Seasons of Love.

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Journeys To Plan

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure The Life
Of A Woman Or A Man?

In Truths That She Learned
Or In Times That He Cried
In Bridges He Burned
Or The Way That She Died

It's Time Now - To Sing Out
Though The Story Never Ends
Let's Celebrate
Remember A Year In The Life Of Friends

Remember the Love
Remember the Love
Remember the Love
Measure In Love

Oh you got to remember the love,
You know that love is a gift from up above
Share love, give love, spread love
Measure, measure your life in love.

Seasons Of Love
Measure Your Life In Love