tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88729720482975215172024-03-18T20:47:21.230-07:00Finding the Stories of our Beginningswinding a way through the maze surrounding us finding the paths that stories from yesterdays laid down. enjoying the vistas from high grounds and pondering the voids from the depths in darkness.Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-67993268036475748132015-01-08T08:15:00.002-08:002015-01-08T08:15:56.161-08:00A Little Prayer<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">Grasp</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span> Let go</span></div>
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Across through into</div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span> Yes, I’m here</span></div>
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<span class="s1"></span><br /></div>
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<span class="s1">Sway</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span> Slip away</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Through into across</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span> Always here</span></div>
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<span class="s1"></span><br /></div>
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<span class="s1">Tumble</span></div>
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<span class="s1"> Rest still</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Into across through</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span> Forever here</span></div>
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<span class="s1"></span><br /></div>
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<span class="s1">Ink in the air</span></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>Sandra Hunter's Westlake Class (10.15.14) "A Little Prayer" </b></div>
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<span class="s1"><b></b></span><br /></div>
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<span class="s1"><b></b></span><br /></div>
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Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-7302160615849509302014-01-12T21:59:00.001-08:002014-01-12T21:59:55.800-08:00The Ballerina<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">movement</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">movement with intention</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">movement with desire</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">to be beautiful</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">to be graceful</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with intention </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with desire</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">movement</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">tiny feet glide across the floor</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">young arms gently etching lines</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">in the air as music guides her heart</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">this Ballerina is born to dance</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">her way through her life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">she will dance</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with intention</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with desire</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">to show beauty</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">to show grace</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with intention</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with desire</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">she will dance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">this Ballerina dances</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">still through to today</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">her feet as light</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">her arms as free </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">as the first day she danced</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">she dances</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with intentions</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with desire</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">she is beauty</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">she is grace</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with intention</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with desire</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">she dances</span></div>
<div class="p2">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span class="s1"></span></span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">inspired by Rasa and her love of Ballet </span></div>
Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-36931450319122781092013-12-26T13:59:00.002-08:002013-12-26T14:00:49.988-08:00More Than We Know<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b>More Than We Know <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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You are loved,</div>
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More than you know,</div>
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More than your heart can hold,</div>
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Through all your days and nights.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Love is in every breath,</div>
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The breeze that kisses your skin,</div>
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And everything your hands and heart touch,</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Love speaks,<br />
Love listens,</div>
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Love moves,</div>
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<br /></div>
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I am loved,</div>
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More than I know,</div>
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More than my heart can hold,</div>
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Through all my days and nights.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Love is in every breath,</div>
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The breeze that kisses my skin,</div>
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And everything my hands and heart touch,</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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Love speaks,</div>
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Love listens,</div>
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Love moves,</div>
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We are loved,</div>
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More than we know</div>
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Love speaks,</div>
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Love listens,</div>
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Love moves,</div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-37870869331294285042013-08-30T13:32:00.000-07:002013-08-30T13:32:41.495-07:00... Love to Stephen etal<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxE224H7eP3_wFgCw4N3xBUE6-pH6B89pt70V8JeXQ71uiFuLlsuQevTwplajpVmV_MKcJYkvjnkc-J282OsWVfzc38z2Xzx434tDA35zhS8q8sap-mhuvoBAlDBo_Hpb8e4Rr3iGWuec/s1600/P7300775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxE224H7eP3_wFgCw4N3xBUE6-pH6B89pt70V8JeXQ71uiFuLlsuQevTwplajpVmV_MKcJYkvjnkc-J282OsWVfzc38z2Xzx434tDA35zhS8q8sap-mhuvoBAlDBo_Hpb8e4Rr3iGWuec/s200/P7300775.JPG" width="150" /></a><span lang="EN-US">To Our Neighbour who left us a note:</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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We have a problem. We live in this problem</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We have a child. We have a child that is
mentally handicapped</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">You decided that it would be a good idea to
live in a close neighbourhood like this</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">So your children could go outside and play with other children</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We moved here for the same reasons</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You think me selfish to let our child go
outside every day</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">You say it is to let him be a nothing, a nuisance and a problem</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">The noise polluting whaling is how he
communicates</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Yes, it is often difficult to understand, respond
to, and it does get on one’s nerves</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Like every child’s constant chatter can. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Mostly, though, it is music to our ears</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Our hearts rejoice to see him run and play
and laugh as he does</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Ah “normal”. How lovely if “normal” was
more than a setting on a dishwasher</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">And that nature trail, thanks for that, we do
go there often </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We run and make noise together. We love it!
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We see so many wonderful things on that
trail. We take lots of pictures</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We would like to share some of them with
you sometime</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We often take him to the city </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">There we hear sounds of crying babies, music,
and barking dogs there too</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">He laughs and whales with joy because it is
just like being here. He is such a joy!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Yes, in many ways he is a hindrance </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We cannot go out together, no dates nights,
no walks alone</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We have friends but we cannot get together
with them</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Sometime we can catch a few minutes and sit
on our back porch </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Sit together listening to the sounds of the
evening</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">As neighbourhood families connect at the
end of everyone’s busy day</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We hear too, the sound of his breath, our
son’s breath as he sleeps</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">And before we drop off into our troubled
slumber </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We try to remember to give thanks for
everything,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Absolutely everything.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Thanks very much for your concern about his
long-term care. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We too worry about who will care for him
when we are gone</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We too are sad that he will never have
those “normal” growing up events</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">But we try to remember that normal is only
a setting on our dishwasher</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We like your suggestion about donating his
body when he is gone</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">How wonderful it would be if his body was
able to teach us more</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Teach all of us much more</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">More than this syndrome, his
personality,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and his love has
already taught us </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">You admonish me to deal with him “properly”
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">As though you believe there is one
‘properly” way</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">There are many helping us, and other
parents like us, figure out what “properly” is</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">It is in the dark of such struggles that I
am glad for the “normal” on our dishwasher</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">You assault me with your accusatory
question </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">“What right I have to do this to hard working people?”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I understand this frustration. I have heard
that our child reminds others that life is not fair and that you too, might one
day face a trial with your child, or a grandchild, that pulls you so thin the
dust in the air passes right through you. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">It is my sincere hope and prayer that
this not ever come into your life.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Oh yes, we are hard working people too.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Your conclusion that we feel we are
“entitled to special treatment” is incorrect </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We need help. Our child needs help</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">And exactly what that help looks like is
still undefined</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We fear that others will attempt to define
this help</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Define in light of ill informed and
incomplete information </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Shaped by their preconceived conclusions and judgments</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">The out of that pot specific programs
develop that lumps all “like” children together</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">You see, your children our child - all
children are different – all with different needs </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Each is deserving of the best we can
provide</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I would gently remind us both that children
deserve a loving environment.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Now, as to your idea that we help others in
our community by relocating</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">As much as living in the beautiful woods
sounds like a lovely idea</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Perfectly idyllic really,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We cannot do this. Moving is not an option
for many reasons. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Our funds have been depleted.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Schools for our child are not available in
many places</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">No parent can be asked to put their child
in harms way to please another person, no matter how many those persons add up
to. It would be irresponsible.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">It has been good to have had this letter
from you, even if your “guts” as you say are in typewritten black ink – surely
not the colour of your heart – the pink paper leads us to believe that you are really
sweet but having a particularly stressful, upsetting, grey day. We do understand
that for sure.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Now to your final comment … there are no
words except that yes, I will do the right thing. I will tell you, in all truth
and kindness that I Love You and hope that we one day can be friends under
wonderful circumstances</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">By
Jane Jones, in Love to Stephen etal</span></div>
Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-17952769463438589602013-08-23T20:43:00.000-07:002013-08-23T20:43:08.055-07:00perspective<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US">no need of a wheel <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">the eyes will paint </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">with colours</span></div>
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felt in the heart</div>
Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-35839128688011403882012-11-21T19:54:00.001-08:002012-11-21T19:54:19.366-08:00Life Poem: In Process (MJWJ:04/03/2012)
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlCopFZ_CNhWgBcoI3pGoj1KG-1y7gU5f28giT4To9OYcnNTOeV7oTg_6y2wR9nbPD8-7Ky1mFKNUvlWzwhESSAWgXoQNapKVQem97UP1cIqv8_wkyUvO0KjVo47qqDHFLb145S_D8Bg/s1600/PB170049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlCopFZ_CNhWgBcoI3pGoj1KG-1y7gU5f28giT4To9OYcnNTOeV7oTg_6y2wR9nbPD8-7Ky1mFKNUvlWzwhESSAWgXoQNapKVQem97UP1cIqv8_wkyUvO0KjVo47qqDHFLb145S_D8Bg/s400/PB170049.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">tomorrow tomorrow<br />
today yields<br />
to yesterday<br />
<br />
tomorrow tomorrow<br />
weal or woe<br />
dawn anon <br />
<br />
tomorrow tomorrow<br />
friend or foe <br />
bring me life <br />
<br />
tomorrow tomorrow<br />
good or ill <br />
see me live<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">tomorrow tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">love prevails<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">come what may<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Prayer is the tool to bless<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Love is the power to heal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I do, I ask, each day and
patiently wait … <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ere' the sun does set ...</td></tr>
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... gentleness is<br />
not weakness<br />
nor is kindness<br />
ignorance for<br />
Love's gentleness<br />
often draws<br />
from great<br />
strength and<br />
Love's kindness<br />
requires great<br />
wisdom<br />
...<br />
let me learn<br />
gentleness and kindness<br />
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crickets singing their passion in the dark</div>
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dry leaves skipping across the stone pathway</div>
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scooped along
by the quiet breeze</div>
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<br /></div>
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at my window memories of nights on a porch</div>
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while little ones slept in their beds</div>
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my desire enjoying the night’s perfume</div>
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my passion swirling through each breath</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
ink spilling spilled onto the page</div>
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no one would discover my brilliance</div>
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pages turning turned would soon be hidden</div>
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my dreams opened would see only the night</div>
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<br /></div>
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the passion of crickets seeking their nightly release </div>
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the joy of leaves on their final journey about the place</div>
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the evidence of unspoken unexplored passion meeting my eyes</div>
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roots, dirt, and stalk with a quiet breeze are still here</div>
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a broom in hand<br />
think<br />
of the possibilities<br />
<br />
ah, but alas without one<br />
sadness<br />
in the spaces between<br />
<br />
to employ those uses are<br />
alive<br />
left in the hand of the poet<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
a broom handle and head<br />
ah, were a broom in my hand<br />
now I would ...<br />
<br />
the ceiling would echo<br />
through to the floor<br />
to the chamber within above<br />
<br />
the floor would creak<br />
under the weight of hearts<br />
through the space between<br />
<br />
a broom in hand<br />
we would live<br />
the possibilities<br />
<br />
<br />
Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-3143316009222620962012-08-07T20:36:00.003-07:002012-08-07T20:36:22.544-07:00something that abides<br />
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<br /></div>
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have you ever held something </div>
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in your hand </div>
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had
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sometime before </div>
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but let it go ... </div>
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<br /></div>
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this time </div>
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you hold it, </div>
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turning it
over - </div>
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this time </div>
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to know </div>
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something </div>
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answers from within your heart ... </div>
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<br /></div>
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have you
ever held something </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
in your heart </div>
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and known you </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
had held it </div>
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sometime before </div>
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but
let it go ... </div>
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<br /></div>
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this time </div>
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you hold it </div>
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closer, more gently, </div>
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and ponder it longer - </div>
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this time </div>
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to really know – </div>
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to know </div>
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the something that abides </div>
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there lighting your
way ... </div>Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-56241247709791604602012-05-21T21:39:00.001-07:002012-05-21T21:39:21.539-07:00invite and find ways<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">gentleness and grace thrive in a garden filled with rocks ...</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;">writing letters</span></b><br />
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</style>Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-66618615211762034372012-05-17T17:27:00.000-07:002012-05-18T12:46:03.601-07:00love is perfect now ...<div style="background-color: white;">
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<span lang="EN-US">i did not get to say good-bye</span></div>
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<br /></div>Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-44324946508126976382012-04-28T21:10:00.001-07:002015-11-17T08:23:49.325-08:00Evening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">evening<br /> <br /> listen as the wee birds sleep<br /> 'neath the shelter of their parent's wing<br /> <br /><span class="text_exposed_show"> ah, to hear this sound<br /> ah, to know the joy this gives their maker<br /> <br /> listen as the children sleep<br /> after love has tucked them into their beds<br /> <br /> ah, to hear this sound<br /> ah, to know the joy this gives their maker</span></span></h6>
Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-86667361833641555342012-04-28T21:04:00.001-07:002015-11-17T08:24:06.417-08:00Early Morning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">early morning<br /> <br /> birds singing<br /> listen<br /> the heart's song<br /><span class="text_exposed_show"> <br /> wings flutter<br /> watch<br /> the heart's rhythm<br /> <br /> rise<br /> greet<br /> love</span></span></h6>
Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-44258248759174071012012-02-10T20:26:00.000-08:002012-02-10T20:26:02.817-08:00blessing a loved one's night sleep<style>
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softly breathing</div>
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wings spreading </div>
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today’s heart</div>
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heaven accepts</div>
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as time flies</div>
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your feet walk </div>
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in the sun’s love</div>Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-57468678544498857372012-01-29T23:33:00.000-08:002012-01-29T23:33:33.750-08:00MJWJ: 01/26/2012Life Poem - In Process (MJWJ: 01/26/2012)<br />
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Life fell off the table ... I felt it too late<br />
Reaching for it ... I slipped and fell<br />
<br />
I did not notice the edge of the table as life got out of balance<br />
The kids were growing out into families of their own - one at a time<br />
<br />
There were 4 - Then there were none<br />
The doubt, confusion and pain of the years blew life off into the wide open<br />
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With one hand holding firm to the table's edge<br />
Digits fumbling round for a more sure grip<br />
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The other hand holding life in hope<br />
My heart seeking for grace to help in this need<br />
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Prayer is the tool to bless<br />
Love is the power to heal<br />
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I do, I ask, each day and patiently wait ...Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-19772233522860755522011-11-19T18:22:00.001-08:002011-11-19T18:31:08.268-08:00The Workhow long?
for what?
how long?
not sure
how long?
don't know
...
I'll be back
when I have
a question
that has an answer
...
I'm back
I found the answer
when I found the question
...
thank you
you're welcomeJane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-66579592683767767432011-11-11T19:37:00.001-08:002011-11-11T19:41:36.658-08:00After the Stormjoy after the storm
I felt the memory
the promise spoken
in thunder clapping
rain pouring
me chasing it
down the empty street
joy in the storm
I felt the memory
the promise spoken
birch trees swayed drying
me dancing as
notes rise in the breeze
joy before the storm
I felt the memory
the promise spoken
as grey clouds gather
me waiting with
sparrows in their nestsJane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-66090352134200379682011-05-07T15:54:00.000-07:002011-05-07T15:54:55.054-07:00born in an old house<style>
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<div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">born in an old house</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">born in the old church-house </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">of a young mother </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">namesake to a soldier</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">into a sickly body</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a spirit to match the best</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">threads from the clothes</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">cords from the coats</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">gathered from his kin</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to weave a blanket for warmth</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">an old and honourable line </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> sons of the British Isles in arms</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">uncles with brothers all men</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">they are, everyone, soldiers still </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">those now in the wind hear tell</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">before Kings and Queens all stood</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in turn going in and out to war</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">until in service they each did die </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">this man child, this babe</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">braver than his frame grew</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">destined, they say, to carry</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">war high on his heart to lead</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a man must find his way they say </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in steps of those gone before wearing</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">duty's shoes that know only one way</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">uncharted paths left undiscovered</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">wrapped in his mantle he found were</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">threads woven firmly from the past</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">families were soldiers of many lands </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">hearts whose beat he made his own</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">head of the family in succession </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">carried representing his ancestors </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">thoughts and loves surely stilled</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">warm flesh and blood long past feeling</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">no son for whom to weave a blanket </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bereft of one to carry house and honour </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">mantled and others seek </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">his martial spirit</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">memory's </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">pages yellow as life and years fade</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Poem by Jane Jones (inspired by the life of General James Wolfe)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></div>Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-34106347180273295842010-12-15T16:19:00.000-08:002015-11-17T08:39:23.111-08:00Gold StarsThere are no gold stars<br />
for gold requires the light of the sun to glitter<br />
the glitter is but the reflection of the gifts of the sun<br />
dancing before our eyes<br />
inviting our hearts to dance with it<br />
<br />
If stars were gold<br />
our gaze would not be drawn to the heavens<br />
in the darkest times of our nights<br />
our eyes would remain closed<br />
the darkness of our hearts would deepen<br />
<br />
Stars are light<br />
they bring life and show the way<br />
we create<br />
we live<br />
in the love we share<br />
<br />
All that glitters is not gold<br />
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<br />Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-9922900673885099422010-11-20T13:07:00.000-08:002010-11-20T13:07:34.040-08:00Search And Hold The Deep<div style="font-family: inherit;"> <style>
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Search And Hold The Deep</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Hands bound <span> </span>in blindness <span> </span>holding the deep</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Straining and weeping <span> </span>with and against</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Invisible darkness <span> </span>hiding the light</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Gnarled in knots <span> </span>the heart draws back</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Straining <span> </span>and weeping with <span> </span>and against</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Wind twisting <span> </span>and whipping <span> </span>bleaching the dream</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Gnarled<span> </span><span> </span>in knots <span> </span>the heart draws <span> </span>back</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Pink Slippers in unison <span> </span>refuse to be still</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Wind <span> </span>twisting and whipping <span> </span>bleaching <span> </span>the dream</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Wanting <span> </span>is left as each brittle<span> </span>hope <span> </span>cracks</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Pink<span> </span>Slippers in unison refuse to be <span> </span>still</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">The tempest above <span> </span>parts the curtain <span> </span>of peace</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Wanting <span> </span>is left <span> </span>as each <span> </span>brittle <span> </span>hope<span> </span><span> </span>cracks</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Submission is <span> </span>fought <span> </span>as each arrow strikes <span> </span>fast</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">The tempest <span> </span>above <span> </span><span> </span>parts <span> </span>the <span> </span>curtain of peace</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Standing <span> </span>light’s stillness <span> </span>as <span> </span>mourner’s embrace </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Submission is fought <span> </span>as <span> </span>each <span> </span>arrow <span> </span>strikes fast</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">The fetters will melt <span> </span>the hands <span> </span>still holding the deep<span> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Standing <span> </span>light’s stillness <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>as<span> </span>mourner’s<span> </span><span> </span>embrace </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Gentleness surrounds <span> </span>Arrows fall <span> </span>miss their mark</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">The fetters will melt <span> </span>the hands still holding the deep<span> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Breathless caress searches<span> </span><span> </span>in the altar <span> </span>of light</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Standing<span> </span><span> </span>light’s stillness in <span> </span>mourner’s embrace </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Mirror is shattered <span> </span>by long echoes <span> </span>love quietly <span> </span>waits </span></b></div>Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-90071562238803614562010-09-01T12:34:00.000-07:002010-09-01T12:34:33.099-07:00my memories and me cry outthe years slipped by<br />
life's little memories one at a time<br />
i am full of lived moments<br />
folding and reboxing them up<br />
to make room for today's life<br />
<br />
a memory slips out of my heart<br />
my hands catch it and it holds me close<br />
it winds it's way through my life<br />
i welcome it taking a place in today<br />
to join together keeping me whole<br />
<br />
life's minutes must find a place<br />
snug between the one before<br />
and the one that followed <br />
each second finds it's place<br />
as a life lived from one to the next<br />
<br />
the past is near wanting to live<br />
the future looms unformed in view<br />
today struggles to find it's breath<br />
to live new memories <br />
more to crowd the bursting seams<br />
<br />
some say i am old, rest now and sleep<br />
yes, even this old body betrays<br />
the days it has seen now wearied<br />
but my heart and mind are not so<br />
they are not full they are not done<br />
<br />
my memories and me cry out<br />
more days more life more love<br />
be gone you who would bid me be still <br />
why would I refuse to live when <br />
i am still here with much to giveJane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-40951432823417921102010-06-24T21:09:00.000-07:002010-06-24T21:19:42.824-07:00a beginning an end a beginningwhere is the story in the beginning?<br />
in the ending that came before?<br />
where is the the ending so we can find the beginning?<br />
is the story before<br />
the beginning?<br />
where the story in the beginning is to be found<br />
the story <br />
in the beginning<br />
in the ending<br />
that came before<br />
where the story is to be found<br />
we can find the beginning<br />
where the ending is the beginning<br />
<br />
<br />
so we find<br />
the story <br />
<br />
is the story in the beginning?<br />
is the story in the ending that came before?<br />
<br />
where is the story to be found?Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-38754817112253383122010-02-25T10:48:00.000-08:002010-02-25T10:50:05.738-08:00whose stubborn ears??hehehe - I remember arguing with Dad about a lot of things we (or I) wanted to do and he thought either "not helpful or a waste of time" - that we had not much else to do fell on stubborn ears ... did I say stubborn??? this feels a lot like looking into a mirror ... doph!!Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872972048297521517.post-90250452928748332982010-02-25T10:28:00.000-08:002010-02-25T10:29:30.257-08:00those we meet<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span class="UIStory_Message">We know our hearts and see God's hands in the eyes of those we meet in our now - not time past or time yet given ... </span></h3>Jane Jones ... A Pebblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15502519770486658094noreply@blogger.com0