Don't Be Afraid!

Yes, today is a Friday the 13th. Some people have anxiety over dates like this. I am here to tell you to relax!!! Fridays, first of all are always welcome. : ) Another weekend has arrived and we get to pick what it is we do with it, for the most part. Naps, walks, singing, visiting, cooking, dining out, you name it, you've got two days to do it up big!

Secondly, stop and think a minute. Have you personally ever had a truly bad experience on a Friday the 13th? Chances are you haven't, but you feel like it might happen this time, right? Well, then think of something good that happened on a Friday the 13th. You don't tend to notice those!

In my family, today is a good day. My first baby boy was born on a Friday the 13th in June 1975. He was a morning delivery, very uneventful and the healthiest kid you could ever ask for. My second son was born on Tuesday the 10th which was 3 days ahead of, you guessed it, Friday the 13th. He is a kind, sweet person who has a smile that lights up his face and yours. My third son was born on Monday the 16th, after a Friday the 13th. He was born in an hour and a half and is a talented artist and musician.

So, three wonderful things have happened in my life. And these fell on, or within 3 days of, a Friday the 13th. So, I am a disbeliever in the superstition that this is a bad day. I would like to start a new tradition! Friday the 13th is a great day. It is a day of new beginnings and a day of entering a new era full of love and joy.

Care to join me?

Newt Mistress

One Day It Dawns On You

One day you wake up and realize....

Someone has stolen your heart! You had it the last time you remember, but it definitely isn't yours any more. Someone else came into your life and, however innocently, they've made off with the goods!

Now, when that someone isn't around your chest feels empty. Suddenly, you feel a little incomplete. Now what are you going to do??? You can't really blame them. You must have let them do it. Something so vital, so much a part of your being cannot be taken without consent. You must have given them access to it.

The problem now is this; now you need that other person. Why? Because without them, you are no longer whole. A central piece is gone and must be recovered. All you can really do is go tell them about it. If, you are fortunate, they won't give it back.

Best case scenario is this, they give you theirs. Now, you can both feel complete when you are together!

Then, one day it dawns on you,

it was supposed to happen that way!
Hearts are to be given away, or better yet, exchanged.