Congrats Deidre! Hope you like the change.

MK, ya gonna keep praying three time a day for her for anything else?

(July 28, 2018 at 3:04 pm)energizer bunny Wrote: Congrats. 

Thank you!!

(July 28, 2018 at 5:42 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:

(July 27, 2018 at 11:27 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: So, where to begin?

Summary of the latest events:

I got the job!
I quit my current job. Going to finish in about a week, there.
I'm really happy with everything in my life...professionally and personally.

This is a first.

 

I am really happy for you!

Shukran, my friend! 

(July 28, 2018 at 7:58 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Congrats Deidre! Hope you like the change.

MK, ya gonna keep praying three time a day for her for anything else?

Lol I’m looking forward to it!!

A poem for my grandmother

If there is a Heaven (poem by me)

I had a dream last night
It startled me awake
For a moment, she returned
But, it was all fake

My heart did a flip
Nana called out my name
It seemed so real
Not another mind game

Why did she leave me?
Where did she go?
She went to a better place
Or, so I’ve been told

I miss her laugh
And her kind ways
She was like a bright light
Such beautiful, strong rays

My dad misses her, too
His mother whom he loved
He is angry, and sad
Feels a bit drugged

It didn’t just happen
A few years have passed
But, when someone dies
You learn nothing lasts

So, the days that we have
Are numbered at best
Spend them wisely
Because you could be next

Life makes a raw deal
Pull up a chair, listen up!
Love one another
And never let up

For without love
There is no life at all
Just a mere existence
Weak and small

But, love changes everything
It may hurt, it may cost
The sacrifice is worth it
Even if it’s lost

Nana, I love you
You weren’t here long enough
But, know that you are missed
And, it’s been quite tough

No one will ever be like you
You once said the same
To me, over coffee
After a trivia game

You had a way with words
Made everyone feel at ease
Your presence and beauty
Felt like a gentle breeze

If there is a heaven
I will see you again
I won’t have to dream
It will be real, with no end.

(August 2, 2018 at 10:16 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: A poem for my grandmother

If there is a Heaven (poem by me)

I had a dream last night
It startled me awake
For a moment, she returned
But, it was all fake

My heart did a flip
Nana called out my name
It seemed so real
Not another mind game

Why did she leave me?
Where did she go?
She went to a better place
Or, so I’ve been told

I miss her laugh
And her kind ways
She was like a bright light
Such beautiful, strong rays

My dad misses her, too
His mother whom he loved
He is angry, and sad
Feels a bit drugged

It didn’t just happen
A few years have passed
But, when someone dies
You learn nothing lasts

So, the days that we have
Are numbered at best
Spend them wisely
Because you could be next

Life makes a raw deal
Pull up a chair, listen up!
Love one another
And never let up

For without love
There is no life at all
Just a mere existence
Weak and small

But, love changes everything
It may hurt, it may cost
The sacrifice is worth it
Even if it’s lost

Nana, I love you
You weren’t here long enough
But, know that you are missed
And, it’s been quite tough

No one will ever be like you
You once said the same
To me, over coffee
After a trivia game

You had a way with words
Made everyone feel at ease
Your presence and beauty
Felt like a gentle breeze

If there is a heaven
I will see you again
I won’t have to dream
It will be real, with no end.

Absolutely beautiful and stunning poem!

Hey MK! Thank you!
How are you these days?

(August 4, 2018 at 1:05 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: Hey MK! Thank you!
How are you these days?

I am doing really well. Just don't have time to bicker these days!

How are you doing?

(July 27, 2018 at 11:27 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: So, where to begin?

Summary of the latest events:

I got the job!
I quit my current job. Going to finish in about a week, there.
I'm really happy with everything in my life...professionally and personally.

This is a first.

That's awesome Deidre 

Thanks

The Trip (poem by me)

Once upon a time
there was a naive girl
she followed her heart
she traveled the world

She went to Paris and Madrid
sampling food and wine
chatting up strangers
believing all their lines

The men were quite kind
spewing what she wanted to hear
they were charming and smart
but unfortunately, quite cavalier

Every airplane trip
gave her a rush
who would she meet this time?
who would be her next crush?

Yet, her trips grew dull
as ten years piled on
she woke up one day
realizing, what she had done

She relentlessly kept looking
for that one special thing
where could it be?
what was she missing?

All along her journeys
she hoped it was him
one man after the next
but, the chances grew slim

One day, as she packed
for yet another long trip
she fidgeted and frowned
biting her lip

She was tired of traveling
it got her quite down
so many cities and towns
she was never around

Her mother and father
were becoming older and distant
she lost track of time
in what seemed to be, an instant

Traveling the world
lost her so much
where did her friends go?
they stopped keeping in touch

Her peace and happiness
was always right here
not in a faraway land
but, up close and clear

She made an atonement
to those she had ignored
spending time in the present
she had so much in store

No more boats and planes
her mind was made up
if she were to find love
she would have to offer up

Her time and kindness
and cease chasing the wrong things
she was grateful to be home
where she finally stopped yearning

How can this be?
she thought, with a smile
my entire life
I've been lost in the miles

Once upon a time
there was a naive girl
she followed her heart
and the path led to her.


*I've been in a poetry mood, lately. This poem isn't about me, but it's really more of a metaphor as to how we all get busy chasing the wrong things, wrong people...when all we have been looking for, is within us.

So, my new job. I kind of started it last week, had to meet some new people, but officially started today. I work from home now, which is amazing, but...it's hard, because everything is done remotely. If your computer is messed up, you wait. If you need an answer right away, you wait. So, while they make me wait...I will not work.

Anyway, the point is, perhaps there are no perfect jobs, for there are no perfect people. I left my last job thinking that the grass might be greener, but in reality, it's just a different shade of green.

It is hard sometimes, to not second guess the decisions you make, though, you know? :/