one shabba away

one shabba away Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

"Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe." -- Eileen Elias

for S & V...

never not seeing

never not seeing
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"Pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find." -- William Wordsworth, 1806

goodbye, tita josie!

goodbye, tita josie!
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"In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing." --- Robert Ingersoll

* Rest in God's arms, Tita Josie. Thank you for sharing your life with us. We will miss you.

of course i remembered...

of course i remembered...
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"Gratitude is the memory of the heart." -- Jean Baptiste Massieu


4<3.

what i did today...

what i did today...
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"With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable." -- Thomas Foxwell Buxton

*** not quite sure if i could do this right... intricate and painstaking but it turned out pretty so i'm happy. four down twenty more to go... #creativestress

cute little button

cute little button
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"My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." -- Edith Wharton

more than one prayer

more than one prayer
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"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is simply putting out the lamp because the dawn has come." --- from the Word in other words book

*** praying for so many souls today... since last year, death has been knocking on many doors... more so lately... there's a wake or a funeral to go to every week... life is short indeed. do what we can to whom we can with what we have... but there's a bigger message here... patience and faith.

c

c
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"Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see." -- Dorthea Lange

patience and faith

patience and faith
Originally uploaded by * jdt... (shabba!)

“If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently and replace it tenderly in its Master's presence. And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back and place it again in Our Lord's presence, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.”
--- St. Francis de Sales

* shadow looks like the church belfry.