Random Thoughts from the Edge of Life

I hope you will enjoy this adventure, and wander with me as I meander along the Edge of Life.

I'm not sure what direction we will take or how far we will go. I can only hope that this endeavor will survive where others in my life have faltered as fatigue advances.

At times this may sound like a "Bucket List", but it is not a compilation of what I want to do before my physical body ceases to exist, but rather a list of what I want to do so I don't live with regrets.

And we are off...



Thursday, October 14, 2010

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enough said!?

Friday, October 1, 2010

We had a beautiful sunset last night! Pinks, purples, blues, oranges, reds...

Everytime I see a beautiful sunrise or sunset I think of my father. As he was dying, he told me that he would always be with me; I just had to look for him in the sunrises and sunsets.

I am a "daddy's girl". I have been since the day I was born and will be when I see Papa again in eternity.

I have many reasons why I never got married (fear of commitment, a need to prove that I can take care of myself, a fiercely independent nature, and on, and on, and on...), but I think the real reason is that I have never found an available man that could live up to my view of my father; intelligent, loving, faithful, committed.

Maybe it's time to move beyond the reasons...