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WOW! I've been recognized by Blogger Buzz!!!! Here is the link to their 10 year anniversary Buzz Blogger Buzz and the link I wrote about Blogger, called The Isolation and Blogger Gratitude..." I am amazed. I got visitors from being recognized from small islands in the Pacific ocean and my blog has gone global... thank you all who come here and read what I have to say. I hope the words inspire and are profound.
Click HERE to see the etymology of the idiomatic expressionWaiting for the Shoe to Drop.
As a wordsmith, I've always been fascinated by the etymology of words and idiomatic expressions. This is one expression that, finally, I have laid to rest in my heart and soul.
Why am I interested in this?
Well, I didn't realize until the boys were born, and are now officially 18 months old on Thursday (amazing how time flies) that I've been holding my breath basically since they were conceived.
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Proverbs 14:30
Having had so many lost children, I just didn't realize the fear and anxiety that riddled my heart and soul. Unbidden, unasked for, yet, my past informed my present and future.
I refuse, absolutely, to continue on this path of waiting for the shoe to drop. Meaning, yes, my sons both have been diagnosed with something that potentially could kill them, and I have to protect their health at all costs (asthma) but we will live out our lives as normally as we can possibly live them.
I got snowboots today, already waiting for the big event. Their first time in the snow. Last year they were so tiny and so sick I barely took them out. They never got to play in the snow. So this year, our combo living/dining room will take on new meaning.
We emptied it and our friends thought we were nuts. Why? Because there is no longer any furniture except the sofa and two chairs for hanging out on. The dining set has been replaced by a gym-quality mat, and the rug has been replaced by a massive rug that has roads on it and buildings... the boys are obsessed with all things with wheels and call everything from backhoes to firetrucks "cars".
I just ordered a swing, climbing wall, slide and gym for the indoors. One that is age appropriate for them but will last them for a while. Also a blackboard/art table that seats 4. I will be keeping them busy with crafts and the inside of this house will be filled with the stampeding of two quickly growing feet playing away.
The cold exacerbates their asthma but on brilliantly sunny days I plan on dragging them out on the golfcourse, which is STUNNING in the snow. I will bundle them up big time, of course.
Here's Kelly Clarkson, one of my favorite singers, with "Already Gone"
Already Gone lyrics
Songwriters: Clarkson, Kelly Brianne; Tedder, Ryan;
Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye
Even with our fists held high
It never would've worked out right
We were never meant for do or die
I didn't want us to burn out
I didn't come here to hold you, now I can't stop
I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone
Looking at you makes it harder
But I know that you'll find another
That doesn't always make you want to cry
Started with a perfect kiss then we could feel the poison set in
Perfect couldn't keep this love alive
You know that I love you so, I love you enough to let you go
I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone
I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
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