I promise
you this: the anticipatory fear that is coursing through your body as you sit
there, wondering about this new journey you are about to take tomorrow, or in
the middle of the Summer, or next September, is worse than the exciting journey
you’re about to go on. -- Henry Winkler
2021. I
officially declare this a year of GROWTH for me!! Yes, that very much describes
it in more ways than one. After 37 years of my ENTIRE Life residing in the Pacific
Northwest, a little over one month ago, on June 1st, my family and I
relocated to Texas!! I’m not going to disclose WHERE, exactly, in The Lone Star
state I call home. Texas is obviously BIG, you know? In the year, months,
weeks, and days leading up to our Life-changing move, this above Henry Winkler
quote, {which is taken from part of a speech for graduates}, SPOKE to my heart
and soul!! All of a sudden, I would recite this quote, {I have it
memorized}, and, of course, I would give EVERYTHING to God!! Change is HARD,
while simultaneously, it’s an ‘exciting journey’. Peace and Love, y’all, Mary
Lou
P.S.
Relocating from the Pacific Northwest to Texas is just ONE reason why I
disappeared for FIVE months. More to come….
‘Texas is calling and I must go’;
Babe….
This, this is my phrase, my motto;
Will I
sense you in the Lone Star State….
Amongst
new memories I create?
Rose,
will you still send me God Winks, signs….
Straight
from The Rainbow Bridge so divine?
Will I
see God Winks in butterflies?
What
about a red-colored sunrise?
Will I
sense you in the Lone Star State….
Amongst
new memories I create?
Rose,
will you still send me God Winks, signs….
Straight
from The Rainbow Bridge so divine?
Will I
see God Winks in nature’s wind?
What
about trees tall and disciplined?
Will I
sense you in the Lone Star State….
Amongst
new memories I create?
Rose,
will you still send me God Winks, signs….
Straight
from The Rainbow Bridge so divine?
Will I
see God Winks in Bluebonnets?
What
about skies that are starlit?
Will I
sense you in the Lone Star State….
Amongst
new memories I create?
Rose,
will you still send me God Winks, signs….
Straight
from The Rainbow Bridge so divine?
Will I
see God Winks in calm deer?
What
about those snakes, your fear?
Will I
sense you in the Lone Star State….
Amongst
new memories I create?
Rose,
will you still send me God Winks, signs….
Straight
from The Rainbow Bridge so divine?
Will I
see God Winks in Cardinals?
Yes!!
‘Cause you are in my heart, my soul!!
‘Texas
is calling and I must go’;
Babe….
This, this is my phrase, my motto.
Winkler is so right about anticipatory anxiety.
ReplyDeleteAnd how it courses through with excitement and nerves.
True, too, about how we never know when and where God Winks are going to take us.
Loving the details of the Lone Star State you have incorporated in the poem.
Adelaide….
DeleteThank-you for the comment, Friend!!
Winkler is so right about anticipatory anxiety. And how it courses through with excitement and nerves. Agreed!! But, don’t you mean to say that Henry is ‘correctomundo’? Aaaaayyyyy!! ;-D
Loving the details of the Lone Star State you have incorporated in the poem. Thanks!! I wrote this poem while I still resided in the Pacific Northwest!! ;)
Peace and Love, Mary Lou
Correctomundo
Delete- yep - correct in a big way.
Adelaide….
DeleteThank-you for the reply, Friend!!
'correct in a big way.' I LOVE that!! ;)
Fonzie/The Fonz also said.... 'Correcto', {which flows off of my tongue easier}, but 'correctomundo' somehow sounds more COOL!! ;-D
Peace and Love, Mary Lou
How very exciting, safe travels and do check in when you are settled!
ReplyDeleteNanuk....
DeleteThank-you for the comment, Friends!!
'How very exciting, safe travels and do check in when you are settled!' Well.... We are settled.... I am HOME!! As a matter of fact, I just got back from our swimming pool where I played with my nieces, 'Amethyst', 'Opal', 'Ruby' and my nephew, 'Capricorn'!! I am tired, but I'm GRATEFUL!! ;)
Peace and Love, Mary Lou