Bittersweet

Memories by tee 2011


The sweetness of life as we live it,
Not knowing there will be bitterness,
Moving back and forth bit by bit,
That is how life works for all of us

~tee~

A memorial for my Brother David

I must have been 4, I do not remember a lot of things from that time but I do remember the day the Navy came to our home and knocked on the door. They asked for my new sister in law Mary, I remember the cry and the faint when she was told David had been wounded in action.I do not remember the words but I remember the fear that curled through my body. I did not understand wounded or action, just the pain and fear.
My brother David newly wed and age 19 was serving in a PT boat in the south Pacific and the boat was torpedoed. The men all survived but David spent three days in the water with a badly crushed leg before being found. Luckily he survived, even kept the leg. He was awarded the Bronze star and a purple heart, which for some reason he never collected.
The love story of Mary and Dave is famous in our family, he was stationed near New York city during training and he and some friends were walking down a street when he saw this beautiful girl in the shop window. he went in introduced himself and asked her to marry him and 4 weeks later she did. I never saw them ever part even for a few minutes that they did not kiss goodbye as though each time was going to be the last. They raised 7 children life happened, Mary got breast cancer and even back in those days she beat it. David had health problems all his life and died at age 57 from a heart attack. Mary still lives, she is now 86 and accepting the fact that she again has breast cancer. When I call her, she always mentions something about "my David", as always when he was mentioned that is how she said his name.She is patiently accepting what God gives her each day with her family and waiting for the day she finally sees her David again.

The optimist

I have no idea why I keep looking forward, I still dream of things to come. I guess my brain has not received the message that I am old in physical years. My brain, my dreams are as when I was young.
I know the quarter of a century when I was old in spirit was a wasted time. When I woke up and said enough, I wakened a joyous spirit in myself. I have suffered and lost loved ones, my husband, a son, a grandson, a granddaughter. There was pain, but I knew even in the pain they were fine. The pain was a selfish pain of my loss. Each day I wake up, I will moan and groan for a bit, thank God for the day, then I am up and thinking the hopeful mostly happy thoughts. Yes I get frustrated but then that is also a passing thing. We need to keep looking forward, taking the best of yesterday with us. Do not dwell on the bad, it eats a hole in your soul.

Hoping for a good day

One of my many grandsons is graduating High school today and of course like weddings the weather is not co operating. He is a nice young man, and plans to go to college in the fall. It is surprising how much life has changed since i was young. it is pretty much a given that a young person will go to college. Back in the day it was a privilege to do that at least in middle class America. of course we did not know we were middle class back then, we struggled, we worked, we raised our families. I am wondering what the ratio is, I am lucky that i have academic and mechanical marts in the family genes. Anyway i hope he has a wonderful day and great future.

Why liberals and conservatives can not debate

Apr 27, '11 11:36 AM for everyone

The only reason that I can think of to answer the debate question is, both sides have closed minds and can only imagine any way other than their set philosophies. I read and listen to both sides, I listen to Libertarians, independents etc. The media calling the tea party a political party is simply ridiculous. They are many different peoples ,with any different ideas. They are kooks there are very bright people with good ideas. So media stop grouping these people into the party GOP. It is a crock and media rating and simply causing more dissension. Just because a large group of Americans are fed up with the way our government is messing up, does not mean they are any political party.They are just what they seem, disgruntled Americans. For Candidates to call them selves tea party candidates is pure BS.So far none of any of the elected house or Senate has impressed me. Politics at its corrupt best is all it is. And we American voters still fall for the empty promises.
It is time we do listen to each other, stop being my way or the highway mentality, because if we Americans do not figure this out, we are going further down that slippery slope and closer to chaos than we think.

allenge 151 ~The day of ~

May 4, '11 4:48 PM for everyone

Day break 2011 by ~tee~


As another day awakens.

Hoping the sun will shine today,

Wondering what the day will bring,
The morning sounds of spring,
Listening for the birds singing,
The day of happiness or sorrow,
Its my choice today to make,
And the same I make again tomorrow.