I went to Poetry.Com and tried my hand on their Haiku section. I was intrigued by the pic so I wrote a haiku. Hope you enjoy it.
Happy Birthday to my not-so-little girl!
Thank You
Have I thanked you lately
For coming to my life?
For providing me
With good memories
And lots of things
To be proud about?
Have I told you lately?
How much you mean to me?
That my love for you
Will never fade?
For it is unconditional
In the purest sense
And it will always be there
No matter what?
If I have not thanked
And told you lately
How much I love you
Hope this poem
Showed you how I feel
Now and always
In the tradition of an AOL Journal addict, I am giving my lovely daughter a shout out for her birthday. LOL.
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
My Little Girl
As I watch you grow into a young woman
My heart is full of pride and fear
I find it hard to let go
Because I want you frozen in time
As my smart, loving, and happy little girl
I want to protect you always
From life's blows and miseries
But it is inevitable for you to grow
Wanting to explore the world
To gather life experiences
I understand your yearning for independence
Yet I am afraid to let go
Please be patient with me
For in my heart
You will forever be my little girl
At times, I dabble in poetry. I did not want to post any of it at first because I am my worst critic. I always read my poetry and deem it too lame to share. I gathered some courage today to post one that I've grown to love.
My soul is weary
My body is worn down
I keep beating myself
For my past sins
I long to be free
Without any memory
So I can stop
Living in fantasy
You Know You're Addicted to AOL Journal When...
If you can't access the site, you have a minor freak out - and a major case of hitting reload.
You found yourself composing journal entries during dates, movies, even at work (during breaks, of course)!
When you're out, you suddenly thinkof a witty reply to a comment somebody made to you... several days ago.
You've downloaded AOL Bot program which has only the purpose of making entries easier to write without going on the site manually.
You consider it a great offense if someone deletes your Journal off their Favorite Site list.
The first thing you do every day when you go online is check your Journal - even before checking your email.
When your friends ask what's new, you get mad at them because you already wrote it in your J and they didn't check it yet.
You have put more time into J than all your housework.
You have more friends on J land than in real life.
You can't seem to call your friends by their real names - only J names will do.
You have posted about a party or get together on your J... and random strangers showed up.
You've written a private entry about one of your J friends. (Extra points if they eventually found out about it)
You have written posts to notify people you're going to sleep.
You talk about your J friends to your real life friends all the time... like they're a part of your group.
You've created a J community, and people actually post in it.
You've been recognized in real life by a fellow J'er.
You have befriended someone because of their Journal pictures.
You have "pity friends" on your list, who you would defriend if you could.
Instead of doing housework, you post pictures of it on your Journal.
Your pets all have their own AOL Journals.
You've stopped being friends with someone in real life because of something they've said on J.
You have consoled yourself after a horrible day thinking "At least this will make a great J post"
You're jealous of people who have more friends and / or comments than you.
You have written a really great, solid post - only to be disappointed by the lack of good comments.
You're guilty of commenting excessively to get more traffic to your journal.
You've deleted a post a few minutes (or hours) after you've written it, because it seemed lame in retrospect.
You give shout outs to all your J friends on their birthdays.
You have an additional, secret journal that hardly anyone knows about.
You have gotten mean anonymous comments (bonus points for figuring out who it was via their IP)
You've been reported (or reported someone) to AOL J Abuse.
You've been featured on AOL J’s Editor Picks.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are J addicts.
It rained and rained for two days in my little city in Florida. The result was flooding. Thank God my street and my home was not flooded. I feel sorry for those who have to be evacuated because of the rising water and for those who need to be rescued from their stranded and stalled cars.
Where is the sunshine? Am I still in Sunshine State? I am getting quite riled up about all the natural disasters we have been having for the past few months. There was Hurricane Ivan about six months ago, the hail a few days ago, and now the severe thunderstorm that poured so much water in my city that half of its population are now living in temporary waterfront properties.
Just have to get that out of my system...
On the brighter side. My family had been blessed with a lot of positive things these past few days. Hubby was offered a promotion by his company. The entity I want to work for notified me that they are sending me for 2 weeks training in Virginia. And last but not the least, our home is under contract after just a week in the market!!!
I have to leave my present job but I am moving to a better one. I am sad that I have to leave a job that I thoroughly enjoy and the friends I made there but I am happy too because I got my dream job.
We are going to live in an apartment until our new house is built. I already signed a short term lease for a small but comfortable apartment unit.
Yes, when it rains, it pours! There was the negative pouring of literal rain resulting in floods in my little hometown. Then there was the positive pouring of blessings that my family have received in guise of promotion, new job and home sale.
