January 2023 songs and more

"All I Know" 1973 click here to listen and see an image of a very young Art Garfunkel
Bob and Kerry visit at Mom's was heartwarming 💖 
Chicago's "I've Been (Searchin So Long (74)" listen here
Dan Fogelberg's "Longer" listen here
"Enough is ENOUGH." is in the children's book I'm reading The Most Magnificent Idea by Ashley Spires :) 
Frustration ensues and then she feels
 Grouchy, but! Getting out, moving around, helping someone else and then "just like that, it happens..." You might want to read this one to see what happens :)

"I Guess that's why they call it the Blues" Elton John 1984 memories of Allison Dwyer
Josh Baldwin, Bethel Music, "Stand in Your Love"
"Keep in mind that truly humble people are center of peace ... because they fear neither their own failure nor others' success." ~ Millie Devine Sunrise Sunset p. 416
Little River Band's "Cool 😎 Change" lyrics: I was born in the sign of water staring out at the full moon like a lover... I know it may sound selfish, but let me breathe the air..."
"My fear doesn't stand a chance when I stand in Your love" ~ Bethel Music "Stand in Your Love"
"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" sung by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer was...
On the radio while I was driving 1/8/2023. I'd forgotten about this song from 1979 (the year I graduated from high school) and now "Enough Is ENOUGH." is in the children's book I'm reading while working in the Children's Department at
Public Library of New London
Question of Balance, indeed!
Rock, stone, pebble,sand / Body, shoulder, arm, hand / A moat to dig, a shell to keep / All the world is wide and deep"  All the World by Liz Garton, Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
"...Squeeze every morsel of each plump line until the last drop of magic drips from the infinite sky..." ~ How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
"Tree, trunk, branch, crown / Climbing up and sitting down / Morning sun becomes noon-blue / All the world is old and new" ~  All the World by Liz Garton, Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
Until you hear them more than once in what seems completely unrelated, new
V family names Vera, Virginia, and now... Violet 💜
"Put you ear down neXt to your soul and listen hard." ~ Anne SeXton
"You have to know what you're digging for, before X can mark the spot." ~ Sarah BanBreathnach January 29th Simple Abundance 
Zespri golden kiwi :)

Autobiography by Millie Devine

"Aesthetic arrest" -- life halted to take it all in and contemplate the true magnificence of its vastness p. 331 
"Butterflies are free and so must I be!" (100) this poster,"Anything's Possible" by Melissa Harris ♥️ hangs on the wall in front of me as I read.
Cover art made me think of this photo, I took at New London High School  JBL 2019
Daily word: December 29, 2006 “Thank You, God for this Day!” (397) (397)
Estate planning (40)
Faith, Family, and Friends (79)
George Washington [birth], Thomas Jefferson [growth], Theodore Roosevelt [development], and Abraham Lincoln [preservation] (335) I'd not thought about this before. Thank you
"History facinating but difficult retaining it." (me too) "Having fun doing good" (103) <- for me, that was Girl Scouts
"I believe God has a plan for each of us (39)... I believe the decision was part of the Lord's plan." (76)
"Jalopy of a truck ..." (39) my first car 1971 Plymouth Valiant  - also Jonathan Livingston Seagull ♥️
Kathleen Kept poinsettia from year to year. (Me too 😀)
"Keep in mind that truly humble people are center of peace ... because they fear neither their own failure nor others' success." (416)
"Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to mankind." ~ Sam Walter Foss
Mother Nature's Magnificence (334)
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." qtd Eleanor Roosevelt p. vi
"One [should] not attempt to accumulate stuff [but so many do] (68)
Passion for math (TVSTC 1979) and English (Meredith College 2006) 
"Queen Mum" of  Red Hat Society Quiet... but very special to me." (254) 
Relatable and Riveting in so many ways Reminds me of my our journey.
Sunrise Sunset Millie's Divine Journey
Traveled away from Connecticut for work at an early age. For me it was Texas!
Uncertainty, loss, and apprehension - cause an Upset in the balance of our lives (265)
Vision quest (337) Vexing challenge (65) 
 my Vision board, 2016
"What Wisdom and what Wonderous love lay hidden in God's plans" (265) 
eXcitment and eXuberance (😀 39)
"Yes indeed, I would go up again just to have God join me in laughter!" (295)
"Zigzagged down that hill" (100) "Zany misadventure (288) Zest for life for sure!!

Joan Elizabeth Law Malaghan

Aunt Joan... "Almost Home" ... listen here
Birthday December 5, 1929, her Brother,  my Dad
 Joan and John, Aug 1989
Cares deeply and took good care of everyone in and throughout her life
Devoted to family since the birth of her brother, my Dad, in 1933
Engaging conversationist
Finally Free From all Fear, pain, regrets, longing and all things of this world
Godmother, Great Aunt, and Grandmother and Great Grandmother
Honest and Honorable
Independent and loved Ice Cream sundaes and lobster rolls
Joan Elizabeth Law Malaghan 12/5/29 - 12/8-22
Kind
Loving
Malaghans 
Noteworthy and Note writer
Open
"Peace is belief that exhales because you believe that God is everywhere - like air." p. 44 Unwrapping the Ultimate Gift
Questioning
Reader
Sister  Sister-in-Law 
Terry's Mom 

Uncle Terry's wife Aug 29, 1953, Westerly Yacht Club, Westerly, RI.
Vivacious 
"Weary Traveler" by Jordan St. Cyr listen here
eXhaling, we trust God...
"You shall see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth." ~ John 1:51
Zest for life!

December 2022 songs and lyrics

 "Angels Among Us" by Alabama <- Dad and Aunt Joan ❤️ swirling through my thoughts as I drive back and forth to Pawcatuck
"Broke my heart in two, but baby, pay no mind / The price for finding me was losing you" ~ WKRP in Cincinnati
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"
"Didn't We Almost Have it All? Such a sad song, but an 
Excellent reminder: "The ride with you was worth the fall my friend... a moment in the soul can last forever..."
"Father and Son: "From the moment I could talk  / I was ordered to listen, now there's a way / And I know that I have to go away..."
"Grandpa, Tell Me About the Good Ole Days by The Judds reminds me of Kristen and Katie living with Mom and Dad
Hooked on a Feeling "... high on believing / that you're in love with me..."
"I'll Never Love This Way Again" by Dion Warwick
"Just When I Needed You Most" by Randy Vanwarmer
"Kings and vagabonds believe the very best...There's a time for everyone / If they only learn / That the twisting Kaleidoscope / Moves us all in turn / There's a rhyme and reason / To the wild outdoors / When the heart of this star-crossed voyager /Beats in time with yours..." ~ Elton John
Love ❤️  "It's all Love or a cry for Love"
"Maybe I Didn't Love You" brings back 1982 Memories,  always, but Willie Nelson, well, that voice brings another to mind now,  and...
"Nothings Gonna Change My Love For You" by George Benson. I'd not realized it was in The Notebook until piecing together this blog post. This is [mostly] a list of song I heard while driving back and forth to Pawcatuck the last couple of weeks...
Olivia Newton John passed in 2022, so this song came on over SirusXM radio right around New Years
 FYI.. Shazam screenshot
Pretenders: "I'll Stand By You." listen here
Quintessential Law Family Christmas song: 
"Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" ~ Brenda Lee
"Saturday in the Park" by Chicago
"Take Me Home Country Roads" ~ John Denver
"Unchained Melody" sung by Willie Nelson on Stardust album reminds me of Grandpa T
"Vacation" by the Go-Gos
"Whenever I call you friend..." by Kenny Loggins And Stevie Nicks listen here
Xavier Rudd thank you, Susie :)
"You were Always on My Mind 1981 Willie Nelson
"Zanzibar" by Kamaliza listen here