3 posts tagged “love”

Baron & Basya

Baron

  Two-month-old North American puma cub Baron (top) vies for a plush tiger with coeval puppy dog Basya in a zoo in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk November 24, 2006. Baron was breastfed by Basya's mother, because its own mother refused to feed it. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA)

I always find it amazing how nursing animal Moms will "adopt" a newborn of another species when the baby's mother can't or won't do the job.  If dogs can nurse pumas, and tigers can nurse baby pigs, there is hope in my heart for the rest of us.  Why can't we all just get along?!

And here we see that the baby puma has adopted a baby of his own, albeit a "stuffed" one.  All HE needs is love!

Thanks to Lennon & McCartney for the inspiration.

 Nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.
It's easy.

All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.

All you need is love (all together, now!)
All you need is love. (everybody!)
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need (love is all you need).
All You Need Is Love

First of all, many thanks to those of you who left comments of encouragement and/or  condolences.  Just when I'm about to be a complete cynic, those that are good in the world appear and reach out to touch another, even a stranger.  I am truly grateful.

It was WAY too short a trip.  I was only in California for 28 hours or so.  Kinda crazy.  If the cost of lodging hadn't been a consideration I could have stayed a few more days.  But it was good to see family who(m?) I hadn't seen in about 3 years, since my Aunt passed.  Also in attendance were people from the church I was raised in as a little girl. It's kind of odd to have folks in their 70's & 80's come up to you and they remember you from infancy!  Considering that I'm now

Don't let another sun set without telling someone you love them

With my Uncle's passing comes the end of an era.  The "old guard" of our family are all gone now.  The house that my Aunt & Uncle bought 41 years ago, and which holds SO many childhood memories, will at some point be sold by my cousins. It's kind of like a "touchstone" being eliminated.  Of course there will always be the memories, but coming back to that house was the most consistent "home" in my life (my home with my parents was a few years here, 7 years there, 9 yrs the next place...then I was married to someone in the Navy, so we moved around a lot.

I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to know and share the planet with such fine people as my Aunt Audrey and Uncle Gordon.  Their solid unwavering faith in God and servants hearts were a wonderful example to everyone fortunate enough to know them.  I thank God for each person He's allowed me to know along MY journey. 

Is there someone in your life that needs to hear how much you value them?  Don't wait until a special occasion.  You might not get that opportunity again.  Life is fleeting.  Show your love and appreciation now, while you can, and as often as you can.  Before another sun sets.  You'll be glad you did.

*Stands up hesitantly, taps on microphone* 
Me:                        Um, is this thing on?
Group:                    Yes!
Me:                        Oh, um.. ok.... Well, I'm Denise...
Group (in unison):    Hi Denise!
Me:                        *clears throat*  Um...hi!  I'm Denise and I'm.....a CAT - aholic
Group:                    *golf claps*
Me:                        Well, I'm here because I LOOOOVVEE cats. I mean I
                              REEEAAALLLYY love cats.  I have two nine year old babies at home right now. 
                            *holds up picture*

Tipper & Pooh lovin' each other