Truckin'

 

Oh to be this young again.

 I really was cute one time, decades ago... wadn't I?

Wadn't is a totally made up word we (I) tend to use in the south, a whole bunch and then some.

 We're always fixin' to do something in the south, even if nothing's broken, and don't mind at bit ending our sentence with a proposition.

Case in point:

"Where y'all at?"

My crazy self being married to anyone for thirty years is not only a major accomplishment for me, but even more so for my (unfortunate) intended  victim... all those many years ago.

Yet here he is, thirty two years later, still sticking by me.

Talk about a wild road trip.

 It's about remembering your "way" ups but never forgetting your "way" downs.

Go full circle in Life together if you can.

It's the best way to learn, truly appreciate (and get) the entire concept of LOVE. 

My best advice in Life?

Never give up.

Ever.

I'm gonna say we're doing okay right now.

We are blessed.

 If you're not, let me know.

You get by with a little help from your friends.

Til next time...COTTON

Always Find The Silver Lining

It's certainly not like I've had a bad life...I haven't.

But I have had life sling some serious dooky my way, more than once... or even twice.

In hindsight they were all (each and every one) lessons I needed to learn and not only go through, but grow through.

I want to think I'm a good person, but when I stop and take a look around me, especially these past few months, I can't possibly be doing enough to even consider myself a good person.

What I am doing instead, is simply surviving.

And that's not nearly enough.

I was raised better than that.

Finis Coronat Opus

"The end crowns the work: the goal gives value to the labor that produced it."

Shout out to every single person I know, or don't know.

If your path crosses mine, what kind of person would I be to not extend a hand?

If I fall short of your expectations as a friend, and as humans we often do...

know the two people pictured above, are shaking their heads at me from  upstairs, while enjoying their much deserved  BIG DANCE and constantly reminding me I can be a better person.

And I will be.

It takes practice.

If problems outnumber your blessings, you need to count them again.

but if they seem to... after counting again, I'm down to help.

Till next time...Cotton