Today is Friday... The second day of Lent... No meat... Seafood doesn't count as meat... Its very convenient... I'd rather have seafood than almost anything.... *Smile*  So today is Seafood Okra Gumbo over Fresh Hot Rice...  Yes Cara I am going to make some potato salad for you baby girl....   That always seems like too much starch to me... but Cara always wanted potato salad with her gumbo...   I just feel her close this morning and it is good.

A friend on loving arms had posted this... I made some changes... author unknown... so no one should be upset...  I'm in a good mood today....  Had my cry... my eyes are washed... and now I can see the world a little kinder...  Am I naive... Probably... but today is better for it...  

Always Near You

In my physical body
I am no longer with you
and yet I am here

When you see your reflection shimmer in the water
Smile and know that I see your smile
and I smile too

When you feel the cool grass beneath your feet
And the sun's warmth upon your back
Know that I feel it also

When you hear the leaves rustling in the wind
Know it is my voice softly whispering to you

When you see a butterfly dancing among flowers
Know that I am dancing also

When you gently touch a puppy's soft fur
Know that I too feel your touch

When the wind swirls across your skin
Know that it is I who caresses you

When you love another
Know that I too feel your love

These words are truth
Have faith

As long as beauty lives upon the earth and in the stars
And love lives in every beat of every heart
So then do I
So then do we all.

(Author unknown)