Miracles...

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

~Buddha

I Believe...

"Who loves not a false imagining, an unreal character in us; but looking through all the rubbish of our imperfections, loves in us the divine ideal of our natures - not the man that we are, but the angel that we may be." 

~ Lord Tennyson

Happy Independence Day

“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”

~Franklin D. Roosevelt

What's more loving...

Than this?

Before:

After:

This is Emma's second donation to Locks of Love.

Both times I have grieved this haircut- I love her hair when it is long.  But I can't grieve very long, because I quickly remember WHY she has cut her hair.  I imagine another child wearing Emma's golden hair, and I can't help but smile.  

I haven't had the heart to fully explain why those beautiful children need her hair, and it amazes me how willing she is to give with no greater explanation than, "They are sick right now and can't grow hair on their own, so they need help by wearing a wig from someone else's hair."

Wow.  I love that kid.

Happy Love Thursday!  More here.

Oh yeah, and PS?  My husband- yes, my husband!  Donated 10" of his hair to Locks of Love as well.  What a great guy! 

Dad, Dad He's Our Man...

C'mon- you know it's corny cute!

Crown of Contentment

“My crown is in my heart, not in my head, 

Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, 

Nor to be seen; my crown is called contentment; 

A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy”

~William Shakespeare

To Swing or Not to Swing?

Swing!

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside—
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown—
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down! - Robert Louis Stevenson