I Was Free – This Week’s Picture It & Write

I thanked the waitress as she placed the brownie before me. My mother-in-law stared at it with pursed lips. The woman’s skin stretched over her petite frame, she was dry like a prune. I glanced at the ice cream as it began to melt, it hugged the brownie. “That looks,” my mother-in-law paused. “Creamy.” Heat flushed my cheeks and a nervous knot tightened in my stomach. I found it hard to keep my salivating tongue at bay. I wanted to eat the brownie but with my skeletal mother-in-law judging me I didn’t know if I could. “Hows the baby?” My in-law pried. “Still big?” The brownie was soaking up the cream like a sponge. A spark of anger energized my fingers. “Healthy,” I snapped and sunk my fork spitefully into the heart of my desert.

- Ermisenda Alvarez

And  I did glare
at her perceptible twitch

Throwing out a silent thought
wondering if she would catch

“Dear mother-in-law of mine
if you weren’t such a witch

The possibility of a friendship
wouldn’t be such a stretch!”

 

And I chose that moment
to crack her a smile

As ice cream dribbled down
on my shirt to defile

Which it did then seem
got her hackles to rile

So more into my mouth 
of the concoction did I pile

 

And then she just exploded
unlike she had ever before

Her face red as crimson
she couldn’t take anymore

She knocked over her chair
slamming it to the floor

Storming without one word
 straight out the door

 

All the people around
were staring at me

Which only did serve to
make me giggle with glee

For I was so tired
of being treated an enemy

I truly did not regret
that from her I was free!

Teresa Marie  12/17/11 ©

 

__picture it & write by Ermilia

 

This Day’s Thoughts From Wed., Thurs. and Friday

 

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Prayer Requests

O Lord, baptize our hearts into a sense of the conditions and needs of all men.

George Fox, founder of the Quaker Society

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By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 22:4
The New King James Version 

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True faith, real and pure faith, cannot be practiced in moderation.

Stephen Arterburn

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The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.

Psalm 37:21
The King James Version 

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There is no greater love than the love that holds on where there seems nothing left to hold on to.

G. W. C Thomas

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Prayer Requests

To love what is below the human is degradation; to love what is human for the sake of the human is mediocrity; to love the human for the sake of the Divine is enriching; to love the Divine for its own sake is sanctity.

Fulton J. Sheen

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Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

Jeremiah 31:12
The King James Version 

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You have been created by God and for God, and someday you will stand amazed at the simple yet profound ways He has used you even when you weren’t aware of it.

Kay Arthur

Pop-pop – Saurday’s Limerick

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Having weights held within hand
before the mirror pop-pop would stand
though having aged more than a mile
at his reflection pop-pop would smile
believing his physique was ever so grand!

Teresa Marie  12/17/11  ©

 

Saturday’s Animal Laughs

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Priscilla the panda
danced with her twin
with hopes of a
talent contest to win

Her biggest dream
under the sun
was the championship
that they won!

 

 

 

(image source: tumblr.com)

Hey, hey dog
look at me!

Come on dude
you must agree

That it was
pretty darn funny!

 

Teresa Marie  12/17/11 ©

How I Seem: Weekly Photo Challenge; Self-Portrait

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“It’s so fluffy!” is how
to myself I do seem

To approach this life
and live out my dream

Some may think that
I’m a bit extreme

But although this world’s
not peaches and cream

I always do try
to hug and squeeze it

That every ounce of
 joy and laughter I get

So any challenge will
head on be met

‘Cause “It’s so fluffy!”
is just what I bet!
 

Teresa Marie  12/17/11 ©

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Self Portrait by frizztext

 

 

 

My Deepest Thanks

With my deepest thanks
to my internet friends

It’s on your support
that this blog depends

For I’ve almost been
doing this a year

And to me jave
you become so dear

As this month draws
close to the end

To all of you
my gratitude I send

Along with my prayers
as the next nears

Many blessings your way
that our dear Lord steers

And that long life
to you He lends

With much love and laughter
for you my dear friends!

Teresa Marie  12/17/11 ©