tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11892836577003348252024-03-12T21:48:53.171-06:00Graceful LandingJess http://www.blogger.com/profile/02949830073475781165noreply@blogger.comBlogger353125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189283657700334825.post-74913490202107456252017-10-09T18:24:00.000-06:002017-10-09T18:28:35.548-06:00Go Where the Peace is<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Life is full of beauty-
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Harvesting gorgeous vegetables from my
garden</div>
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Spending time with my amazing grandkids.
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Girls night at the movies with my
family tribe of women</div>
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Curling up with blankets on the couch
to watch a weekend mystery with my teen daughter, while sipping our
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Delicious morning hugs from my
still-sleepy husband</div>
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Peaceful, contemplative Sundays</div>
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Meaningful time with great friends </div>
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Farm animals happy to see me every
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Gentle, quiet companionship from a sweet
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I love peace. I love kindness and
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I do not like turmoil.</div>
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Recently, I got verbally spanked by
someone over an accidental misunderstanding.
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It was harsh and not expected. I cried later.</div>
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I love this person.
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I've always respected her boundaries.
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I've done my best to show kindness and
be if not a <i><span style="font-weight: normal;">great, </span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">then
certainly a decent </span></span>friend.
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I'm very much an introvert, so I never
feel that I'm a <i>great</i> friend or neighbor. (I require too much alone time.) However, I try to practice what I preach to my kids- to be smiling and cheerful in the company of others, to be sincerely gracious and say 'thank you' as often as I can, and to apologize immediately if I'm ever aware that I hurt someone- even unintentionally. </div>
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I'm also definitely a little too huggy, at times. Working on that.</div>
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I was really concerned that this person was so upset
and tried my best to smooth things over, to make ammends and help her realize it was a misunderstanding.</div>
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My sincerest apologies seemed to only fall
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What do you do when you feel completely
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When your attempts at kindness go
unappreciated and it seems no amount of authenticity or friendliness
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It's often difficult for me to navigate
this world in which we live.
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I believe in being courteous, giving
people the benefit of the doubt and treating others the way I'd want
to be treated. (Which is, <b><i>kindly</i></b>.) I love people, am fascinated by
their stories and wish everyone the best.
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It is a rare thing for me to not like
someone and if that happens, I try really hard to find <i>something</i>
to like about them.</div>
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I believe there is enough for everyone
in this world to find their level of contentment. (And that perhaps
contentment, often, comes from unexpected sources or requires less
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I know that every single person is
dealing with some degree of pain or doubt, sorrow or suffering.
Fighting their own battles.</div>
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I truly wish them only health,
happiness and peace.</div>
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I never wish to add more weight upon their shoulders. (Although, I'm sure I've been guilty of this.)</div>
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However, this misunderstanding I
experienced later caused me to feel <i>anger</i>.
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Anger over being treated so severely
and having my friendliness swept aside as if it has meant nothing.
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<i><b>The fact is, the older I get, the
more I want to call people out on their rudeness! </b></i>
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Their unfairness and crankiness.</div>
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Their forgetfulness of the generosity
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Their pickiness or disregard for the work other's have put into something.
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Their gossiping and trying to tear
people down,
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Always trying to 'one-up' others.</div>
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Weighing others down with their
complaints.</div>
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Not allowing others to happily live
their own lives.</div>
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Plain ol' <i>drama</i>. Because
apparently, life is boring unless they're scrutinizing everyone else, sensationalizing relationships or magnifying someone's faults.</div>
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I begin to think that at my age, having
experienced and observed much, I have the right to call it like it
is- to put them in their place if needed.</div>
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To be <i><b>rude</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
right back; which goes against every courteous skill I've honed in my
lifetime.</span></span></div>
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And BOY, do I want to at times. I
<i>really</i>, really do.</div>
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But here's the thing: I'm sure at some
point in my life, someone- <i>somewhere, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">has
probably thought they could accuse me of things on that same list.
Either because of some action or omission...or simply because they
assumed something about me that wasn't true. </span>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">Pointing
fingers and calling people out is a slippery slope. </span>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">After
contemplating my experience and
feeling reasonable once more,</span></div>
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began to think on my course of action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">Here
is what I know to be true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">More
LOVE never hurts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">More
LOVE can heal.</span></div>
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LOVE, when given freely, forgives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">Family,
friends, neighbors, strangers....I am free when I show forth an
increase in love to my fellow human beings.</span></div>
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<b><i>Because
being a human is hard for us all sometimes.</i></b></div>
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will continue to love her and treat her the way I'd want to be
treated... and do so free of any expectations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">And
there it is- <i>my peace is back</i>.</span></div>
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I plan to continue writing here, but perhaps not as often. <br />
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Graceful Landing has seven years of my heart, so I'm not willing to give that up as of yet.<br />
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When the fruits of your garden labor arrive in abundance....it's a very good thing.<br />
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Momma kitty and baby lazily playing under a tree,<br />
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And a good dog lying at my door...<br />
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Beautiful.<br />
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<i>Inhale evenings like this....</i><br />
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Dublin, Link and Archer.<br />
Sheep, Pig and Kitten.<br />
Fine friends. :)<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Content copyright © 2011 by Jessa at Graceful Landing. All rights reserved.</div>Jess http://www.blogger.com/profile/02949830073475781165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189283657700334825.post-40432568003662494982016-08-05T07:30:00.000-06:002016-08-05T07:30:01.262-06:00True WestMy great-great grandfather Morgan traveled west, following his Uncle William's footsteps.<br />
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William crossed the plains with wagon and oxen in 1852 and was one of three men who began the town of Weiser, Idaho in the 1860's and soon after, moved to Malheur County, Oregon.<br />
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Morgan was a teetotaler, a marshal, rancher and family man. He lived the west. Wrangling an existence for his family in eastern and central Oregon, he and his wife braved harsh conditions and even the loss of two precious children. <br />
I admire their courage and determination.<br />
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Central Oregon is a hotspot of family history for me. I can visit my great-great grandmother's and grandfather's graves- from both sides of the family- at the base of Pilot Butte in Bend or drive up to the little town of Prineville to visit Morgan's. I can visit Lake Owyhee reservoir, under which was once some of my ancestors' ranch land. Generations were born, raised and buried there and in south-western Oregon.<br />
We are westerners through and through. <br />
The old west has been romanticized, I know, but there's still something special about those who blazed trails, endured hardships of every kind, developed a bounty of skills and stood firm in a rugged land in order to make something of it.<br />
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In honor of those mighty ancestors, I value practical skills- including gun knowledge and use. I am careful and thoughtful with a weapon. Lucky for me, I'm married to a skilled gunman who also uses great caution and care.<br />
He's taught me well, has provided food for our family and protected our farm (and vulnerable animals) from brazen foxes and coyotes. Such animals have done things like wiping out an entire flock of our chickens in one night. Chickens that were in a fenced enclosure, preyed upon and their carcasses left strewn across acres of land. <br />
I'm ever learning and don't want practical skills and freedoms to be lost. All creatures have their purpose and beauty, but protection on our own land of our weaker animals is crucial to our farm.<br />
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Learning sensible, servicable skills and putting them to work when needed.<br />
That's a large part of the true west.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Content copyright © 2011 by Jessa at Graceful Landing. All rights reserved.</div>Jess http://www.blogger.com/profile/02949830073475781165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189283657700334825.post-69365952658538785242016-08-02T07:00:00.000-06:002016-08-02T07:00:03.819-06:00Family<br />
What can I say? I'm an incredibly blessed girl.<br />
I come from good stock- those with solid outlooks on life, great senses of humor, intelligence and love. My family.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Content copyright © 2011 by Jessa at Graceful Landing. All rights reserved.</div>Jess http://www.blogger.com/profile/02949830073475781165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189283657700334825.post-22902953532445724882016-07-30T07:00:00.000-06:002016-07-30T07:00:03.875-06:00Rememberance<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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A big part of life here is remembering those who went before and keeping their memory alive through the generations.<br />
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We haven't forgotten. <br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Content copyright © 2011 by Jessa at Graceful Landing. All rights reserved.</div>Jess http://www.blogger.com/profile/02949830073475781165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189283657700334825.post-91332884277992542982016-07-26T09:00:00.000-06:002016-07-26T09:12:06.812-06:00When the Grandkids Come to Play!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Life goes into hyperdrive when our grandkids come to stay.<br />
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I'm reminded moment by moment of what my life was like not too many years ago. Busy in a completely different, very lively kind of way.<br />
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It's cleaning and feeding and caring and listening, hugging, holding, teaching and watching, watching, watching.<br />
Being that I'm a grandma, I can let some rules slide. I can embrace it all, enjoy it fully and know that soon they'll go home and my own house will be...quiet and clean and rather boring again.<br />
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A glimpse of the fun: Eating favorite foods, swimming, then eating some more...<br />
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Meals up on the counter, slurping noodles...who needs table manners? ;)<br />
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Dancing while dunking cookies in milk,<br />
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Allowing them their hearts' desires; <br />
like riding in the elevator 'time machine' at the library- if you could only have seen the reverent awe on his face when he saw those gleaming doors and buttons that begged to be pushed and heard the whispered, "Mamie, can we ride on the tiiime machine?" (Priceless!)<br />
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While these two munchkins enjoy their suckers and pretend-watch a 'big movie' (really, just my large painting on the wall.) They were very animated in the details of what was taking place in this movie. <br />
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Riding 4-H sheep,<br />
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Sleeping in the living room,<br />
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and simply enjoying the summer days...<br />
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She also knows I read to her in the bath. Sometimes I read several, but there is one book she grabs every time. <br />
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<u>Snow-White and Rose-Red</u>, the fairytale.<br />
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I read it to my own girls, and now I read it to her.<br />
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Building our life together for 27+ years.<br />
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From kids transforming into grown ups, then parents and now grandparents (and all the rest of life in between and surrounding that) ....we've really lived! <br />
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There may be plenty of things I'd wish I could do differently if allowed to go back in time, but I wouldn't change what we've learned together for anything. Life is beautiful.<br />
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My best friend- Pals forever.<br />
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With the quiet intensity of a hero straight out of a western novel,<br />
a smile to make me weak in the knees... <br />
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Gentleness with the young<br />
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and a shared love for historical places,<br />
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A deep reverence for those who've gone before and respect for what they've given us....<br />
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Independence Day for our family means patriotic parades <br />
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with some watching and others participating,<br />
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A day filled with gratitude for our freedoms,<br />
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enjoying our loved ones,<br />
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reconnecting with family from afar,<br />
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It doesn't get much better than that. :)<div class="blogger-post-footer">Content copyright © 2011 by Jessa at Graceful Landing. All rights reserved.</div>Jess http://www.blogger.com/profile/02949830073475781165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189283657700334825.post-39730932151772343332016-07-01T07:00:00.000-06:002016-07-07T14:36:58.171-06:00Anniversary MonthJuly is our month. The Man of the House's and mine.<br />
When the fourth is over and fully celebrated in reverence and cheer, we turn our focus to us.<br />
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Our memories are so intertwined after being together for almost twenty-eight years, we are not fully one without the other. It's rather beautiful.<br />
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Strolling around the farm on a beautiful spring evening, camera in hand, I captured<br />
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Fathers. Dads.<br />
A title that can be daunting and draining at times, yet is one of the greatest titles a man can carry. <br />
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Certain men have shaped my life and I'm forever grateful for them.<br />
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My sweetheart has grown into his role of father through the years and it has been an amazing development. He embraces his children and grandchildren with a firm but tender heart, and teaches them with his quiet example. He's grown into a fine man from the boy I once knew.<br />
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He has worked hard for our family, supporting me in all my endeavors, and blessed my life with our six wonderful children. I am a lucky woman. I was able to stay home with my babies, teach them and create a rich home life for our family. <br />
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My own dad, Daniel.<br />
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It's hard to express just how I feel about him. There's an overflow of love mixed with a fierce pride in who I come from. I am Daniel's daughter. Those are powerful words.<br />
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My step-dad, Joel.<br />
Kind, patient, long-suffering through my teen years and an excellent instructor in many life skills.<br />
I was honored to be the recipient of his parenting. Still am.<br />
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My grandfather, James.<br />
No one is luckier than I in the department of grandpa. This guy is the perfect combination of stern, loving and light-hearted. Devoted to my grandma and a gentleman through and through.<br />
The only grandpa I've every known.<br />
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Last, but not least, my namesake, Jesse. My great-grandfather, who I never met, but whose name I'm forever grateful for.<br />
I now have a grandson with that name as well.<br />
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I feel the need to live in such a way as to make him proud. To make all of them proud.<br />
Good men have the power to affect their families in amazing ways. <br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Content copyright © 2011 by Jessa at Graceful Landing. All rights reserved.</div>Jess http://www.blogger.com/profile/02949830073475781165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1189283657700334825.post-61675885970486257282016-06-16T06:30:00.000-06:002016-06-16T06:30:02.473-06:00All the Pretty Little Ponies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lullabies are powerful.</span><br />
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From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>: A <b>lullaby</b> or <b>cradle-song</b>... is a soothing song or piece of music, usually played or sung to children or adults.
The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass
down cultural knowledge or tradition....<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby#cite_note-1"></a></sup> Perhaps one of the most important uses of lullabies is as a sleep aid for infants.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby#cite_note-2"></a></sup> As a result, the music is often simple and repetitive. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dez wasn't interested in my affection the other evening. She was unhappily separated from her pasture mate, Zip. I followed her around as she tried to avoid me. Finally, I sat quietly in the grass near her for a while. She stood, a few feet away and looked at me curiously. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Out of the blue, I decided to sing her a lullaby. 'All the Pretty Little Ponies' seemed fitting,- it was a song my mother sang to me and I sang to my own babies. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She stood very still, listening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'd say that's a powerful song. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are many versions- originally a scottish tune, and my mother sang 'Pretty Little Horses,' but here's the one I sang to my babies-</span><br />
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Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,<br />
Go to sleep, my little baby.<br />
When you wake, you shall have<br />
All the pretty little ponies.<br />
Blacks and bays, dapples and grays,<br />
All the pretty little ponies.<br />
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In the meadow, on the ground,<br />
Little baby crying mama.<br />
Birds and butterflies fly around,<br />
Little baby crying mama.<br />
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Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,<br />
Go to sleep my little baby.<br />
When you wake, you shall have<br />
All the pretty little ponies.<br />
Blacks and bays, dapples and grays,<br />
All the pretty little ponies.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Content copyright © 2011 by Jessa at Graceful Landing. All rights reserved.</div>Jess http://www.blogger.com/profile/02949830073475781165noreply@blogger.com0