Hallelujah....

" When you arise in the morning,
think of what a precious privilege it is to be

-to breathe,

 to think, to enjoy, to love."

Marcus Aurelius

...IT is Friday!!!!

Hallelujah...

I don't know about you

but

I'm not sure there is anything better than waking up on Friday and knowing that

it is the last day of the working week (for some of us anyway).

The world has been busy this week

and

I've been on a recoup from spending the weekend

with my old college friend

"catwoman".

We met up in Ohio last weekend and spent some time in her folks home on their farm (they were in Florida--so it was like we had our own little retreat house).

We sat around talking

about life,

love,

dreams,

bucket lists,

children,

we slept,

we ate,

and

we laughed.

It was a fabulous weekend and

I loved driving through little towns and farmland,

over river,

and

through woods. 

The world has been busting

out this week,

in the blink of an eye

bare trees that lined the roadways,

are suddenly bursting in fluffy color.

it is subtle

yet vibrant and

in a sense

it also invites me to do the same.

I'm still feeling a bit lazy,

like

I haven't been able to wipe the

cave-like sleep from my eyes...

but

they are at least open

and

there is something brewing deep down

about to burst forth

"don't know if the world is ready for it"

but

oh well

not my problem.

It is Friday

it is spring

I am alive

Big Daddy is beside me (it is his birthday weekend)

and

the off color children are

relatively well--off color son did sprain his ankle playing basketball this week--but he can still hobble around.

I got up this morning,

stretched

looked out

and

the sun rose again

I breathed in

a deep breath

and

thanked the creator

for

another day

I have to be alive.

Hallelujah

it is Friday!!!