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Name: RaeDi
Birthday: January 31
Gender: Female
Religion: Christian/Protestant
Location:
Washington
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Hometown(s):
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Virginia
South Carolina
Connecticut
Washington State
Quote:
"Whenever God closes one door He always opens another, even though sometimes it's hell in the hallway" "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up" "Do everthing to the best of your ability!"

About Me

I live in Washington State. In the process of trying to find a second home for the winter months. Thinking about AZ - still doing all the research to know just where I'd like to live. Where I choose it must be warm and sunny. I like the idea of Panama too. I love hummingbirds. I am very blessed that where I live I have 4 different species who like to live with me from March to September. I am even more blessed that a few of the Anna Hummers actually winter over with me each year. That is "Anna's Winter Watch" by RaeDi (copyright 2007) as my profile picture. She was out watching it snow and guarding their feeder. With that kind of weather she knew they would need that nectar. We have the Rufus, Anna's, Allen's and the Calliope's that honor us from early spring through the end of summer. Just a couple of weeks ago I saw my first Rufus for the season. Was a little late but thought it was due to the heavy flowers in the desert this spring. Lots of chatting going on out there now. The Anna's don't want to share what has been their's for the winter months. I have learned so much about the hummingbird, having so many you can't count them and where ever you go - they are everywhere. All the noise is quite calming.

Interests:
Love Art, Reading, Walking, Travel, and Sun....I loved English Riding and Golf... but with back can't do that anymore. But love watching and talking about both. I love gardening. I love walking on beaches. I love the new sun of the day and the wonderful sun sets at days end. I love being out in the desert for both, but I love seeing the sky at night with no city lights, it's so quite and when you look up it is like you can see all the stars in all of space - you feel like you could just reach out and touch each one. I'm in the process of writing several children books. Words are so strong and you can leave all kinds messages of how one should treat one another, animals, telling how we are all the same - so many topics that you can share in your stories. In some little way you can help those who read or even listen to the words find that message which will hopefully help them to go out and live and share by their own actions and even words of what they have gained and even learned from just a small wonderful little story.

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"IF"

by Rudyard Kipling

 

If you can deep your head when all about you

Are loosing theirs and blaming it on you;

But make allowance for their doubting too:

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or, being hated don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

 

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aims,

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same:

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build’em up with worn-out tools;

 

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings,

And never breathe a word about your loss:

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

 

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much:

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And - which is more - you’ll be a Man, my son!

 

I was thinking today and this poem came to me, I had to go through "My Special Box of Words."  She was still there.  In finding self and making decisions - we have to know all the "IF’s.  I have learned along the way that I need to to take a breath, let my enter spirit completely take over and in the end, things just seem to fall into place.   So I tell those who will  liston, find a quite place, you bedroom, porch, the woods, the beach.  Sit and listen to mostly quiet.  You’ll hear nature, but you are also charging up you sprit.  Taking the time to find out if something is worth it?  I have just recenty learned something, when you always put others ahead of your self it is an unsellfish acts.  I believe when you can live all of your life giving instead of taking, we have worked our way to complete oneness with mind, body and sou!  I am glad that I have gotten to the very comfortable me of where I am...RaeDi

 

 

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jen43 says:
Hello, "my partner in crime", You did good!,Thanks for all your hard work, and all of the rest, who helped make Michaels Day special, You're GREAT!!
Hugs to all, Jen
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