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"I do"

said 

La Mariée.

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"I will"

said 

Le Mari.

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And together

on March 6th

after 30 years

Los Angeles 1982

this
 
bride and groom

still say

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and being 

easily amused.

unknown

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where does 

time fly?

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It lands at a point of 

longitude

where you elegantly flitter

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upward 

and settle into a state

and posture

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of peace

where you profess:
 
I'm not getting old.

I'm growing up.

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Because time does go

somewhere

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 and during that flight

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your story 

is being written on earth

and 

will be

read in eternity.

Here is one of my illustrations for 

a new set of cards to 

celebrate or announce the marriage journey 

for someone you love.

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You can see them in my Etsy shop:

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is written by Anita Rivera ©

A Perfect Day

I simply wanted to thank her
 

for her comment 

on that

still summer day

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so I foraged through some 

forgotten drawings

and sent one off

with a sincere

thank you.

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My door 

had been left 

abandoned

and clamped shut

for 43 years 

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while I was seeking to

pry open other 

peoples' visions

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and mousing my way in 

where perhaps

I didn't belong. 

All was forgotten about that

thank you note 

until one day


on the final flicker of 

summer's light

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the key to my door

came back to me 


unexpectedly.

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And like 

a timid bud

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slowly yielding itself to its 

destiny

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my door reluctanly

but finally 

opened

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to greet 

my spring

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that had been singing 

at my windowsill

all along

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unfolding possibility

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after possibility

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in all colors

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conquering winter's 

menacing shadows

with a simple truth:

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in order to cultivate 

what had always been

germinating 

within me. 

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It was

a

perfect day.

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and 

welcome in 

your spring.

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Thank you dear Lisa.






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Être

 TO BE 

is perhaps the secret 

ingredient

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that precedes having the 

capacity 

TO DO.

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To swing high 

to touch the moon

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you must be

BOLD

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and 

BRAVE

on solid ground.

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AND

to make something 

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from nothing

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you must be a tad bit

MAD.

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So if you can't write 

a  poem

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BE 

THE POEM

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 and before you know it

YOU

will emerge

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and your self-expression

 will follow

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in perfect steps

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and sure footing

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to reveal 

your 

secret ingredient

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of sweet surprise 

in order to 

Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.

 ~Saint Therese of Lisieux~



Come back next week and see my new creations

for Spring in my Etsy shop!

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