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Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Thursday, February 9, 2012
love is in the air :)
Thursday, January 12, 2012
queen of hearts
it's that time again... love is everywhere!
our "queen of hearts" earrings are made of oxidized sterling silver and the perfect cubic zirconia hearts... this shade of red is so unique... like a drop of tangerine and vanilla were mixed into that candy apple syrup for added interest :)
our "queen of hearts" earrings are made of oxidized sterling silver and the perfect cubic zirconia hearts... this shade of red is so unique... like a drop of tangerine and vanilla were mixed into that candy apple syrup for added interest :)
Monday, January 9, 2012
The Cab Ride
The
Cab Ride
I arrived at the address and honked the horn.
after waiting a few minutes
I walked to the
door and knocked.. 'Just a minute', answered a
frail, elderly voice. I could hear something
being dragged across the floor.
After
a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in
her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a
print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned
on it, like somebody out of a 1940's
movie.
By her side was a small nylon
suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had
lived in it for years. All the furniture was
covered with sheets.
There were no
clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils
on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard
box filled with photos and
glassware..
'Would you carry my bag
out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase
to the cab, then returned to assist the
woman.
She took my arm and we walked
slowly toward the curb.
She kept
thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I
told her.. 'I just try to treat my passengers
the way I would want my mother to be
treated.'
'Oh, you're such a good
boy, she said. When we got in the cab, she gave
me an address and then asked, 'Could you drive
through downtown?'
'It's not the
shortest way,' I answered
quickly..
'Oh, I don't mind,' she
said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a
hospice.
I looked in the rear-view
mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have
any family left,' she continued in a soft
voice.. 'The doctor says I don't have very
long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the
meter.
'What route would you like me
to take?' I asked.
For the next two
hours, we drove through the city. She showed me
the building where she had once worked as an
elevator operator.
We drove through the
neighborhood where she and her husband had lived
when they were newlyweds She had me pull up in
front of a furniture warehouse that had once
been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a
girl.
Sometimes she'd ask me to slow
in front of a particular building or corner and
would sit staring into the darkness, saying
nothing.
As the first hint of sun was
creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, 'I'm
tired. Let's go now'.
We drove in
silence to the address she had given me. It was
a low building, like a small convalescent home,
with a driveway that passed under a
portico.
Two orderlies came out to
the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were
solicitous and intent, watching her every move.
They must have been expecting her.
I
opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to
the door. The woman was already seated in a
wheelchair.
'How much do I owe you?'
She asked, reaching into her
purse.
'Nothing,' I
said
'You have to make a living,' she
answered.
'There are other
passengers,' I responded.
Almost
without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She
held onto me tightly.
'You gave an
old woman a little moment of joy,' she
said
'Thank you.'
I squeezed her
hand, and then walked into the dim morning
light.. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound
of the closing of a life..
I didn't
pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove
aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that
day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had
gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient
to end his shift?
What
if I had refused to take the run, or had honked
once, then driven away?
On a quick
review, I don't think that I have done anything
more important in my life.
We're
conditioned to think that our lives revolve
around great moments.
But great
moments often catch us unaware-beautifully
wrapped in what others may consider a small
one.
PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY
WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID ~BUT~THEY WILL
ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM
FEEL
You won't get any big surprise
in 10 days if you send this to ten people. But,
you might help make the world a little kinder
and more compassionate by sending.
it on and
reminding us that often it is the random acts of
kindness that most benefit all of
us.
Thank you, my
friend...
Life
may not be the party we hoped for, but while we
are here we might as well dance.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Christmas All Over the World...
click on the picture above to hear it, with lyrics... a perfect intro for the list below... enjoy!
"Merry Christmas" In Different Languages
Christmas is celebrated the world over and people exchange gifts and wishes too. We present you a list of how to wish your friends, neighbors, colleagues and loved ones, 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy New Year' or both in more than 100 languages!| Afrikaans | Gesëende Kersfees |
| Afrikander | Een Plesierige Kerfees |
| African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja | Rehus-Beal-Ledeats |
| Albanian | Gezur Krislinjden |
| Arabic: | Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
| Argentine: | Feliz Navidad |
| Armenian: | Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand |
| Azeri: | Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun |
| Bahasa Malaysia: | Selamat Hari Natal |
| Basque: | Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! |
| Bengali: | Shuvo Naba Barsha |
| Bohemian: | Vesele Vanoce |
| Brazilian: | Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo |
| Breton: | Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat |
| Bulgarian: | Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo |
| Catalan: | Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou! |
| Chile: | Feliz Navidad |
| Chinese: (Cantonese) | Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun |
| Chinese: (Mandarin) | Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan |
| Choctaw: | Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito |
| Columbia: | Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo |
| Cornish: | Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth |
| Corsian: | Pace e salute |
| Crazanian: | Rot Yikji Dol La Roo |
| Cree: | Mitho Makosi Kesikansi |
| Croatian: | Sretan Bozic |
| Czech: | Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok |
| Danish: | Glædelig Jul |
| Duri: | Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak |
| Dutch: | Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Or Zalig Kerstfeast |
| English: | Merry Christmas |
| Eskimo: (inupik) | Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! |
| Esperanto: | Gajan Kristnaskon |
| Estonian: | Ruumsaid juulup|hi |
| Faeroese: | Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar! |
| Farsi: | Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad |
| Finnish: | Hyvaa joulua |
| Flemish: | Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar |
| French: | Joyeux Noel |
| Frisian: | Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! |
| Galician: | Bo Nada |
| Gaelic: | Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! |
| German: | Froehliche Weihnachten |
| Greek: | Kala Christouyenna! |
| Hausa: | Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara! |
| Hawaiian: | Mele Kalikimaka |
| Hebrew: | Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova |
| Hindi: | Shub Naya Baras |
| Hausa: | Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara! |
| Hawaian: | Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hauoli Makahiki Hou! |
| Hungarian: | Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket |
| Icelandic: | Gledileg Jol |
| Indonesian: | Selamat Hari Natal |
| Iraqi: | Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
| Irish: | Nollaig Shona Dhuit or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat |
| Iroquois: | Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay. |
| Italian: | Buone Feste Natalizie |
| Japanese: | Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto |
| Jiberish: | Mithag Crithagsigathmithags |
| Korean: | Sung Tan Chuk Ha |
| Latin: | Natale hilare et Annum Faustum! |
| Latvian: | Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu! |
| Lausitzian: | Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto |
| Lettish: | Priecigus Ziemassvetkus |
| Lithuanian: | Linksmu Kaledu |
| Low Saxon: | Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar |
| Macedonian: | Sreken Bozhik |
| Maltese: | IL-Milied It-tajjeb |
| Manx: | Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa |
| Maori: | Meri Kirihimete |
| Marathi: | Shub Naya Varsh |
| Navajo: | Merry Keshmish |
| Norwegian: | God Jul or Gledelig Jul |
| Occitan: | Pulit nadal e bona annado |
| Papiamento: | Bon Pasco |
| Papua New Guinea: | Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu |
| Pennsylvania German: | En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr! |
| Peru: | Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo |
| Philipines: | Maligayan Pasko! |
| Polish: | Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie |
| Portuguese: | Feliz Natal |
| Pushto: | Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha |
| Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): | Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua |
| Rhetian: | Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn |
| Romanche (sursilvan dialect): | Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn! |
| Rumanian: | Sarbatori vesele |
| Russian: | Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom |
| Sami: | Buorrit Juovllat |
| Samoan: | La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
| Sardinian: | Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou |
| Serbian: | Hristos se rodi |
| Slovakian: | Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce |
| Sami: | Buorrit Juovllat |
| Samoan: | La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
| Scots Gaelic: | Nollaig chridheil huibh |
| Serb-Croatian: | Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina |
| Serbian: | Hristos se rodi. |
| Singhalese: | Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa |
| Slovak: | Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok |
| Slovene: | Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto |
| Spanish: | Feliz Navidad |
| Swedish: | God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År |
| Tagalog: | Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon |
| Tami: | Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal |
| Trukeese: | (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech! |
| Thai: | Sawadee Pee Mai |
| Turkish: | Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
| Ukrainian: | Srozhdestvom Kristovym |
| Urdu: | Naya Saal Mubarak Ho |
| Vietnamese: | Chung Mung Giang Sinh |
| Welsh: | Nadolig Llawen |
| Yugoslavian: | Cestitamo Bozic |
| Yoruba: | E ku odun, e ku iye'dun! |
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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