Jewel - What you are

I'm driving around town
Kinda bored with the windows rolled down
See a girl on the bus stop bench
Dressed to draw attention

Hoping everyone will stare
If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear
Wish I could hold her, tell her, show her
What she wants is already there

A star is a star
It doesn't have to try to shine
Water will fall
A bird just knows how to fly

You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom
Or light how to fill up a room
You already are what you are
And what you are is beautiful

Heard a story the other day
Took place at the local VA
A father talking to his dying son
This was his conversation

"It's not supposed to be like this
You can't go first I can't handle it"
The boy said "Dad now don't you cry,
Remember when I was a child what you used to tell me when I'd ask why?"

(You'd say) Gravity is gravity
It doesn't try to pull you down
Stone is stone
It can't help but hold its ground

The wind just blows, though you can't see
It's everywhere like I'll always be
You already are what you are
And what you are is strong enough

Look in the mirror
Now that's another story to tell
I give love to others
But I give myself hell

I'd have to tell myself
"In every seed there's a perfect plan"
Everything I hoped to be
I already am

A flower is a flower
It doesn't have to try to bloom
And light is light
Just knows how to fill a room

And dark is dark
So the stars have a place to shine
The tide goes out
So it can come back another time

Goodbye makes a hello so sweet
And love is love so it can teach us
We already are what we are
And what we are is beautiful

And strong enough
And good enough
And bright enough

Against the Wind

The image below was shared on facebook by my cousin today and I love it! :)

Don't fill your hole with religion, stuff or people... Run! Run against the wind!! :)

Having a rough week,

What's up?

Not-so-much...and lots! :) The way it usually is...

I feel lacking in inspiration (?), not just for blogging but for life in general. :/ I'm on the edge on finally getting this house sold...or, to be honest, into the process of being sold! :p I still have to pick a realtor! :\

In 34 days I can send in papers to the court to confirm that I want the divorce finalised (in Sweden there's mandatory 6 month waiting period because of the fact that we have young children) - it feels strange that that date is almost here already. I have not changed my mind...if anything I've become even more sure that it is time for us to part. But, I do feel somewhat...empty. Probably due to us still living together, having the house together... I need to move on yet - all things still needing done is resting on my shoulders. The emptiness is currently being filled with bread. :p

I want to change my last name too. I don't want to take my maiden name back, I'm not her anymore. I don't want to 'revert', I want progress. I want something new, a fresh start, a new beginning. But...what to choose?! Another family name?? ...or something completely new...? Argh! Me and decisions! :P

Being back at uni feels great! :) There's some 'hassle' about figuring out if the semester I've previously done can give me any credit towards this semester... and, if I can get/claim it does that effect my study grant and how? OR is it better to just do a complete do-over and count this semester as a repetition of the previous one...?? *sigh* I dunno, just putting one foot in-front of the other, as per usual, trying to hold on to Me and my faith that things always find a way to work themselves out.

Tired-

Winter wonderland

Here are some photo's from the little outing we did yesterday. 

Beautiful day! :)

Finally we found a good enough hill for the kids to slide down on their...hm...is there even a word for it in English...?? Stjärtlapp...? *lol* Nope not even going to try to translate this one! ;) 

You sit on it, holding on (for dear life!) to handle between your legs and slide down the snow. Great fun for young and old! :D

Playground was fun too, even covered in snow.

Everything is beautified with the help of snow! :) :) :)

Our humble abode, looking a lot less run down, thanks to that white, cold, stuff.

Love&Light,

Snow!

Winter's finally, finally here! Just like I predicted...!?! :O I did...! ;)

A few weeks ago we, at work, were talking about the dismal winter we've had so far and whether we'd get any snow this winter or if we'd just skip right into spring. The weather has been very mild, the tiniest show of snow but mostly wet, damp and mild temperatures...

The last two winters here have been looong, hard and cold! ...so...the mildness of this winter has been a both a relief and a disappointment. White, frosty, winters are lovely! Mild, wet, grey winters are just...bleak.

Talking about the weather is a favourite lunch time topic at work ;p and I seemed like the only one sure that we'd get snow! ...for sure! :)

I'm not particularly good at predicting the weather (or anything else btw!) but I do get the odd 'hunch' now and again and I've been sure of the mildness of this winter since September, just like I was sure that we'd get snow before the end of the month, at Jan. 21st. Yup! I even came up with the date...spookily enough The Right date cause today. we. got. snow. l o t s. of. it!?! ;p

So, we've been busy building snowmen and shoveling snow. :) :) :) Great fun! ...oooh! And I did have a hunch about something snow/winter related on Jan. 26th too (I was going between those dates for the arrival of Snow) sooo we'll see what happens then! ;p

Weather-woman? ;)

"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy."

- William Blake