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NATIONAL SMILE DAY | MAY 31

It’s May 31 and National Smile Day! Today we are encouraging everyone to wear their best smile!

NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DAY

Observe the future on May 31 with National Autonomous Vehicle Day! This is your opportunity to experience the realization of science and technology merging like never before. Buckle up as we take you on a ride to learn what technology is doing to our cars!

NATIONAL SAVE YOUR HEARING DAY

National Save Your Hearing Day on May 31 recognizes the importance of preserving our hearing. It is important to take some time to learn ways to protect your hearing and that of your family. Our hearing is vital, and there are ways that hearing loss can be avoidable.

NECROTIZING FASCIITIS AWARENESS DAY

Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day on May 31 shines a light on a rare disease that affects the soft tissues of the skin. We also learn about why it’s important to treat necrotizing fasciitis appropriately and immediately to avoid rapid spread of the disease.

Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day offers more than information to help prevent this skin infection. The entire day encourages support and provides resources to those who have been affected by the disease.

What is necrotizing fasciitis?
Necrotizing fasciitis is rare skin disease. It is most commonly believed to be caused by group A Streptococcus, which is why recognizing the symptoms quickly and getting treatment can mean the difference between life and death.

Necrotizing fasciitis can affect everyone, including healthy people. A small cut can happen to anyone and become infected with this bacteria. In fact, bacteria can enter the body through other wounds, too. Burns, bites, punctures, and even surgical incisions may be areas of entry for the bacteria.

Like many skin infections, necrotizing fasciitis may start off seeming minor. The skin might be warm to the touch near the injury. It might even be tender. The rest of your body may ache with symptoms similar to the flu, including a fever. However, these minor symptoms can develop and change quickly. Fatigue, changes in the color of your skin, dizziness, and oozing from the infected area are just a few of the symptoms to watch for.

It’s important to contact your physician any time you have a concerning injury. Follow your doctor’s instructions after surgery, too. They provide contact information for follow up care, including any risk of infection.

NATIONAL MACAROON DAY

Each year on May 31, we celebrate the small coconut cookie that is full of flavor and variety on National Macaroon Day. Do not mistaken these with the delicate sandwich cookies called macarons. No, these small, but substantial cookies hold their own despite the sometimes mistaken identity. For coconut lovers, this day summons up a little bit of bliss.

NATIONAL SPEAK IN COMPLETE SENTENCES DAY

National Speak in Complete Sentences Day is observed annually on May 31 as a day dedicated to using proper sentence structure while speaking. Join us as we try to articulate why speaking clearly is important.

NATIONAL UTAH DAY

On May 31, we celebrate The Beehive State on National Utah Day! This initiative is our way of honoring each state in the order they joined the Union, offering a dedicated day to celebrate the unique heritage, achievements, and spirit of each state.

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@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Oodie I hope you are feeling better today.
If you are not I would stay home and rest. 😎🎈

I am thinking of you today and if you able to get out and about enjoy the day.

I am glad to read that your husband is enjoying solid food. 😎🎈💕

Oz has had a lot of rain one more light storm and then on to next week.

@taci,

Good morning in S. California. I do hope the leak has been found and fixed. 😎
Busy day for all of us. I did enjoy the moon last night and i will love it even more
tonight I had a bullseye view last night and it was stunning. 😎💕

The best part I could see all the animals in the night. 💕 I was out late feeding animals.
I had to go in a neighbor’s back yard to put food for a cat who was hungry I move like
the night very soft and quick. 💕😎

I will do it again tonight.

Taci enjoy the trails. 😎💕😘

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 💕😎🎈I know you are home alone so enjoy it.
I hope hubby is having fun on the Golf Course he should be smiling right about now. 😎

I will be watching the Stanley Cup on Tuesday and I am hoping that Carolina wins this. 🎈

Kick back on your deck and just relax.

Enjoy your book, music and of course food and drink today. 😎🎈💕

Sending cool vibes to you and Jake. 😎🎈💕

He had everything the music world could offer.
The sold-out stadiums. The royalty checks. The global fame. The chance to keep going forever.
He chose to disappear instead.
And he’s never regretted a single day of it.
His name is John Deacon — and if you don’t recognize it immediately, that’s exactly how he planned it.
1971. Chelsea College, London.
Three young men named Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor had been searching for a bassist for months. They’d tried dozens of musicians. Nobody fit.
Then a quiet 19-year-old electronics student showed up. Played one song. Said almost nothing.
They looked at each other and knew instantly: This is our guy.
Not because he had the biggest personality in the room. He had the smallest. And that’s precisely what three volcanic egos needed — a stabilizer. Someone grounded enough to hold everything together while the world caught fire around him.
John agreed to join the band.
But first — and this tells you everything you need to know about him — he insisted on finishing his university degree.
While Queen was recording their first album and playing bigger venues, John was still attending lectures and sitting exams. He graduated with First Class Honours in Electronics before fully committing to the band.
Most 19-year-olds handed a ticket to rock stardom would’ve bolted without a second thought.
John thought: Let me finish what I started. Just in case.
That quiet practicality would define him for the next two decades.
The genius nobody noticed.
While Freddie Mercury owned every stage he stepped onto and Brian May built guitar cathedrals, John Deacon was the foundation beneath it all — the groove, the pulse, the thing that made everything hold together.
But here’s what most people never knew: John wrote some of Queen’s biggest hits.
“Another One Bites the Dust” — that relentless, iconic bass line? John wrote it. It became Queen’s best-selling single ever, shifting over seven million copies and hitting number one in America.
“I Want to Break Free.” John wrote it.
“You’re My Best Friend” — written for his wife Veronica.
He didn’t write constantly. But when John Deacon wrote a song, it tended to change everything.
He did it all as the quietest person in every room.
The rock star who lived like nobody was watching.
When the tours ended and the stadiums emptied, John went home.
He had married Veronica Tetzlaff in January 1975 — before the fame, before the fortunes — and he stayed married. No scandals. No tabloid front pages. No rock-star mythology. They bought a house in Putney, South London, and had six children. While Queen was conquering the world, John was thinking about school runs and mortgage payments.
Brian May once described him as “always the sensible one.” Roger Taylor called him “quiet but lethal” — invisible in interviews, devastating in the studio.
Freddie Mercury — the most extravagant showman of his generation — adored John’s stillness. The ultimate extrovert and the ultimate introvert, bound by something unspoken and unbreakable.
Then came November 24, 1991.
The day everything stopped.
Freddie Mercury died.
The remaining members gathered for the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium in April 1992. John played. But those who watched closely could see it in his face — he was a man completing a final obligation. Honoring someone he loved. Not celebrating a future.
Queen managed a few more projects. Made in Heaven in 1995, built from Freddie’s last recordings. A handful of performances in 1997.
And then John issued a statement that said everything:
“As far as we are concerned, this is it. There is no point carrying on. It is impossible to replace Freddie.”
Brian May and Roger Taylor eventually continued performing as Queen + with other vocalists — their choice, made with integrity.
John said no.
He was 45 years old. Still healthy. Still wealthy. Still young enough for decades more.
He walked away anyway.
Nearly three decades of silence.
People assumed it was grief. That he’d surface eventually — one reunion show, one documentary, one farewell interview.
The years passed. Then a decade. Then two.
Nothing.
No interviews. No public performances. No statements. When Queen tours sell out arenas worldwide today, John receives his share of the royalties and declines every invitation to participate. Brian May, when asked, says simply: “He’s fine. He’s happy. He just doesn’t want any part of this anymore. And we respect that.”
So where is John Deacon now?
Still in Putney, South London. Now in his early seventies. Still married to Veronica — nearly fifty years together. Six adult children. Grandchildren. A golf course. A quiet life in the same neighborhood where he raised his family.
He is, by every account, completely at peace.
Why this story won’t leave you.
John Deacon achieved everything the music world could give a person. Songs heard by billions. A legacy secured forever. Financial freedom for generations.
And the moment it stopped being meaningful — the moment the thing he loved most about it was gone — he simply stopped.
No farewell tour engineered for one final payday. No memoir capitalizing on tragedy. No desperate clinging to relevance.
Just a man who understood, with unusual clarity, the difference between what the world was offering him and what he actually wanted.
He kept his word to Freddie. He kept his family. He kept his silence.
In an era built on constant noise — on influencers manufacturing attention, on celebrities who don’t know when to stop, on the relentless hunger for one more moment in the spotlight — John Deacon is a quiet revolution of one.
The man who had everything and chose something else.
Family. Privacy. Golf. Silence.
And apparently, after nearly thirty years, that’s still exactly where he wants to be.
Some people spend their whole lives chasing what John Deacon had the courage to walk away from.

Unchained Melody
Song by The Righteous Brothers

Whoa, my love, my darling
I’ve hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea, yeah
Lonely rivers sigh
“Wait for me, wait for me”
I’ll be coming home, wait for me
Whoa, my love, my darling
I’ve hungered, hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me

Aretha Franklin Lyrics
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”

Looking out on the morning rain
I used to feel so uninspired
And when I knew I had to face another day
Lord, it made me feel so tired

Before the day I met you, life was so unkind
But you’re the key to my peace of mind

‘Cause you make me feel
You make me feel
You make me feel like a natural woman

When my soul was in the lost and found
You came along, to claim it
I didn’t know just what was wrong with me
‘Til your kiss helped me name it

Now I’m no longer doubtful of what I’m living for
And if I make you happy I don’t need to do more

‘Cause you make me feel
You make me feel
You make me feel like a natural woman

Oh, baby, what you done to me?
You make me feel so good inside
And I just wanna be close to you
You make me feel so alive

You make me feel
You make me feel
You make me feel like a natural woman

You make me feel
You make me feel
You make me feel like a natural woman

When things get crazy and life is pulling and tugging you down …sometimes the best thing to do is choose to do small things just for you that bring joy. Going to get your favorite coffee, wearing your favorite sweater or listening to your favorite song. Keep building yourself back… and know that choosing you and your mental health is always the most important small step you can do for yourself. 🦋

Once in a blue moon.
We say it all the time without thinking… once in a blue moon something rare happens, something unlikely, something worth waiting for.
This May 31st, the Blue Moon rises. The second full moon of May, and the next one won’t come until December 2028. Genuinely, actually rare.
And here’s the bit not everyone’s talking about: it’s also a micromoon. The most distant full moon of 2026. Farther away than usual, slightly smaller, slightly dimmer.
You probably won’t be able to tell just by looking.
Like the most significant moments in life often don’t announce themselves with noise. You feel them before you see them. You know before you can explain how you know.
⋅⋅⋅──────⋅✤⋅──────⋅⋅⋅
So, the Blue Moon.
A once-in-years opportunity to ask for what you wouldn’t ask of an ordinary moon.
The real intention. The one you’ve been carrying quietly, not quite daring to put into words because it felt like too much… The unlikely thing. The deep thing.
Once in a blue moon… you ask for exactly what you actually want.
⋅⋅⋅──────⋅✤⋅──────⋅⋅⋅
So between now and May 31st, I want you to think about what that is for you.
Write it down if you need to. Sit with it. And, when the Blue Moon rises… offer it up. Mean it completely. Let the rarity of the moment hold the weight of the asking.
The moon has been keeping secrets and holding wishes since long before any of us arrived. She knows what to do with yours.
Blessed Blue Moon, loves. May she bring you exactly what you’re ready to receive.
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NATIONAL MINT JULEP DAY

Mint julep is often served in traditional style using silver or pewter cups. Traditional mint julep requires frost to form on the outside of the cup, which means the drinker must hold the cup at the bottom or top edges of the glass. Today, mint juleps are most commonly served in a tall old-fashioned glass, Collins glass, or highball glass with a straw.

NATIONAL WATER A FLOWER DAY

National Water A Flower Day is recognized each year on May 30 to remind us the importance of caring for our garden plants.

National Water a Flower Day also offers an opportunity to care for the gardens of those who may be homebound or in the hospital. Take the time to visit a friend who may need some cheering up by bringing them some freshly watered flowers. Flowers and plants always brighten any mood, so share your hard work with family and friends!

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NATIONAL CREATIVITY DAY

Unleash your imagination on May 30 for National Creativity Day! Whether you are an artist, writer, musician, filmmaker, blogger, photographer, graphic artist, or any of 100 other creative personalities, the world is going to celebrate you and your creative pursuit. And you absolutely deserve it!

NATIONAL HOLE IN MY BUCKET DAY

The song There’s a Hole in My Bucket originates in Germany during the 1700s. It’s about a back and forth conversation between Henry asking Liza advice on how to fix his leaky bucket. Henry needs his bucket to carry water and Liza tells him what to do to fix the bucket. While this annual event was inspired by a song concerned with fixing a leaky bucket, there are other ways to celebrate this day.

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LOOMIS DAY

On May 30, 1872, Senator Charles Sumner introduced a bill for an appropriation for Loomis, but the Committee on Commerce reported poorly on the measure. Stripped of its appropriations, it eventually passed in 1873 strictly as a bill of incorporation.

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Bama is getting the BEST!
My heart is full.
In my eyes, he’s still that tiny little towheaded boy I dropped off for kindergarten. I can still remember counting the hours until pickup time because I missed him so much. And now somehow, in the blink of an eye, he’s graduating and preparing to leave for college.
Let’s just say T-Town is about to become my favorite destination to visit. And yes… I’ll already be counting the days until Christmas break when he’s back home again. Until then, I’m going to soak up every single moment between now and August.
So if you see me and think I look sad… it’s just allergies. 😉🎓 Mommas hold onto every moment because babies don’t keep:( I know this is what just the evolution of things and the way it’s supposed to be but ugggh it’s so darn sad. I’m excited for him to experience all greatness that college can offer but I will miss him daily. Always my best buddy.

-Connie Craig Carroll

@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 🎈Oodie I hope you are feeling better today.

Take it easy and hopefully there will be some rain. OZ has been raining for days off
and on. 😎 The moon was beautiful last night and tonight will be even better.

Here is to a joyful day with hubby and may you both have some good eats.

@taci,

Good morning in S. California. 😎🎈💕My sister is doing great and is up and walking
about as she should. 💕

Oz is raining lightly and will continue into the night. I have no problem with this. 💕😎

We are heading into the dog days of summer soon. 😎Spring and Fall are the fastest
seasons they come so fast and leave too soon.

Enjoy the trails. 😎🎈

Sheba, Glad your sister is recovering well.
We have lovely weather and a hot water leak that can’t seem to be found. A plumber will come out tomorrow. It’s not a huge leak and the hot water is off for now but we can turn it on for showers etc…
Enjoy the Moon. The post was interesting about it.

@taci,

Good Evening I hope they find that leak. Thank you for asking about my sister that
was on my mind all week long. I did not talk about because it came up fast. Sis was already
nervous and the pills she does not take sis do not like taking pills I told her hey in this case
you have a real need for it and it will help to be comfortable this surgery was in the
stomach area. Ah no I would have to be in a purple haze in order to get through the pain. 😎

Only after I feel normal will I dump the rest. 😎

I will wave at you from the Moon for I am the girl in the Moon. 😎💕😘
Remember to look up.

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 🎈😎💕Lady I was shocked about Claude Lemieux too so sad.
Things are getting real good with the Stanley Cup now. 🎈

How are you feeling today? I know you are glad the mulch is one and done. 😘

May as well get the party started. 😎🎈💕

Enjoy your day sending cool vibes to you and Jake. 🎈😎

@sheba2011

Another lovely day. Went up to mom’s for a couple hours. Remind me not go on Saturday again. Too much weekend traffic.😖 Came home and we went out to get a bite.

Yay for Carolina, we are finally in the last round!! They won decisively.👍

Hubs golfing tomorrow so I will relax in the beautiful weather and read the paper and a book outside on the deck.😎 Glad to hear the good news on your sister.🥰 Sending healing hugs to you and Poppy.🤗💖

@shoelady60,

Good Evening thank you for thinking of my sister she just called me and is doing
very well. 💕Girl is watching Sports of course. LOL!

I know you are tired after all that driving just relax. 💕😎

I hope your husband have a good Golf Game I think he needs this and I am sure
his heart will be his friend. 💕

Thank you for the shout out I am going outside and watch the moon with the animals.

Rest well my friend and here is a toast to the Hockey Games. 😎💕🎈

She woke up in a 250-room mansion and realized she was living someone else’s life…
This is Cornelia Vanderbilt. And in 1930, she did something that shocked America: she dyed her hair pink, changed her name, and walked away from the largest private home in the country to find out who she actually was.
Born in 1900, Cornelia inherited the Biltmore Estate when her father died—a French Renaissance château in North Carolina with 250 rooms, 43 bathrooms, 65 fireplaces, and 125,000 acres of mountain land. The kind of place that made other millionaires uncomfortable with its sheer excess.
She was thirteen years old. Suddenly, she wasn’t just a person. She was a symbol. A living monument to American wealth. Every photograph analyzed. Every decision scrutinized. Every moment of her life a performance.
At 23, she married British aristocrat John Francis Amherst Cecil in what newspapers called “the wedding of the century.” Five hundred guests. Thousands more lining the streets. A dress that cost more than families earned in years.
She smiled perfectly. Played her role flawlessly. Had two sons. Hosted glittering parties in that magnificent mansion.
And the entire time, she was suffocating.
The Biltmore wasn’t a home—it was a cage made of marble and gold. Every room held expectations. Every hallway echoed with “this is who you must be.” The mansion that represented ultimate privilege had become a prison of predetermined identity.
Who was Cornelia Vanderbilt without the name? Without the mansion? Without the performance?
She had no idea. She’d never been allowed to find out.
So in the early 1930s, she did the unthinkable.
She left.
Not for a scandal. Not temporarily. She left her marriage, left Biltmore, left the entire carefully scripted life that had been designed for her before she could even speak.
She moved to Paris—the city where lost souls went to find themselves. And there, among artists and expatriates who didn’t care about American aristocracy, Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt disappeared.
She became Nilcha.
She dyed her hair bright pink—a visible, shocking declaration: I am done performing respectability. For a woman of her background in the 1930s, this wasn’t fashion. This was revolution in a bottle of hair dye.
The American press was scandalized. “Vanderbilt Heiress Abandons Biltmore.” The tone was always the same: What a waste. What a shame. The princess had abdicated her throne.
But Nilcha was finally breathing.
She lived simply. Made friends based on personality, not pedigree. Explored art, music, life without cameras following her every move. She stayed in Europe through the Depression, through World War II, through decades while America forgot about her.
She married again. Divorced again. Married a third time. Lived quietly in England. The woman who’d once been America’s most famous heiress had successfully disappeared into private life.
And here’s what matters: she didn’t abandon her children.
Her sons George and William grew up at Biltmore with their father. As adults, they made a brilliant decision: they transformed the estate into a tourist destination. Today, over a million people visit annually. It’s a thriving business, still privately owned by Cornelia’s descendants.
Cornelia stayed connected to her sons throughout her life, even from an ocean away. She didn’t reject her family—she rejected the performance. The distinction matters.
When she died in 1976 at age 75, obituaries struggled to capture her story. Was she brave or ungrateful? A rebel or a bad mother? A woman who wasted privilege or one who refused to be defined by it?
Maybe she was all of those things.
Or maybe she was something simpler: a woman who realized that inheriting 250 rooms doesn’t mean you have to live in them.
The Biltmore still stands today—magnificent, imposing, breathtaking. Tourists walk through those 250 rooms, photographing the opulence, imagining what it must have been like to live there.
But Cornelia knew what it was like. And she chose Paris instead. She chose pink hair over perfection. She chose to be Nilcha instead of a Vanderbilt.
Her story asks uncomfortable questions:
Is it ungrateful to walk away from privilege?
Can you reject advantages without rejecting your family?
Is there courage in abandoning what you’ve been given to discover what you actually want?
Cornelia’s life suggests that sometimes the bravest thing isn’t accepting what you’ve been handed. It’s walking away—even from a palace—to discover who you are when no one’s watching.
The world expected her to be a princess in a castle, smiling and hosting parties and producing heirs until she died, her entire identity consumed by her family name.
She became herself instead.
Flawed. Complicated. Controversial. Authentic.
And maybe that’s worth more than 250 rooms.
Maybe freedom is choosing the life that fits you, even if it disappoints everyone who planned a different one.
Maybe courage is dyeing your hair pink and walking away from everything you were told to want.
Cornelia Vanderbilt did that. Not perfectly. Not without cost. But undeniably, unapologetically, she did it.
The mansion is still there if you want to visit. But Cornelia?
She was never really there at all.

Freedom! ’90
Song by George Michael

I won’t let you down, I will not give you up
Gotta have some faith in the sound
It’s the one good thing that I’ve got
I won’t let you down, so please don’t give me up
Because I would really, really love to stick around
Oh, yeah
Heaven knows I was just a young boy
Didn’t know what I wanted to be (didn’t know what I wanted to be)
I was every little hungry schoolgirl’s pride and joy
And I guess it was enough for me (and I guess it was enough for me)
To win the race, a prettier face
Brand-new clothes and a big fat place
On your rock ‘n’ roll TV (rock ‘n’ roll TV)
But today the way I play the game is not the same, no way
Think I’m gonna get me some happy
I think there’s something you should know
(I think it’s time I told you so)
There’s something deep inside of me
(There’s someone else I’ve got to be)
Take back your picture in a frame
(Take back your singing in the rain)
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now
Is to take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don’t belong to you, and you don’t belong to me, yeah-yeah
Freedom (I won’t let you down)
Freedom (I will not give you up)
Freedom (gotta have some faith in the sound)
You’ve got to give what you take (it’s the one good thing that I’ve got)
Freedom (I won’t let you down)
Freedom (so please don’t give me up)
Freedom (’cause I would really)
You’ve got to give what you take (really love to stick around)
Heaven knows we sure had some fun, boy
What a kick just a buddy and me (what a kick just a buddy and me)
We had every big-shot Goodtime Band on the run, boy
We were living in a fantasy (we were living in a fantasy)
We won the race, got out of the place
Went back home, got a brand-new face for the boys on MTV (boys on MTV)
But today the way I play the game has got to change, oh yeah (oh yeah)
Now I’m gonna get myself happy
I think there’s something you should know
(I think it’s time I stopped the show)
There’s something deep inside of me
(There’s someone I forgot to be)
Take back your picture in a frame
(Don’t think that I’ll be back again)
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now
Is to take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don’t belong to you, and you don’t belong to me, yeah-yeah
Freedom (I won’t let you down)
Freedom (I will not give you up)
Freedom (gotta have some faith in the sound)
You got to give what you take (it’s the one good thing that I’ve got)
Freedom (I won’t let you down)
Freedom (so please don’t give me up)
Freedom (’cause I would really)
You got to give what you take (really love to stick around, to stick around)
Well, it looks like the road to Heaven
But it feels like the road to
Well, I know which side my bread was buttered
I took the knife as well
Posing for another picture
Everybody’s got to sell
But when you shake your , they notice fast
And some mistakes were build to last
That’s what you get (that’s what you get)
That’s what you get (I say that’s what you get)
I say that’s what you get (for changing your mind)
That’s what you get for changing your mind
That’s what you get
That’s what you get (and after all this time)
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now (oh, and)
Is to take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don’t belong to you
And you don’t belong to me, yea-yeah
Freedom (oh)
Freedom
(My) freedom
You’ve gotta give for what you take
Freedom (I’ll hold on to my freedom)
Freedom
(My) freedom
You got to give what, to give what, give what you take
Yeah!
You got to give what, give to what to give
May not be what you want from me
Just the way it’s got to be
Lose the face now
I’ve got to live, got to live, got to live

Jesus to a Child
Song by George Michael

Kindness
In your eyes, I guess
You heard me cry
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child
I’m blessed
I know
Heaven sent
And Heaven stole
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child
And what have I learned
From all this pain
I thought I’d never feel the same
About anyone
Or anything again
But now I know
When you find your love
When you know that it exists
Then the lover that you miss
Will come to you on those cold, cold nights
When you’ve been loved
When you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed
Will comfort you when there’s no hope in sight
Sadness
In my eyes
No one guessed
Or no one tried
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child
Loveless and cold
With your last breath
You saved my soul
You smiled at me
Like Jesus to a child
And what have I learned
From all these tears
I’ve waited for you all those years
And just when it began
He took your love away
But I still say
When you find love
When you know that it exists
Then the lover that you miss
Will come to you on those cold, cold nights
When you’ve been loved
When you know it holds such bliss
Then the lover that you kissed
Will comfort you when there’s no hope in sight
So the words you could not say
I’ll sing them for you
And the love we would have made
I’ll make it for two
For every single memory
Has become a part of me
You will always be
My love
Well, I’ve been loved
So I know just what love is
And the lover that I kissed
Is always by my side
Oh, the lover I still miss
Was Jesus to a child

Enjoy the Warmth of the Sun. 😎💕

Good Morning Peeps and welcome to the HSN Community. 😎🎈

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Welcome girls to the new Thread. 😎🎈💕

@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 💕🎈😎Hope you are able to get some fresh
fruits and veggies from the market.

Oz has been raining for a couple of days now and I am loving it. 😎💕

Oodie let me know how things go for you today please take it easy. 🎈

@sheba2011

It took awhile to find “Community” since it wasn’t at the top of the website. I had to scroll down to the end and was able to access that way. Wonder if they are planning to phase this out. I hope not.

Glad your sisier is doing OK. Sorry that her meds for pain is not doing the job. She should contact either the surgeon or her physician for something that will not upset her stomach.

I arrived early to the rehab yesterday and found hubs in his room and in bed. Why he wasn’t in the wheelchair is a good question. Also, the remote for the TV has been missing since his other roommate went home a few days ago. Arriving early I was able to meet the new social worker and explained the situation. One aide was able to find a remote, but the next day it was gone. Maintenance had left for the day (before 4pm???). Thankfully, I had something to eat from home. Hubs dinner was something else. His face lit up like a Christmas tree (maybe a Hannukah bush) when he saw what was unter the lid. He had a steak dinner with succotash and cubed potatoes. This he ate very slowly savoring each and every bite. Dessert was Mandarin oranges. He smiled from ear to ear.

I started not feeling well and left between 7 and 7:30pm. I am home today. Have a head cold and believe it or not, the sinus meds are helping. I will be staying home tomorrow just to be on the safe side.

Enjoy your evening. No rain yesterday or today. Not sure about tomorrow. Temps and the humidity are high. 90s during the day and mid 70s at night. Windy. Humidity 80% and may go higher. Guess I will need to wait until sometime in October for things to settle down.

@oodiebom,

Good Evening I hope you are feeling better now. 😎Glad hubby had some decent food.
Oodie the medicine was fine my sister was not eating she is fine up and walking.
All good. 💕

Sending a few rain drops from OZ we will have some light rain again tonight.

I would read a good book or play a good game and enjoy the evening. 😎🎈

Thank you for your thoughts on my sister I am just glad all of this is behind her she is
young so she snapped back quick and no time in the hospital i was surprised by that.

Oodie I noticed you had to scroll down to get into the Community maybe this is something new.

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@taci,

Good morning in S. California and welcome to the new Thread. 😎🎈I knew I had to
change it soon. Here is to a nice weekend. 😎

Oz is still raining well at least it’s not a bad thunder storm.

Enjoy the trails. 😎

@Sheba, Happy 37th! Wow. That is a long time and congratulations on creating such a lovely thread! 🌸 ♥

Regarding the meds, I alternated them and took a bite or two of mashed potatoes beforehand. It worked well for me. I thought I would be eating oatmeal but I just couldn’t. I had a whole pharmacy but only took 4 pain pills and a round of antibiotics.

The rose earrings and pin set are very pretty.

Have a great evening!

@taci,

Good Evening and you are so right about the medicine. My sister was not eating right
so the meds made her sick she is doing fine now and watching all the Sports on the Telly. 😎

Thank you for the shout out on the Thread I work hard i try to make it look easy but after
do this every single day for nearly 14 years you can do it a bit faster and yeah I make
mistakes my bad. 😎 Remember I had one thread that ran for two full years. I don’t know
how that happened. All I post is a part of my life.

I especially love the OZ part because that is HOME. 😎💕This was also the very first movie
my father let use watch so I know every line and every song. Every time I watch the movie
I find something new and different it’s always amazing it’s a joy for everyone. 🎈

Enjoy the night and look up at the sky. 💕😎

@shoelady60,

Good day in the ‘burgh. 😎🎈💕Here is to a nice and wonderful weekend. I have a taste
for something sweet I normally don’t crave sweets but I keep seeing raisins in my head. 😎😎

I am having Pasta so I better get that thought out of my head. LOL!

My sister is doing fine after her surgery she is binge watching on Netflix.
I told her be sure to move and walk around that is so important after any major
surgery. 😎

Enjoy the Hockey Games it has been interesting. 😎😘

Sending cool spring vibes to you and Jake. 😎💕🎈

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@sheba2011

The mulch man is mulching, just don’t like the smell. Another perfect day for everything and anything. I think we will have a few more, yay!😎

I was so shocked to hear the news about Claude Lemieux yesterday. Just saw him Monday at the game in Montreal. So sad.😢 Hoping Carolina finishes it tonight.

Raisins on your pasta?🍝 Different but that might work for the Pasta Club ladies!! I’ll try anything with noodles. Getting pizza today in case the mulch man is hungry.🍕

Sit back and try to catch some of the game. Sweet hugs to you and Poppy.🤗💖

@shoelady60,

Good Evening well alright what a game and the Carolina Hurricanes came out on top. 😎🎈

I will drink to that. 😎💕🎈

I owe you an apology when I said I wanted something sweet I was thinking raisin cookies
or some kind of pie. I don’t eat a lot of sweets at that moment i was typing too fast and I
had something yummy on my mind. I did ended up with the Pasta Dish and I am very
happy. I had watermelon as a dessert and it felt light and right. 😎💕

YAY for the Game!

Wishing you a great evening sweet dreams now. 😎💕

@shoelady60

It really hits home when you lose a friend, especially when close to your age. It hits home and reminds us of our own mortality. I lost a great friend seven months following our wedding. I had asked her to be our Matron of Honor, but she passed due to a fracture ankle. Living in California she also wanted to stay longer in Ct. to see the sites. We were making plans to be with her and her husband when she past away. It’s not easy. But somehow or other you get through it. Time and the heart heals. The mind remembers.

@oodiebom

Thanks so much, appreciate your thoughts.💕