The eX sent a fb request, that included;

"Your children are not your children, for they are the sons and the daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you, but yet, are not from you. And though they are with you for a season, they belong not to you only.

You may give them your love, but not your thoughts,
for they have their own thoughts to discover.
You may house their bodies but not their souls.
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your diminishing dreams!

Your children are not your children,
for though you may strive to be like them,
but please, never seek to make them like you!

You though, you are the bows from which your children,
as living arrows are sent forth!

Let your bending then, in the archer's bow, be for their gladness alone."


And yes, I put an edit upon it, for some of it was true enough...

On this (Tues)day;

Another in which, as I awoke, and thought of all that was on my personal horizon(s), I still found time to think of you! 

To think about how you're such a blessing to so many of course, but more, about how you're such a blessing to me.

And so, on this day when you and all your strength(s) will be yet again tested, I just wanted to remind you that you're more than just someones wife, or, someones mother, daughter or friend, you, you're incredibly special as an individual, and in this world, at this time, that's something amazing, indeed! 

Liberty Thoughts(reprinted)

"Yesterday we celebrated an event that took place in the 18th century. It is an unusual event to commemorate with a holiday — not the first shot in a battle or the toppling of a government but the broadcasting, as it was in those days, of a proposition about the nature and the rights of human beings. How fruitful, how reasonable, how correct that proposition was, we have seen again and again throughout our history. 

That proposition was the Declaration of Independence.We know the words well, but they bear repeating: “That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”The men responsible for the ideas in that document could, of course, know nothing of our world, and even with all the aids of history, we can hardly imagine what it was like to be alive in theirs, in 1776.

How capacious an idea the Declaration contains becomes clear when you realize that it still contains us all, however we vote, however we choose to celebrate this day.We live in our historical moment. And yet we are the product of a very different moment, a time when a group of men, driven onward by the pen of Thomas Jefferson, felt certain they could enunciate truths that were universal, good for all time.
Their claims were stunningly bold, both politically and philosophically. There are intellectual precedents to the Declaration. But there is only one Declaration. We are still enacting its thesis, still, after all these years, learning how to embody its aspirations. It is not just a matter of trying to remain true to Jefferson’s words. The strength and the wonder of this country is that the words remain true to us."

It's that time again

Though true enough, many have cause to celebrate this day, the alleged birth of a nation, but what of the sacrifice, what of those sacrificed? Do you think they're celebrating? 

Me, I wonder about much, like why kids spend summers away from a parent they want to be with, or worse, by themselves(?)! Joy though, joy is not a wonder for me, and I thank Him for that...