It was a Monday
Laid up at home
Left kidney screaming
Flopping around like a fish
Anxious, turned on Oprah
Topic of ‘dying’ with
Dr. Pausch’s last lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Pondering
Thinking
Crying
What would you do different
If you knew you were going to die in 3-6 months?
What would you change and why?
Why wait?
Don’t wait
Don’t waste any more time
Your life is calling
Are you listening?
Listen
You are
You do
You can
You will
Don’t waste any more time
A little bit brash
A whole lot of funny
Best damn mango martini’s you’ll ever have
The love of his ladies
All over his face when he stood watching each of you
Each of you fly and grow and become the beautiful women
That you are today
He’s proud and honored
To call you wife, daughter, granddaughter, friend, family…
A mentor
A champion
A fighter
Hilarious
His eyes twinkled mischievously and
That laugh
My God what a laugh with head tipped back
Or slapping a knee
He believed anything was possible
With hard work
Focus
And a little pain…
You carry on
You must
Stay bold
As he was
He wouldn’t want it
Any other way
Jeni McCreary
*Jerry Miller 1/6/2017 RIP
Hard lined, edgy
Frustrated, wanting more
Enough is never good enough
Twelve years old
I can do it by myself
Never to return again
To a mother’s arms
Wall so tall
Run straight to conflict
Hard issues- handled
Tough jobs- done
Delicate tea cups- crushed
I don’t need anybody or anything
Castle
Twenty-five years later
In the middle of a class
God decides to push
The healing button
Twenty pairs of eyes, on me
Hysteria
Alligator tears
Soaked shirt
Tear stained notes
Best friends and family
Who hold my hands
And smile
Oh so knowing smiles
No one appears to be surprised
But me
I’ve spent my entire life
In conflict
Survival
A bull
Snorting
Raging
In a china shop
Quieted now for a time
Refined, changed
Delicate tea cups
Expectantly waiting
Catching rain
Healing rain
Bring the rain
Jeni M.
PHOTO BY: Dan Gee “Bull in a China Shop”, American Fine Art
Believe that you have worth
And are worthy
Believe in your dreams, especially the ones
Hidden away that you are too afraid to unlock
For fear of failure… those dreams will change you & the world!
Believe that your life has meaning
You were made to be great and to be awesome!
Believe that voice that whispers…
You can… when you fear that you can’t take
One more step
Believe in taking a breath
And seeing the beauty that is all around you
Every day, right now
Believe that you are essential
You are irreplaceable and needed
Believe in God who is longing to be good to you
Wanting you to be captivated by Him
Believe in hope and your future
Your purpose in this life is bigger than you realize
Or could wish for
Believe in the power of your words
Call your circumstances forward as you want them to be
Not as they are
Believe in greater
Believe in that little child version of you who was so fearful and just wanted to be held
In their Mother’s arms…from the moment you were born you were
Hers and she loved you
Believe that you are wanted and cherished
Believe in strength and endurance for all that you’ve gone through
For it has molded you into your purpose, not your wall.
Believe in quiet, that stillness that gives you pause, a breath
So deep your soul perches in happiness as you close
Your eyes, if only for a moment for that break
That connection to something bigger and greater than yourself
Believe in yourself! That you can do anything you set your mind to!
Believe in victory & joy, it’s OK to laugh and be happy
You deserve it
Believe in giggles and belly laughter
Believe that you are loved more than you can comprehend
Believe in beauty, beauty draws us to God
Believe in the radiance that is in you
Seek that hidden part of your heart
For it is that part you and others so
Desperately need
Believe in change
Believe you can and you will
Believe in now, that everything is exactly how it should be
For now
Believe in the love you poured into others and to
Your children…it was not wasted.
It did make a difference
Believe you make a difference to those around you
To family, to friends, to strangers, to life
To live
Simply Believe
strengthdefined 