joke - from SL Digest

Three women are about to be executed.One's a brunette,
One's a red head , and one's a blonde.Two guards bring the
brunette forward.  The executioner asks if she has any last
requests .She says no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready...
aim..." Suddenly the brunette yells,'Earthquake !!" Startled,
everyone looks around and she manages to make her escape.
The angry guards then bring the redhead forward.The
executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no, and
the executioner shouts, "Ready... aim..." The redhead then
screams, "Tornado!!" Again,everyone is startled and look
around. She, too, escapes execution..By this point, the blonde
had figured out what the others had done.The guards bring
her forward. The executioner asks if she has any last requests.
She also says no, and the executioner shouts, "Ready... aim...
The blonde shouts, "Fire!!"

CUANDO ESTOY EN TUS BRAZOS

CUANDO ESTOY EN TUS BRAZOS EL MUNDO ME SONRIE

EL SOL BRILLA MAS FUERTE SOBRE ESTE BELLO AMOR

QUE HE HECHO?, ME PREGUNTO, PARA HALLAR TANTA

DICHA. QUE BONITO ES, MI CIELO, ESTAR AQUI LOS DOS.


CUANDO ESTOY EN TUS BRAZOS ME CONSUME LA DICHA

LAS ESTRELLAS ALUMBRAN CON SU LUZ NUESTRO AMOR

EL MUNDO ME PARECE MAS BELLO A CADA INSTANTE

Y ME PARECE UN SUENO ESTAR AQUI LOS DOS.


CUANDO ESTOY EN TUS BRAZOS PARA MI NADA EXISTE

QUE NO SEA TU ALIENTO, TU EMBRIAGUEZ, TU CALOR

TUS LABIOS,TU SONRISA , TU CUERPO JUNTO AL MIO.

EL DELIRIO DE ESTAR AQUI JUNTOS LOS DOS .


CUANDO ESTOY EN TUS BRAZOS LA LUNA SILENCIOSA

CONTEMPLA NUESTRO NIDO Y NOS DA SU FULGOR

Y LUEGO SE DESLIZA POR DETRAS DE UNA NUBE

COMPLICE DE LA DICHA DE ESTAR SOLOS LOS DOS.


AL CAER LA LLUVIA COMO PERLAS PRECIOSAS

SOBRE EL ARBOL QUE NIDO LE OFRECE A NUESTRO AMOR

SIENTO QUE SE DESBORDAN LOS SENTIMIENTOS MIOS

CUANDO ESTOY EN TUS BRAZOS AQUI SOLOS LOS DOS.

INNER STORMS PRAYER

FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE THAT

PENETRATES THE DEEP, SCARY  PLACES INSIDE ME SO

I NEVER HAVE TO GO THERE ALONE.  BY YOUR SPIRIT ,

FREE ME FROM OBSESSIVE THINKING THAT HOLDS MY

MIND HOSTAGE .  HELP ME TO GROW AND LEARN FROM

MY ADVERSITY.  HOW COULD I GIVE COMPASSION IF I

NEVER KNEW PAIN?  HOW COULD I OFFER HOPE IF I

NEVER FELT DESPAIR?  HOW COULD I APPRECIATE

KINDNESS IF I NEVER EXPERIENCED CRUELTY AND

INDIFFERENCE?  HOW COULD I IMPART WISDOM IF

I NEVER STUMBLED ON A PATHWAY LITTERED WITH

MISTAKES AND WRONG CHOICES?  HOW COULD I FATHOM

THE FULL MEASURE OF YOUR MERCY AND PARDON IF I

DESERVED IT ?  THANK YOU LORD, FOR THESE BITTER

LIFE LESSONS THAT CLEANSE THE PALATE AND MAKE

ME BETTER ABLE TO SAVOR JOY.

                                                   AMEN

Dreams

SWEET DREAMS OF LOVE BEYOND COMPARE
SWEET DREAMS OF TRUST WHEN YOU DO CARE
SWEET DREAMS OF PASSION, OH,SO SWEET
WHEN YOU ARE HERE CLOSE TO ME.

DREAMS, I SAY, FOR I REALIZE
YOU'VE BEEN LYING ALL THIS TIME
WHERE'S THE LOVE THAT USED TO BE
WHEN YOU WERE HERE CLOSE TO ME.

Amor ( E.D. )

Me acuesto y no puedo dormir.. Me levanto del lecho, abro la puerta
y salgo al balcon. La noche esta oscura, casi tan oscura como siento
mi alma. Miro hacia el cielo, no veo la luna. Solo unas estrellas
despejadas alumbran el universo.  Una tristeza invade mi alma.
Siento las lagrimas pugnando por salir, pero no, no las dejare.
Tengo que olvidarte aunque me cueste la vida. Pero...olvidarte...como?...
si por doquiera que mis ojos miran, veo tu imagen. Que me has hecho,
dime, para que me sienta asi? Acaso me has hechizado? Dime; Yo que era
tan invulnerable,ahora me siento encarcelada. Explicame que es esto,
si puedes...Es esto amor?  Pero si yo creia que amor era felicidad...y yo
solo siento que muero poco a poco.Aprieto las mandibulas...siento un nudo
en la garganta...pero no, no llorare...tengo que vencerte.Tengo que
vencerte porque no eres para mi.,nunca lo seras. Algo me obliga a
cerrar los ojos. Pero...que es esto que siento bajar por mi mejilla? Una
lagrima! No! Traicion de traiciones!...Pero ya es muy tarde...La fuente
de mis pupilas se ha desbordado...la fuerza de mi cuerpo me ha abandonado...
y siento que tu amor me ha destrozado.



                                                       **************

Tickle, Tickle

Once upon a time there was a boy named Michael. He was very fickle and he liked to tickle.
One day he tickled his little cousin Erick. Erick was so afraid he punched him on his face.
When his cousin Stacy saw him she ran over to where they were and said " Erick, don't punch.
Michael loves you a bunch." Stephanie comes running, " What's going on here?" Stacy looked at her and said , " Erick just punched Michael. He wants him recycled.  Celi and Briana started laughing.
Michael said "Don't laugh. I just like to tickle, but I'll make you eat a pickle" Erica looked bored.
She said, " Come on Tatiana, let's eat a banana." Hey!  There are Cassandra & A. J. crawling
on the floor," laughed Michael. "Well, I'll have to tickle them once more before I walk out the door."
tickle, tickle!

The mother watch ( author unknown )

She never closed her eyes to sleep till we were all in bed
On party nights till we came home she always sat and read
We little thought about it then when we were young and brave
How much our mother worried when we children were away.

We only knew she never slept when we were out at night
And that she waited just to know that we'd come home alright
Why, sometimes when we'd stay away till one or two or three
It seemed to us that mother heard the turning of the key.

For always when we stepped inside she'd call and we'd reply
But we were all too young back then to understand just why
Until the last one had returned she'd always keep a light
For mother couldn't sleep until she kissed us all goodnight.

She had to know that we were safe before she went to rest
She seemed to feel the world might harm the ones she loved the best
And once she said, "When you are grown to women and men,
perhaps sleep the whole night through I may be different then.

And so it seemed that night and day we hear a mothers care
That always when we go back home we'd find her waiting there
Then came the night that we were called to gather round her bed
"The children all are with you now" The kindly doctor said.

And in her eyes there gleamed again the old time tender light
That told she had been waiting just to know we were alright.
She smiled the old familiar smile and prayed to God to keep
Us safe from harm through the years and then she went to sleep.

Memories ( Enilda Diaz )

Here I sit thinking of you. It is Autumn and I feel so lonely without you. The breeze is blowing and I feel so cold. I close my eyes and remember the day that you left me. Tears sting my eyes as I remember the hour, the agony of that moment. You were leaving me to go to the service of our country. I remember how I cried in your arms, how you held me so tight. The warmth of your arms around me; your heart beating against mine; your lips kissing away my tears. Oh God, how I loved you then and how I love you now even though you are no longer with me. How it hurts to remember the happy hours, the tender moments we spent together. But, I never want to forget, my darling. Those memories are the only thing that keep me alive, for without them I would feel dead inside.

Slowly, thoughts of that other day come to my mind as tears flow like falling rain from my eyes and tearing sobs wrack my body. I hide my face in my hands in desperation trying to block the memories, but it is too late; Oh God it is so late and the torment of that day, the saddest day of my whole existence comes back to haunt me. My heart seems to stop beating as I remember that letter that brought me the news of your death. Oh, torment of torments. The last word I remember reading was "dead ...dead ...dead..." before the letter fell from my hands and a heart-rending scream brought my father running just in time to hold my fainted body in his arms.

I don't know how many days passed before I was completely conscious of what had happened. All I know is that I thought I would go mad. I couldn't understand how I could go on living when all I wanted was to die also, for without you life had no meaning.

As I walk to the spot where our favorite tree stands I can see in my mind images kissing under its shadow. I caress the heart that you engraved on it with your name and mine and my heart feels so much pain that as each day passes I feel I die a little more until that final day when I will finally join you forever .... and ever... and ever...

Psalm23

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul;
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.