More quotes ....

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
--- Mark Twain

Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pray to God, but continue to row toward shore.
--- Russian Proverb

An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet,
regardless of time, place, or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.
--- An ancient Chinese belief

The Gift of Life

I didn't give you the gift of life,
But in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.

For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn't give you
The gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you.
--- Unknown


Our children are not ours because they share our genes...
they are ours because we have had the audacity to envision them.
That, at the end of the day...or long sleepless night,
is how love really works.
--- Unknown

Not flesh of my flesh, Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn't grow under my heart - but in it
--- Fleur Conkling Heylinger


How Could You Know?

As you lay sleeping far away as still as you could be...
How could you know the joy today this photo brings to me?

A few short weeks and you'll be mine, and "I" will soon be "We".
How could you know the love I feel? It's something you can't see.

So have sweet dreams, my precious babe. Sleep well and tenderly.
Some say that you're the lucky one. How could you know it's me?
--- Kris Laughlin

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Regret.....

I’d rather regret the things that I have done, than the things that I have not done.
--- Lucille Ball


Whenever someone gives me the speech of you are so young to give up on getting married and having children of your own. Your man is out there ... just give it some time. I think of the above quote. I believe that if I adopt a child and I'm single and the right man comes along he's going to love us both.... no questions asked. It's just the plain flat simple fact that I'd rather not look back in ten years and regret not following the path that God has laid out for me to follow. Am I too young maybe ... but I'd rather be too young than too old not to want to take that leap of faith.

The Single Road ....

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
--- Robert Frost

Kisses in the Wind

I hold you in my heart and touch you in my dreams.
You are here each day with me, at least that's how it seems.

I know you wonder where I am ... what's taking me so long.
But remember child, I love you so and God will keep you strong.

Now go outside and feel the breeze and let it touch your skin...
Because tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.

May God hold you in His hand until I can be with you.
I promise you, my darling, I'm doing all that I can do.

Very soon, you'll have a family for real, not just pretend.
But for tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.

May God wrap you in His arms and hold you very tight.
And let the angels bring the kisses that I send to you each night.

I found this quote tonight while looking online and I just fell in love with it. So I'm posting it on my blog and hoping that my prayers will be answered and all my questions silenced.

Another quote...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
- Vincent van Gogh