I haven't been around for a while.  I've been lost in work and in life, but all that really means is I've been lazy.  Life usually starts to get in the way right about the time I'm in full on skip to the earth happy mode.  When I let that slip, I start to day dream and let wishful thinking take over: a habit I desperately need to break.  Wishful thinking can get me down.  Not to say that I'm not optimistic: I believe in the power of flowers, that tomorrow the sun will come up, that good things are coming. It's the past, and the things I cannot change that brutally turn from happy memories to wishful thinking of days long gone {or in some cases, not so long}.

I walked past this sign on Martha's Vineyard one summer and thought, there are people out there that I love everyday, but who might not hear it enough from me.  Wishful thinking for times past or not, there are people today that need to be grounded in the fact that I love them.  Everyday.  When I walked into the store, needing to have this sign in my bedroom for me to see and read everyday regardless of my relationship status, I was brought to a halt by a little tag that read $300.  Yeah. Right.  When I returned home, I went out to my shed, dug out some old wood, sanded it, painted it white, and make myself my own little piece of love.

I'll let go of the wishful thinking...probably never.  But to optimism and hope ... cheers.