Word Up - UP

For "Word Up" - Can you believe my word is - "UP", eh?!


MUF'S GIRLS

You know when Kelly announced her word challenge for us in Charming Chatter, she used a cute button with "Word Up" to inspire us to pick a word to reflect on for this year.  Well, right from the first time I read the post, all I could think about was the word "Up".  Now, I am a person who loves words, have been since I was knee high to a grass hopper.  So, what was the matter with me, just "Up", no brain twisting pun or a word  borrowed from 17th century Scotland (and there are plenty of those words spinning around in my head), or no profound word that reflects the meaning of life, etc., etc., etc.  Just "Up" surfacing again and again.  So "Up" it is and I am excited about it.

With getting that off of my chest, phew, I am "Up" to sharing a poem that my sweet Daughter-In-Heart, Tianna, posted in her reflections of 2010 blog post.  Our family has been through so much since the beginning of the year, yet we are all "Up" to the challenges ahead, the fun times, and all the dreams that we dream.  "Up" is a verb to me.  


I do not know the name of the poem, yet the meaning is so beautifully stated - Perhaps the author would consider naming it "Up", eh?!


For every Winter there's a Spring-
   Oh, that's the beauty of the thing!
For ev'ry midnight there's a morn,
   For ev'ry loss a hope is born,
For ev'ry sultry day the dew,
   For ev'ry old year there's a new!

Yes, buds for all the leaves that fall-
   That is the beauty of it all,
New dreams for all the dreams that die,
   For ev'ry night a dawning sky-
For ev'ry heartache, failure, fear,
   Another chance, another year!
                         -Douglas Malloch


Goals for January 

1. Reorganize "The Room" and find places to hide relocated my stash. (Son #3 needs to move back into it during his recovery). 
2. Make a Fermentation list, with looking ahead, due dates and shop sample dates need by dates.
3. Find the colour chart for Callie's embroidered quilt, send to my Daughter-In-Heart (we are making it together).
4. Begin the embroidery on Callie's quilt.
5. Make an "Up" stitchery.
6. Start Jenny's BOM Give Thanks (Make the hanger/base for the monthly sayings.
7. There is so much that I am "Up" too -  take time for rest. 
8. Write shorter and more often on my blog - who wants to read my long windiness - not me, that is for sure.
9. These goals are something that I can accomplish - starting now until the of the month.

Take care and be kind to yourself - you deserve it, especially after reading through all my bather.