Ever Changing Life

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Kathryn Flynn Jul 23, 2010, 1:26am UTC

Life does change, often faster than we want...............beautiful, heartfelt words. Sad, realistic.

Dianna Doles-Petry Jul 24, 2010, 5:02pm UTC

Thank you, Kathryn. In addition to having my mother to care for I have been spending a great deal of time with my elderly neighbor. She is in her eighties and rapidly declining both physically and mentally. She talks to me daily about the torture she endured having to watch her oldest son die after a long battle with illness. My own mother asks me every day why none of her family is coming to visit. I try to explain that they're all long gone and she'll be reunited with them eventually. For me it seems like only yesterday that I was sixteen and had the world by the tail. Life has surely changed much too quickly for my liking even though I was wishing it away in my teenage years. Thanks for reading this and leaving me a comment.

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Kathryn Flynn Jul 23, 2010, 1:26am UTC

Thanks for sharing in the Triple Name Club.

Dianna Doles-Petry Jul 24, 2010, 5:02pm UTC

It was my honor.

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René Allen Jul 23, 2010, 1:39am UTC

This is EXCELLENT Dianna!

Really moving, and a poetic work that everyone should be able to identify with. This will be FEATURED in PROPHETIC PULSE ~ A Paradigm Shift.

Thank you for sharing this with us.

HUGS & BLESSINGS ~
Your Friend,
Rene

Dianna Doles-Petry Jul 24, 2010, 5:03pm UTC

Thank you, René, and it is my honor to be featured in Prophetic Pulse. I'm so glad you enjoyed this and very much appreciate your comment. Life seems to be moving faster with each passing year.

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Deb J. Jul 23, 2010, 8:29am UTC

This is really wonderful Dianna! Life does have a way of bringing us to our knees, doesn't it??!

Dianna Doles-Petry Jul 24, 2010, 5:05pm UTC

Thank you, Deb, and life has taken me to my knees many times over the last ten years or so. I guess my grandmother was right when she said, "Once the family circle is broken it continues to crumble."

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Randi Burnham-Brown Jul 23, 2010, 8:45am UTC

This is very good dianna! I feel that we do come to the point where we just have to kneel and pray.

Dianna Doles-Petry Jul 24, 2010, 5:05pm UTC

Thank you, Randi, and we sure do get to that point!

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Elena Margo Gould Jul 23, 2010, 3:24pm UTC

I love how the poem dances around all the things that happened after, acknowledging them but refusing to give them center stage, which is here reserved for "before." Wonderful!

Dianna Doles-Petry Jul 24, 2010, 5:07pm UTC

Thank you, Elena. My center stage is this very moment for it's the only one we truly have. I refuse to allow the past to do anything more than strengthen me and the future is no longer filled with fantasy but has gained more faith. I appreciate your comment!

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