I like a good Disney movie. Some are better than others. My taste runs in the more contemporary circle. For me, the older “classics” produce the response akin to running fingers down a chalkboard. Not pleasant and I try to avoid watching them. My sister, MZ, likes Sleeping Beauty so I have watched that one more than the one time obligatory viewing to say I’ve seen it. If you remember, a young princess is born and three good fairies bestow her gifts. Two give her the gift of beauty and song. Before the third fairy can share her gift though, a curse is pronounced on the young princess. This causes the third fairy to modify her gift and make it the most practical. Let’s review this for a moment (not to ruin it for MZ), if you had a long awaited baby girl born and could give her any gift – any gift at all – what would you give her?
Be My Superman
Honey, we’ve been together so very long,
is it time to be moving on?
But wait, why can’t we still stay together?
After all, we still love each other.
We’ve hit troubled waters, can’t you see?
Why can’t we just love each other like they do on TV?
I’ll be your Lois if you be my Superman.
I’ll be your Terry if you be my Nickie.
I’ll be your Mimi if you be my Guy.
I’ll be your Nora if you be my Nick.
Maybe we can start all over,
as long as we’re together.
We’ll take it like they in the movies,
no matter what happens, we’ll be happy.
As long as we don’t break into reality,
we can do it like they do it on TV.
I’ll be your Lois if you be my Superman.
I’ll be your Terry if you be my Nickie.
I’ll be your Mimi if you be my Guy.
I’ll be your Nora if you be my Nick.
Those wouldn’t be good enough for me,
I want to go for all the glory.
I’ll be your Lombard if you be my Gable.
I’ll be your BaCall if you be my Bogart.
I’ll be your Allen if you be my Burns.
I’ll be your Evans if you be my Rogers.
© 2014 ck’s days
Thank Your Hero
Rescue in Unity
By Elder Chi Hong (Sam) Wong
“We all have work, let no one shirk…” (Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel, Hymns)
Faith with Works Brings Forth Miracles
by Nancy Lee
November 19, 2014
NJ could picture her mom dancing and chanting to the Little Engine that Could on her way to the testing center. It brought a smile to her face. She remembered all throughout her school days how her mom would chant to her, “I think you can, I think you can!” for encouragement. NJ found a sudden burst of energy. She studied long and hard for this test and was ready for any question thrown at her!
The thing about Social Anxiety
The thing about suffering from social anxiety is it has made me selfish. Everything is always about me. “Did I say the right thing?” Or worse, “Did I say the wrong thing?” “Is that person looking at me funny? Why is that person looking at me funny?” “Everyone must be mad at me. Nobody likes me because I’m awkward.”
My Little Red Wagon
We all pull little red wagons.
Filled
with
junk.
Fears.
Worries.
Concerns.
Anger.
Hate.
Thank you (share)
The Sacrament – a Renewal for the Soul
by Cheryl A. Esplin
There are a few reasons why I attend church every Sunday. Don’t get me wrong – it is not an easy thing for somebody with social anxiety to attend 3 hours of something totally out of my comfort zone. But I do. The most important reason is explained in the following link.
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/the-sacrament-a-renewal-for-the-soul?lang=eng
Relax, it’s just a holiday
Love it or hate it – because there is rarely an in-between – Halloween is this Friday.
I suppose the push of terror and all things evil has something to do with the loathing. Plus, there’s all that candy that’s dished out to young souls who already get in trouble for not sitting still.
To that I say, relax. It’s just a holiday. Using my holiday schedule at work as a judge, it’s a pseudo-holiday at best. After all, I get Columbus Day off. Col-um-bus Day. But I’ll be working all day Halloween. We do have to give it some props though because any day that can get adults to dress up as silly cartoon characters can’t be all bad.
Personally, I’ve always liked the day. Not the scary-movie, horrifying-costumes, spine-tingling hijinks that accompanies it but rather the dressing up. My first career ambition was to be a famous actress so I’ve always appreciated a day when pretending to be someone else is perfectly acceptable. Nowadays, this curmudgeon likes to stay at home and give out candy to the trick-or-treaters. It’s fun to see how many different characters come to my door in a two hour span.
So, to all those who detest the holiday – don’t worry. That bigger holiday just under two months away is ever encroaching on All Hallows’ Eve’s turf. Come November 1 the focus will be on the holiday of all holidays.
I wanted to find out more about Halloween so I went to History.com. Because I should be able to trust the historical facts when history is in the name, right?
Here’s some videos if you’re curious, too.
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-Halloween
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/jack-olantern-historyhttp://
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-witches
