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How Short Life Really Is
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How Short Life Really Is |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan 
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How Short Life Really Is How short life really is |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (smiles) Yes, you have always been true to yourself and your love continues to delight us all everyday as the child in your heart will forever sing on! (kiss on cheek) This is such a lovely and cute poem, sweet friend, I know this feeling too, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Noah...Kindergarten was a very long time ago for me...but some memories linger forever....  ~hugs~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I totally agree, thanks for the giggle, I used to eat my crayons too |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
"how short life really is afterall, it goes by so fast we must paint our own future, design our own lives and make the good moments last" really wonderful writing MC |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Lyra, Awesome write! And I have a theory about aging. We don't feel old because God did not create us to die. So why I'll body ages and dies our minds never do as they weren't created to think that way. Painfully honest truths here and well expressed besides. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks for your reply, Dixie.... Its good to know that I wasn't the only crayon eater....did you get in trouble for it also?  ~pretty colored hugs~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for the lovely compliment, Sue... ~lots of kindergarten hugs~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Gee, I know what you mean Lyra. Inside my head I am only about eight years old..I can still remember the taste of school paste, I think was made with flour and water or something..that's what it tasted like though..lol...yes, it goes by in the blink of an eye, so we must enjoy every single minute. ~Hugging you real close!~ |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Larry...I think you might be right..... I really don't feel much older than that naughty little girl who drew her own picture instead of tracing the one the teacher passed around... but when I look in the mirror, I see someone who could be that little girl's grandma. Maybe I could just say that the white streaks in my hair are really school paste ~big crayola hugs~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Nancy.... Isn't it strange how those memories stay with us....even the tiniest little details like the smell of that paste... I guess that we are always children at heart, if we are lucky...... ~real big hugs covered with white school paste~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
thiss was a joy to read..yeas I remember the fingerpainting and the activities we did well done as always! |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I can't believe this Lyra..I awoke early as usual..for some reason I had a peaceful night..no coughing...(maybe the medicine is finally working)I am here settling down with a vanilla coffee, passions and you. I reached for a little spiral booklet I bought awhile back and realized it had days in it of sayings about Secret Pals and friendships and I had turned to April 6th which said: "This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." Shakespeare... How "spooky" is that??? Hope you are feeling well. hugssss M [This message has been edited by nakdthoughts (04-06-2002 05:24 AM).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I know that there is a discipline for drawing within the lines, and following direction, so that from a Kindergartener's beginning, society doesn't become chaotic, but...but...what would we do without those wonderful people who think OUTSIDE of the box.... and you brought back the smell of glue Very Well....I recall how I made "fingerprint" thins...allow Elmer to dry on my finger, then very, very carefully pulling it back to see my very own, individual fingerprint, the only one in the world just like this... this little poem is not only chocked full of wisdom, but magic, too...  |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Lyra my dearest friend, what a delight to have read your writing, I cannot imagine life without you painting a rainbow into my sky. This is full to the brim of wonder, and of course it’s good YOU wrote it. Utterly utterly perfect writing. I didn’t eat the crayons, I was a good girl, Don’t you just hate the goody two shoes who’s always in the class Actually if you asked my teachers do they remember me they’d probably shudder and say Oh yes we remember her! I was the one always talking, of course    Love and warm stuff As always Mushy To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace Luke 2:79 |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Madame - you write with such excellence. No one writes with your style. And life does go by too fast, if only it could always be happy instead of the trials and tribulations that go with it. But I guess that's what makes it interesting... BC |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Lyra, Enjoyed your beautiful write. There is no dodging the wizzard of time. But laughing keeps him at a distance. |
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strbbux Member Elite
since 2001-12-19
Posts 3859 |
Lyra how very true your words are. Isnt it funny how smells of crayons and glue bring back memories, and hey, I am glad you were one to not stay in the lines but went your own creative way. WONDERFUL, and I loved reading this poem. floria Floria |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Martin...I bet that you were quite creative in Kindergarten also. ~fingerpainted hugs~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." Shakespeare... That is really spooky, Maureen... I'm so glad that you're feeling better and that you got a full nights sleep. ~spooooooky huggggsss~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Karilea.... I think somehow, that most creative people, whether they be poets, novelists, artists, or even teachers...tend to think outside the box and draw their own truths... ~magical hugs~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Marsha, Somehow I can't picture you as being the"goody two shoes" of the class... but the talking too much does sound like you......incidentally I always got into trouble for that also......I guess I got into trouble for lots of things... ~lots of yakkity yak hugs~ copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Bill... I agree with you, its the trials and tribulations which make life interesting...but, I wish my life were just a little bit less interesting right now.  ~interesting hugs~ copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sy....and that is a wonderful way to look at things. I think we all have to learn to laugh more often ~happy hugs~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Floria... I have a feeling that if we had been in that kindergarten class together....we would have been comrades in drawing outside the lines.  ~creative hugs~copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
yes...indeed |
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