CONFUCIUS SAYS....BUDDAH SPOKE...JESUS LIVES

My hubby likes to research things and write about it. He has done hundreds of papers since I have known him and he is very well informed about our government, politics, the world affairs and such. But he recently has researched  Buddhism and Hinduism.  The similarities are stunning and the references to Christianity are interesting.

If you ever want a copy of his writings let me know and I can e mail anything he has written about to you. Ask and you shall receive!

But the weather is gorgeous today and I don't want to turn my blog into a political soapbox or anything so I will share some quotes from these religions with you. Choose your favorite and share it with me. You can also share any of your own favorites here too.

I will start out silly as he came across a page of funny Confucius quotes. This one cracked me up, "Man who lay woman on ground gets peace on earth." I am not a dirty minded girl but this made me laugh!

 1. "Silence is a true friend who never betrays."

2. "Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire."

3. "He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."

4. ""Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life."

5. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

6. "We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression."

7. "Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

8. "When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself."

9. "No matter how busy you think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to      self-chosen ignorance."

10. "The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential...these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

1. "Holding on to angry is like  grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." Buddha

2. "However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?"

3. "I never see what is done, I only see what remains to be done."

4. "It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."

5.  "Just as a candle can not burn without fire, men can not live without a spiritual life."

6. "Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

7. "The tongue  like a sharp knife, kills without drawing blood."

8. "There has to be evil so good can prove its purity above it."

9. " What we think we become."

10. "He is able who thinks he is able."

1. "Can two walk together unless they agree?"  Amos 3:3 The Word of God

2. " Jesus Christ is the same  yesterday, today and forever."  Hebrews 13:8

3. "It is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose." Phillipians 2:13

4. "So do not worry, saying, :What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or What shall we wear?" Matthew 6:31

5.""But the Lord is faithful who will establish you and guard you from the evil one." 2 Thessalonians 3:3

6. "But the Lord said to Samuel,"Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees man not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance , but the Lord looks at the heart." I Samuel: 16:7

7. "Furthermore, if two lie own together  they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?" Ecclesiastes 4:11

8. "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." Jeremiah 1:5

9. " In the Lord I take refuge. " Psalm 11:1

10. "Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God." I John 4:15

I hope you enjoy this post today.

A Pink Irish Saturday

Happy Pink Saturday to all! Thanks to Beverly over at http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/ for hosting our weekly Pink Parade.

I am showcasing my husbands shaving mug with pretty pink flowers on it. This cup date stamped "Germany 89" belonged to his grandfather Avery Robinson. My late father-in-law Carl Robinson lost his dad as a small child. He lost both of his parents and was orphaned by age 5. But this cup belonged to his dad and he gave it to my husband many years ago. My husbands grandfather immigrated to the US from Ireland and the history is very interesting.

My husband has carried this cup with him for many years and we keep it safe in our china hutch. It is bone china and a very unique piece. We will treasure this precious memory and pass it down to one of our children some day.

I am posting the picture here.

Now make sure you stop by some Pink blogs this weekend. There are lots of us out there and we always love & welcome your comments.

Stop by Bunny Cottage at http://bunnycottage.blogspot.com/. This is a beautiful blog with lots of my favorite things on display. I love her Easter Chicks! I have not put out my Easter display yet so I will show you my Easter Chick socks.



Finally I will share my new Pomegranate Lemonade Candle from  Bath & Body Works. I was picking up a gift card for my giveaway winner Wendy at and treated myself to a new candle! Yummy!

I am sorry for the pics because they are not at their best! I should have recharged my camera Any suggestions on upgrading to an affordable camera that is easy to use?

Next visit Melissa at http://charmschooljewels.blogspot.com/ . She has a sweet blog with lots of pretties and I hope to visit again very soon.

Havem a great weekend everyone!

ALPHABE THURSDAY/ HELLO IN MANY LANGUAGES

Hello

Definition: Hello

Hello Noun 1. An expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "hello" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380.

Welcome to Alphabe Thursday! I know I am late. I had a maddening sinus headache last night and got absolutely nothing done.  So although I hope Mrs. Matlock will not be angry with for for being late to class, I wanted to say hello and say it in many languages!

Yes, "H" is for hello. I am including the definition of the word as I always do. I am going to surprise you soon and change my post! Then you will bee able to see that I am not just plain and predictable!

• Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i
• Arabicالسلام عليكم(peace be upon you)pronounced asslamu alykom
• Albanian - tungjatjeta pronounced To-ngyat-yeta it means have a long life or c'kemi (hi)
• A'Leamona - tél nìdõ (good day) pronounced tehl-neye-doe
• Arabic - subbah-el-kheir (good morning), masaa-el-khair (good evening): note that Kh is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbA (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ba
• Armenian - barev or parev
• Australian - G'day (mostly informal but including strangers pronounced gu-day
• Austrian - Grüßgott (formal, pronounced gree'assgott)/ Servus (Informal, said See-ahh-vass, not like the Latin word)
• Azerbaijani - salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam
• Bahamas – hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal), what you sayin', Buyh? (very informal - slang)
• Basque - kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)
• Bavarian and Austrian German - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal; also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)
• Bengali — namaskar,Su-prabhat (In West Bengal, India)
• Bremnian - koali (pronounced kowalee)
• Bulgarian - zdravei, zdraveite (to many), zdrasti (informal), Dobro utro (morning), Dobar den (day), Dobar vecher (evening)
• Burmese - mingalarba
• Cambodian (Khmer)- Sua s'dei (informal), Jum Reap Sour (formal), good morning, Arun Sua s'dei, good afternoon Tivea Sua s'dei, good evening Sayoan Sua s'dei, good night Reatrey Sua s'dei, good bye Lea Hoy (informal), Jum Reap Lea (formal)
• Cape-Verdean Creole - oi, olá
• Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon dee-ah)good morning, bona tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night. You can also say just "Bones (bo-nahs) to make it informal.
• Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? (informal), sup (informal)and all other English greetings
• Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female). Muribwanji (moori-bwanji) is used often, as a generalized greeting to everyone.
• Chinese - In both Cantonese and Mandarin, it is written as 你 好. Cantonese is nei ho or lei ho (pronounced nay ho or lay ho) and Mandarin is nǐ hǎo (remember the tones). In Mandarin, you can also say 早上好 (zǎo shàng hǎo) for "Good Morning."
• Congo - mambo
• Cree - Tansi (pronounced Dawnsay)
• Croatian - bok (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra večer (evening), laku noć (night)
• Czech - dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)
• Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal), god aften (evening; formal), hejsa (very informal).
• D'ni - shorah (peace)
• Double Dutch - hutch-e-lul-lul-o (hello), gug-o-o-dud mum-o-rug-nun-i-nun-gug (good morning; formal), gug-o-o-dud a-fuf-tut-e-rug-nun-o-o-nun (good afternoon; formal), gug-o-o-dud e-vuv-e-nun-i-nun-gug (good evening; formal)
• Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)
• English - hello (formal), hi (informal), hey (informal,)
• Esperanto - saluton (formal), sal (informal)
• Estonian - tere päevast" (good day), Tere hommikust (morning), Tere Õhtust (evening) Tere/tervist
• Egyptian Arabic - Salaam Alekum'(sulam ulakume) (Goodbye) Ma Salaama (ma sulama) the "U" is pronounced its usual way(Example:up)
• Fijian - 'Bula Uro' (Informal Hello) and 'Bula Vinaka' (Formal Hello) is pronounced 'Buh-la Vina-kah'
• Finnish - hyvää päivää (formal), moi or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)
• French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel), bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel), bonne nuit (good night). There is also "ça va", but this is more often used to mean "how are you?"
• Gaelic - dia duit (informal; pronounced gee-ah ditch; literally "God be with you")
• Georgian - gamardjoba
• German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).
• Gujarati - Namaste,Namaskar
• Greek - γεια σου (pronounced yah-soo; informal), γεια σας (formal)
• Hausa - Ina kwaana? (How did you sleep? - informal) or Ina uni? (how's the day? - informal). Ina kwaanan ku? (formal) or Ina unin Ku (formal)
• Hawaiian - aloha (pronounced ah-low-ha)
• Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")
• Hindi - नमस्ते, namaste (pronounced na-mus-thei)
• Hungarian, Magyar - jó napot (pronounced yoh naput; daytime; formal), szervusz (pronounced sairvoose; informal), szia (pronounced seeya; informal), or even heló, like english hello but a longer "o"
• Icelandic - góðan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dahg), hæ (informal; pronounced "hai")
• Igbo - nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo), nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
• Indonesian - halo (hello), selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)

Irish: "Dia duit" (pronounced "Deah Duit"; also means "God Be With You")

• Italian - ciào (pronounced chow; informal; also means "goodbye"), buon giorno (pronounced bwohn geeornoh; good morning; formal), buon pomeriggio (pronounced bwohn pohmehreejeeoh; good afternoon; formal), buona sera (pronounced bbwoonah sehrah; good evening; formal)
• Japanese - おはよう　ございます　ohayoou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo (go-zai-mass); good morning), こんにちは　konnichi wa (pronounced kong-nee-chee-wa; daytime or afternoon), こんばんは　konbanwa (pronounced kong-ban-wa; evening); もし　もし　moshi moshi (pronounced moh-shee moh-shee; when calling/answering the phone); どうも　doumo (pronounced doh-moh; informal way of thanking/greeting, but means countless other things as well so only use when context makes sense)
• Jibberish - huthegelluthego, h-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (formal), h-diguh-i (informal), h-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (meaning "how are you?")
• Jamaican(slang)- Yow Wah gwaan (pronounced wa-gwaan)
• Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) - kwe kwe (pronounced gway gway)
• Kannada - namaskara
• Kazakh - Salem (hello), Kalay zhagday (How are you?)
• Klingon - nuqneH? [nook-neck] (literally: "what do you want?")
• Korean - 안녕하세요 ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal; pronouned ahn-yan-ha-say-yo), 안녕 ahn nyeong (informal; can also be used to mean "goodbye")(when calling/answering the phone"; 여보세요 "yeo-bo-sae-yo" (prounounced "yuh-boh-say-yoe")
• Kurdish — choni, roj bahsh (day; pronounced rohzj bahsh)
• Lao - sabaidee (pronounced sa-bai-dee)
• Latin (Classical) - salve (pronounced sal-way; when talking to one person), salvete (pronounced sal-way-tay; when talking to more than one person), ave (pronounced ar-way; when talking to one person; when talking to someone respected), avete (pronounced ar-way-tay; when talking to more than one respected person)
• Latvian - labdien, sveiki, chau (informal; pronounced chow).
• Lingala - mbote
• Lithuanian - laba diena (formal), labas, sveikas (informal; when speaking to a male), sveika (informal; when speaking to a female), sveiki (informal; when speaking to more than one person).
• Lojban - coi
• Luxembourgish - moïen (pronounced MOY-en)
• Macedonian - Здраво (Zdravo; meaning Hello), Добро утро (Dobro utro; meaning Good morning), Добар ден (Dobar den; meaning Good day), Добро вечер (Dobro vecher; meaning Good evening)
• Malayalam - namaskkaram
• Maldivian (Dhivehi) - kihineth (meaning "how" - the common way of greeting)
• Maltese - merħba (meaning "welcome"), bonġu (morning), bonswa or il-lejl it-tajjeb (evening)
• Maori - kia ora (kia o ra), tena koe, ata marie, morena (good morning)
• Marathi - namaskar
• Mongolian - sain baina uu? (pronounced saa-yen baya-nu; formal), sain uu? (pronounced say-noo; informal), ugluunii mend (morning; pronounced ohglohny mend), udriin mend (afternoon, pronounced ohdriin mend), oroin mend (evening; pronounced or-oh-in mend)
• Nahuatl - niltze, hao
• Navajo - ya'at'eeh
• Niuean - faka lofa lahi atu (formal) fakalofa (informal)
• Neapolitan - cia, cha
• Nepalbhasha - Jwajalapa, ज्वजलपा
• Nepali - namaskar, namaste, k cha (informal), kasto cha
• Northern German - moin moin
• Northern Shoto - dumelang
• Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), god morgen ("good morning"), god dag ("good day"), god kveld ("good evening").
• Oshikwanyama - wa uhala po, meme? (to a female; response is ee), wa uhala po, tate? (to a male; response is ee) nawa tuu? (response is ee; formal), ongaipi? (meaning "how is it?"; informal)
• Oromo(Afan Oromo) - asham (hi')akkam? (how are you?),nagaa (peace, peace be with u)
• Palauan - alii (pronounced Ah-Lee)
• Persian - salaam or do-rood (see note above - salaam is an abbreviation, the full version being as-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
• Pig Latin - eyhay (informal), ellohay (formal), atswhay upay? ("what's up?")
• Polish - dzień dobry (formal), witaj (hello) cześć (hi, pronounced, "cheshch")
• Portuguese - oi, boas, olá or alô (informal); bom dia or bons dias (good morning, used before noon or before the noon meal); boa tarde or boas tardes (good afternoon, used after noon or after the noon meal, until twilight); boa noite or boas noites (good evening and good night, used after twilight).
• Punjabi - sat sri akal
• Rajasthani (Marwari)- Ram Ram
• Romanian - salut, buna dimineata (formal; morning) buna ziua (formal; daytime) buna searaformal; evening), buna (usually when speaking to a female pronounced boo-nhuh)
• Russian - Privet! pronounced as pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
• Samoan - talofa (formal), malo (informal)
• Scanian - haja (universal), hallå (informal), go'da (formal), go'maren (morning), go'aften (evening)
• Scottish, howzitgaun (informal, means "Hello, how are you?") hello (formal)
• Senegal - salamaleikum
• Serbian - zdravo, ćao (informal), dobro jutro (morning, pronounced dobro yutro), dobar dan (afternoon), dobro veče (pronounced dobro vetcheah evening), laku noć (night), do viđenja (see you soon)
• Sinhala - a`yubowan (pronounced au-bo-wan; meaning "long live")kohomada? (ko-ho-ma-da meaning how are you?)
• Slovak - dobrý deň (formal), ahoj (pronounced ahoy), čau (pronounced chow) and dobrý (informal abbreviation)
• Slovenian — živjo (informal; pronounced zhivyo), dobro jutro (morning), dober dan (afternoon), dober večer (evening; pronounced doh-bear vetch-air)
• South African English - hoezit (pronounced howzit; informal)
• Spanish - hola (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la), alo, qué onda (South America;very informal, like "what's up"; pronounced keh ondah), qué hay, (South America; very informal), qué pasa (Spain, informal), buenos días ("good morning"), buenas tardes (afternoon and early evening), buenas noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying "buenas". Also Qué Transa (Mexico;very informal, like "what's up" pronounced keh trahansa). Qué tál, meaning "what's up", pronounced "kay tal".
• Sulka - marot (morning; pronounced mah-rote [rolled r and lengthened o], mavlemas (afternoon; v is pronounced as a fricative b), masegin (evening; g is pronounced as a fricative)
• Swahili - jambo, Habari (hello), Habari gani (How are you?)
• Swedish - tja (very informal; pronounced sha), hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal)
• Swiss German - hallo (informal), grüezi (formal, pronounced kind of grew-tsi), grüessech (informal, used in the capital "Berne" pronounced grewe-thech)
• Tagalog (Pilipino - Philippines) - Kumusta po kayo? (formal, means "How are you, sir or madam", pronounced "kuh-muh-stah poh kah-yoh"), Kumusta ka? (informal, means "how are you?", "kuh-muh-stah kah"). You can also add na when talking to someone you haven't see in a while, Kumusta na po kayo? or Kumusta ka na?. Magandang umaga po (Good morning, pronounced "mah-gan-dang oo-mah-gah poh"), Magandang hapon po (Good afternoon, "mah-gan-dang ha-pon poh"), Magandang gabi po (Good evening or night, "mah-gan-dang gah-beh poh"), Magandang tanghali po (good day, literally midday or noon, "mah-gan-dang tang-ha-leh poh"); NOTE: to make these informal greetings, drop po from the end and add the person's first name. Still, some people use words like mare or pare (very informal greeting, mare pronounced "mah-reh" for a close female friend; pare pronounced "pah-reh" for a close male friend). You may add it either before or after the greeting. Example, Mare, kumusta ka na? or Kumusta ka na, pare?
• Tahitian - ia orana
• Taiwanese (Hokkien) - Li-ho
• Tamil - vanakkam
• Telugu- namaskaram, baagunnara (means "how are you?"; formal)
• Tetum (Timor - Leste) - bondia (morning), botarde (afternoon), bonite (evening)
• Thai - sawa dee-ka (said by a female), sawa dee-krap (said by a male)
• Tigrinya (Eritrea) - selam
• Tongan - malo e lelei
• Tshiluba - moyo
• Tsonga (South Africa) - minjhani (when greeting adults), kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or your juniors)
• Turkish - merhaba selam (formal), selam (Informal)
• Ukranian - dobriy ranok (formal; morning), dobriy den (formal; afternoon), dobriy vechir (formal; evening), pryvit (informal)
• Uzbek - Assalomu Alaykum (Formal) Salom(Informal) YM
• Ung Tongue - Hello (This is a made-up language, like Pig latin. This is pronounced Hung-ee-lung-lung-oh.)
• Urdu - adaab or salam or as salam alei kum (the full form, to which the reply would be waa lay kum assalaam in most cases)
• Vietnamese - xin chào
• Welsh - shwmae (South Wales; pronounced shoe-my), "Sut Mae" North Wales( pron "sit my") or "S'mae" ( Pron "S' my") or simply "Hylo"
• Yiddish - sholem aleikhem (literally "may peace be unto you"), borokhim aboyem or gut morgn (morning), gutn ovnt (evening), gutn tog (day), gut shabbos (only used on the Sabbath)
• Yoruba - E karo (Good morning), E ku irole (Good afternoon), E ku ale (good night).
• Zulu - sawubona
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• I thought you all might enjoy learning how to say hello in a different language. I bet you can find your own heritage listed here. This is something fun that I have always enjoyed. Being raised in a Slovenian two parent family I have many regrets that I did not pay attention to my parents who spoke their language fluently. I do know lots of phrases and individual words. I studied Spanish in high school for two years and can utter a few phrases today. But I truly admire anyone who has such a love of languages that they can speak a number of them fluently.
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• So hello all my friends in blogland. I hope you have learned something fun and informative today.
• This was brought to you by the lovely letter "H".

You and I by Henry Alford

My hand is lonely for your clasping dear;
My ear is tired waiting for your call.
I want your strength to help, your laugh to cheer;
Heart, soul and senses need you one and all.
I droop without your full frank sympathy
We ought to be together- you  and I ;
We want each other so ,to comprehend
The dream, the hope, things planned or seen or wrought .
Companion, comforter, guide and friend,
As much as love asks love, does thought ask thought.
Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly,
We ought to be together, you  and I.

This is a favorite poem of mine. I use to make a lot of collage posters when I was a teen and I had one with this poem and a beautiful photo in black and white of holding hands. This poem reminded me of my husband when we were on again off again, in a relationship many,many years ago!

The author of this poem Henry Alford (1810-1871) was an English churchman, a theologian, textual critic,scholar, poet, hymnodist, and  writer. He was also a  very talented artist. I wanted to give you a little bio on this talented man and this lovely poem that he wrote and I keep in my heart as one of my all time favorite poems.

MONDAY IS A BLUE DAY

It is one of those days...I try not to complain but the cold dreary weather has got to end one of these days! I am kidding myself ! In Colorado we all know that March tends to be the most snowy month of all!

I work for a very blessed doctor. He is an ENT doc and we have not had a break since...I can not even remember. We are constantly busy and today we had so many emergencies I stopped counting them! We saw a young child and mom liked our office and my doc so much that she is bringing her other 4 kids to see him too! Word of mouth is a great way to attract new patients. If you have had a good experience the opportunity to introduce another family member or friend is wide open. The doctor treats all five of my kids and myself. We do a lot of repeat business.

But Monday's tend to be bad days all around. Busy office days and very tiring evenings with hardly an ounce of energy left for  cooking dinner. But my hubby, also busy at his job made a batch of beef stroganoff. It is a favorite recipe my friend Dawn gave to me back in the 1980s. She lived in Haiti and that is where she learned to cook very frugal meals. Lots of stroganoff recipes include pricier cuts of beef but this little gem has old fashioned ground beef in it. It is very tasty and always delightful with a tossed salad and some crusty french bread hot out of the oven.

Gee, maybe Monday is a great comfort food day! Hmmm....

My recipe is here:

Dawn's Beef Stroganoff

1 whole garlic clove, chopped finely
1 whole medium sized yellow onion, chopped finely.
1 large family size can of cream of mushroom soup
16 oz. container sour cream
1 tblsp. flour
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef (hamburger)
1 basket chopped fresh mushrooms (washed and drained)
2-3 tblsp. butter or margarine

Melt the butter(margarine) in large skillet. Add finely chopped garlic and onions. Cook til soft and translucent. Add ground beef and cook until well done and make sure to break up large pieces. Add flour to soak up the excess grease (you can also drain  the hamburger before adding flour. Add mushrooms. Cook until soft and add soup. Add sour cream and serve over egg noodles or rice. Great with a tossed salad and crusty french warm bread.

Now I must cook creamed peas so my youngest daughter Hannah & I can indulge ourselves in tisi old favorite my mom use to make for me!

 

Happy Tuesday!

THE READING MOTHER

I was over at Annie's place http://housethatjadebuilt.blogspot.com/ and she had the cutest pic of her daughter reading. I shared this beautiful poem with her telling her to stop by and I would post the poem plus a little bio about the author of this poem.

As young children I often read this poem to my kids. Four out of five of them are terrific readers. The youngest, our Nick, is more scientific and mathematically inclined! Who is that kid and who does he belong to! Laugh out Loud!

So here is this very lovely poem.

I had a mother who read to me
Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea.
Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth;
"Blackbirds" stowed in the hold beneath.
I had a Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant and golden days.
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every boy has a right to know.
I had a Mother who read me tales
Of Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales.
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness lent with his final breath.
I had a Mother who read the things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings-
Stories that stir with an upward touch.
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!.
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer then I you can never be -
I had a Mother who read to me.

Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954) was an American poet and humorist. He is most famous for the poem "The Reading Mother" which remains a common sentiment on Mother's Day. He is also recognized as the author of "Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes", said to be the shortest poem ever written. Much of his work is public domain and is often reproduced in greeting cards.

I found my bio on Wikipedia and reproduced it here. The poem I have had a copy of since my oldest child Noelle was a wee 0ne.

I hope you enjoy.

It is Well With My Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnLOBwRbg_M

1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
   When sorrows like sea billows roll;
   Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
   It is well, it is well, with my soul.
   
   
   • Refrain:
     It is well, with my soul,
     It is well, it is well, with my soul.
2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
   Let this blest assurance control,
   That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
   And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
3. My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
   My sin, not in part but the whole,
   Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
   Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
4. For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
   If Jordan above me shall roll,
   No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
   Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
5. But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
   The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
   Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
   Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!
6. And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
   The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
   The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
   Even so, it is well with my soul.

I wanted to share this beautiful song on http://bloggerspirit.blogspot.com/. I want to thank Charlotte  and Ginger for letting me share this day with them and many wonderful other friends.

I have posted a contemporary version of the song by Jars of Clay. Please listen in and follow the song lyrics which I have posted here also.

I was thinking about the writer of this beautiful song Horatio G. Spafford. He wrote this song while on a ship that was near the spot in the sea where his four daughters had perished. I nearly did not survive the loss of my unborn daughter Rachel. I saw, first hand the grief that overwhelmed and nearly destroyed my brother and his wife when they lost their teenage daughter Sarah to a rare form of blood poisoning. Yet, in my heart, I know God never makes a mistake. I know Jesus is unfailing in His Love for us. Somehow, in all tragedy He makes light from darkness. We must never think He will fail us because He has told us many,many times, "The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding , will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phillippians 4:7.

May all of you have a blessed and peaceful Sunday