Julanne's Village Jewels

                                                                                                     IRIS LONELINESS As I was pruning a plant that I dug up from my dear friend's ( the friend who passed away recently), I was stunned to realize that LONELINESS ( which I was only vaguely thinking about) doesn't mean being LONELY for other  company, someone to share time with, necessarily!  What I realized is that there is a part of me that is LONELY for another part of me. something I have not discovered or been able to reach yet. I have a sneaking suspicion it is that I still don't ACCEPT life as it is right  NOW! I am becoming familiar with 'foreign territory' for me. This is a new experience, one that I seem to be needing my sea legs to get my bearings. I have a feeling many people are going through some new experiences and perhaps can't identify them. It really is a 'time of CHANGE', acclimating to a new adjustment. It is a challenge for me to ACCEPT

ANGEL TRUMPET GRIEF When we see the word, GRIEF, or even hear the word, we usually react in some way. I am currently in a state of GRIEF because I lost a very dear friend last week. I have not lost anyone very dear to me for many years so it came to me with very short notice.  We all have our very dear friends, pets, etc in our lives but when it is a very special friend, I'm finding it very heavy and sad. I knew this beloved for 3 1/2 years here at the Village. She was the very first person I met the day after I moved in. She was sitting on a bench and as I walked by I stopped and I introduced myself, sat down and we were friends immediately! It was so sweet! We had lunch together the next day and from that point on we were very close. She was a remarkable friend. she was always very friendly, cheerful, kind and interested in enjoying life! Everywhere we went she would speak to others and in such a delightful manner, everyone 'knew' her. When we went to the dining room, she

                                                                                                EGRET RECOVERY RECOVERY is such a broad word! The dictionary says to 'get back something lost'. . . I am RECOVERING from a few events in my life at present, the precious loss of a dear friend, a cyst in my eye, the trauma of being AWARE of millions of people's losses and trauma over the past 14 months. Losing a certain kind of freedom to go and do what I want. Some of these LOSSES are irretrievable or at any rate not RECOVERABLE for the most part. RECOVERY to me is the ability to face  whatever is happening, allowing the situation to engulf us and allow  the pain to wash through us then let go and bring us back to a stand up position. The memories will always be there. By being WILLING to go through the pain of the loss, we will come to a resting place. It will take some time, and is not to be rushed by any means, but nothing ever stays the very same. It will transform into a new

                                                                                           MOTHER'S Now how is this for a MOTHER'S DAY greeting to you? A MOTHER goose and her gaggle. This is too cute! I couldn't resist sending this to you on such an auspicious day! MOTHER'S DAY has been a special day for me for ages. My dad would always buy my mom and me a carnation corsage every MOTHER'S DAY, white one for me and red for my mom ( or the other way around, I can't remember.. My mom's mom was deceased). It always felt special to me. I was a blessed child with a wonderful, loving MOTHER  that I treasured all her life.We had a very sweet, fun and solid relationship, one filled with laughter, conversation and security. I felt her presence at every curve of my life, full of support, love, affection and respect. I could always  depend on her. I felt her attention and her guidance at all times. I do wish she had 'pushed', encouraged is a better word, for me