pink | The Sunshine Factor

May 2, 2013
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Happy Birthday, Mom!

English: Pink roses in the garden (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Unidentified pink hybrid tea roses against leaves and sky. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It’s your birthday again
but you’re not here to celebrate
you live in a perfect place
very far away – and I miss you very much

If you were still here
you wouldn’t believe our weather:
snowstorm in April
Sandra would have seen her birthday
covered in snow!

Pink
you were the original “lady in pink”
I’m sure you’re feeling in the pink now
and loving those heavenly roses

Happy Birthday!
Love,

Debbie

December 1, 2012
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After Sunrise

I woke up without the alarm

and sat down at my computer in the study.

Outside my window,

everything had taken on a pinkish hue.

Even the grass looked different.

There, behind the barren trees

wide streaks of pink next to wide streaks of blue

laced their way across the morning sky.

Now and then as I’ve been writing,

dogs and their owners have walked past and gotten exercise

on the sidewalk below.

Morning has broken

and reminds me that -yay- here is another great day!

It is a precious gift

to be up this early and not miss out on the beauty

all around me.

October 23, 2012
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Red and Pink: The New Black and White

Well, I’m still pondering the subject of black-and-white thinking (see my post “Black and White”). This piece will try to make something good out of a negative term.

Black and white are polar opposites – dark versus light. To stay in the “gray area” (meaning, choosing a position of balance), we need something in the middle of dark and light.

To give a picture of thinking with an open mind and having no unbudging absolutes – how about taking black and white thinking…putting it in the closet, and…

How about choosing two colors that are not opposites but a pair of colors that is the same, but one has a lighter tint? Voila, I came up with red (bright) and pink (light).

So what’s the verdict? What would be your thoughts on this, and could you share it with me, please? Just curious, that’s all…

Debb