WELCOME TO MY DEN

                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Time has told me that beauty graces the pages of the heart, that the spirit will glide in the light when true love is found, and new memories are made when the rainbow of another touches the heart !  

                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          

         I AM THE MOTHER OF TWO WONDERFUL SONS,    TRAVIS, .... MY OLDEST, MY TRUIMPH, MY STRENGTH, MY HEART AND MY SOUL, IF NOT FOR YOUR DIGNITY, COURAGE AND POWER, I PROBABLY COULDN'T KEEP MY SANITY, I HAVE BEEN TRUELY BLEST TO HAVE YOU AS MY SON, YOU AMAZE ME IN MANY WAYS, MY HEART BEATS BECAUSE OF THE JOY YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO MY LIFE, I CHERISH YOU AND DEEPLY LOVE YOU IN EVERY HUMAN AND SPIRITUAL WAY POSSIBLE ! ! !

        NATHAN, .... MY DIVINE GIFT, MY LIGHT, MY NEW LIFE TO WALK IN THE GARDEN OF GOD WITH, .... YOU ARE MY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RAINBOW, YOU HAVE GREAT POWER TO SHOW A NEW WORLD TO THOSE AROUND YOU, I HAVE BEEN GREATLY BLEST TO BE YOUR MOTHER AND SEE THE WORLD THRU YOUR EYES, I CHERISH YOU AND DEEPLY LOVE YOU IN EVERY HUMAN AND SPIRITUAL WAY POSSIBLE ! ! !

      My journey into writing prose begin at the early age of twelve, winning my first poetry contest for my poem " Just Because " ,  my love for the universe of words is the sweet yet sometimes painful chorus that travels as a vineyard thru time, my writings are graced with Love, happiness, great sorrows, unforgetable pains, suffering, true heartache, but most of all a gift to share with others, for I have traveled many roads, pathways, cross bridges, climbed mountains and hills, and I share with you my readers the most inner part of my soul, for thru life we all must experience happiness, love, saddess, pain, and sorrow, but thru all of this there is always hope, faith, grace, and dignity !

                      " Time can only make us Stronger 

                          and LOVE can heal every pain "

                "COUNT YOUR GARDEN BY THE FLOWERS,

                              NEVER BY THE LEAVES THAT FALL"

                  COUNT YOUR LIFE WITH SMILES

                              NOT BY THE TEARS THAT ROLL "

                                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                                 ' NAMASTE '  

                                         TO

                                        ALL !!!

   I received a great gift from the soul of another, ( Richard Lee Orey ) I would like to share,
                                                                                        

Please take time to visit Richard's Den, Blessing's to all Valerie

A Lovely Rose
 

( A poetic offering with heartfelt dedication )

 This poem is lovingly dedicated to Valerie Pearson of Authorsden--and untold other
        women who have walked the same path--who has endured abusive pain and suffering 
        and who now knows in her heart and soul that "...all we have in life is Love..."

         Click Theme Music:  
         http://www.AuthorsDen.com/adstorage/48512/TheRose.wma
 

   A Lovely Rose

                         
                         In flight of day a lovely rose
                         Did speak by subtle sway
                         And stirred a heart so long lain dead
                         No flower could ever stay.

                         But embers did to fire aglow
                         And whispered soft affection
                         And bared a breast to open light
                         In trust and insurrection.

                         How to know the honest heart
                         Would blush the lovely rose?
                         A teardrop fell in shame and guilt,
                         No blush did it propose.

                         But only tender souls may touch
                         In magic born of heart
                         And dare to dream of times to come
                         When they're not far apart.

                         For all we have in life is Love,
                         To give, to share, enhance;
                         Would you deny ourselves
                         A hope? a prayer? a chance?

                         And so my honest heart does ask
                         In lines of rhyming prose
                         If I might share my love with you,
                         My sweet and lovely rose.
                          
                          Richard Lee Orey
                          Copyright 2006

                     " THOU IS THE SOUL

                            THAT BREATHES ETERNAL LOVE "

                                                 THIS GARDEN IS FOR ALL

                                                        LIVE ... LAUGH .... LOVE

                                      "  ENJOY IT ...... LOVE IT .....EMBRACE IT "

                                  PHOTO"S OF MY FLOWER GARDENS, PETS

                                             www.flickr.com/photos/betweenthewind