I'll Love You Forever Robert Munsch!

Today I read in the newspaper where story teller Robert Munsch has told the world about his mental health problems as well as his addictions to cocaine and alcohol.

As a young mother I loved his story "I'll Love You Forever". I read it many times to my children and was touched that Robert Munsch was so able to voice what pretty much every mother in the world feels.   My children would be so quite and thoughtful while I read this story and you could see the contentment in their eyes. They knew that I would always love them no matter what.

As I read the article, I realized why he was so good at this. He was human. He knew what it was to struggle and he knew what it was to find the perfect in times of imperfection. He also needed to know that even with his imperfections he would always be loved by someone. Isn't that what all of us want to know.

I only wish that he did not feel he had to apologize or ask for understanding that should be a given. As a society we are always reveling the perfect.... we never realize that there is little if anything in this world that is perfect and certainly there are no perfect people. There are just people with feelings and emotions.

As I listen to this story again for the first time in many years I marvel at the beautiful person who lives inside of Robert Munsch who was so able to write such lovely words that evoked such marvelous feelings all the while struggling with his own imperfections and need to know he was loved. 

Thank you for reassuring our children over and over again that they will always be loved. 

I for one will always love you Robert Munsch!

Cherokee Morning Song - Beautiful

The Fine Art of Good Come Backs

Remember the day when the 'F' word was considered so bad that you didn't dare to say it unless you were all alone in an area where there was so much noise that even you could not hear yourself say it?
People seemed to have a greater command of the English language back in those days as the following points out.

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:

She said, "If you were my husband I'd poison your coffee."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
 
"I am here to defend this lady's honor ... which is more than she ever did!" ~~ Groucho Marx

Lady Astor: "Sir, you are drunk!"
Winston Churchill: "Madame, in the morning I shall be sober ... but you will still be ugly."

"If all the girls at Vassar College were laid end to end ... I wouldn't be a bit surprised." ~~ Dorothy Parker

"If that woman has one more face lift she's gonna' be wearing a goatee!" ~~ Robin Williams

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."

"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." - Oscar Wilde

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second.... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.

"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb

"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.." - Oscar Wilde

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx 

Now aren't these more effective and thought provoking than *f_  A**h***!!!

Happy Easter

From someone who knows all about bunnies and is ready for them! 

Don't Be Fooled by Me!

What can I say? This appealed to my sense of humor today. It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and leave no doubt. --Mark Twain (We would all have a better day if everyone listened to Mark Twain

Your Guide to Everything Fools or Foolish things To Watch for Today

April Fool: A person successfully tricked on 1st April.

Fool: A person who acts unwisely or imprudently, a stupid person, a jester/clown. One who acts in a joking/teasing way.

Fool's Cap: A cap with bells attached worn by jesters.

Act the Fool: Behave in a silly way.

Fool's Errand: A fruitless venture.

Fool's Gold: Iron pyrites, often mistaken for gold.

Fool's Paradise: Happiness founded on a illusion.

Fool's Parsley: A species of hemlock resembling parsley.

Playing the Fool: To act like the idiot or foolishly.

Tomfoolery: Foolish behavior, nonsense.

Foolery: Foolish behavior/a foolish act.

Foolhardy: Rashly or foolishly bold, reckless.