Show Your <3

This is the 1st time I have ever been tagged! BIG Thank You to my namesake, Diana. 🙂

And, it’s a good one, too. Here goes. It took me awhile. 🙂

The rules:
With as much creativity as you can muster, show your heart in:

1 picture
1 poem
1 song or piece of music
1 phrase or quote
1 item of clothing
1 place
1 Disney princess

If you want to join in, tag 6 more blogs!

Picture: Vettriano

Poem:

Your Laughter

Take bread away from me, if you wish,
take air away, but
do not take from me your laughter.

Do not take away the rose,
the lance flower that you pluck,
the water that suddenly
bursts forth in joy,
the sudden wave
of silver born in you.

My struggle is harsh and I come back
with eyes tired
at times from having seen
the unchanging earth,
but when your laughter enters
it rises to the sky seeking me
and it opens for me all
the doors of life.

My love, in the darkest
hour your laughter
opens, and if suddenly
you see my blood staining
the stones of the street,
laugh, because your laughter
will be for my hands
like a fresh sword.

Next to the sea in the autumn,
your laughter must raise
its foamy cascade,
and in the spring, love,
I want your laughter like
the flower I was waiting for,
the blue flower, the rose
of my echoing country.

Laugh at the night,
at the day, at the moon,
laugh at the twisted
streets of the island,
laugh at this clumsy
boy who loves you,
but when I open
my eyes and close them,
when my steps go,
when my steps return,
deny me bread, air,
light, spring,
but never your laughter
for I would die.

Pablo Neruda

Song: Wish I was there!

Phrase/Quote: This is for YOU.

Philippians 1:3
I thank my God every time I remember you.

Item of Clothing: Any and all little black dresses.

Place: Mexico City: De Efe

Disney Princess: Lara….um, I mean…Snow White.

And, now I get to tag 6 blogs! Yay!

1. *janette*
2. Gee to the Funk
3. Isabella
4. Jackie O
5. Minnie
6. Our Little Bundle of Joy

Have fun with it. 🙂

I’ve been shopping. A lot.

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And, I got my car washed! The first time in 6 months! I’m surprised they were able to scrape off the layer of filth that was stuck to every single surface. If my check engine light is going to be on, the car should at least smell like Jasmine.

And, next week is Stephen’s Spring Break! His finals are finally over and we get him all to ourselves in the evenings. Can’t wait. 🙂

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It’s time to broaden Lara’s musical horizons.

Diana (of this blog that I LOOOVE) made a comment about Lara’s exposure to cool music. I thought about that and decided that I needed her to learn about the music that has inspired me. Not that Adele isn’t cool. But, that isn’t the music of my life (so far). Here are a few CDs I’ll be loading into the car (that’s old school, huh? I guess I can put them on the Ipod, too) so that she can start singing along to some classics. I’m so excited for her. She’s going to love them!

“You were always on my mind…”

“Under my thumb…”

How long before Lara can see, Walk the Line?

When Lara was a newborn, Stephen and I decided that we needed to pick a song for her. A song that we would sing her to sleep with. James Taylor’s “You Can Close Your Eyes” is that song. The three of us sing it almost every night. 🙂

I love Stevie Nicks. Sigh.

Layla! Almost named Lara that, you know. 🙂

“BBBBBBBEnny and the Jets”

I really didn’t like them until this CD. It’s probably because Stephen liked them first. I don’t know why I do that.

“Girl…you’ll be a woman soon…”

Anytime a Coldplay song plays:

“Mommy! That’s Daddy’s song!”

What is the right age to show my daughter, “Saturday Night Fever”? Help.

My favorite. Sigh.