."........When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it is over, I don't want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. I don't want to end up simply having visited this world." From the Poem "When Death Comes" by Mary Oliver |
Friday, 11 February 2011
Thoughtful Friday no. 123
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That is one of my fave quotes, Sheila... *sigh*... I just love Mary Oliver. And LOVE your new banner--beautiful & fun! Happy Valentine's ((HUGS))
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