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Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together
at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security
gate, they hugged, and the mother said, 'I love you, and I pray you enough.'

The daughter replied, 'Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I pray you enough, too, Mom.'

They kissed, and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'

Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'

'Well...I'm not as young as I once was, she lives so far away & has her own busy life. I have some challenges ahead, and the reality is - her next trip back will be for my funeral,' she said.

'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I pray you enough.' May I ask what that means?'

She began to smile. 'That's a prayer that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and she smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I pray you enough,' we wanted the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.'

Then, turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.

I pray you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I pray you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more..

I pray you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I pray you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I pray you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I pray you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I pray you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

Then, she began to cry, and walked away.

They say, it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them,
a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them.

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Ruby Day Interview with Striptaculous.com

]]> Media http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120124-101053 Ruby Day Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:10:53 GMT http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/comments.php?y=12&m=01&entry=entry120124-101053 http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120123-170537 Take a look... Red Headed Women; Are They The Sexiest People On Earth

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Mexico:



















Middle East:







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I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come over. Eric clicked a couple of buttons and, presto, he solved the problem.

As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?

He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'

I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired,

'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'

Eric grinned. 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?

'No,' I replied.

'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'

So I wrote down: ID10T

I used to like Eric, the little bastard.
]]> Randomness http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120116-100831 Ruby Day Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:08:31 GMT http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/comments.php?y=12&m=01&entry=entry120116-100831 http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120109-100601 I know we're all always looking for new ideas for dinner. Here you go...


How to serve chicken wings to a man...
Presentation is the key ........"remember that"





Chicken Wings, Hush Puppies With A Dash Of Ketchup,
and Asparagus served On A Bed Of Lettuce.
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Erik J is a 21 year old swedish photographer....


















































]]> Randomness http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120102-102641 Ruby Day Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:26:41 GMT http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/comments.php?y=12&m=01&entry=entry120102-102641 http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120102-100310
The middle one is Eli. Eli really loved chap stick. LOVED it. He kept asking to use my chap stick and then losing it.

Finally one day I showed him where in the bathroom that I kept my chap stick and explained he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed to put it right back in the drawer after he finished because I used it sometimes several times a day.

That year, on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around to try to get ready for church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys are fighting over the toy in the cereal box.

I am trying to nurse my little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.

We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car, and I am looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally go into the bathroom.

There was Eli. He was applying my chap stick very carefully to Jack's rear end. Eli looked right into my eyes and said "chapped..."

Now if you have a cat, you know that he is right - their little bottoms do look pretty chapped. And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to mind. And the only question to ask at that point was whether it was the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth!?!

And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever, because it reminds us that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little creatures, there will always be that day when you realize... they've been using your chap stick on the cat's butt.
]]> Randomness http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120102-100310 Ruby Day Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:03:10 GMT http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/comments.php?y=12&m=01&entry=entry120102-100310 http://www.rubysdiary.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111226-100731 PLEASE read this carefully!!...
I do not want this to happen
to the people who mean
so much to me........





Hope it made you laugh!

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