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Showing posts with label moments. Show all posts

The Eleventh Year

I'll paint my mood in shades of blue
Paint my soul to be with you
I'll sketch your lips in shaded tones
Draw your mouth to my own

I'll draw your arms around my waist
Then all doubt I shall erase
I'll paint the rain
That softly lands on your wind-blown hair

I'll trace a hand to wipe your tears
A look to calm your fears
A silhouette of dark and light
While we hold each other oh so tight

I'll paint a sun to warm your heart
Swearing that we'll never part
That's the colour of my love
I'll paint the truth, show how I feel
Try to make you completely real
I'll use a brush so light and fine
To draw you close and make you mine

I'll paint a sun to warm your heart
Swearing that we'll never ever part
That's the colour of my love
I'll draw the years all passing by
So much to learn so much to try
And with this ring our lives will start
Swearing that we'll never part
I offer what you cannot buy
Devoted love until we die

Before & After

Before: arranged by Mat.
After: arranged by Mom.

The Lunar Love

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows.  For love is the beauty of the soul. 
~ St. Aurelius Augustine ~

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
~ Oliver Wendall Holmes ~

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; 
effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
~ Germaine De Stael ~

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.
For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.
~ Ivan Panin ~

Love doesn't make the world go round.  Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
~ Franklin Jones ~

You come to love by not finding the perfect person, 
but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
~ Sam Keen ~

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
~ Thomas Carlyle ~

Faith makes all things possible ... love makes all things easy.
~ Dwight L. Moody ~

A loving hearts is the truest wisdom.
~ Charles Dickens ~

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
~ James A. Baldwin ~

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.
~ Plato ~

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.
~ Anonymous ~

Moon Orchids bloomin' throughout the Lunar New Year and Valentine's week.
All pictures are taken at my mom's frontyard.  
By me .. of course.

April Spirit

April is that precious month of the year. With the touch of spring. Rays of sunshine. Smell of grass, moist with morning dew. Feast of blossoming flowers. Laughters of children.

April is daisies in their innocence and modesty; God's Smile and Day's Eye that always welcome the sun.

April is diamonds with their color of purity. A symbol of love, peace and serenity.

April puts the spirit of youth into everything.



~ ©2012 joelliea, a picture of Precious Moments 1997 April Figure Hinged Trinket Box with Diamond Birthstone - taken at my frontyard, in the first of April morning. ~

Valentine Ini Milik Siapa ..

Kemarin:
1. Berburu 27 batang cokelat. Target penerima: Teman-teman sekolah Mat. Trend cokelat Valentine bertaburan di mall dengan berbagai bentuk, warna, kemasan dan harga. Soal rasa?? Yang penting cantik. Gue cari yang udah dijamin enak sejak jaman gue mengenal cokelat, biarlah dibilang kuno. Dan lagi, supermarket mengobral harga cokelat dengan diskon 20% + 10% harga member. Gue liat ibu-ibu banyak yang mengambil bertumpuk-tumpuk cokelat dari rak. Haiz. Jangan-jangan itu juga buat dibawa anaknya ke sekolah.

2. Berburu 9 batang bunga. Target penerima: Guru-guru sekolah Mat. Trend bunga Valentine juga merajalela. Kios-kios bunga penuh sesak. Mulai dari bunga segar, bunga plastik sampai dengan bunga sabun. Lembaran-lembaran uang ditukar dengan rangkaian mawar. Pembelinya juga segala umur, dari yang muda sampai yang tua. Lokal maupun asing. Karena ini yang bawa nanti anak TK, gue ambil bunga sabun. Selain wangi dan awet, bentuk bunganya pun cantik dan imut-imut. Ada lagi yang ngasih bunga sabun selain Mat?


3. You can always make plain things fancier .. with colors. Jadilah gue menghabiskan semalaman dengan membungkus batang-batang cokelat dengan kertas kado, pita dan mawar. Satu persatu. Kecil-kecil. (Sambil menonton replay 54th Grammy Awards dan menangis bersama Jennifer Hudson. Much love for Whitney!). The wrapping time was tiring, but really fun. Made me happy looking at these little gifts.


Hari ini:
1. Mengantar Mat ke sekolah, beserta bunga-bunga dan cokelat-cokelatnya. Happy kids, happy people.
2. Kerja, kerja, mari kita kerja. Di kantor ada kurir pengantar buket bunga yang nyasar. Gue minta bunganya, ga dikasih.
3. Di dalam bus pulang, ada satu kotak kue besar duduk di kursi. Apa kue itu juga beli tiket bus? Karena hari ini adalah hari kasih sayang, ya biarlah kue itu berbahagia bisa duduk sendiri, tanpa harus kepanasan karena dipangku.
4. Komunikasi dengan Andri terhambat sepanjang hari. Jaringan BBM kewalahan dan menjadi lemah otak dalam menghadapi serbuan ungkapan, obrolan dan pernyataan cinta. Parah. Membuat emosi jiwa. Jadi lupakanlah.
5. Menghabiskan waktu sepulang kerja dengan mendengarkan cerita Mat tentang proses pembagian bunga dan cokelatnya. Juga menerima pelimpahan apa yang didapat dari sekolahnya.
6. Menjadi juru foto Mat yang sedang berpelukan penuh sayang dengan kakak-adiknya: Woofie, Louie, Shaun, Moo-Moo, Karyn, Mark, Karolyn, Janet dan Adam.
7. Menemani Mat menggambar dan mengajarinya cara menggambar bunga dan hati.
8. Menemani Mat tidur sambil menunggu Andri pulang kerja, sambil menulis blog ini.
9. Menonton "Glee" sambil menemani Andri yang akhirnya pulang juga dan yang sedang makan malam di depan TV.
10. Nulis, posting, selesai.

Kadang sulit mengenali romantisme di kehidupan sehari-hari. Ada yang tidak terkatakan, maupun tertuliskan. Tidak bisa dipaksakan. Tapi bisa dirasakan biarpun hanya sedikit. Wujud romantisme kasih sayang tidak hanya bisa dirasakan dengan menerima, tapi juga bisa dirasakan dengan memberi.

Dan kata siapa tidak ada bunga dan cokelat buat gue di hari Valentine ini?