Good evening! Tuesday blog! Not enough room to write about this topic! So much about this and how important it is! Who knew? If we did try anything like weight loss and exercise, for me anyway, I did it for wrong reasons! Not health! One of my regrets! But, regret is part of my past! …
Author Archives: Marilyn Bodi Reed
The Garden
Good evening! Monday night blog! Do you just let your mind go sometimes? When no one is around, and you can just think! I did not have or know peace, real peace! The kind that can calm the storms within! I have that with my faith in Jesus! I think about heaven a lot and …
Day Tripping
To another country, that is! Good evening! Sunday blog! Took a little trip across the bridge today! Canada has always been one of our favorite spots! Especially for our family trips! Just so beautiful! We drove around a bit, stopped and picked up a pizza! Denny said, let’s eat by the river! The picture is …
Family Time
Good evening! Saturday night quick blog! Nothing in this world besides, GOD, beats family time! Our grandchildren are all very active in sports, mainly soccer, and music! Singing and playing instruments! Soooo this week, two special events with our kiddos an some of our grandchildren! It was just great getting Denny out for two evenings …
If Parkinson’s Could Talk
Good evening! I don’t like to do this, but we have had a busy couple of days! So, I am sorry I have missed a day! Kind of Thursday and Friday blog! I said from the start this is my story! I have my Denny and he is a very great part of my story! …
Memory
Good evening! Quickie Wednesday blog! This is not my poem! But, I do love it! We live these words a lot of days! Sometimes I feel like they are all rattling around in my head! From day to day the words change! Sometimes they come back on another day! I do not have much to …
I Miss You
Good evening! Tuesday blog! I write these blogs, I hope, I pray, to help someone going through these things, that have touched our lives and changed our lives forever and what we thought our future would be! What was I thinking? That no illness or anything hard would never happen to us! God did not …
❤️My Happiness❤️My Joy❤️
Monday night blog! Happiness is what we have inside of us, it comes from within me, around me! I can choose to sit around and feel sorry for myself or I can choose to make lemonade out of sour lemons! My happiness comes in the form of God, Denny, our children, our grandchildren, mom! I …
Little Dog
We are very original with our names! Her papers say Beagle Girl Reed and my nickname for her is Little Dog! A rescue from the Humane Society! She came from Mississippi, she was only there two days! I knew as soon as I looked at those big brown eyes, she was going home with us! …
Can You Take That With You
Good morning! Sunday blog! Money can be the root of a lot of evil and trouble! Let me say, right up front! No jealousy, no condemnation! I am not swayed by any of it! It’s wonderful to be blessed with wonderful things! Necessary things, that we all need! Trouble can come, if you try to …
Depression
Good evening! Quickie blog! Depressed? Not me! It will pass! It’s just a phase! Having a blue day? Snap out of it! What do you have to be depressed about? Need I go on? I really do have a tough time with this one! I heard a lot of these phrases growing up! Not just …
Wise Words!
Good evening! Quick quote! I am constantly looking for great quotes, from great people! I not only want to read them, I want to learn how to apply these profound things to my life, to have a healthy, happier life! No matter what the circumstances! Someone asked me today, why do you walk? I said …
Dancing Leaves
Good evening! Thursday blog! Since I can see a lot of trees around here, all shapes and sizes! The wind blows a lot more around here also! Much more than in the city! Sometimes I do my devotions, journaling and writing outside! Between us and the golf course, nothing but trees! Watching them, I thought …
One Flower To Another
I love this phrase! It really says so much! How many times over the years without thinking, standing next to a person, we compare ourselves to others! Making ourselves feel bad, less of, in so many ways! We don’t even know these people, or what they are going through! Love yourself, right where you are! …
Chasing Rainbows
Good evening! Tuesday blog! We have all heard the phrase, chasing rainbows! It’s funny to me, not ha, ha, that chasing rainbows means, unattainable things! Constantly pursuing things that are unrealistic or unlikely to happen! Then the real rainbow after a storm, in the sky, that seems to appear out of know where! It is …
Goodnight Sleeptight
I loved hearing it as a child! We had a busy day! I love this picture of the sun, heart shaped! So with that, we say goodnight to all of you, sweet dreams! Till tomorrow! You are loved! God bless!❤️🤗🤗❤️
A Deeper Love
Good evening! Sunday blog! I have said this so many times! I love this man who sits next to me everyday! It is so much deeper now! You remember those butterflies in the stomach, staring at the phone, when is it going to ring, hair, clothes, makeup, everything had to be perfect! Then the day …
Just A Walk In The Park
Good evening! Saturday blog! I think everyone knows by now, I am a walker! I feel I fit in that class by now! Walking has become a way of life for me! It really has become my friend! Not to many are there at 6:00am! I talk to myself, I talk to the deer, I …
One Day At A Time
Good evening! Quickie Friday night blog! Does anyone out there run past the day they are in? Pretty much my whole life! Big expectations, in all areas! Disappointed , every time! For me, those feelings got me in trouble, every time! One feeling jumping onto another! Sorry for self, why me, nothing good ever comes …
Grandma’s Quilt’s❤️
Good afternoon! Thursday blog! Sharing some of my memories and favorite things! I was fortunate enough to grow up in the country, with both of my grandma’s living on the same street! My grandma Bodi adopted my dad at 10! She fostered him as a baby! I believe she loved him like her own! It …
Illness Like A Thief
Good morning! Wednesday blog! Like a thief in the night! Isn’t that a popular phrase? It’s true! Things can sneak up on us, quickly, without warning! That’s what happened here! Is anyone ever prepared! Even when you know God, when sudden, illness, diagnosis, accidents, death, comes calling! None of these are respecters of life and …
My Caregiver Story
Good morning! Tuesday blog! As promised, my caregiver poem! Everyday is an opportunity to show Denny how important he still is to us, his family! I really try to see past the Parkinson’s! Denny is so much more than a disease! Everyday is different! Denny is very old school! His view on being a husband, …
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The Final Destination
Good morning! Monday morning blog! My poem, a continuation from Heaven Bound! No walk this morning, Denny has boxing! As we juggle time here, in this house, in this life, I do think of Jesus coming! I cannot speak for others! Life is short, I don’t care how you see it! Life has struggles! Thinking …
Heaven Bound
Good night! Sunday night mini blog! I think a lot about heaven! Especially on Sunday!This is just a snip it picture, for thought, until tomorrow! I hope you all had a memory making weekend! Everyday with Denny is a memory for me! Get some rest for the start of your week! God bless!❤️😴😴❤️
Blessings of Grandchildrn
Goodnight! We are up late, for us anyway! Saturday night quick blog! I did not want to pass on seeing “Beauty and the Beast” again! Such a great job and a lot of work! Oregon Community Theater does a fantastic job with all of those kids! Two of our granddaughters in that group! I love …
Caregiver
Goodnight time! Mini blog! I did not write this poem! It’s beautiful, thoughtful and true! There is a lot out there, on memory illness! I don’t care for being called that, but I do a lot of it! I love this man, my Denny, more than he will ever know in this lifetime! It will …
Tears
Good morning! Thursday and Friday blog! Thank you for your patience! Tears of everything in this life, cry out and are heard all around this whole world! If anyone says they do not cry or have never cried, I do not believe them! It is a God given feeling , emotions! There are many things …
Priorities
Goodnight! Thursday quickie blog! I held true, my poem about tears is written! Truly not enough hours today and I got up at 3:00am! I walked, did writing, breakfast, showers, cousin flew in from Fla. had a nice visit, more writing, oh I forgot, in all of that, I double dyed my hair and gave …
Tears
Goodnight! Let’s think about tears and what they mean and do not mean! Poem and story tomorrow! Sweet dreams!❤️😴😴❤️
What If?…………continued
Good morning! Tuesday and Wednesday blog! I think about “what if” a lot! Not that I am living in the past, not wishing I could change things from the past! The things I know for sure and how my life changed, with each right or wrong choice, good or bad choice! I think you know …
What If
Goodnight! Tuesday night quickie blog! Story and poem for tomorrow! Just think about it, put “what if “to everything you choose and do! We are not guaranteed tomorrow, so, “what if”? God Bless!❤️🤗🤗❤️
All About Choice
Good morning! Monday blog! I wrote a poem sometime back, All About Change! This morning when I came outside to write, I caught my arm in the door! It was very painful! I do not swear! When I got it all together, and sat down to write, I started thinking about that! Change comes with …
Just Do It
Good afternoon! Sunday blog! Today I want to share what weight loss and walking has done for me, my overall well being! My mental state and physical strength! Even though bipolar is controlled by the proper meds, walking can take care of any depression! After failing at every weight loss choice and spending thousands of …
My Love Letter
Good morning! Saturday blog! Today is a love letter to my Denny, and our marriage of 42 years! Believe me, when I say, we took each other to hell and back! That is no exaggeration! My reasons for sharing this, I have said before, we are both bipolar, if you know anything about that, you …
The Beach, Me, And You
Friday quick blog! We went on a spur of the moment picnic over at the park! I love my Denny so much! Any time together, anywhere is wonderful, by the water, the best! I ran tonight, pushing the chair, holding onto doggie! A little to much for her! I got my exercise in! Any memory …
Gods Image
Good morning! Thursday morning blog! In 2019 and, with so much talk about being kind, I think there are quite a few people that are not listening! I am not being critical of anyone! I have been on, just about every end of the stick! I can say that because everything I chose was for …
Dear Dad
Good evening! Wednesday blog! This topic of my Father, is near and dear to my heart! In my teenage bipolar years, I had a lot of very negative thinking going on! Bipolar thought process is so distorted! My dad had issues himself that he never dealt with, as I have touched on in my poem! …
Words
Good morning! Monday and Tuesday blog! I am sorry I did not get it done yesterday! I do feel amiss if I don’t! I did have a busy day yesterday! We have 3 family members born on the 8th! My dad, who has been gone 13 years, my only girl cousin, on my moms side, …
The Lords Day
Good morning! Sunday blog! Let’s talk about Sunday! I am writing outside this morning! The air feels so good! Gods creation all around me! My church this morning was the Park! However you believe or feel about Sunday, it’s ok! For me, Sunday’s were always special! It took me a while to see that, but, …
Day Tripping
Continued from last night! Good morning! Friday and Saturday blog! Yesterday morning after Denny got up and around, Beagle included, I said, let’s go driving up North! So our little day trip began! These days I pack enough, just in case of any emergencies! To Denny, it looks like we are never coming back! Parkinson’s …
Day Tripping
We went for a ride up into Mi. Lovely day! That’s the name of the Poem, Day Tripping! I will publish it in the morning! Along with a blog!God bless, have a wonderful night!❤️🤗🤗❤️
Let Freedom Ring
Good evening! Thursday blog! I so hope you all had a 4th of July as wonderful as ours was! The older I get, I live for our kids and grandkids to come home and spend memory time with us! I love watching their faces as they interact! Their expressions as they look at each other! …
Heaven’s Picnic
Good morning! Wednesday blog! It’s hard to believe , it’s almost the 4th of July! Summer picnics are the best! We had so many, growing up here in my childhood home! My sister and I bringing our babies home for burgers and hot dogs! Then as our families grew, we parted and started having our …
The Positive Way
Good morning! Tuesday blog! Do you have on your positive thinking caps? Today is the day! Do not keep putting it off! Just pick one thing you would like to work on! It can happen! I did not believe it! I believed I was too far gone! How??? My body, my thought process, any process! …
Blended Families
Good morning! Monday blog! I believe this is a very important one! In light of writing about Anniversaries and long marriages, I wrote Blended Families last evening! we also have our share of divorce and remarriage, which can create a blended family! Denny and I are such a family! Yours, mine, and ours! My Denny …
Anniversaries
Good morning! Sunday blog! Let’s have some more family time stories! Anniversaries are special indeed! Every year that passes and you learn the meaning of true love, commitment, is a gift! To make it all the way to 50, speaks volumes! Yesterday was such a day! My cousin and his wife will be 50 years …
Outside My Window
Good morning! Saturday blog! I just wrote this poem this morning! My card table/ makeshift desk is catty corner from the picture window! The curtain is always open, even in the dark! So, every morning I see the sky, before I start anything! As I start, I look up often, waiting for daybreak! That lets …
Thanking God
Good morning! Friday blog! I cannot write enough about God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! Without the Trinity in my life, without a doubt, I would be dead! I have found, in this fast moving life of ours, the only thing that has stood through the test of time, is …
Too Young
Good morning! Thursday blog! I have seen a great deal of Anniversary celebrations on Facebook this month! Who of us women, did not want to be a June Bride? I can see, many of you out there are June Brides! Our beautiful granddaughter, last June 2018 became one! What a lot of you might not …
Marilyn’s Heart 