The Chair

The chair was a garage sale reject that was not bought.  It sat at the corner with a sign on it, "Free."  
It was wooden.  It had a tray that came over from the back to the front and rested on the arms of the chair.  It had scratches in the wood, it looked well used.

I loaded the chair up and took it to my daughters house, Dexter's Aunt Addie.
The chair will be good for Dexter, my youngest grandchild  sit in the chair when we have family dinners at her house.

Dexter sat in the chair a couple of times.  He was not fond of it.  He did not like the tray.  It took him no time at all to figure out how to move the tray from the front to the back, allowing him to have the chair up to the table like a big boy! Sitting at the table in the chair didn't last very long.  Dexter rejected the chair and it ended up in the garage.

When I went to Adrianne's house I would look at the chair.  I wondered how many  little bottoms had been plopped in the chair when it was time for a snack, meal time, or just to sit and watch someone making dinner while playing with a toy.

I told Adrianne maybe if I painted the chair Dexter would like it better.  I brought the chair home and put it in my garage. The chair sat in my garage for several weeks.

One day I decided it was time to paint the chair.
Maybe blue or white?
Paint his name on it, or "Time to Eat", "Chow Time", "I'm Hungry', or "Feed Me"?

I began to think about Dexter.  What did he like?  What was his favorite thing to play with?  What was his favorite show on The Disney Channel?  Each question had the same answer.  Mickey Mouse.

Dexter and I play with his Mickey Mouse toys.  We watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. We dance The Hot Dog Dance together.  He LOVES Mickey Mouse.  I LOVE Dexter.

I knew how to paint the chair!

As I painted the chair I felt my love for Dexter.  I infused my love for Dexter in the chair.

Dexter loves his "new" love infused chair.  I HAD to add Mickey Mouse Ears! Also remove the tray.  Dexter is a "big boy"

 Infuse love in you life and in your actions!!!!!

Relationships.....just my thoughts

Just my thoughts................

When you are in a relationship, you want the relationship to be "the one"............


Love them unconditionally.
Like them.
Trust them.
Be honest with them.
Forget their past.
Forgive them.
Be proud of them.
Have their back.
Hug them.
Don't try to change them.
Laugh with them.
Kiss them.
Cry with them.
Share with them.
Listen to them.
Make them smile.
Take care of them.
Let them know they are important.
Fight for them.

Tell them what they mean to you...


When two people are in a relationships, both are responsible for maintaining the relationship. There is a reason you are in the relationship.  There is a reason that you love that person.  You just have to remember and look at them again, through the eyes you first saw them with.  The feeling you had when you began the relationship with them.   It's  still there, just buried in "junk."

There is no such thing as a perfect relationship...

 Maintaining a relationship is not easy, it takes work.  So many people give up and throw away something that could have been wonderful.  They quit, thinking "it is too difficult, there will be a better relationship in their future".  How can there be if with that mind set??

If it is worth it to you, if they are worth it, isn't it worth being the kind of person that you would like to be in a relationship with....a until one of us leaves the earth relationship?

I am not saying to be a "door mat".  There will be a person you love that will take advantage of you.  You will know if that happens.  Don't let the love you have for them blind you.  There is no happiness being in a one-side relationship. If they are not "in" the relationship with you, stop, move forward.

Keep you heart open, keep looking.....

Every "Ellie deserves Carl."  Every "Carl deserves Ellie." (Have you seen the movie UP?)