11. SEE WIDGET: "QUOTE OF THE DAY"

See widget: "QUOTE OF THE DAY" at bottom of column at the right.

10. Poem: Missing Parts

MISSING PARTS

My son, my son,
He has gone out into the world,
and I ponder now over my newly realized state:
I shall never be whole again.

Nor is any mother.
A part of her shall always be somewhere else--
as the wind which moans through the trees,
or the light which shines in the distance,
or the music which echoes on the ears of time.

By Nina (around 1975)

Photo of Lake George in NY by Nina

9. Poem by Nina - "The Newborn"

The Newborn

I have a little grandson,
He's just a little tyke,
All he does is eat and sleep,
What is there to like?

I like his ears, I like his nose,
I like his tiny little toes,
I like the way he moves his lips,
I like his tiny fingertips
I like his eyes, however posed,
But usually I find them closed.

I have a little grandson,
And why is he so fine?
Well, if I had to tell the truth -
It's just because he's mine.

By Nina, upon the birth of her first grandchild, 1995

8. Wisdom

All human wisdom

is summed up

in two words --

wait and hope.

-Alexandre Dumas

7. A Page Designed by My 9 Year Old Granddaugther

Dogs are miracles with paws.

-Attributed to Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy

6. Poem: New Every Morning

Every morning is a fresh beginning,
Listen my soul to the glad refrain.

And, spite of old sorrows
And older sinning,
Troubles forecasted

And possible pain,
Take heart with the day and begin again.

"New Every Morning," by Susan Coolidge

5. Advice

"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things."

-St. Paul, Epistle to the Philippians, Chapter 4, Verses 4-8