Joy And Sadness

I will warn you in advance; you may get no benefit from reading this.  The truth is, I am so flooded with conflicting emotions right now that I thought it may be helpful to write.  I figure that around the 1st of September I will look back and wonder what just happened.  Much of what I know…

Most of us circle a few days of the calendar year that we know will be difficult to get through:……If it's the anniversary of a death of a loved one, get ready to celebrate that person's life with joy and sadness. Pull out some photos. Prepare to feel that hollow part in your heart open…

Yesterday was a challenging day, but there were some moments of shared laughter and a little sideways silliness that vastly improved the……the best way you know how in the moment. It is all about laughter and joy and sadness and pain.... and hopefully in the end there is enough…

Szymon Niemiec is an interesting and colorful individual by many accounts. His life story is filled with tribulations of joy and sadness. Szymon Niemiec was born with a minor birth defect and wasn't expected to live longer than a couple of years according to the doctor who aided his mother during…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button DVDSCR xViD-xSCRDavid Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s……the character’s unusual life into the 21st century as he experiences joy and sadness, loves lost and found, and the meaning of…

Summary:David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, re-teams the director with Brad Pitt,……the character's unusual life into the 21st century as he experiences joy and sadness, loves lost and found, and the meaning of timelessness.…

We're nearly there.The record shelves are up, the kitchen is unpacked, I need to sort out my books and we need to buy a bed but then our minds can……group of people taking a cookery class. It inspires small smiles of both joy and sadness and had me holding back tears on the train. It drew…

Pablo San Juan's photos are buried away beneath the ever increasing pile of photographers found on Zone Zero. As far as I am aware there are……be a cold stone not to be then besieged by San Juan's wind and rain, joy and sadness. According to Nuria Enguita, who wrote the…

Last week, as I tenderly  bundled my baby up–all 300-some pages of it–and pushed it gently into a USPS Priority Mail envelope, I was overcome by a mix of emotions.  I felt like weeping with both joy and sadness: joy and relief that these pages, my final edits, marked the…

As spring gently coaxes open the gorgeous, vibrant blooms of her waking flowers, I am reminded of the beauty that is the journey into motherhood. I……I will urge her to spread her wings and soar. Then I will shed tears of joy and sadness as I watch her leave the safety of our nest, to…