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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In her utterly</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">f</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> r</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> g</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">i </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> l</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">e</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> state</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">anxiety <em>flows</em> through her like a muddy river</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> she waits </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and waits</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> for the <span style="color: red;">quaking</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">in her <span style="color: blue;">veins</span> to </span><span style="font-size: small;">cease</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her heart soars with <strong><em>love</em></strong> and <strong>contentment</strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">that NO words can describe</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">BUT</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Her mind is a </span><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">restless wind</span></em></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">which can not be </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>contained</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-85697049419844400142011-06-05T21:12:00.001-05:002011-06-05T21:13:28.424-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">mangled,uprooted</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">years of history gone-</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">tree dominoes</span></em></strong></div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-33420540653699004122011-05-31T18:26:00.001-05:002011-05-31T18:26:54.906-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBUov5wotWA/TeV3RbRRp2I/AAAAAAAAAto/xKAGU5Bpg3Q/s1600/20110521_14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBUov5wotWA/TeV3RbRRp2I/AAAAAAAAAto/xKAGU5Bpg3Q/s320/20110521_14.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the tiny foundation</div><div style="text-align: center;">of our next generation-</div><div style="text-align: center;">sweet baby feet</div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-10237690955181752072011-05-18T19:52:00.001-05:002011-05-18T19:55:11.700-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: red; font-size: x-large;">fire in the wind</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: red; font-size: x-large;">uncontrollable heat-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: red; font-size: x-large;">doused by tears</span></div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-71962459274556912512011-05-04T16:42:00.002-05:002011-05-04T16:46:11.412-05:00<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8E79Joyp5Sc/TcHIWTE6JzI/AAAAAAAAArE/kuk1cqtsCmk/s400/228421_10150172346111776_646671775_7388831_3344158_n.jpg" /><br />
in my heart<br />
something was missing<br />
now love overflows<br />
into a pool<br />
of completion<br />
Sweet Baby-<br />
ISABEL</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: 0% 50%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a><br />
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Devika thank you for checking on me due to the weather..Fortunately we were spared the horrible tornadoes in my area, but a lot of people have been hit and lots of lives lost!! Isabel is 11 days old today and 9 of those 11 days it has rained, we have had severe flooding in our area, even the local wal-mart flooded and was shut down for a few days..Several stormy days and today it is even cold!! It is May and I am sitting in sweats with the heater running!! But all in all life is good!!! Hope everyone is well!!! Much Love, Cindy<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-12027485189369979462011-04-21T22:41:00.000-05:002011-04-21T22:42:06.299-05:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MfyfDIWPMUE/TbD5DTap8OI/AAAAAAAAApE/G8Am64d5eq0/s1600/20110421_12.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MfyfDIWPMUE/TbD5DTap8OI/AAAAAAAAApE/G8Am64d5eq0/s400/20110421_12.JPG" /></a> </div><br />Isabel Jade Patillo 9lbs 11oz 21 inches long April 21, 2011<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-57630570028717107792011-04-17T19:15:00.000-05:002011-04-17T19:15:18.191-05:00Official Due DateStill waiting on the grandbaby!!!! This has been the longest month!!! It feels like she is never going to get here!! Ashley goes back to the dr on Wednesday if she doe not go into labor before then!! She is miserable!!! Hopefully by the end of the week I will have baby pics!Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-66739854365104307452011-04-02T17:29:00.000-05:002011-04-02T17:29:11.093-05:00UpdateHello Everyone!!! Sorry it has been awhile!! Hopefully I will get back to it soon..Devika, thank you so much for checking on me!!! My daughter is 2 weeks away from due date and we are all patiently awaiting the arrival of ISABEL JADE...She has a nursery at my house and a nursery at her own home and more baby items than you can possibly imagine..We just need the baby..My daughter had an ultrasound 2 weeks ago and they were estimating Isabel was already over 8lbs..they gain half a lb a week..So our little one might not be so little:) I have a picture on my phone of her chubby little hand and it makes my heart do flip flops everytime I see it..So ready to touch her!!! Life is good!!!! Hope everyone is well!!!! Much love!!!! CindyCindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-21071879243904081702011-02-11T20:09:00.000-06:002011-02-11T20:09:42.551-06:00Snow no more!!!Well I work in special ed as you know and today was the 10th snow day. Since I came back from Christmas break, we have had 2 full weeks..I had plans to keep my grandbaby in June, so my daughter can go back to work from maternity leave in June, as of now we are up to June 10th..Northwest Arkansas received record breaking temps and snow levels, reaching -21 and over 2 feet of snow..We have had 7 inches and 0 temps...All of this is not normal for Arkansa..Normally 3 inches of snow and we think we are having a blizzard..Next week temps are suppose to reach 70s... CRAZY!!!! The one thing I have accomplished is sewing projects for baby Isabel..She will be here in 9 weeks!!! So excited...Hope everyone is well!!!!Much love, CindyCindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-75498100215426717712011-01-23T15:19:00.000-06:002011-01-23T15:19:12.092-06:00excess speed<br />
my life<br />
days become weeks,<br />
weeks become months,<br />
months turn into years etc.etc.<br />
look back<br />
memories so clear<br />
then the things forgotten.....<br />
mom??<br />
do you remember?????<br />
No I do not<br />
no matter how hard I try<br />
I don't recall<br />
times in my life I have lost<br />
but my children<br />
haven't.....<br />
not yet<br />
45 and still trying to figure out <br />
who I am<br />
and what I want to be when I grow up....Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-42205684748526516972010-12-31T19:47:00.000-06:002010-12-31T19:47:28.162-06:00<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy New Year to all my blog buddies!!! May you have all your dreams come true in 2011...Much Love, Cindy</span></strong>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-21454388343628033512010-12-21T14:35:00.000-06:002010-12-21T14:36:06.453-06:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r8k_g4NDkpc/TREPtfrNyuI/AAAAAAAAAmY/zXpX-RVW09A/s1600/20101221_3.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r8k_g4NDkpc/TREPtfrNyuI/AAAAAAAAAmY/zXpX-RVW09A/s400/20101221_3.JPG" /></a> </div><br />Todays project , burprag and onesie with i on the butt, actually I think it will take up her whole back, I have a lot to learn :)<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-1946378740781345292010-12-20T20:03:00.001-06:002010-12-20T20:15:00.998-06:00Nanny Gone crazy<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r8k_g4NDkpc/TRALHeEDtUI/AAAAAAAAAmE/1gmQDtvz5HU/s1600/20101220_33.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r8k_g4NDkpc/TRALHeEDtUI/AAAAAAAAAmE/1gmQDtvz5HU/s400/20101220_33.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /> I have went baby crazy and have neglected my blog and my wonderful readers and your posts. I am off work for Christmas break so hopefully I can catch up on my reading. I hope everyone is having wonderful holidays..I painted this for baby IJ and a few other things I will post. I have learned to crochet, been making tutus and hairbows, and just got an early present from my hubby a sewing machine..So I am completely embracing my nanny to be moments!!! I know you men are just thrilled to death with all of this :) I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas..Much Love, Cindy</div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-19648716159678977392010-12-02T16:45:00.001-06:002010-12-02T16:45:51.651-06:00Update on my first unborn grandbaby... Its a GIRL...and her name is Isabel Jade....I just can not wait!!!!Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-63317924215685203802010-11-22T11:11:00.002-06:002010-11-22T11:23:18.240-06:00inhale (poetry potluck)<div style="text-align: center;"> the naked limbs</div><div style="text-align: center;">of the old oak trees</div><div style="text-align: center;">hovers over</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the leaf blanket</div><div style="text-align: center;">covering my backyard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">birds fluttering</div><div style="text-align: center;">around the feeder</div><div style="text-align: center;">taking on a fill</div><div style="text-align: center;">waiting on the rain to set in</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i watch out the window</div><div style="text-align: center;">loving the peace</div><div style="text-align: center;">that is embracing my soul</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I inhale this moment</div><div style="text-align: center;">with eyes closed</div><div style="text-align: center;">head bowed</div><div style="text-align: center;">I give Thanks</div><div style="text-align: center;">to </div><div style="text-align: center;">Him</div><div style="text-align: center;">for </div><div style="text-align: center;">My life</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Thansksgiving to All</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I know most of my readers know that I work in Special Education and from time to time I write about my experiences. This young man is 15 and I do not like to play favorites but Man alive do I LOVE this kid!! He is autistic and he teaches me something everyday I am with him!! He loves to draw and everything he draws is bright colors and rainbow colors. He draws several things and some of the same things several times. Sometimes they will be so identical, if I did not know better I would swear he was tracing them off of his original. Everything he does has to be in a certain order which is common in autism, but he fascinates me so much , he is an incredibly brilliant kid that I would love to be able to see what he sees in his mind. He has fantastic parents who involve him in everything possible and I know that he gets opportunities so many special needs kids do not get and I wish they had. Children with autism sometimes have difficulty with socialization, today this child took a santa hat that was on his head , he took it off and went and put it on the male teachers head and laughed, really laughed. It was the greatest moment!! He is a gift from God to me and one of the reasons I love my job so much. I learn so much from him , a lot more than he learns from me.<br />
Today he was my rainbow!!!!Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-77320767285141722322010-11-14T20:19:00.000-06:002010-11-14T20:19:30.507-06:00No words dot dot dotno words come to me<br />
as I read the many talented<br />
and regret the education<br />
I did not pursue...<br />
I feel ignorance when no words come to me<br />
and I read comments I do not understand<br />
I write from my heart which holds so much love<br />
and I write from my mind with its unlimited thoughts<br />
but limited vocabulary...<br />
no words come to me<br />
when I have so much weighing on my soul<br />
frustration takes over and I just sit<br />
looking at the blank screen<br />
waiting for the words to come to me...Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-46907595507920822462010-11-08T17:13:00.000-06:002010-11-08T17:13:31.187-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">cool autumn night</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> wrapped in your arms</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">drinking hot cocoa</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">by the wood fire</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">watching favorite tv shows </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">snuggled on the couch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">you</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">are my first and only</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">true love</span></div>Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470842072564179638.post-72693290998310304582010-11-06T21:36:00.000-05:002010-11-06T21:36:47.947-05:00only waywritten with shakey hands,<br />
the number of the goal in mind,<br />
no food today ...<br />
tomorrow<br />
small box from the freezer at<br />
5 o'clock.....<br />
devouring the brain cells,<br />
lack of nutrients,<br />
the mistake is made,<br />
the candy bar was consumed<br />
in 30.6 seconds....<br />
free<br />
f<br />
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trying to grasp<br />
at the limbs on the way down<br />
to gain control<br />
before the binge<br />
begins <br />
tooo late<br />
screwed up this day<br />
start again Monday....<br />
the binge ,<br />
the binge ,<br />
the binge<br />
lethargic, sick, stuck in the recliner<br />
with goals melting<br />
like ice cream in the sun....<br />
salt swimming<br />
to the extremities<br />
causing wedding band<br />
to stretch the golden limits..<br />
to gain control<br />
to reach the goal<br />
food<br />
one time a day<br />
the only way<br />
is one time a day...Cindybrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991336185986473331noreply@blogger.com8