Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge, tagged big, grandchildren, weekly photo challenge, winston churchill on October 13, 2012| 2 Comments »
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. — Winston Churchill
That’s one big hat my grandson J.J. is wearing. But this young rodeo man has the attitude to carry it off. — Photo by Pat Bean
“Grandchildren are the reward for having children.” — Nana
Posted in Adventures With Pepper, tagged dwight eisenhower, fourth of july, freedom, liberty, pat bean, postaday, winston churchill on July 4, 2012| 6 Comments »
“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A Page From My Journal
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” – Winston Churchill
Bean’s Pat: Serenity Spell http://tinyurl.com/87qcugr Great great-blue heron photos. Blog pick of the day by this wandering wonderer.
Posted in Journeys, Travels With Maggie, tagged grief, pat bean, pet death, postaday, winston churchill on March 10, 2012| 21 Comments »
“If you’re going through hell, keep going” — Winston Churchill
Maggie was the first dog I owned that always took time on our walks to stop and smell the flowers. -- Photo by Pat Bean
I guess I’m going to survive the loss of my Maggie. I was looking for a quote on grief and came across the above one by good old Sir Winnie – and I laughed.
Of course I also cried when I came across these words from an unknown author: “Without tears, the soul would have no rainbows.”
This one's for you Maggie. -- Photo by Pat Bean
I’m so very thankful that I had loved ones around trying to distract me from my sorrow. I got two free lunches and learned how to use a game controller the past three days while hiding out from my blog and from working on my travel book.
I’m also extremely thankful for my Cloud World of writing and blogging friends. While each of your heartfelt words started the tears anew, the virtual hugs that came with them helped me tremendously.
It’s the first time I’ve turned to others during a bad time in my life. My usual tactic is to run away and hide and bare my sorrow in solitude. It seemed easier that way, but I was wrong.
Even so, last night was the first time I’ve ever felt alone since I moved into my RV. So, in honor of, and meaning no disrespect to Maggie, I’ve already started looking for a new pet.
Like Maggie, it will be a dog needing rescued. My druthers are a 20-25 pound, one to two-year-old female canine that likes to be walked, wants to travel, isn’t averse to being spoiled rotten, and likes to cuddle. Chocolate brown eyes that melt your heart, as Maggie’s did mine, would be a plus.
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
Pat Bean is a writer, avid birder, hiker and passionate nature observer with wanderlust in her soul. She spent nine years living and traveling in a small RV. She now lives in Tucson with Scamp, a rescue who was supposed to be a Schnauzer mix but turned out to be a Siberian Husky-Shih Tzu mix who is as stubborn as his owner, her granddaughter says. She was also a journalist for 37 years, and can be reached at patbean@msn.com
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