This, for Mom

Happy Mother’s Day dear Mom,

Author, sculptor and mentor of my personality:

Pleased, I hope, with what you have read in me;

Pleased, I hope, with more episodes to come.

Yet now I, too, would get some pleasure from

Making you the one in which I see,

Of all the players in my family,

The central character, whom I would gravitate.

How beautiful to move in that direction!

Each of us, a separate source of pleasure,

Reading in the others' happiness,

'Til much description, defines unconditional love.

So would we deepen our connection,

Discovering new passages to treasure

As we follow time towards tenderness,

Yearning for what years unread will prove.

Still there

Hello there!

It has been quite a while since I have posted anything. I have been busy during tax season, but I will try not to make this an "annual" event of it. Basically, this is just a post saying to you all out there "I'm still alive" ;o)

It Seems So Dark

The sun sets mountains aglow,
The amber light glistens against the sea.
Afterthoughts enter my mind;
As banshees cry out for me.
I'm standing on this canyon,
As trees dance in the breeze.

Angels cry on a cloud,
As cold steel blades clash into battle.
The sky begins to blacken;
And so I look up and see,
A distant dying star.
As I sleep alone tonight,
a full moon dominates the night.

My tears have all dried out,
The stars have faded away.
Calamity strikes my heart,
It carries me away,
To where it seems so dark

With all these years of solitude,
I can only hear silence in the dak.
I look into a diamond
to find the path which leads me,
The way to where I came from,The way back to my home.

Experiences shared

Most of us have heard at at one time or another'"To understand another, you must first walk in his shoes". I wonder, is there really such a thing? When I think about it, I honestly do not believe that it is even possible. Two people can share the very same experience at the same moment, but the reaction would be different.
Therefore how can we walk in someone's shoes if our reactions or actions are not the same? For that matter, why? Personally, I sometimes have enough trouble walking on my own personal chosen path. It seems to me that I would say, before we walk in someone's shoes, let's get used to our own first.

Little Boy

Time is running away,
You're growing up so fast.
It only seems like yesterday;
I used to think time would last,
Just like the light of day.

Little boy
You fill my heart with joy
Little boy...I love you.
I enjoy every moment
That I spend with you,
My little boy

When I think of times
You've smiled and brought me laughter
Into the lives that surround you.
You are a ray o sunshine;
I can never be blue.

If you want
The most out of life,
Seize the moment
And live it to the fullest
Like only you can,
Little boy.

Someday soon you'll have grown,
And you'll be on your own.
Until then
Climb a tree, sing a song,
Because the road is still long.
The night is so young.

Little Alex

How would you deal when you find out your child has been diagnosed with a heart condition as a toddler? How would you deal with the fact that the very same child, now barely a teen, went in for an operation on his heart and is now in a coma?

Honestly, I have got to say that I haven't a clue as to how I would deal or react to a situation like that. I can tell you that it is happening to a father whom we kept his two boys during our first years of operating our daycare. I knew that little Alex, who is not so little anymore, had a heart condition, but somehow, this scenario never entered my mind. My wife and I are hoping and praying that he pulls through and comes out of his comatose state and recovers from this ordeal.

No child should go through what Alex is going through, no parent should go through the pain of saying a final farewell to his or her child.



You could pull me through
You could always pull me through
Even when I'm lying here
Drowning in my blues
You take the sting out of the rain
And bring the sun back up again
You could always pull me through

-Jim Cuddy

I was happy to see this afternoon that 50 of my friends along with their friends have joined my cause, Epilepsy - Break the isolation,promote inclusion on Facebook in less than 3 weeks! As I write this blog. that number is continuing to grow with every day that passes by. I am touched by the support I have gotten these past weeks. There is at one person who made a commitment to invite 100 people to the cause. That is what I call support!

I know this already has been said, but it bears repeating; the amount of people doesn't seem like much, but it a lot compared to some causes on Facebook that were simply created and then easily forgotten and abandoned to the point where there is only one or two members,including the creator of that causes page! I am proud to say that THIS cause keeps on growing by the day's end. And so I am proud of those who care enough to stop and take the time to join a cause that they care about and that touches them in one way or the other.

I will be posting on this blog and on Facebook event throughout the year concerning our benefactor, Epilepsie Outaouais , So for those who have already joined, keep checking this blog and the Causes page. To those who haven't joined us as of yet, Come on board! We'd love to have you as part of our family!


Cheers to all
Andre

Wishes for 2009

Another year comes and goes.
and time as such, flows.
Events that have touched us
from near or far,
should always remain in our heart.
We've lived through joy and lived our sorrow,
but love our lives like there's no tomorrow.
If we could take a day,
to stop, to think and pray,
the world could be a place
where children could safely play.