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Love Does Separate Us (L'Amour Nous Sépare)

Through all time, love has strung beautiful art,
Does love now weave this vision in my heart?
Have two stars been taken straight from the sky,
Do they look back at me as I look into your eyes?
Love does separate us in lands so far,
Love does make this a trial so hard.
May I ask for one night to shrink this land,
May I have you just one night, just to reach your hand?
If my wish I may have not, let us kiss with our minds,
Let our words carry us together on winds of divine.
Love does separate us in lands far away,
But if love does ring true, I'll get to you some way.

- Joshua Blackwelder

Mom, without you I am nothing

Everything Mom


How did you find the energy, Mom
To do all the things you did,
To be teacher, nurse and counselor
To me, when I was a kid.


How did you do it all, Mom,
Be a chauffeur, cook and friend,
Yet find time to be a playmate,
I just can’t comprehend.


I see now it was love, Mom
That made you come whenever I'd call,
Your inexhaustible love, Mom
And I thank you for it all.


By Joanna Fuchs



A Sonnet for My Incomparable Mother


I often contemplate my childhood, Mom.
I am a mother now, and so I know
Hard work is mixed together with the fun;
You learned that when you raised me long ago.


I think of all the things you gave to me:
Sacrifice, devotion, love and tears,
Your heart, your mind, your energy and soul--
All these you spent on me throughout the years.


You loved me with a never-failing love
You gave me strength and sweet security,
And then you did the hardest thing of all:
You let me separate and set me free.


Every day, I try my best to be
A mother like the mom you were to me.


By Joanna Fuchs




Without You


Mom, without you, there would be no me.
Your love, your attention, your guidance,
have made me who I am.
Without you, I would be lost,
wandering aimlessly,
without direction or purpose.
You showed me the way
to serve, to accomplish, to persevere.
Without you, there would be an empty space
I could never fill, no matter how I tried.
Instead, because of you,
I have joy, contentment, satisfaction and peace.
Thank you, mom.
I have always loved you
and I always will.


By Joanna Fuchs

Happy Vasant Panchami

Vasant Panchami heralds the advent ofspring. This festival marks the first day of spring.Vasanta means the spring. The fields are mustard yellow with the ripening of crops. Yellow is a auspicious color - a color of spirituality. VasantPanchami falls on the fifth day of Magh (Jan - Feb)Shukla or the bright of lunar.Saraswati is the consort of Lord Brahma andis the Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge. She is thepersonification of knowledge - arts, science and crafts.She represents Shakti, creativity and inspiration andpresents herself when the weather is complacent andNature is in its full grandeur. It is a season of inspiration and passion.

Vasant Panchami heralds the advent ofspring. This festival marks the first day of spring.Vasanta means the spring. The fields are mustard yellow with the ripening of crops. Yellow is a auspicious color - a color of spirituality. VasantPanchami falls on the fifth day of Magh (Jan - Feb)Shukla or the bright of lunar.Saraswati is the consort of Lord Brahma andis the Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge. She is thepersonification of knowledge - arts, science and crafts.She represents Shakti, creativity and inspiration andpresents herself when the weather is complacent andNature is in its full grandeur. It is a season of inspiration and passion.
(WUSH U HAPPY VASANT PANCHAMI)

HAPPY NEW YEAR FRNDS

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New Year’s Reflections


Looking back on the months gone by,
As a new year starts and an old one ends,
We contemplate what brought us joy,
And we think of our loved ones and our friends.


Recalling all the happy times,
Remembering how they enriched our lives,
We reflect upon who really counts,
As the fresh and bright new year arrives.


And when I/we ponder those who do,
I/we immediately think of you.


Thanks for being one of the reasonsI'll/We'll have a Happy New Year!


By Joanna Fuchs

I LOVE MY MOTHER

M-O-T-H-E-R


M is for the million things she gave me,
O means only that she's growing old,
T is for the tears she shed to save me,
H is for her heart of purest gold;
E is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
R means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.

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Trees, Humanity's Best Friend

“The symbolism – and the substantive significance – of planting a tree has universal power in every culture and every society on Earth, and it is a way for individual men, women and children to participate in creating solutions for the environmental crisis.”
Al Gore, Earth in the Balance
Forests provide not only environmental protection, but also significant income and livelihood options globally for more than one billion forest-dependent people.
Trees provide a wide range of products (timber, fruit, medicine, beverages, fodder) and services (carbon sequestration, shade, beautification, erosion control, soil fertility). Without trees human life would be unsustainable.
Forests also play an important cultural, spiritual and recreational role in many societies. In some cases, they are integral to the very definition and survival of indigenous and traditional cultures."