I am Awake...

I'm tired...it seems like all the time.
I'm frustrated....my mind doesn't focus.
I'm lonely...I miss family and friends, especially my daughter.
My body feels pain that does not cease...I try not to let it show.

I ask for help...God hears me and sends me a message.
I hear, "I love you and you are not alone."

This helps me through my days, yet I lay awake at night...
my mind still thinking...constantly running...I need to shut down,completely.
I need to rest, mentally and physically...my body does not agree.
These long days I spend awake, needing some respite...

I talk to my God, he hears me and sends me a message.
I hear "I love you and you are not alone."

Although my body does not sleep, spiritually I feel awake.

Robin..A sweet Angel

Such an emotional week...knowing that so far away, back in your hometown, a dear friend is preparing for her trip home to the Lord. A long and tiring battle was fought. Ultimately she won her battle for she now lives with the Lord whom she for so long was a devoted and faithful follower. Her beloved husband, Rick and her family, two daughters, a son and a beautiful grandchild, her parents, brothers and sisters placed their faith in the Lord and know that Robin will be happy, healthy and living in the guardianship of God. So difficult a journey, her family and her friends beside her all the way, spiritually guided by their faith in God,they placed this wonderful woman into the Lord's hands for safekeeping until we all meet again in his heavenly home.

Powers that be...the Lord knows...

There always seems to be this little piece of something that is missing...
something you know is right, and just, and greater than any word could ever describe; Yet it is lost in that semi-transparent, yet hidden gloss of a facade.
In time you know that powers greater than all, will take over and bring it to light;
and in the end the only thing that will make sense of it, is what the Lord knows...
TeaRoses&Lace 17March2010

Greetings To My Coe-Brown Classmates and Alumni

I am a Class agent for the Class of 1974 and am busy working on a Class of 1974 Biography, so in the off chance that any of my classmates should ever find there way to this writing; please leave me some inkling of where or how I might get in touch with you.

In fact, any member of any Class Year can feel free to leave any news you would like to see make it's way into Coe-Brown's Vision Magazine.

I have been involved with the Alumni Association as far back as I can remember. I served on the Alumni Committee for many years, as well as Alumni Association President. Even though I am over 1,300 miles away, I am still very much interested in the Alumni Association and keep open communication with my friends and family up North, as well as working closely with the Alumni Association.

Warmth of Soul

Mind and soul looking within,

My innermost thoughts on the Lords day;

Warmth in abundance meandering the pathways of my being,

As the sun shines bright from on high....

Mind and soul looking about,

Admiring the glories of brightness;

Set before me on this yet another precious day,

This that the Lord hath seen fit to bestow upon me…

Cathy Lynn Calef 16March2010

Echoed Vibrations

Echoed Vibrations
Harsh noise echos; sending unwanted vibrations throughout my tender fibro ridden body, generating pulsating aches from tip to toe, does it matter...not in the slightest; over and over and over...

Sunshine & Raindrops

The raindrops fall intermittently, while the sunshine takes its turn fading in and out behind the abundance of clouds, which float majestically upon a sea of various shades of blue... a typical late summer/early fall Florida afternoon. Lovely.