Grace VanderWaal - Beautiful Thing (Lyric)

Roots Deep

The support we have blesses us so
We have so much, enough to grow

Our family and loved ones, roots deep like a tree
Fast, graceful and enduring, the weeping willow is

Beautiful like water from a well placed underground
Close to the center of the Earth where all of creation is formed

Like the soil that comes from a volcano
Prolific creation

Blessed Support

Quiet Space

I don't feel like music 

I've been listening to it all day

The way I constantly contradict myself when I talk to my kids

Makes my head spin in circles 

Sometimes I think I'm just talking out loud to myself

Correcting my mistakes and teaching myself how to go about life 

Create Joy

Create: (verb)

"Bring (something) into existence."

Joy: (noun)

"1. A feeling of great pleasure and happiness." 

(verb)

"1. Rejoice."

Definitions via Google

Hopeful Comfort

Finding some sort of routine in my life helps me to feel good, like I have something to look forward to. Even if it's just a cup of coffee in the morning or a cup of tea in the afternoon.
Even if it's watching the sunrise or the sunset each day.
Even if it's my baby waking me up way earlier than I'd like.
Even if it's the dogs asking to go outside for their duties.
Looking at the father of my children.
Looking into the eyes of my children.
Spending time with my mom and dad.
A visit with my brother or my sister and their families.
Jotting down thoughts about life.
What goals to set for 2018, 2019, 2020...

Comfort Hopeful

Comfort: (verb)

"1. Ease the grief or distress of; console."

Hopeful: (adjective)

"1. Feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event." 

Definitions via Google

Amaze

Every day my kids amaze me. The looks they give, the smiles they show, the way they laugh, eat, move and speak cause me to think, to play and to love.

Simply Amazed

Simply: (adverb)

"1. In a straightforward or plain manner."

"2. Merely; just."

Amazed: (verb) 

"Surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment."

Definitions via Google

Sia Performs 'Bird Set Free'

The Happiest Hello

When I try to find my writers voice I realize it's been silent for so long

That's why it's full of tears

Our voice is our password in this system and I read what I write as often as a painter talks about what it is they're painting

The voice of an artist is like a rare bird

Mele Kalikimaka

Make Magic

Definitions via Google

Make: (verb)

"1. Form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; construct; create."

"2. Cause (something) to exist or come about; bring about."

(noun)

"2. The making of electrical contact."

Magic: (noun)

"1. The power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces."

(adjective)

"1. Used in magic or working by magic; having or apparently having supernatural powers."

"2. Wonderful; exciting."

(verb) 

"1. Move, change or create by or as if by magic." 

Believer - Imagine Dragons - by Janelle Ginestra

Brave House

Brave:

"Ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage."

House: 

"Relating to a business, institution or society." 

Definitions via Google

To be brave is to be like a house. Not knowing when the winds or the waves, earthquakes or storms will come along, but just being, every moment of every day. 

Determined Life

Determined: 

"having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it."

 Definition via Google

Life:

Existence 

Hallelujah

Chalky Clouds

I give you these wings so you can fly
Fly into the blue sky and jump through the chalky clouds
Think of ideas as brilliant as the stars
Speak as if your voice has wings of a dove

Fly Alive

Fly: (verb)

"(Of a bird or other winged creature) move through the air under control." 

"Move or be hurled quickly through the air."

Alive:

"Alert and active; animated." 

Dream Catcher

I think dream catchers are made to catch all of our good dreams and keep them safe for us. Then, the dream catchers also catch the bad dreams and smash them into billions of pieces & throw them into an eruptive volcano so that they no longer exist. 

Holiday Greetings

Smile First

If we smile first, it might just make the moment a little bit better. 

This Golden Heart

This golden heart is symbolic. It's a symbol of a heart that is exercised with joy, passion, kindness, love, laughter... a heart that is one of someone such as an Olympic athlete who's best accomplishment is the gold.

Mine

This golden heart of ours. 

Leann Rimes - Amazing Grace

Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo - O Holy Night / Cantique De Noel ...

A Little Girl Gives Coins To A Street Musician And Gets The Best Surpris...

I Love My Blessed Dream

There is this song at CA Adventure sang by some of the cast members and it is a song that tells the story about how Walt Disney started with just a "suitcase and a dream". Can you imagine how much value he created from his visions, ideas and imagination?

Blessed Dream

According to Thesaurus.com, Blessed is the same as the following adjectives (I chose the one's I like the best): 

"Divine, adored, glorified, rewarded, saved, exalted, revered..." 

And Dream: 

"Idea, image, imagination, thought, rainbow, vision.."

To Create Value

To create value is to create life.

Create Value

Create: 

(verb)

"Bring something into existence.

Cause something to happen as a result of one's actions.

(of an actor) originate (a role) by playing a character for the first time." 

Value:

(noun)

"1. the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth or usefulness of something.

2. a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgement of what is important in life."

(verb)

"1. estimate the monetary worth of (something).

2. consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of." 

Via Google definitions

I Want to Hear that Soulful Laughter

I want to hear that soulful laughter.
The kind that comes from deep within a person.
The kind that can make someone feel so good it becomes that contagious sort of laughter.
When my babies laugh, I might not laugh on the outside but I'm usually beaming from ear to ear on the inside.
I love to hear that soulful laughter.
I love to see others laugh like that.
And when we get to laugh like that, we know how it feels to soulfully laugh.

Soulful Laughter

According to Google, the word, Soulful, in French translation is an adjective meaning: 

"1. Sentimental

 2. Expressif

 3. Attendrissant

 4. Eloquent"

And Laughter in Bermese there was no translation found. Laughter, in English, is defined as: 

(noun) "The action or sound of laughing." 

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon (Video)

Christmas Song

Las Vegas

A place that warms my heart. Not because of all of the lights and fun times but the people who've embraced me like one of their kind. Some I've known my entire life and some have manifested from that love. Happy Holidays to some of my favorite people in the entire universe.

Suz

Comfort Kind

Comfort -

(person, place, thing or idea) 

"A state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint." 

"The easing or alleviation of a person's feelings of grief or distress."

(action) 

"Ease the grief or distress of; console."

Kind -

(person, place, thing or idea) 

"A group of people or things having similar characteristics."

"Character; nature."

"Each of the elements of the Eucharist." 

Via Google Definitions

The Good Cheer

Christmas time is near
The good cheer
Fills my heart with light.

Suzanne Sateri

Embrace Courage

Embrace -

(action)
"Hold closely in one's arms, especially as a sign of affection."
"Accept or support willingly and enthusiastically."

(person, place, thing or idea)
"An act of holding someone closely in one's arms."
"An act of accepting or supporting something willingly or enthusiastically."

Courage -

(action)
"The ability to do something that frightens one."
"Strength in the face of pain or grief."

Definitions via Google

Ziiiiinnnnnnggggg

The holiday season has arrived and we are going into celebration mode. A time for family, friends, laughter and good cheer. Decorations light homes and hearts like ziiiinnnnngggg (onomatopoeia). People feel happy, togetherness and warm wishes.

This is a time, along with every other moment we have in our lifetimes, to enjoy, smile and wish. My son Ellington inspired me making the ornament with these words because those were ones he chose. In the definition of enjoy it says "take" and that is something that made me look twice at the meaning. The reason for this is because I've been thinking about when it's fair to take and when we should just accept what is given.

In the definition for the word enjoy it says, "take delight or pleasure in". I suppose this is when it's acceptable to "take". This holiday season, I'm choosing to take delight and pleasure in the real ziiiinnnggers. The kind of people, places, things or ideas that bring the true spirit of Christmas to life.

Suzanne Sateri

Enjoy Smile and Wish

Enjoy: 

(verb)

Take delight or pleasure in.

Possess and benefit from.

Smile: 

(verb)

Form one's features into a pleased, kind or amused expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up and the front teeth exposed. 

(noun)

A pleased, kind or amused facial expression, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up and the front teeth exposed. 

Wish:

(verb)

Feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable; want something that cannot or probably will not happen.

(noun) 

A desire or hope for something to happen.

Definitions via Google 

Moon of Mine Children's Book

Moon of Mine is a book that can be enjoyed by both adults and children. The book has illustrations of the boy talking to the moon as if it were his parent. The illustrations of the moon are based off of the November 2014 moon cycle according to NASA. This is also the birth month of my first son who was the inspiration for it's creation. The moon goes through it's monthly cycle as the kid wants to talk to it and paint with it.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/suzie-sateri/moon-of-mine/paperback/product-22887864.html

Man

Sometimes when I look at you, you look exactly like him. I think about what a brave soul you are to come into my life as you have, with new eyes, a new body, and a mind that has been around forever it seems. A soul that says, me before you.

Moon of Mine

www.moonofmine.com

Honor Our Veteran Rodney

I interviewed a USAF Veteran (and great family friend) a long time ago, and believe the information he shared contains honorable lessons to cherish for generations. As I write pieces of it I am in awe of our beautiful creator, once again, and thank Rodney for being such a strong man and guiding light to us all.

He graduated H.S. and didn't know where to go because he got kicked out of his house. His brother had joined the Navy and influenced him to get into service for an education and a place to live. He joined the air force and was stationed underground.

"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."

Wake Me Up - Aloe Blacc (CheersOF Remix)

I Put A Spell on You - SPLATINUM dubstep remix

You Are Sexy Man

You give me your soul
So I know
All of you I love

Perfect- Ed Sheeran (Moira

Try not to lol.

Golden Moments

I choke back the words I would have said and try to open my mind.
I hope you understand and make the best of what you hear.

I try to remember what I wanted to say, what I wanted to write.
In those golden moments.

You kissed me like you were explaining to me where you are.
I understand and hope you enjoy.

When you give yourself permission to be imperfect you practice perfection.
 It's a different way of learning.

What happens to you is private, between you and the almighty.
So forgive yourself as quickly as possible and turn your lemons into lemonade.
Let go of shame and self-doubt.

Sometimes the only way to understand the unexplained is like reaching the unreachable.
And the only way to mend this golden heart is by holding it.

Yeah, I know I should be writing every single day instead of slumping in this chair the size of a child in front of the computer.

You're my greatest distraction. 

Andra Day's "Rise Up"

Like a Cloud

My soul looks at it
The way she holds like a cloud
So we can have rest

Soul Water Baby

When we hold a child, we hold a soul.
The deep underground water.

Their cries tell us a story we might not otherwise have the ability to listen to, nor understand.
In that deep water is a soul here to be loved unconditionally.

Their laughter is as sweet as birds chirping through a radiant sunrise.
In that deep water is a soul here to love us unconditionally. 

Mom

Go Figure

I didn't know you were loving me when I felt most unlovable. Go figure.

Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful

Like Beautiful Fireflies

What I really want to know in the end is, will he be able to forgive me?... to forgive us with his whole heart? Will I be able to forgive him?... to forgive them with my entire heart? I know we will.

It's hot in here and I'm trying to think about going back to sleep again. I'm staying awake, wondering what time the delivery service is going to happen with fresh items from the farm. Looking out the door at the city lights flickering like beautiful fireflies.

I understand he is waiting for me and I love him so much for that as I am waiting for him too.

I also understand that stars have scars uncovered in space when the right timing aligns. The stories we carry make us shine so bright in the night sky. And he is one of them because of me.

I still love him with everything I have and everything I am. Once in a while I'm reminded of how much I need him. When it happens I find myself practically screaming his name or running to his side for comfort.

We walked by him twice. The first time he was sitting calm on a bench. One could sense the fire in his soul so kept our distance. The second time his vulnerability made my heart melt.

The first time he was defending me for the second time.

The delivery has arrived and I'm glad I left the lights on because it's still dark outside.

Painting Gold

"You can go there." My son says while referring to a painting.

The painting is of a snowy path surrounded by trees with golden light. I created a philosophy about it. My philosophy is that the painter walked a path alone that was too beautiful not to share.

I look at my son like he is golden and smile in my heart.

Suzie Sateri

Hammer Hands

Downtown Disneyland live music.

Must Be Somebody's Baby

Everybody is somebody's baby.

Imagination Plus Engineering

Imagineers at Disneyland are governed by a few principles, according to Wikipedia, one of which includes the "blue sky speculation". This is a process where imagineers, a combination of the words imagination and engineering, are able to generate ideas with no limits. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Imagineering

Sunshine and Moonlight

I wake up to you grunting because you are hungry or you don't like the way the blankets are... those are my favorite kind of sounds.
I lay with you while your tired hand holds mine... that is my favorite feeling.
You hold my face with your hands and look me straight in the eyes... that is my favorite sight.

The way you jump when you hear a loud noise makes me laugh because it reminds me getting scared is a part of being human.
You help me accept things about myself I otherwise might be ashamed of.

When everyone is encouraged to dance and be merry you observe and feel happy in your heart to witness such joy. "Again!" Your quiet enthusiasm makes my soul smile.

Suzie Sateri

Creeek

The sounds of comfort like that creeeking door
Makes you feel like you're at home.
The picture of the old you your friend holds dear
That kind of love carries you through.
This tiny pad of paper my Dad gave me
Makes me want to write love notes.

Suzie Sateri

Tender Heart

Be gentle with her. Not just physically, but also emotionally, spiritually and mentally. Know that she is finding herself and give her the time and space to do so. Support and encourage her in the process. Know that what she says, does and doesn't do has a lot more to do with her than it does with you. Give her a higher perspective when she can't see from the pedestal you put her on.

Heart of Gold

The three of them... they have hearts of gold.
One is a golden heart because of age.
One is a heart of gold because it's full of light.
One is golden because it aged.

Found

Your words, they made sense of things I've been questioning for so long.

I didn't realize you wrote about me so when I read my name in your messy penmanship I had to look at it over and over again.

The way you wrote my name was so endearing. I could hear your voice.

The way you didn't want to teach me how to write when I told you you needed to made me cry like a baby.

As hard as it was for me to read, you handed me, long ago, the understanding and inspiration I needed.

Mind Giggles

I see the button that says compose, look at the definition, get inspired and I think to myself, I have to finish this story. Where do I put it? I don't know so I scatter it as it comes to me. I wake up and ache from being with child and am thankful because of it while I listen to the natural composition of the rain tapping. I go to the bathroom and have to use another one because I couldn't bear to deal with the mouse that was caught in the trap trying to escape.

The kids woke shortly after I began this composition and immediately went to check if the mouse was caught yet. One of them released it said another accidentally. The sounds of laughter whirl around in my head from the kids trying to catch the mouse all night as it ran around my messy desk. So I sit here, in bed, while I write, until I have the time and space to clean what the mouse made so evident I had to. I laugh to myself. Even if my face doesn't show it I giggle in my mind and my heart feels happy because of it.

This composition is a reflection of my desk but that doesn't even matter to me at the moment as much as my reflections on times of self-regulation. There are times when we are operating from the heart and what we've done doesn't make sense. Then the time tick talks as we learn the beauty of the lessons that come from mistakes. And it is, I believe the time's tick talking, like the tapping of the rain that help us understand how to correct these very perspectives that hold us back from living in the now.

Angelina Jordan - Fly Me To The Moon - The View 2014

Sia - Angel By The Wings [Lyrics]