God. many years before i was born
you united a many blooded people
into one....
you blessed the land from shore
to shore and opened freedom's door
you created a country for all
mankind who were willing to sacrifice
their prayers, blood, sweat, tears
and life if need be to keep
America free

Today is Memorial Day the year 2023
Many living the American dream...
live in self created worlds of make
believe.....
Many who live on
American soil have never shed tear,
sweat or blood, to water the liberty
tree..

all they appear to care about is making
money, the stock market- and the economy.

God, by birth I was born an American...
Raised on American soil ....Life was not
always easy but I had what I needed
and lived free.

I want you to know God this Memorial day
Americans have not forgotten the part you
played in the creation of our country...
or the heroes whose blood has been shed
to protect the liberty tree....

Americans are not a perfect people but
we know the meaning of slavery, the American
dream, and the responsibilities that come
with being born and living free.

God Bless American!

11:11am May 29, 2023

Kate finished chemo.....she is scheduled for surgery around June 20th... Please continue praying for Kate and all in need of healing. Thank you for your prayers.11:17PM May 27, 2023 .....

This is Kate before her fight to live ....God is good all the time. Kate's strength  is in her faith.

PHOTO HINTS for those who stopped counting years as Birthdays and switched to counting decades.....

1. Natural light coming from behind you really helps to hide makeup mistakes...

2.  REMEMBER to let the love in your heart show on your face...

3. If you take a picture of yourself that you  don't like  throw it away and keep on taking pictures until you get the ones you like...

4. Be who you are...Inner beauty  like love is more valuable than silver and gold. 6:25pm May 22, 2023

It's my oldest son's 46th Birthday today. I sent him a Happy Birthday message today and his reply brought a few happy tears to my eyes... Mothers who love and try to embed the best of values in the heart of a child- often go through life wondering if they had succeeded in teaching them the things that would help them grow to be the best of who they are......... Good mothers would sacrifice all for their child.... I have been blessed with good children who have grown up knowing right from wrong..... Any sacrifices I may have made in the name of 'motherhood' and raising my children was worth it all. Thank you Joe.... 5:47pm May 21, 2023

Thank you mama.
I love you and
everything that
you've ever
taught me
about right and
wrong I'll apply
everyday
or at least
I try too
thank you
for everything
I miss you

Love and Faith

Faith not Fear

Never take Life for granted......

Above picture taken May 17, 2023  

God is good! Thank you for your prayers. Please, continue to pray for Kate and everyone who needs healing. God bless each of you and your families. jt  10:43pm May 18, 2023  

Tomorrow Kate will go 16/16 chemo treatment.. after her 16 treatment she will ring a bell ...Please, say a prayer for Kate and all in need of healing....... I could be there to see my daughter ring the bell...... but I chose not to..... I put Kate in God's hands He has no need of my presence- Kate's faith has got her through the treatments-It is her faith in God that will continue giving her the strength  to get through the bad times in her life.......  I love my daughter very much.... Thank you for your prayers... and God bless each of you.......11:39pm May 16, 2023

Happy Mother's Day..... Mother's Day 1993 changed my way of thinking about  the meaning of the day.....For me, it's now  a day for remembering that mothers will always be a part of their child's life... That it is from the labors of mothers of all times that mothers today have learned the duties and  responsibilities that come with motherhood.... Life like love is a gift....through the wombs of mothers both are born into the world.  

On Mother's Day 1993 my daughter was laid to rest next to my mama.... I got a Mother's day card signed by my children...

The world would have this generation believe having children is bad.... Motherhood is a blessing...  What is bad is the mindset of greed many in powerful positions in life have....... Mothers are teachers its what we teach our children that they will pass on to their offspring.  The world is still safe this day because the majority of mothers have determined themselves to embed in their children's hearts the best of moral values.

Mothers know that the children from their wombs are blessings ,and if their child lacks in human compassion-it is because we were lacking it in our selves. Mother's Day is a time for taking a long look at how we help determine not just the fate of our children but how out actions or lack of actions contributes to the fate of all humanity. 

When God calls a child home -it breaks a mother's heart.... On Mother's Day 1993 I realized  my children are not my own- a child is a blessing and only mine on loan.

Happy Mother's day .......  10:19pm May 14, 2023.

Tiny Fairy

Tiny Fairy set under a beautiful red rose bush. Her tiny hands folded in prayer. Sonya Fairy, her closest friend, had earned her fairy angel wings saving Blue Fairy and flew to Fairy Heaven to live there forever.

Tiny Fairy was very sad, remembering all the times she and Sonya Fairy had set under the same rose bush  sharing secrets...and making each other laugh.....

Tiny Fairy wiped tear after tear away, until she could no longer control them...

Blue Fairy standing on a red rose, watching Tiny Fairy,  took a hand full of sparkling white fairy dust from her bag and dropped it on the ground next to Tiny Fairy.  

Hearing the fluttering of fairy wings......Tiny Fairy quickly wiped the tears from her eyes.

Overcome with happiness  at the sight of Sonya Fairy setting next to her. Both fairies embraced each other.....

"How did you get here?!"

Blue Fairy flew from her place on the red rose to stand facing the fairies who were still clinging to each other......

"Sonya Angel Fairy crossed the bridge of love to dry your tears..."

"Bridge of Love?"

Shaking her head in agreement ..... "I love you Tiny Fairy...".

"I love you... too," Tiny Fairy, who had been watching Blue Fairy, replied... turning toward the place beside her that Sonya Fairy had occupied to find her gone....

Looking back toward Blue Fairy  with a big smile on her face...

"I love you Blue Fairy....".

"And I love you...... both..."

Moral of the story: Love has the power to change lives and build the bridges that connects one's heart to another's.

story written by Jan Tetstone  10:55am May 8, 2023

Where flowers grow..... butterflies fly and love lives, there the best memories are made .....  Many a happy memory was made where these flowers once grew. Now, the flower seeds have sprung up, and soon flowers will cover the ground again in another place and time. It's the good memories made  that never fade..... Plant a flower- make happy memories....... and give some flowers away. 1:20am May 8, 2023

Kate is a beautiful example of what it means to be beautiful on the inside and on the outside...

My daughter Kate getting her makeup done.... She's getting ready for her friends' wedding today. And I thank God for another blessed day...Please continue to pray for Kate and all who need healing....... God is good every day. jt   12:36pm May 5, 2023

I have 7 decades behind me - but, I am not helpless. Even if I did MESS UP THE MAKE-UP FOR THIS PICTURE....  Smile.... nobody's perfect..... Live one day at a time.. AND never stop caring about your self or anyone else.... God loves you and I love you.... love your self and be who you are. 12:22am May 4, 2023

Kate goes for her third ' Red devil' treatment in the morning. PLEASE pray for Kate and all in need of healing.... Thank you from the bottom of my heart. jt 8:50pm  8:50pm May 2, 2023

The day belongs to no one. There are no promises made that we will be in it at the end of the day. It doesn't matter what one wants from life if they make no effort to obtain it. One is never to old to learn something new....The most important thing at the end of the day is that you lived it being you. 10:05am April 30, 2023

Sonya Fairy's Birthday

Sonya Fairy was a golden fairy with beautiful blue eyes...She was always doing and saying things to make all the fairies in Fairy Land happy...She would fly every day just to look for a fairy to help.... She had the biggest heart . The suffering of any fairy would make her cry.....

One  day Sonya Fairy was flying across fairy land when suddenly a gust of wind lifted her above the safety zone and set her down in a field of beautiful flowers....

"What is this place?" She asked the presence she could feel but could not see.

"This place is where good fairies gather for all eternity.."  a gentle voice replied.

"What does that mean? I have never seen this beautiful place before....Who are all those beautiful white fairies with glittering silver wings?"

"They are angel fairies......They all once lived in Fairy Land, too."

"Does that mean I can't return to Fairy Land?"

"Follow me........"

Suddenly the biggest and brightest fairy Sonya Fairy had ever seen appeared, and they were standin at a window. "What do you see Sonya Fairy?"

"I see Blue Fairy. She's talking to all the fairies gathered.... Some of the fairies are wiping tears away.... I need to be there .... I love all the fairies in Fairy Land..... Their tears make me sad..."

"Sonya Fairy, you spent much time making sad fairies happy.. You have earned your place among the fairy angels.... Your love and kind deeds made Fairy Land a better place... Now, listen with your heart to what Blue Fairy is telling your friends and loved ones..."

"Sonya Fairy's last deed in Fairy Land.......Will live on in the tales fairies tell to all future generations... It is because of Sonya Fairy's  love and bravery that I am able to stand  before you this day ... "

Sonya Fairy suddenly changed into a beautiful blue eyed ,white angel fairy with white glittering wings.

Moral of the story: Every life has meaning in and of itself. Love is the greatest gift of all. 10:03am April 29, 2023

Story written by Jan Tetstone

Happy Birthday Sonya.... I love you

My daughter Sonya was killed IN 1993 after swerving her truck off the highway to keep from hitting a boy riding a bicycle - who, according to his mother, had headphones on... jt

I'm planting flowers. making a walkway, and trying to make a path for the water to drain away from my tiny house when it rains. It will be worth all the hard work....just to set on my tiny porch , watch the birds, look at the beautiful flowers, knowing if/when it rains my yard won't turn into a muddy boggy mess.

When we stop doing the things we can do- we'll lose the physical ability to do much of anything... Never let others do for you what you can do for yourself.  11:32pm April 25, 2023

weakness....doesn't have two nn...can't blame my spelling on old age---but sometimes  my typing skills  and mind don't work at the same speed......

Yesterday April 23, 2023 

My beautiful daughter Kate.....When I saw a larger version of the above picture, I made a comment to Kate about all the lines showing on my face... She told me I was beautiful and said she hopes she lives to get those lines.... God only knows how self-centered and selfish  it was of me to even make such a statement..... Kate is a warrior....She's a wife, mother, daughter, sister.... who like thousands of others is fighting just to live. Think about it, what many of us take for granted "Life" every day Kate and all who battle cancer every waking moment know how precious and dear life really is.

Please, continue praying for Kate, and all in need of prayer.  God bless you, and thank you for the prayers. jt  8:41pm April 24, 2023.

April 23, 2023

GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME..... When I saw these pictures-  What these families did for my daughter brought happy tears to my eyes. God will bless them all- for their show of love and support for Kate.  Thank you!  11;00pm April 21, 2023

                I have so much to be thankful for.... The birds are singing to let me know they are always near.....God has blessed me all of my days- in so many ways.... Faith reigns over the peace as angels watch over those I love and me. Don't lower your shield of faith---where there is a will there is a way. ..keep walking the paths that your god lay ....God loves you and I love you too.   Don't give up on you or the power of faith that works through you. jt  6:54pm April 20, 2023

Kate goes for her second treatment of a cancer drug called 'red devil' in the morning... She will still have two more treatments....The treatment are done every two weeks.... Please, pray for Kate that God will give her the strength to endue and over come these bad days in her life....... and pray for all in need of healing prayers...   Thank you... and may God bless each of you.   jt   11:34pm April 18, 2023

Fairy Princess

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful fairy princess....

One day the King and Queen of Fairy Land decided to fly to the magic forest. They were met by an evil magician  who cast a spell turning them into dust....They  never returned to Fairy Land.

"Princess Fairy....we have searched every where....."

Dismissing the captain of the fairy army, Princess Fairy fell to her knees crying. She had never felt so alone

She loved all the fairies  but the King and Queen  never allowed her to play with them fearing she would get hurt or  mar her beauty.... Her time was spent learning fairy magic ,and other important things from the old fairies..... who's duty was to prepare her for the day she would rule over all the fairies in fairy Land....

After giving much thought to her responsibilities as Queen Fairy..... and the idea of changing her title to Blue Fairy.....

"Yes....I shall from this day on be called Blue Fairy...."

The old fairy who had just flew through the door.....stared strangely at Queen Fairy.

Blue Fairy smiled , welcoming the still staring fairy, as she used the fairy seal for the first time.

When all the other fairies heard this they asked themselves and each other....

"Why would a queen fairy even consider changing her name to Blue Fairy...? It's so plain!"

Blue Fairy called for a town meeting....

"Welcome fairies...."

Blue Fairy noted that not one fairy replied to her welcome...

"From this day forward you may call me Blue Fairy..."

Still no sound from the crowd of fairies.

Then Purple Fairy stepped forward and approached Blue Fairy...

"You have the duties of a Queen fairy to protect Fairy Land, and all the fairies here.... If you want to be called Blue Fairy........Blue Fairy it shall be!" 

The crowd of fairies shaking their heads in agreement....... came a live  echoing Purple Fairies words.....

"Blue Fairy ...it shall be!...Blue Fairy...it shall be!"

The moral of the story: A person is more than a name.

Written by Jan Tetstone April 18, 2023

When all else fails- I'll rewrite the princess fairy story.

Easter Morning 2023

HAPPY EASTER     AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY...... 8:36 am April9, 2023

Please, continue praying for my daughter Kate and all those in need of prayers. Prayers do make a difference. Kate finished the first 12 treatments. April 5th she begin another round of treatment called "red devil" She has this treatment every 2 weeks. Kate has 3 more of the "red devil" She said she calls it " blood of Jesus" because of how red it is..  Thank you for your prayers and know you are much loved. jt

   When I wake to a new day and all  my loved one are a part of the day....be they near or far away.... a feeling of peace covers me like a warm blanket.

   I learned many years ago not to take those I love for granted. Life begins the day we are conceived; Our journey through this life begin the moment we were born. The length of our life  can be long or short.....while we do not know our time to leave this world.... we know our time to die will come.

Every good and bad thing happens at some moment in a day.

People waste so many days worrying about a tomorrows  that may never come for them..... or for any of us.

With each loss of a loved one, I realized more and more the importance of a day. More important, I realized the importance of telling those I love that I love them every chance I get.

We none have a promise that we will be on this earth tomorrow..... Do what you have to do in the day but don't neglect the most important people in your life that day.

My 33 year old daughter, Kate, goes for her 11 chemo treatment March 22, 2023. Please pray for Kate and all in need of healing. Thank you for your prayers....... jt

11:29pm March 20, 2023 

Lost in Flight

   Red Fairy set under a red toadstool waiting for the rain to stop...... Her wings were soaked. Fairyland wasn't that far, for a flying fairy, but trying to get there on foot would take a fairy days...if not weeks.

"What are you doin under my toadstool......!?"

"Sorry Mr. Frog........My wings got wet ... I needed a place to rest while they dried...."

   Mr. Frog jumped under the toadstool.....
"I guess since there's enough room for us both....you can stay til your wings dry."

It rained and rained non-stop for hours...

"What were you doin  flying this far from Fairyland alone...?"

Red Fairy pretended not to hear Mr. Frog.....

"Why did you fly outside of Fairyland alone...!?.......Now what.....!" Mr. Frog shouted, looking toward hundreds of tiny fairy lights coming toward the red toadstool.....

Blue Fairy motioned to the others that she had found Red Fairy....All the tiny lights went dark.

"Will someone tell me what the Red Fairy was doing flying alone!?"

Blue Fairy walked over to where Red Fairy was setting wet-winged..... like  magic her wings dried the moment Blue Fairy touched her arm.

"I guess you ....you ain't gonna  tell me.....!" Mr. Frog crocked at Red Fairy before hopping from under the toadstool.....

"No..ope."

Blue Fairy looked at Red Fairy and winked..... Red Fairy smiled.

"Mr. Frog wouldn't have believed me anyway....."

"You are right who would believe hundreds of fairies got caught in a rain storm and only one got lost?"

Moral of the story: Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. 10:19am March 15, 2023

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BIRDS BIRDS AND MORE BIRDS... 3:51pm March 13, 2023

How many birds did my singing run off?

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I can honestly say ,I don't know this song ' Amazing Grace' all the way through.......... At least my voice didn't scare all the birds off.......lol  ..........................Just the majority.

....Every day is a new beginning.... it's up to each of us how we use our  days.

Smile and  be thankful for the day. 3:48pm March 11, 2023

When I get down.....I look in the mirror and if I don't like what I see..... I use lipstick, eye shadow, mascara, and power my nose..... and put a long cap wig on.....LOL   I may not look better but I feel better.

I was forty when my daughter Kate was born.... and it worried me that I would get old and ugly and my last child would be cheated out of a mother she could be proud of..... I ask God to allow me to keep my health and not age me to fast. God has been good to me all my life...... He has been a part of my life since I was born..... God does answer prayers.....  7:17pm March 10, 2023

https://photos.app.goo.gl/xuUdjdEpjNVLi9qs5   Video of birds visiting  my 'bird tree' today.

God sent the birds again today to let me know all is well in my world today.

Let not the moments pass without taking note of the love each hold. God is good all the time..... The day is the biggest event unfolding in your life..... live it well without regret......Be who you are every day. Never lose faith. jt   8:27am March 8, 2023

Tomorrow my daughter Kate goes for her 9th chemo treatment. Please pray for Kate and for everyone in need of healing.  Thank you for your prayers. jt

  Never take the people you love for granted..... Tell them you love them.. when they come into your day and when they leave.... ALWAYS make sure the last thing you say to your loved ones is " I love you."   10:09pm March 7, 2023

Don't Forget

Don't Forget to say
"I love you"
As someone you love
exits the door.

You never know
if they are exiting it
for the last time- and
you won't see them
any more.

Don't forget to say
"I love you"
every chance you get
to those closest to your
heart
For, many have missed
the chance
and today live with regret.

Don't forget to say
"I love you"
Every chance you get.

"I LOVE YOU"
11:25 May 1, 2013

Note:
From my poetry diary. jt

Fairy Land

Welcome to fairy land where the unexpected is to be expected....

Where what is real and what is not Depends on what is inside ones heart.

Where stars come out at night to play and twinkle brightly on a sunny day.

Where children carry sacks filled with candy, and fairy clowns are always handy.

Welcome to fairy land where reality is checked at the door And the only place to set is on a fluffy cloud floor.

Where angels and fairies fly together side by side hand in hand across miles and miles of make believe land.

Come one come all  be you big or be you small    When you enter in you become a child again.

Laughing and playing  no worries  no cares    just lots of sweet and special treats   And  a taste of yesterday's joys for all the girls and boys.

See the fairies dance so high  The fairy dance of peace and love    you are in fairy land come on   give it a try... spread your fairy wings and fly    Don't worry if you don't get  it right the first you try....  Before you leave fairy land   you will with the fairies fly.

Come  often and stay as long as you like    when its time for you to leave pick a  beautiful fairy flower or two   to take back with you..... To remind you of where you have been

And come again to fairy land where the unexpected is to be expected.....

Where what is real and what is not   Depends on what is inside ones heart.

Note: "Fairy Land" was posted on thestarlitecafe.com site in 2006. Here I am 17 years later still writing about fairies...... jt

11:20pm March 6, 2023

Pictures my daughter Kate took of birds at my tiny house.

I have a small tree I call my BIRD TREE.... More pictures Kate took.

There's nothing more peaceful than waking to the sound of birds singing.... and loved one safe.

Never under estimate  the power of god to work through your faith. We all have a negative side. It's up to each of use to fill our day and our lives with positive thoughts.

Kate will go for her 9th chemo treatment in a few days: this coming Wednesday. Please say a prayer for Kate and all in need of healing.  Thank you, and be blessed wherever you are. jt 6:06pm March 4, 2023

A Lesson For Glitter Fairy

"Where's all the fairies going?"
"We'll be back..." Blue Fairy replied, before she  too flew away.
"How can the older fairies  expect me to learn anything if they always leave me behind?" Glitter Fairy yelled back....

Determined to show the older fairies she was ready to fly with them  on the yearly  journey, Glitter Fairy  grabbed  a tiny backpack and filled it with things she thought she would need: fairy cookies, and her tiny glitter blanket... and flew off....

Stopping to rest Glitter Fairy ate a fairy cookie....then another.... then another....until all the cookies were gone....

"I don't feel very well....."

Taking  the glitter blanket  from her backpack... she found a comfortable spot .....laying down she covered herself from head to toe with the glitter blanket.

Returning to Fairy Land to find Glitter Fairy was no where to be found the older fairies formed search parties to look for her.

"It'll be dark soon..... hopefully Glitter Fairy knows she will be safe as long as she covers herself with the glitter blanket." Blue Fairy said, looking toward the magic forest.

The older fairies nodded their heads in agreement.... as they lifted their colorful wing and flew off .....

Blue Fairy watched....Then spread her blue wing.

The older fairies returned to fairy land.....all wearing a  sad face.

Blue Fairy...  still searching for Glitter Fairy in the dark was getting tired.....Then she saw sparkles of every fairy color   lighting up the sky.....

Reaching the area she saw a tiny form beneath the sparkles of glitter.......

"Glitter Fairy!!!!!" Blue Fairy called ...flying over to where the tiny fairy lay.

Glitter Fairy was so happy she tripped over the glitter blanket.....

Everything got dark.

Blue Fairy's ability to see in dark places allowed her to see the tiny fairy setting next to the blanket crying... She picked the glitter blanket up and put it in Glitter's tiny back pack.....The backpack lit up like a lantern.

"Let's go home."

Moral of the story: There's a time and place for everything-All that glitters is not gold- it could  be anything. There's a light inside of us all....sometimes it needs switching back on. 11:07am March 4, 2023  written bt Jan Tetstone

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I hope my video works.....    My daughters Sharea and Kate got me wind chimes for my 74th Birthday. ..   If the video don't work...is it ok if I blame it on old age?

10:18 pm March 2, 2023

If you got something to do and it don't get done, blame it on old age.

If you left the car parked at the store and took a bus home, blame it on old age.

With that being said. Remember, anything you don't want to take the blame for, blame it on old age.  11:04pm February 6, 2023

Its been awhile since I posted on the Rainbow site. I could blame it on old age and forgetfulness.... To be honest, I haven't posted because I was allowing to much negative to sneak into what I was posting.

When we forget to be thankful and get to caught up in things (worry about things) that only our god can change...we are allowing negative into our life.

There is no room under my shield of faith for doubt.

Love yourself..... love others..... but love your god first -in your heart and in your life.  8:44pm  February 5, 2023

Sometimes we forget the importance of the day.... and take for granted those dearest to our heart...   Be who you are but take time for loved ones who love you for who you are....  Let not your dreams rob you of the best of your reality... 9:34pm January 15, 2023

 Blue fairy watched the little fairy as she flew from flower to flower gathering nectar....Flower nectar is used to treat sick fairies. ...

"Why so much nectar purple Fairy?"

Surprised ....Purple Fairy turns around.....

"The old fairies found Green Fairy laying lifeless , they had barely enough nectar to save her....They sent me to gather more incase other fairies get sick..."

"What happened to Green Fairy?"

"The old fairies are still trying to figure that out.....Green Fairy has no visible wounds..... and can't remember what happened."

Blue Fairy remembered times when other fairies were found lifeless and with no memory of what happen.

Flying to where the old fairies were standing, talking among themselves about Green Fairy's illness.....

"Where was Green Fairy when she was found?"

In the berry patch...laying next to a plant with red flowers....why?"

"The field of wildflowers was planted by old fairies ; after the fairies  moved to the Land of Make Believe; to test the will power of young fairies ....The berry patch is next to the field of wildflowers....Green Fairy must have touched the red flower....that explains the memory loss and finding her lifeless .... "

The old fairies shook their heads in agreement...

"Why didn't we think of that...."

Watching the old fairies one by one fly off in the direction of the berry patch to remove the red flower before another tiny fairy touched it, Blue Fairy smiles....

The Moral of the story:  Sometimes the simplest things are made hard...

 Story Written by Jan Tetstone  on January 11, 2023 

Sometimes nature shares her beauty for our eyes to see

and through an open window fill a room with peace. 7:29pm January 10, 2023

Tho I walk through the world
not knowing what tomorrow
will bring......

Today is blessed and holds
my life's everything.....
All that are dear share
this day with me....

Let tomorrow wait, and this day
shine its light of love, comfort,
and peace... for all in need .....

Heal the body , heart and
mind......plant seeds of hope, and
understanding for all in need to find.

God gives.. All things are his to
take away....
All he asks of me in return, is that
I carry high my shield of faith.
10:03am January 6, 2023

posted here 11:05am January 6, 2023
 

With so much going on in the world, and in our part of it, we often get sidetracked as to what the most important things are..... in our own life. We are suppose to care about our self and others--- but some times we focus more on unimportant things and less on the things we should be paying attention too.........

I look back now and realize much of my time was spent worrying about/and acting on things, that took away from the most important people and things in my every day life. Just remember time missed being with loved ones, is time gone forever.

People who have money enough to buy things-often go lacking in many areas of their personal lives...... Many of those, in old age, have no one -because they over valued things money could buy, and placed little value on those who would have loved them whether they were rich or poor.

Be careful of whose heart you break it maybe the heart of someone you love.

Make time for the important people in your life.  Tears can't bring loved one back into your life....

-All the regret in the world won't turn back the clock.    10:20pm January 3, 2023

Fairy Names

Tiny fairy gave Magic fairy a strange look....

"Magic.....? Exactly....what kind of name is magic for a fairy?"

"I like my name...."

Tiny Fairy almost fell over .... Magic Fairy had read her thoughts....

"Tiny...? Exactly...what kind of name is tiny for a fairy?"

Tiny Fairy stared at Magic Fairy....

"I am tiny....."

Suddenly... Blue Fairy appeared...

"Magic Fairy is tiny......I am tiny...too.. all fairies are tiny....."

Now...both Tiny and Magic stand speechless waiting for Blue Fairy  to tell them more about fairy names...

"All fairies are born tiny..... and nameless....when a fairy is old enough to take on responsibility ....The old fairies meet to name the tiny fairy....."

Magic Fairy laughed.... Tiny Fairy didn't move.....

"When am I going to get my fairy name?"

Blue Fairy unfolds a tiny piece of paper....

"Not yet..."

"Not Yet Fairy!!!......What kind of name is that for a fairy....."

"Tiny Fairy.....that's not your fairy name.....The question the old fairies had to answer ...before naming you was: Is the tiny fairy ready...... All agreed  "not yet".....

The Moral of the story:  A good name comes with responsibility.

 Story Written by Jan Tetstone  on January 2, 2023 

The older I get the more I realize I have never awakened to a tomorrow. It's always been to a day.. I wrote the following to remind myself how blessed I am on the darkest day..... jt

Thank you for this day ,Lord
Its beauty is beyond compare
dark things of yesterday have
faded away.... Your beauty
can be seen everywhere.

In the things my eyes open to
I see you.........Yesterday is
no more...All I have of yesterday
you have put into this day.

All I want in my tomorrows
is nothing more than you have
blessed me with this day.

This day holds you Lord
and all I'll ever be-
This day holds pieces of
my heart- regardless of
what tomorrows bring-
in my world today are
those I love who share my
blessed world with me.

None know what tomorrow
may bring; but none live
in the tomorrow this day.

Life is a walk of faith.
9:08am January 2, 2023

 

First picture taken in 2023

I, like a lot of people do, fight the devil every day. My faith has brought me this far it will carry me the rest of the way. 5:41pm Jan 1, 2023

Today is the first day in the new year. ...Remember ..the day is a gift.. not to be wasted on yesterdays tears....or tomorrows dreams. The day is the gift in which we live the whole of our lives.  3:49pm January 1, 2023

Raise high your shield of faith for in our faith rests our strength. God loves you and I love you too.  3:58pm December 31, 2022

"Twinkles....why are you crying...?" Blue Fairy asked as she put her tiny arm around Twinkles....... Twinkles was crying so hard she tried to speak  but her crying only got louder.

"Twin--kles," Blue Fairy said softly after noticing a thorn in her wing...

Blue Fairy tried her hardest to get it out but it wouldn't move.....

Twinkles' crying grew louder....

Blue Fairy took a tiny bag that she always carries with her; loosened the strings and sprinkled a blue power on Twinkles....

Twinkles stopped crying.....The thorn was gone!

A smiling Twinkles thanked Blue Fairy....

"It wasn't me...."

When Blue Fairy tried to remove the thorn and couldn't she knew right off what had happened to Twinkles; Twinkles was going through a phrase of a fairy's life when the fairy's inner fairy powers are tested....

"Buttt you sprinkle me with blue dust......"

"Yes, I did but it was your inner fairy power that removed the thorn....."

The Moral of the story:  Faith the size of a mustard seed has the power to heal. 

Story Written by Jan Tetstone  on December 29, 2022 posted  8:03am

Ones faith is tested every day. I know my own faith is. ...

My daughter posted this on Face Book:

I’ve contemplated posting this but here we go Let’s talk about that “C” word you all know which word I’m talking about, one of the scariest words one can hear, let’s talk about that feeling of being so scared when the doctor says it’s not good it’s Cancer there it is that dang word. That one word that changes everything, that one word that turns your whole world upside down. When she said it’s Cancer needless to say I cried and cried but I’m here to say I will not let it hold me down I will continue to put my faith in God and trust that his will will be done. I will fight this until I beat it all the way! So all I’m asking for is prayers for me and my family through this tough time .

Please, say a prayer..... Thank you and God bless each one of you and your families...   jt

 Fairy Christmas

Every fairy in fairy land gathered together to sing Christmas carols and open the gifts that Fairy Godmother left.

"Tis Christ-mas in Make Believe....We ga-ther to dayyyy...to share  the day to-gaaather..... snow is falling- Love and peace lives in this landdd-- and in the hearts of fairies........May every home be filled with peace-- anddd --every heart be merry...."

Blue Fairy held her tiny hands up and things  quickly got quite....

"We gather not for the gifts we receive  .... No! We are tiny in size but we have the hearts of giants. As small as we may be  bringing happiness to the faces of the giant' children has long been our destiny...... without fairytales,  fables and fairies to fill the empty spots in childhood dreams there would be no fairies gathered here today! No fairies to fill childhood dreams there would be....And no fairies  in the land of Make Believe..... Merry Christmas!"

The fairies gathered around Blue Fairy.... and like magic disappeared into the trees of Make Believe.

The Moral of the story: One doesn't have to be a giant to touch the hearts of giants.

Story Written by Jan Tetstone    December 25, 2022

A Fairy Christmas Eve

It's a  white snowy Christmas Eve in the Land of Make Believe. The fairies are busy as they can be: baking cookies, making candy,
mounting candles on fairy Christmas trees;  happily, waiting  for Fairy Godmother to light up every tree.

 The fairies love Christmas; Tiny stockings of every color and hue
hang on the back of tiny fairy chairs ; holding  sweet treats for Fairy Godmother when she gets there.

And then, in a twinkling of an eye, Blue Fairy heard outside the fluttering of fairy wings; turning around, she saw Fairy Godmother with her out stretched  fairy wings She was dressed all in glitter, from her head to her toe, and her clothes were all sparkled with silver and gold.

Faster than eagles, her fairies came,she reached out  lovingly,  touched each fairy and called them by name::
"Blue Fairy! Pink Fairy ! white fairy!
Yellow Fairy! Green Fairy!"
Wait! All fairies! Take your places on the branches of the trees!
It's time to light the candles! It's Christmas Eve!

Like magic, all the fairies from the Land of Make Believe appeared and filled the branches of every tree.

Fairy Godmother gave each fairy a tiny bag of fairy dust and at the count of three the  Land of Make Believe turned into a giant beautiful Christmas tree ...and the snowflakes danced  with the fairies another Christmas Eve.

Moral of the story:   Some things are meant to be seen with ones heart .... Faith is powerful when backed by love.. we all are a part of the tree of life. Story written by Jan Tetstone 7:22pm December 24, 2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  Love and Peace to you All.....

Purple Fairy

  A beautiful field of wildflowers grow in  the Land of Make Believe......

Every day Blue Fairy picks a young fairy to fly over the flowers.... She always sends them off with:   "Don't touch the red  flowers!"

Purple fairy was chose to fly  over the colorful, sweet smelling flowers.... 

Caught up in the sweet smell  Purple Fairy flew closer to the flowers ....

She didn't see any harm...

Blue Fairy doesn't tell the  young fairies that the scent from red flowers will cause a young fairy to forget the trip.

The smell from the flowers was so sweet...it drew the  purple fairy so close that one of her wings touched a red  flower.....

"Nothing happpp..." she said, falling to the ground....

Purple fairy's eyes opened.... Blue Fairy was staring her in the face....

"Who are you!?" she asked the blue fairy.

Blue Fairy flew away ; returned holding a purple flower;  handed the flower to Purple fairy....

"Let's go home...."

After the young fairy had fell asleep; the two  old fairies who had been sent to watch over her  carried her to where Blue Fairy stood smiling...

"The next time Purple Fairy is sent to fly over the field she won't remember this time...."

The field of wildflowers was planted by old fairies ; after the fairies  moved to the Land of Make Believe; to test the will power of young fairies ....

 Only one fairy ever triumphed over the sweet smile of the flowers...   As far back as anyone can remember.....

The moral of the story: little things are forgettable - the important things should  never  be forgotten. Wisdom has its benefits and its prices ... Story written by Jan Tetstone11:32am December 24, 2022

Life will never be easy for those whose hearts are bigger than their bank accounts....

I would rather have love and nothing  than have everything but love.

 We are born with the ability to love beyond our self .... but we have to love our self before we can fully understand love's importance to the hearts of others.

I have always said   there are many degrees of love.....

I have loved, lost and let go ...But that don't make the love I gave away anything less than love.

The words "I love you" have betrayed many a heart, and mended many  a heart.

Life can't change  love but love has the power to change lives. 2:32am December 21, 2022

Sissy's Tree

Every year farmer Tom and his daughter Sissy traveled to Tree Mountain to get the perfect Christmas tree.

"Sissy, it's time to go...We're looking for a special tree this year..."

"A special tree?"

"A magical tree..."

Sissy 's eyes widen "Is the tree for me!?"

"No"

The smile left Sissy's face as she sat down next to her father.

After traveling for hours over a narrow bumpy trail the wagon stopped....

"We're here ..."

Sissy jumps down; forgetting the brace she 's wearing ; almost tripping over her own feet; she regains her balance and stands gazing at the trees...

"How we gonna know which one is magic ?"

"The tale has it that a beautiful fairy named Blue , once an orphan fairy without wings, chose the tree because is was smaller than all the other trees on Tree Mountain...."

Sissy interrupted ,"An orphan tree?!"

Before farmer Tom could answer hundreds of colorful fairies appear and form a circle around the tree  that a beautiful blue fairy is standing on top of.....

Gazing down at the farmer and Sissy , Blue fairy saw the brace on Sissy's leg  and thought how hard it most be for the little girl to play like other children....

Before the Blue Fairy could say a word; farmer Tom put voice to what the fairy on top of the tree had been thinking....

"We've been making the trip to Tree Mountain for a long time..... just  today I told Sissy we're in search of a magic tree.... "
A tear rolled down farmer Tom's cheek...."Sissy asked me if the magic tree was for her... It broke my heart ...but I told her no. "

Sissy stood quietly; lovingly, looking at her father as the  colorful fairies forming the circle around the little tree .disappeared.  Then, reappeared. Each had a tiny bag of magic dust; taking turns the fairies emptied every single bag onto the ground at Sissy's feet...

Blue Fairy's wings lit up ;the light so colorful and bright it was blinding...

When the Blue fairy's bright glow disappeared farmer Tom jumped with joy at the sights of Sissy standing there with no brace on ....  and the littlest tree, on Tree Mountain,  strapped to his wagon.

Sissy's mother was overcome with joy, and wanted to know what happened on Tree Mountain....

Farmer Tom told her his trips to Tree Mountain were always for the purpose of finding  the magic tree.....

Over hearing what her father said, Sissy added, dancing happily around the room, "For me!"

The moral of the story: Things happen in there own time

Story written by Jan Tetstone December 19, 2022

Wingless Fairy

Once upon a time in the Land of Make Believe there lived a beautiful blue fairy. She was an orphan  fairy. She was born without wings. When the other fairies flew happily away to Fairy- Fun- Land she  would follow them on foot. It always took her hours to get there. When she did the other fairies were making ready to fly back home.

"Can't you stay for just a little while longer? It's no fun playing alone..."

The fairies pretended not to hear her and flew  happily away.

The wingless fairy was so tired after her long walk through the forest that she set down and fell fast asleep.

Suddenly, a loud noise shook the ground; she jumped to her feet  turned in the direction of the path and started running back toward the Land of Make Believe.

The longer she ran the harder the rain fell and the more worried she got that the other fairies may not have made it home. She knew fairy wings were no match for the storms strong winds.

Stopping to get a second wind under a purple mushroom...

"Helpppp!!!" she heard a faint cry off in the distance.....

Blue fairy thought the hard rain and wind could be playing tricks with her hearing. 

With a big green leaf for an umbrella  she stood listening...

"help!!"  "help!!"

Still holding the leaf she dashed off in the direction of the voices...

"What happen?" Blue fairy asked the still frightened  fairies...

"Our wings got soaked and we all fell to the ground."

They all started talking at the same time.

After falling not one fairy knew the path through the forest that would take them home.

Blue Fairy got a big smile on her face...

"Follow me."

All the fairies gathered around Blue Fairy; each in turn, giving her a hug and apologizing for leaving her alone at fun land.

 Something magical happened: after returning to the Land of Make Believe, and getting a good nights sleep; Blue Fairy woke to find herself attached to a beautiful pair of blue fairy wings.....

The moral of the story: Things happen for a reason. Our differences are what makes each of us special.

Story written by Jan Tetstone  December 18, 2022

After my last post-I couldn't pass this one up.

The other two bottles went back in the neighbors icebox.....