A Mother’s Love Remembered 2019

Posted on May 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Comes a time when our mom is no longer with us in physical form but is in our hearts and souls, right?  This poem is meant to honor that.

Maoz - Mother Ocean Missed

A Mother's Love Remembered 2019
by Michael Romani

A mother's love remembered as an ocean wide
As strong and long as wind, rain and tide
Every sweetest smile was born inside her love
Ever hurt healed a remembrance from above

In a shine of faith, truth and prayer
As sure as tomorrow, mom was always there
To put the band-aid on the open sore
And to give love as needed and then some more

So it is on this very special, honored day
That we remember our mothers in every way
Knowing they believed in each of our hearts
Now it is that each of us do our honest parts

To remember the lessons that we were taught
And all the best that each mother has brought
In giving unselfishly to each and every child
With tender mercy given with compassion mild

(c)  May 12, 2019   Michael Romani
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Happiest of Mother’s Days 2019!!

Posted on May 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you” (Exodus 20:12)

 

 

 

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Thought For the Day: The Smallest Act of Kindness Is Worth More Than the Greatest Intention

Posted on May 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” – Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)

 

 

 

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First Principles: The Richest Inheritance Is To Pass On Christianity To Our Family

Posted on May 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian Religion. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling they would have been rich; and if they had not that and I had given them all the world, they would be poor.” – Patrick Henry

 

 

 

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The Love of One So Good

Posted on May 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Learning again and again the difference between fool’s gold and real gold when it comes to the heart.  In this case, I believe the proof is in the deeds done and love shown gracefully time and again.

Paramount - My Hand Bond Promises Remembered

The Love of One So Good
by Michael Romani

Somewhere here and now in my infinity
I have found my way along my journey
Into the graceful love of one so good
Whose words and actions are understood

Easily as though the world I've known
Has screamed and troubled but never shown
The kindness of the words unsaid
That go on and on playing inside my head

All the little gestures and all of your grace
That have flown into my life with your embrace
When I am feeling beaten down by severity
You return the best of me so very tenderly

Kinder than your sweet words have been your actions
Each of these heartfully meant for my satisfaction
None of these meant to for anything less the good
That I am loving and treasure as it's understood

You've taught me lessons without necessity of telling
Words emblazoned in my heart and head without yelling
That yours is the difference between gold and fool's gold
These are the things that from the beginning you've showed

Now I only wish to become and be the man that you deserve
To echo back your heart returning the love un-swerved 
Giving you the goodness that you have freely given me
I owe my life and happiness to all that you've given me

(c)  May 11, 2019  Michael Romani
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First Principles: It Is In the Love of One’s Family That Heartfelt Happiness Is Known

Posted on May 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.” – Thomas Jefferson

 

 

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Thought For the Day: If You Would Promote World Peace, Start At Home Loving Your Family

Posted on May 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa

 

I had the pleasure of spending time today with my two beautiful little girls!  I love these little ladies more than the world.   There is maybe nothing more remarkable than each moment caught up in the uniqueness of each one of these wonderful miracles as they grow up.  Feeling really truly blessed is a weak description of what I’m feeling right now.

 

 

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Lost Faces of Chernobyl

Posted on May 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Nuclear is one of the safest and cleanest paths to provide energy.  The problem is that it takes just one disaster to stir up the worst fear.  I can’t say it’s not reasonable that it is that way.

Everwinter - From Russia With Love

Lost Faces of Chernobyl
by Michael Romani

Imagine Hiroshima blown twice an hour
Watching ashes fall as the beast devours
Radiant denials do not change facts
Even while given in desperate last acts

Some horrors are not found in the instructions
Endurance and sacrifice need no introduction
For a people who have lived more horror than joy
There is little more left than honor to employ

Soviet Russia could have such a catastrophe
Ruined lands lay fallow as its legacy
Power they say is a matter of perception
Even when based on such brutal deception

Truth comes out as it's said truth always does
It's a maxim of life ways simply because
Life is life and not what we wish it was
Truth, however ugly, comes out as it always does

(c)  May 10, 2019  Michael Romani
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Everwinter - The Danger of Chernobyl

 

 

 

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First Principles: The Ambitious Who Embrace the Image of Virtue But Not Virtue Itself, Produce Ugly Deeds

Posted on May 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Ambitious men, who embrace the image and not the reality of virtue, produce nothing but ugly deeds.” – Plutarch, Lives of Noble Romans

 

 

 

 

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Thought For the Day: The Wise Rejoice In What They Have and Do Not Grieve For Things Not Had

Posted on May 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

 

 

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