The Prize and God's Wisdom

Brigham and Karmel
Larson received this
sweet little blessing
December l, 2009
"Joshua Luke"

I was lucky to spend
almost 3 weeks with
her family this year.




LIVE LIFE TO BE WORTHY OF HEAVEN,
BUT BE OBEDIENT ENOUGH TO OBTAIN THE PRIZE...
AS IF THIS LIFE WERE TO BE YOUR ONLY HEAVEN. (Diny)


November 2009 : I'm 56 years old and I feel I've won a race, I chose to be wise and now have the Prize, I did run....and found fun. (I did obtain!)

1 Corinthians 9:24
(Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.)


*Swimming in November at Province near the end of 2009 , I had such a joyful feeling that "I had arrived", truly Paradise was here on Earth....just like in Heaven. I had lived life....endured thus far...and early on "CHOSE THE RIGHT"....always to the best of my ability. I went home and wrote these two poems.

GOD'S WISDOM

Retired I swam
Winter in Arizona
Blue was the Sky
I thought of God
His Wisdom so Wise

Follow my Commandments

I Tried My Best
At Sixteen the Test

I Chose the Right
Not Perfect Years
Heart Stayed HIS
Life was not easy
The Journey my Prize

Now in Province

Birds Sing in Tune
Flowers Always Bloom



THE PRIZE

Is it Heaven
Or Life?
Burdens
and Strife!

Our Response-
Good or Bad?
Our Choice-
Happy or Sad!

The Journey-
Endure it long!
The Prize-
Heartfelt Song!

From Birth-
To Old Age,
Contentment Here-
Enough Wage!

Is it Heaven?
No Just Life,
No More Burden...
No Strife!


Diny

Sitting with Rich at the Province Outdoor Firepit enjoying the Sunset

Picture of
my Daughter's
Front Room View
in Utah-Sky View
Magnificient!
Did not have my
camera during
the poems sunset!

Pictures in the Sky

Sitting by the Fire,
Overlooking Nature…
It was my Desire-
Husband said Burr.

He allowed me…
To Dream aloud,
Skyward Fantasy-
Pink Story Cloud.

To my Right…
Was the Volcano,
Oh what a Sight-
Clouds hung low.

Moving to the Left…
Multiple Pink Rays,
Side by Side Cleft-
Such Beauty Stays.

Mountains in Front-
Mixed Sky Pinkish Gray,
More Pictures to Hunt…
Sun soon goes away.

Next such Beauty-
Like Modern Artwork,
Vibrant Colors to See...
Is this my Quirk?

I may be Peculiar-
But Patient was Papa,
Mountains in Air…
Waterfalls of lava.

Now the last scene-
We looked straight up…
Fluffy white dream,
Then vanished abrupt.

Pictures in the Sky…
If we but invent-
Meaningful, but Why?
Love in the Moment!

TREE OF LIFE EVERYWHERE

I Swam toward that tree...
Weightless makes me feel free,
When I'm traveling Earth Life-
My path straight, Less Strife.

I thought when Celestial-
That Tree will be Plentiful,
Then I glanced all Around...
Same Tree did Abound.

I Truly Want to Always Live
With God's Goodness to Give,
Just know- HE really does Care...
Just look-Tree of Life Everywhere.

DINY
OCTOBER 2009

ROMANCING THE MOON

Please come out-
My loneliness I shout,
Tonight you Are...
Out of My Sight!

When Darkness prevails-
Like no Wind for my Sails,
Makes Me Feel Blue...
As I Wait for You NEW.

My Heart has a Place-
When the Moon is Bright,
Swells the Smile on my Face...
Please Come Out Tonight.

The Stars just not as Bright-
Patiently waiting awhile...
The Sky needs your Light,
Gives our World such Style!

Now Your Circle is Full-
Waining away again Soon,
My Heartstrings you Pull...
Romancing the Moon.

(How I love to watch the Moon in Maricopa....I miss it when the earth's rotation is such...that I can not enjoy it. I always watch the Moon dates, November 9th it is FULL again!)

DINY

NOVEMBER 2009

ALONE

BY: Grandma Ada Smith (Grandpa Harry's Mother's Mom)

Alone NO! How can I be alone when God is here and all? How can I miss the sound of loving voices when the voice of Truth and Love rings in my ear? How can there be empty rooms when my Father Mother God occupies all space and says how I am with you always. How can I long for the touch of loving hands, when the everlasting arms are round about me. Alone, why do I seem alone? What lesson must I learn? Do I love those dear ones too well and constantly for them yearn? If so, is that why I must learn that there are no empty rooms when God is everywhere. My dear ones too must go on and learn their lessons of love and some day we shall all sit down together with our Heavenly Father above.

ADA SMITH

WHERE THE BIRDS DON'T SING

The outdoor pool is cold-

They voted not to heat.

Swim indoors...I'm told,

Where the birds don't sing.

When all goes wrong...

The rules they change.

Murmur all day long,

Be angry, mad or sad.

Or find another way-

Be of good cheer.

Maybe just obey...

Adapt then find Joy.

Give it some thought-

Don't go and hide.

For me...Wetsuit I got,

Kept Swimming Outside.

Keep yourself positive-

Wow...Ideas will Ring.

You won't have to live,

Where the Birds Don't Sing.

DINY

OCTOBER 2009

I SAVED A BEE TODAY

When Swimming this Morning-

I Noticed a Suffering Bee...

Each Lap I Just Kept Avoiding,

To Avoid Its Sting you see.

Suddenly my Thoughts so Foreign-

What About that BEE?

Maybe I Should Save HIM...

I Need to Set Him Free!

I Swam in Near This Friend-

With Hands Cupping the Water...

Soon His Watery Grave Would End,

Up and Out...Swoosh...Better.

I Wondered What the Bee Thought?

Was He Grateful...Did He Know?

Rationalize Would He, Just Lucky My Lot,

Or Could It Have Been My Human Foe.

Often Like Our Blessings-

Christ Was Sent to be Our Savior...

Are We Grateful or Unaccepting,

Just Chance or Luck, Maybe More!

I Saved a Bee Today-

The Bee Didn't Understand...

Jesus Saves Us Each Day,

It's Heavenly Father's Plan.

DINY October 2009

(While Swimming in Province Pool)

(Then it became habit, saved another bee, then another bug, and again and again!)

Trying to Heal Before Surgery 6/22/05

Inspired by an Old English Ballad:

I will lay me down

and Bleed awhile

Though I am Wounded

I am not Slain

I Shall Rise and

Fight Again.

TIME OUT AND REST AWHILE

I will Rest Awhile,

But Continue to do My Part...

Though I'm in Pain-

It Won't Last this Trial...

With Prayer and Faith,

I'll be Whole and Soon Smile!

diny

Gone are the Days

Gone are the Days

My Mind Matters Most,

Life is Worth Living When I Know...

But Now, Who am I? Unknown.

I'm Often Feeling so Low.

Frightened From Losing My Way...

Where Am I? Why Memory Gone?

Again I Say " I Don't Know Who I Am!"

Again I Say " I Don't Know Where I Am!"

God, Bring My Body Back Home,

This Last Road Tis Not the Best...

Trapped and Life Lacks Living-

Take Me Home and Give Me Rest!

Diny

College after Dark

Night School

Soul Wandering Dark Night,

Fog be My Disguise-

Tall Trees, Barren Limbs.

Reaching Branches Embrace,

Harmonious Heartbeat Ponders...

Eerie Ghostly College Campus.

Mysterious Dark Tales Tell,

Tall Trees Talking Fog...

Then at Once Disappear.

DINY

Son of My Son

SON OF MY SON

Many Years Have Past,

My Quiver is so Full...

Yet Tonight is Special-

Born Son of My Son.

I Print His Picture,

I Hold It to My Bosom,

A Thrill, A Joy, Such Happiness...

A Tear Wets My Eye.

I'm Thankful to Be Alive-

And Watch Him Grow...

Mission, Temple Marriage,

Son of My Son's Son Soon!

Diny

Song of a Bird

SONG OF A BIRD

I Walk and Hear Sweet Music,

I Hear Her Voice as I Wake-

I Sit Outside and Marvel,

Such a Sweet Song For My Sake.

Healing in Hearing Her Voice,

As She Sings to All Creation-

Nature is God's Gift to Us...

Song of a Bird, Such Salvation.

Diny

Child Labor

Mexican Child Labor

We Walked the Shops in Mazatlan,

Not Caring What We Found.

Content We Were With All We Had-

But Then There Came a Sound.

Lady Will You Buy From Me?

From My Box of Simple Wares-

I Said "Here's a Dollar, Honey",

So Saddened by Her Stares.

Too Young, I Thought to Sell...

Too Young to Be Alone-

Where's Mom? No School Today?

Mexico Poverty, My Heart Did Moan!

Diny

Let's Go Boating

Dockside Date

Love Us

On Board

Joy Us

Leftovers

Taste So Good

when We

Eat to The

Music of the Moon

Lights Dance

on the Water

Never left

the Dock!

Diny

My Time is Near

My Time is Near

It is Monday at the Hospital,

My Hands are Tied Down...

My Left Eye is Swollen Shut-

It is my Son...So I Yelp!

Give Me Liberty or

Give Me Death...

Damn Damn Damn

Help Help Help

It is Tuesday at the Hospital,

Doc says Swollen Head is Shingles-

Left Lower Lobe is Pneumonia...

Now Wednesday..I Just want a Million Bucks!

Thursday after joking...I'm eating well,

No One Comes to See Me Today...

I Slip into Depression...Pain,

Just stop the Pain, Oh Shucks!

Friday, I'll Play Possum and Keep Still-

He's Unresponsive Doc tells Nurse,

Order a Test, Possible Stroke...

All Day, Lay Still, Don't Eat or Drink!

Son Arrives, Says Hi DAD,

I Open my One Eye, Say Hi...

Nurse Runs Right In-Surprised-

For All Day, Not One Blink!

I Tell My Son "I will Die a Horrible Death",

But Why He Asks, Why Dad?

'Cause I Won't Eat or Drink-

I So Just Want to Die!

It is Saturday, I'm Better Now You See-

Since I Have Memory Loss, I'm Eating Now...

Today I'm Just as Happy as Can Be,

Just Forgot I Wanted to Die-I Did Not Lie!

Someday Soon, I Know I Will Pass On...

I Just Wish it Did Not Take so Long-

My Life is Wasting Ever so Slowly Away,

And I'm Powerless to Help Death Come Along!

Diny

* Near the end of his life, David had moments of REALITY...in the hospital they took away all of his drugs to calm him from hallucinations of late stage Alzheimers. He so hated being strapped down and wasting away. He did not last long after this last hospital visit and joined his wife of nearly 60 years. Rich had wanted a feeding tube to give him strength to battle the Shingles and Pneumonia, Barb agreed with me (the POA) that it would not be his wishes to prolong any passing. It was a very emotional day at the hospital for both siblings as they followed their Father's wishes to be allowed to die "a horrible death", one of refusing food. But so like the GREENE Men, his strength and fight to fend off disease prevailed and he returned to the Memory Care Center to await Death another Day!

Should You Find My Ball of Yarn?

Should You Find My Ball Of Yarn

If you wonder why beside my bed...

Inside a drawer - a sparkly ball

Of Stretchy Yarn all round and red,

Read on- The story I'll recall.

My Puppy loose, it was late one day,

She loved to play with Yarn on the floor-

Out it would come from the closet...

Each time I forgot to close that door!

Each time I would Laugh...

As I glanced at the mess,

Knowing I could have moved that box

Of all the yarn, the lst time of stress.

Then today, I stopped to stare at the floor-

I paused amazed to see the Web all about,

The Yarn was here and there and everywhere...

Many clumps were scattered throughout.

I thought about so much like Life,

Before me on the rug-straight and turns...

That yarn so like a web of strife-

And clumps of crisis strewn!

I sat right down to roll it all up,

I knew it would take time...

A lot of determination and needing patience-

Untangle all the clumps, it would be fine.

This glittery/sparkly yarn, like JOY upon this Earth-

I cannot separate the threads now bound,

Nor will I quit the test- the quest ...

as I stretch and wind this yarn around, around.

Marriage must be flexible...a lot of give and take,

My yarn not stretched too tight- like a rubber ball,

The wisdom came, my soul awake...

Magic was my Bounce, I didn't miss HIS call!

Different clumps took different times...

Every tangle- A challenge of its own,

Then came the last, close to the end-

The hardest to unwind, I moan!

But in the end, It never Broke...

My Ball of Yarn Remained the Same-

If I'm as lucky these last Earth Days,

My Marriage will intact Remain.

My Covenant Vows today I Sing...

For Better or For Worse I Say,

Eternally Round MY Wedding Ring-

Must on My Finger Stay!

So You See this Ball of Yarn-

Is much more than it Seems...

Each time I open up my Drawer,

I know I Can Untangle Anything.

Untangle Life and Sparkle, and You will Also See...

That Satan will be Bound and Says "Oh Darn"

So Now YOU Know MY Story-

SHOULD YOU FIND MY BALL OF YARN.

WHAT IS REAL?

What is Real?

Am I just imagining….
Heavenly views of peace and paradise,
Laying on my back floating-

Palm tree leaves are swaying…
Birds are singing sweetly,
The sun is setting-

A new moon is smiling down…
Jets leave their trail of fairy dust,
Maricopa, a sleepy little town-

The sky hazy now pales…
Fairy dust becomes hot pink,
X marks the spot of two jet trails-

The hills beyond the town
Just became black shadows…
‘Cause the sun went down-

My moon became brighter…
And just a few stars twinkle Hi,
Palms still wave, Birds chatter-

Carefree I’m beginning to feel…
The big sky is now dark,
I ponder – What is Real?

Our world- just us- our place…
Insignificant and so small,
Can we comprehend outer space?

Ducks floating on the ponds…
Our universe unveiled,
Consider all the galaxies beyond!

Darker, a million stars appear…
The world soon sleeps,
Quiet now, why do we fear?

In only one hour much contrast shown…
Sky constantly changing, just like our life,
Yes, Light in our darkness known-

All trials can be a positive deal…
Beauty and purpose in everything,
Happy Day - Love of Life, that is Real!

Diny

Winter Walk

WINTER WALK

The Trees have Shed

Goodbye Leaves of Fall

A New Chapter Just Ahead

Past Memories Will Call

Cry those Tears...Like Leaves

Yes, They Must Flow

But GOD is Watching-Yes HE Sees

Sad Soul Will Come and Go

Soon Spring Brings a Few

Brand New Leaves so Green

Time to Start anew

Contentment Few Have Seen

Diny

02/13/09

HELP MATE

HELP MATE

He Smiles with Love

He Holds my Hand

He Cares for Me

And Helps Me to Stand

He is so Kind

He is MY Man

He Cares for Me

Recover, I Can

He Walks with Me

He Shares MY Dreams

He Cares for Me

Devotion it Seems.

(I'm Blessed! I Adore Rich!!)

Where You'd Like To Be

Happy Feelings Once You Felt...

A Place With That Special Someone,

Close Your Eyes-Your Heart Will Melt-

Bring Back Fond Memories And Fun.

Whenever or Whatever You Want To Be...

Peaceful, Warm and Joyous too,

Your Minds Eye Helps You See-

The Beauty Once Surrounding You.

It Can Return...That Smile...The Place...

Anywhere You've Been,

Just Visualize And Then Embrace-

Past Moments of Happiness...Slip In.

10/11/08

Diny