Moxification

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned the hard way that some poems don’t rhyme and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what is going to happen next."

Gilda Radner

To all my wonderful American friends!

Have a fab one - here's some blueberry pancakes :o)

To all you lovely mummies out there - here's a big Happy Mother's Day to you all!

Hope you are getting spoiled and treated like the goddess you are!

Love

Moxie
xxx

...as you go about your daily doings, a small child is being laid to rest.

Just a month younger than Roxie, he sadly lost his brave fight with cancer and passed away. Members of our board have gone to represent us, as have countless others, many of us have balloons which we will release later this afternoon. We all feel helpless.

Hug your children tighter tonight, kiss them more and show them that you love them with every fibre of your being. There has been too much death already this year, too much loss and too much sorrow, yet we must not let this shape the year ahead. We need to find our joy where we can - in every smile, in every breath, in every sunbeam. Let's not let the dark side win.

His mother gave birth less than two months ago. How she managed to get out of bed this morning I will never know. I hope she won't mind me posting this, but his memorial runs from 3pm to 5pm today and this is for those of us who can't be there but would like to say goodbye and would like to follow it.

Finlay Tom

9^th March 2007 – 16^th February 2009

 

 

 

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Welcome

By Rev.

 

First Reading

 

i carry your heart with me

ee cummings

 

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

 

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

A Tribute to Finlay

 

Music

Storm

Lifehouse

 

How long have I
Been in this storm
So overwhelmed by the ocean's shapeless form
Water's getting harder to tread
With these waves crashing over my head

If I could just see you
Everything would be alright
If I'd see you
This darkness would turn to light

And I will walk on water
And you will catch me if I fall
And I will get lost into your eyes
I know everything will be alright
I know everything is alright

I know you didn't
Bring me out here to drown
So why am I ten feet under and upside down
Barely surviving has become my purpose
Cause I'm so used to living underneath the surface

If I could just see you
Everything would be alright
If I'd see you
This darkness would turn to light

And I will walk on water
And you will catch me if I fall
And I will get lost into your eyes
I know everything will be alright

Second Reading

 

Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep

Mary Frye

 

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there, I do not sleep

I am a thousand winds that blow

I am the diamond glints on snow

I am the sunlight on ripened corn

I am the gentle autumn rain

When you awaken in the morning’s hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of the birds in circled flight

I am the soft stars that shine at night

Do not stand at my grave and cry

I am not there, I did not die.

 

Committal and Blessing

 

Exit

 

Better Days by The Goo Goo Dolls

Little Wonders by Rob Thomas

Run by Snow Patrol

SONG LYRICS:

EXIT MUSIC:

 

Better Days

Goo Goo Dolls

 

And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
'cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And designer love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
'cause everyone is forgiven now
'cause tonight's the night the world begins again

I need someplace simple where we could live
And something only you can give
And that's faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child that saved this world
And there's ten million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words
And sing out loud
'cause everyone is forgiven now
'cause tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
'cause everyone is forgiven now
'cause tonight's the night the world begins again
'cause tonight's the night the world begins again

 

Little Wonders

Rob Thomas

 

Let it go,
Let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know
The hardest part is over
Let it in,
Let your clarity define you
In the end
We will only just remember how it feels

Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain

Let it slide,
Let your troubles fall behind you
Let it shine
Until you feel it all around you
And I don't mind
If it's me you need to turn to
We'll get by,
It's the heart that really matters in the end

Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain

All of my regret
Will wash away some how
But I cannot forget
The way I feel right now

In these small hours
These little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away but these small hours
These small hours, still remain,
Still remain
These little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away
But these small hours
These little wonders still remain

 

Run

Snow Patrol

 

I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

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exploring the islands of the Great Barrier Reef to discover what the area has to offer.
You’ll be required to report back on your adventures to Tourism Queensland
headquarters in Brisbane (and the rest of the world) via weekly blogs, photo diary, video
updates and ongoing media interviews. On offer is a unique opportunity to help promote
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Other duties may include (but are not limited to)
Feed the fish - There are over 1,500 species of fish living in the Great Barrier Reef. Don’t
worry – you won’t need to feed them all.

Clean the pool - The pool has an automatic filter, but if you happen to see a stray leaf
floating on the surface it’s a great excuse to dive in and enjoy a few laps.

Collect the mail – During your explorations, why not join the aerial postal service for a
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About the job package

Living above the Great Barrier Reef is a pretty unique benefit, but the successful
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About the location

Stretching for 2,600 kilometres, and composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900
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Education/Experience Requirements:

A broad range of experience will be considered, but the successful applicant should
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- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Good written and verbal English skills
- An adventurous attitude
- Willingness to try new things
- A passion for the outdoors
- Good swimming skills and enthusiasm for snorkelling and/or diving
- Ability to engage with others
- At least one year’s relevant experience

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Applications close 11.59pm UTC 22nd February 2009

Applications open on 2.00pm UTC 9th January and close 11.59pm UTC 22nd February
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Tourism Queensland will select ten candidates. Visitors to www.islandreefjob.com will
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All applicants must be eligible for a short term business visa for the interview selection
process and a long term temporary employee visa for the contract period.
For more information and to apply please visit www.islandreefjob.com.

Then go to my friends site here and tell em Moxie sent ya :o)

My hubby is mourning the loss of Patrick McGoohan, creator and star of The Prisoner

so I've just rubbed salt in the wound by telling him this...

Patrick McGoohan never got to make the film he wanted of The Prisoner. He was a keen poker player, and at one game in Vegas found himself holding three of a kind. Quietly confident, as everyone upped the ante, he chucked the rights to The Prisoner into the pot. Alas, someone else at the table had a straight flush. No-one expected the winning exec to actually take McGoohan's meal ticket off him. But to the disgust of the other players, he did just that.

Ouch...