My Mom Told Me

𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝗠𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽. 🕊

𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆. 🕊

𝗦𝗼 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆? 🕊

𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 🕊

𝗦𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. 🕊..

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Song for today …

Mom … sung by Megan Trainor

And if you’d like to sing along … I love these words …

On YouTube

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Written on 21 April, 2024 by Cecily Lalloo (C) April 2024
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Night Becomes Day

“When night becomes day
The light shyly peeps
Into my window
Through the blinds
Oh so softly
Whispering my name
As if he is
My one and only love.”

~ Cecily Lalloo
Cecilyswritings (c.2024)

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Music for this piece is Fleetwood Mac with a difference. Hope you like this Postmodern Jukebox version with Tawanda.

Tawanda – The Chain

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Feature Image is by Cecily – taken on Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain) in Rio de Janeiro,
2017

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Written on 9 April, 2024 by Cecily 
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Stop Meddling with the Time

It’s nearly the end of March and time to manoeuvre our clocks. I’ve lived in the UK for over 40 years and it still annoys me when the clocks change.

Is it really necessary to move the hands of time twice a year? This weekend clocks Spring forward in the UK.

Why do we have daylight saving? I’ve heard many different tales. Whatever the reason, it must be well past its sell-by date.

Come to think of it, many devices and equipment now change the time automatically. There will, no doubt, be shouts from those manufacturers if daylight saving is abolished. But, will the change be a slight alteration to software programmes? Or will it involve many hours of work?

What effect has the change had on countries that have already ‘killed daylight saving’? Countries that abandon the clock change are Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey – read this article in The National News. What can we learn from them?

Back in 2019 there were rumblings in the European Parliament about abolishing. The UK carried out a poll to gauge public opinion. The percentage of ‘yes’s’ was higher than ‘no’s’ but no further action was taken.

My view is that I’d love us to stop meddling with the clocks. But, who am I to make this demand?

Anyway … despite losing an hours sleep … may you have a Blessed Weekend.

#stopmeddlingwiththetime #mytwiceyearlymoan

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Today’s music choice … listen to the tick tock of clocks in Pink Floyd’s “Time”

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My Billboard … what’s yours?

If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

My Billboard promotes L-O-V-E

Love is in the Air – Paul Young

A different Love is in the Air … something for everyone

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Do hope you enjoy reading, listening and dancing along with Cecilyswritings. Created with Canva by Cecily Lalloo on 6 January 2024. My feature image is my photo of roses given to me by my love.

I write when I can. I write to express feelings. I write to explore my imagination. I write about my thoughts and dreams. I write for enjoyment. I write to relax. I write because I like to write. If you find words that resonate with you, I’d love to hear from you. If you find a situation that reminds you of something, someone, sometime, I’d love to hear from you. 

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I have learnt a lot this year

“I have learned that things don’t always turn out the way you expect, or the way you think they should. I have learned that rumours spread like wildfire, and peace does not come easy. I have learnt that there are things that go wrong that you aren’t able to fix, that relationships get broken and cannot get put back together the way they were before. I have learned that as long as you have people you love, no matter how broke you are, you are indeed actually very rich. I’ve learned that life is beautiful because you CAN love, even if the mystical, magical, deep and profound emotion is not reciprocated. But what I have really learned is that you can absolutely get through bad times and it only feels worse if you are always looking for the better ones; for every single NOW experience has value. Every second of life is a gift.”

Sheri Ekert

Happy New Year

To my family

To my friends

To my colleagues

To my followers and fans

I have lost some

And that is always difficult

No matter the circumstances.

I have found some

That has been a delight

To share with you

To get to know you

To meet you

To live laugh and love you.

Welcome.

Whatever the New Year brings

May you catch the good times

With both hands

Sing loud and proud

And enjoy those moments.

Whatever the New Year brings

May the challenges

The ups and downs

Be faced with whatever is in you

To meet them

Learn from them

Accept in time

With a renewed heart

And love.

Remember that there

Is always music

That you can put on

That will take you

Through every mood.

May the year be

Good to you.

Happy New Year to you

With love from

Cecily and familia 💕🌷💕

There’s always a record to put on for any mood …

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Do hope you enjoy reading, listening and dancing along with Cecilyswritings. Written by Cecily Lalloo on 1 January 2024.

Feature image by Cecily on the Swan River waters in Perth, Western Australia.

I write when I can. I write to express feelings. I write to explore my imagination. I write about my thoughts and dreams. I write for enjoyment. I write to relax. I write because I like to write. If you find words that resonate with you, I’d love to hear from you. If you find a situation that reminds you of something, someone, sometime, I’d love to hear from you.

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In the Moment

And so it has happened

My New Year is here

The wonderful

Golden Years unfold.

Who cares who

Says what, how or when

With age

The wisdom to

Know who I am

Tô know

Just to know

Brings happiness

Happiness deep

In my own skin.

Happiness when my

Children are happy

And not hurting.

Happy if those close

Keep true to their

Word

As I keep true

Tô mine.

At three score and eleven

I feel marvellous.

So much to be grateful for

So much to be thankful for

To God

The Universe

My Family

And friends … and

Facebook fans and followers!

There’s no halting the

Fabulous Ideas, imagination, wishes

Flowing through my mind

At one hundred and one

Miles an hour

Relentlessly wanting to

Do this and that

Think this and that

Accomplish this and that.

My body keeps moving

To the beat of the next

Song on my playlist

Smooth jazz

Rock n’ roll

Country

Pop

Soul

Love songs

Any good sound

Nostalgia creeps in .

Words on pages

Mine

Yours

Theirs

Words through my

Headphones

Yours

Theirs

Mine

I listen intently

I read enthusiastically

I write from my heart

Breathlessly

Ardently

Eagerly

Wanting to finish

This manuscript

That keeps growing

Wandering along this path

And that

Taking me here and there

A journey never ending

And yet it must

As all journeys end

At some time,

But when?

What of the year ahead

I ask myself

Then quickly answer

The question

On my lips …

‘Live in the moment’

Dear woman

Live in the moment

Dear girl

Learn to live in the

Moment

Not the next hour

Day or month

Live NOW.

How simple is that

Am I not filled with l

Dreams and wishes

With ideas and imagination

To make it better for

Others

That live in the future

My brain to keep thoughtful

My body to keep active

My heart

Soul-stirring

Emotive

Warm …

To be doing

And thinking

And living

And loving

Is that what life is about?

How do I still my mind

And live in the moment

This my challenge.

To

LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE.

Now

Today

Not tomorrow

Or the day after.

I see you today.

I see you now

My friend

My lover

My companion

Live

In the moment

With me

Join your moments

With mine.

Cecily Lalloo (2023)

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I don’t want to miss a thing – Aerosmith

I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing

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Do hope you enjoy reading, listening and dancing along with Cecilyswritings. Written by Cecily Lalloo on 7 November 2023.

Feature image by Brian Mandizira, Artist from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Find him on Facebook.

I write when I can. I write to express feelings. I write to explore my imagination. I write about my thoughts and dreams. I write for enjoyment. I write to relax. I write because I like to write. If you find words that resonate with you, I’d love to hear from you. If you find a situation that reminds you of something, someone, sometime, I’d love to hear from you. 

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