D&K's Cafe End of Summer Contest

Wow, what a funn and sweet idea! :clap: :wub:

Wow, what a funn and sweet idea! :clap: :wub:

Thanks seacrestkristi....we had funn with the one last Christmas. I thought it would be neat to read or see (photos) what SoWal Peeps did this summer.

This time I have a mystery judge. :idontno: ;-) :cool:

:wave: :wub: Kat

Deadline is September 15th......I know ya'll have had a grayt summer so get busy!

:welcome: :wub: Kat


This is such a cool idea....Good going Kat :wub:

:floor: ...:blink: ...:clap: Hey, is that you Kat? :wave:

:floor: ...:blink: ...:clap: Hey, is that you Kat? :wave:

:funn: I wondered who that LW was. :lol:

soooo cool:clap: :clap: :clap:

:floor: ...:blink: ...:clap: Hey, is that you Kat? :wave:

:funn: I wondered who that LW was. :lol:

I just posted the deadline again for Kat.....I guess I did it badly. Sorry to confuss anyone :blush:

I never follow instructions very well, and I apologize that I used 378 words rather than stopping at 250. With so many posts, you really didn't expect me to keep it short, did you? :idontno:


The Most ________ Event I Had This Summer


As another summer races by, I realize that the most ________ event this Summer has been life. Life is filled with many emotions, and the sad ones are just as important as the happy ones and the time spent in between the two. It would become very tiring if every day was a ?great? day, as there would be nothing to which we could compare it. However, when we begin to open our eyes to the fragile thing we call life, we start to see that even those average days in between the bad days and the good days, are simply great. This summer, I have noticed a full wave cycle of ups and downs and time in between. We know that fall is on the way. I?ve watched people die, and fill friends? eyes with tears and hearts with sorrow, but it hasn?t been all bad. Some people who died, were hanging on by a string and had stopped ?living? long ago. Others were suddenly taken without notice. It has helped me remember the importance of cherishing each and every moment, and really brings my priorities of life into perspective. In contrast, I?ve seen babies being born and bringing much love, joy and happiness to many lives surrounding them. I?ve even witnessed children growing over the few months of summer. Some noticeable grow in size, and others become more experienced. I?ve seen pets be welcomed into new homes, and I?ve seen a few be laid to rest. They are all still with us in our memories, hearts, and in our actions.

There are many examples of this word we call, ?living.? Seeing the sand on the beach shift around, watching ants methodically rebuilding their homes after a heavy rain, feeling the change in the weather, watching the Moon bring a new way of seeing in the dark, seeing meteorites shoot across the star-lit night. Life is all around us, and if we choose to open our eyes to all aspects of it, we can say that we truly lived this summer. Each day was an most ________ event for me this summer, and they must be looked at collectively, so as to give the true picture of the summer.

I don't think I could find the right photos to go with my story, but I thought I'd use a few smilies to go with my report. 😀 :yawn: :cry:

My story

by Miss Kitty

"If you ain't got no money take your broke a$$ home."

Yes, it's an oldie, but a goodie. 😀 :wave:

:clap: ...thanks for your kind words Kat. I have had quite a summer....and it is not near over yet. I might short out my computer with tears if I tried to write it all down. I'll just say this...sowal.com has helped me in so many ways by being a friend that was there morning, noon and night....and especially early early in the morning....when it was too early to make phone calls, or when I wanted to put off making important ones. Logging on here, I can always find someone with something to say about...just about everything! SoWal.com can make me laugh so hard, cry so sweetly, bang my head and think so hard! I thank all the sowallers for "putting" up with me (like you have a choice...oh, you do, you can BLOCK me! 😀 ) The imaginary friends that have become my real friends are some of the best people on this earth. I treasure this wild and wacky place we call sowal.com and also the sowallers that make this an extraordinary place! :wave:

"Your only treasures are those that you carry in your heart."

My greatest treasure for this summer is the memory of my Dad.

For my Dad was always there for me. I was not an easy child to raise. I had my moments and I was blessed with two brothers that were about as near to perfect as one can get. One grew up to be a minister.

But Dad never ever gave up on me, even at times when my Mom was ready to put me on the curb. He would simply say, "She is the only daughter I have, therefore she is the best I have."

Unconditional love. That was my Dad. When my daughter was born, I had a very difficult delivery and both my daughter and I ended up in intensive care before the night was out.

The delivery was at 8:10pm and by 3am they had told my husband our daughter was doing good, so he went back to the waiting room to check on my parents.

He asked would they like to come to our house and get some rest. My Dad replied, you know your daughter is going to be fine, until I know "my daughter" is going to be fine, I am not leaving.

Next morning when they rolled me out of Intensive care to a room, my Dad was waiting.

In being so remembered his legacy will live on.

I love you Dad, and miss you greatly but you and Meredith are my greatest treasures.

I'm gonna work on this tonight - and hopefully post tomorrow. 😀

Love the idea!!!!:wub:

Well, I know mine wasn't a "story", but it was written from my heart. Thank you RiverOtter for taking that beautiful picture. I hope you don't mind that I used it. Really, words for me cannot express my feelings about our special place, or this message board. The friends that I have made here will be with me until the end, and I mean that. I try to explain to people that don't "get it" how special it is. I will keep trying until they finally do.:cool:

Well, I know mine wasn't a "story", but it was written from my heart. Thank you RiverOtter for taking that beautiful picture. I hope you don't mind that I used it. Really, words for me cannot express my feelings about our special place, or this message board. The friends that I have made here will be with me until the end, and I mean that. I try to explain to people that don't "get it" how special it is. I will keep trying until they finally do.:cool:

I thought is was a cool poem, kathydwells, but I was like everyone else -- we didn't know that you wrote it. It was so cool that we thought it was from a pro poet. Did you take the photo behind it, too? Looks just like SoWal.

I thought is was a cool poem, kathydwells, but I was like everyone else -- we didn't know that you wrote it. It was so cool that we thought it was from a pro poet. Did you take the photo behind it, too? Looks just like SoWal.

No I wrote it today sitting at my desk, and the picture is one that Riv-O took. I am flattered that you thought a "pro" wrote it. :cool:

No I wrote it today sitting at my desk, and the picture is one that Riv-O took. I am flattered that you thought a "pro" wrote it. :cool:

I just wish I could do the cool photos you do. I am still learning and I think the major problem is my computer is slow, my AOL is slower and my mind is even slower. 😱