Is the Hokey Pokey really what it's all about?

[graciegirl]

Please post here something wonderful that you want to share.


I can't. I am still frozen to the core after playing nine holes of golf with the nicest girls you could find anywhere. I need some warming thoughts.


PLUS I am tired of controversy and villager against villager.


What makes you happy?

[graciegirl]

Alright. I will start. I love that every place I look there is beauty in The Villages.

[TheVillageChicken]

Please post here something wonderful that you want to share.


I can't. I am still frozen to the core after playing nine holes of golf with the nicest girls you could find anywhere. I need some warming thoughts.


PLUS I am tired of controversy and villager against villager.

Just plug in your own year

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[CFrance]

Does it have to be about TV? We just got back from the Keys, and it was so nice to run into a bunch of friendly people from all over the place, on vacation for a week or so. More smiles and laughter than I could count.

[DandyGirl]

I'm happy, no ecstatic, to be living my dreams of singing and dancing in a variety of venues. Never thought I would ever do things I have done here in the wonderful Villages! :pepper2:

[graciegirl]

I am so happy that our granddaughter has grown up to fulfill all the hopes and dreams we have had for her. She is employed in her field and calls often and now I am learning from her.

[duffysmom]

My loving husband who is healthy and celebrating his 80th birthday this month.

The magnificent light we have in Florida.

The wildlife all around us.

Riding in my cart enables me to feel up close and personal with nature.

Having my sister move to TV and sharing this incredible life with her.

[Mudder]

I'm so happy to have my electric fireplace on right now just waiting for another beautiful day in The Villages tomorrow. Hope it does warm up a bit tho.

[tippyclubb]

Today we had the first sign of spring after a long brutally cold snowy winter. It was 46 and sunny, and felt like 80 to us Michiganders. It was a wonderful day to see people driving with their windows open and smiling. Spring fever!

[CFrance]

Why I'm happy to be here...

They just started clearing the beach road in front of our former abode in Muskegon, MI. It's been closed off since November. Going to take till March 21 for it to reopen. Oh, and all that white part under the blue sky, as far as the eye can see? That's Lake MI. The Great Lakes are 93% frozen over.

I'm feeling so happy to be here in 50 degrees. Bring it on!

[shcisamax]

My beloved daughter is here we are going to a stable tomorrow. My ridiculously funny aussie got sheared with horse clippers with his marine cut and now his hair is only a sixteenth of an inch instead of three inches so less to clean up. I ate half a bottle of macadamia nuts ...yummm...and no guilt. I have the best pair of long underwear so I don't care if it is a bit chilly. I feel like I am living inside a warm cloud.

[gomoho]

Gracie - hopefully this warms you up. Sitting in a log cabin in the Georgia mountains with a beautiful fire and a glass of wine as the sun sets. No kidding - that is what I really am doing at this moment and loving it.

[CFrance]

I am loving these stories.

[pooh]

It was cold, but the company was warm and loving....;)

In the wind today, I noticed birds gliding on the air currents....looked like such a wonderful thing to be able to do! Wouldn't it be a great way to get from one place to another.....:D

[lovsthosebigdogs]

I had a wonderful day today. I do pet therapy visits for children when they give depositions for abuse. I took my dog Luca today and a young girl told me that she was afraid to come, but after spending time with my dog she wasn't afraid any more and he made her feel very brave. She said that he told her she would be okay. I never heard him say a word but I know that he is very wise and a wonderful patient, sweet dog so I am sure he told her something. The most important thing, and the reason I do this, is that that little girl left feeling better and safer than when she arrived. Sometimes it feels good to know you make a difference in this world, one person at a time.

[lovsthosebigdogs]

BTW, thank you Gracie. I love a thread that makes you reflect on the good in the world.

[shcisamax]

Next? Who else has some great stuff to contribute!

[CFrance]

I had a wonderful day today. I do pet therapy visits for children when they give depositions for abuse. I took my dog Luca today and a young girl told me that she was afraid to come, but after spending time with my dog she wasn't afraid any more and he made her feel very brave. She said that he told her she would be okay. I never heard him say a word but I know that he is very wise and a wonderful patient, sweet dog so I am sure he told her something. The most important thing, and the reason I do this, is that that little girl left feeling better and safer than when she arrived. Sometimes it feels good to know you make a difference in this world, one person at a time.

What a wonderful, uplifting story, LTBD. I can't wait to meet your dogs in June and see what can be done here with all the good things dogs do. You and Luca are my inspiration.

[Vill01talk]

Watch a Virginia Tech football game.... especially on a Thursday night between 3rd and 4th quarter... they do the Hokie Pokie on the field...Great fun! We are new down here and not sure about television coverage of the ACC...

[shcisamax]

BTW: I know people still do the hanky panky but does anyone do the hokey pokey anymore?

[bkcunningham1]

I love all the stories so far and look forward to more. Here's mine. We had friends who moved from TV back to Massachusetts last July. Within a month of their move back up north, he found out he has inoperable esophageal cancer that has spread to his stomach, pancreas and lungs. They are back in TV this weekend to visit "us"-my husband and me and a handful of other couples and people who have bonded over the past five years and become lifelong friends.

We met at the Hilltop swimming pool where we all gathered at night to swim, laugh, talk, eat, drink, dance and share our lives. Coming back to TV and telling us goodbye is part of his bucket list. We had lunch with him and his wife yesterday and they came out to Fiesta Bowl this afternoon to watch my husband and others he loves bowl. We are gathering at Katie Belles, God willing, for brunch on Sunday.

It is ripping my heart apart and mending my soul all at the same time. To think of being part of a community, a group, a world where someone who was a stranger five years ago wants to hold us one last time and kiss us goodbye is quiet an overwhelming honor. It is taking my breath and giving me inspiration all at the same time.

This season of our lives here in The Villages has been amazing, exciting and full of blessings. We're grateful to have met some of the best of humanity and look forward to what God has in store for us tomorrow. Life is good. Peace to you Gracie. I count you are one of my blessings. No one has a promise of tomorrow. Be kind to each other and don't forget to smile at strangers. Life is but a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away....sort of like a ripple in the swimming pool. I'm glad we jumped in the water here.

[manaboutown]

One day several years ago when I was feeling grumpy and down I went to the gym anyway, got on the treadmill and started to exercise. I thought to myself: "What do I have to be grateful for?" After 10 or twenty steps a thought came to mind, a few steps later another, then they started coming, one after another, rapidly, almost one a step!

So, anymore, what I do when I am feeling down is reflect on what I am grateful for.

Every night before she goes to bed a lady I know writes down five things she is grateful for that day. She sleeps peacefully.

BTW, hokey-pokey is a flavor of ice cream in New Zealand, honeycomb toffee, I believe.

[Happinow]

I'm so happy that when I feel down I picture my little grand daughter in my mind and it makes me smile. I'm so happy that my husband is my rock and I could never live without him. I'm so happy that spring is just around the corner....hopefully!