Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

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The above portrait gives hope.
Hope of brighter days even when it is cold and windy.

It was taken a year or so ago while we were in Las Vegas visiting a dear friend of mine.

 How I wish and pray she was near.

I could hear her sweet voice.

  I could soak in her special spirit. 

I could have the warmth of her her home and spirit wrapped around me...giving me hope of brighter days. 

Even when they are cold and dreary.  

For today all I have are the portraits and memories of a few days in our life where things were normal.  Where getting to the end of the day didn't take so much energy.