Just a few words about BMW's

The best gift I ever gave myself.

In the beginning....

Following Someone I love

I will follow him wherever he may go. There is a man who summons a part of my heart that no can, or ever will. He, and only he has the key to my heart and I his.

My Beloved's name is David. I met him when we were 15 years young. I adored him even then. Time and space took us away from each others path.

We found each other again and in doing so, found peace. The kind you rarely find in life. The peace one opens like a present. Only someone who loves you can give this rare gift. The gift of trust also came with this most valiant man. He is the sun to my moon. I am the flower of his heart.

He is mine.

I am blessed beyond measure.

He says the same.

I hold his heart and he holds mine.

Marital Rape - A Poem

Marital Rape

Dear Heavenly Father hear my cries,
My fragile spirit suffers and dies.
From a secret I carry in shame,
Of life so filled with torture and pain.

Through blood and tears the violence tells,
Of fear so great that terror swells
For one who shared the marrieage vows,
Does forcefully take what nature allows.

This once holy union created for sharing in life,
Has turned to anger spent on me his wife.
Through tears I beg, In fear I plead
With cruelty he answers, mopping up his need.

So please dear Lord give me the courage
To heal and grow, break free this bondage.
As I ask only for dignity and respect
And gentle love given in mutual consent.

© 1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2012 Christine McClintock

"Somebody That I Used To Know" by Walk Off The Earth

You are invited to enjoy the talent of these muscians. The song has deep meaning for me, and three people I know. But for now, let the talent of these artist entertain and convey their message to you.

Five people,
One very powerful message...



Hummingbird

One Life, One Heart, One Action

I counsel women who are about to be married to really look into their souls for the reasons. Search not your heart, but your soul. This is a life changer for you, and the person you are about to marry. Things will not be the same as before. Your status as ONE life will change, and you will never be certain the journey your heart will take. ONE heart makes decisions that will have a consequence for all of those around them.

Hearts may grow or break from One action, based on so many things. Center yourself, and be whole before you decide to take another heart on your life's journey. Being careful is only the beginning warning I can offer. Being thoughtful is the next step. Every action you take in life will alter it, like a drop of water in a pond. Life is therefore like filling a pond. You will look back in years to come and see the ripples your decision made. Some of them will be good. Others will be as diasterous as a tsunami.

Looking back at my 'Pond of the Past,' I see where ONE action many times was the most crucial deciding factor in how my life is today. Something's once done, cannot be undone...ever. The Pond of Life is meant to be filled, so step bravely after you have made your decision, and be prepared to accept the consequences. For karma, whatever yours will be, is the result of the effect of your ripples meeting those of others around you.

Becareful and Be ONE first, and know what this means before you become two.

Too often people who have had their moment in life for that ONE action, find it hurts more than they ever could have imagined. They wallow in self pity, remorse and anger. This action is a vexation to the heart, mind and soul. Be prepared to except the consequences of your actions and move on in life. Too often humans tend to get mired in the 'Pond of the Past', spending countless years of self destruction. I tell my own children who are now grown, that I will step back into their ponds, if it is for healing. However wallowing in remorse and regret for too long results only in a drowning victim. You must learn to step out of the past and live life anew each and every day of your life. Yes, you will make new drops in your life pond. Learn from the past, and go forward with all the confidence your heart can hold.

Hummingbird

Mary Wollstonecraft - Vindication of the Rights of Women

Twenty years ago, I asked the State of Colorado for help. I was answered by the law, a seemly minor change to the sexual assault code. The Colorado legislature passed a law in the late 1980's declaring that one's marital status was no longer a shield, or defence for the most heinous of crimes between a husband and a wife. Marital Rape.

It was not a trail I ever looked to blaze in my young life, being 32 at the time. We also had three daughters. Rising on the shields of detectives from the Ft. Collins Police Department, the District Attorney's Office of the Eighth Judicial District. A challenge was called out to the courts to affirm what had been decided by the Colorado legislature. My then husband confessing his guilt on the stand went on to plead guilty.

History called and was answered for the protection of me, our daughters and other women who have followed these past twenty years. I am truly proud of each and every one of you. It is my deepest hope you are healing. That your children thrive. Asked, would I do it again. The simple reply is, with the help of God, yes I would.

If you are a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault. Call someone. Please do not hide your wounds because you do not think there will come an answer for you as you are married to your perpetrator. You will be answered in the State of Colorado.

I am proud to be a citizen of Colorado, The United States of America, which did affirm my divine rights as a human being, a wife and mother to my children.

It was not until I went on to college that I learned about Mary Wollstonecraft and the mere fact that women and one husband who were indeed McClintocks did stand in Seneca Falls New York with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Forming what was to be known as the Declaration of Sentiments of the Rights of Women. This had taken place on July 19-20, 1848. Being the first convention specifically devoted to the issue of women's rights, the convention's goal was to address "the social, civil and religious rights of women." I was amazed that my flesh and blood was there in Mary Ann McClintock and Barbara McClintock along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

The Declaration of Sentiments summed up the current state of women's rights in the United States and served notice that women would no longer stand for being treated inequitably. I believe they were with me in spirit in the courtroom on the day of sentencing along with the souls of those women who went before me and whose calls for help were never heard.

They were answered at my soon to be ex-husbands, sentencing. I place my effort in the hands of God and providence and was given life and light to which I have spoken to many about since then.

You never know until you stand up for your rights what may come. My life was saved that day. I am happily remarried and have found in my second husband today, a respectful, loving relationship. Not one based on fear, control and pain. For me, it is no more. If you are a victim, do not stand in silence, for it will be your death. Get help and answer the call that we shall be treated with full rights as citizens of the United States of America.

Christine

Little Princess Stay Asleep

Little Princess, Little Princess,

please stay asleep.

For the world is a'changin'

and your youth you will not keep.

Beauty is a sacred grace,

like an angel posed upon your face.

Follow your sweet eyelids to a new

and wonderous place.

Where dragons are for ridin'

to enchantment far away.

And in your dreams you may play

for all too brief a stay.

Let now the faeries make your keep,

while on a star so far away

Please darling princess,

stay asleep and play.

For harkened by the morning moon,

You will grow up far too soon.

Copyright 2012 Christine McClintock

Poetry of the Heart Collection

The Titanic - 100th Anniversary of the Sinking

RMS Titanic was a passenger linerr that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg on April 14th 1912 during her maiden voyage fromSouthhampton to New York City. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history. She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. One of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star LIne,she was built between 1909–11 by theHarland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She carried over 2,200 people – 1,316 passengers and about 900 crew.

After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown, Ireland Ireland before heading westwards towards New York. On 14 April 1912, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm (ship's time). The glancing collision caused Titanic's hull plates to buckle inwards in a number of locations on her starboard side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea. Over the next two and a half hours, the ship gradually filled with water and sank. Passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partly filled. A disproportionate number of men – over 90% of those in Second Class – were left aboard due to a "women and children first" protocol followed by the officers loading the lifeboats. Just before 2:20 am Titanic broke up and sank bow-first with over a thousand people still on board. Those in the water died within minutes from hypothermia caused by immersion in the freezing ocean. The 710 survivors were taken aboard from the lifeboats by the RMS Carpathia a few hours later.

Her passengers included some of the wealthiest people in the world, such as millionnaires John Jacob Astor IV, Benjamin Guggenheim and Isidor Strauss, as well as over a thousand emigrants from Ireland , Scandinavia and elsewhere seeking a new life in America. Molly Brown of Colorado was also aboard the ship and managed to survive. The ship was designed to be the last word in comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. She also had a powerful wireless telegraph provided for the convenience of passengers as well as for operational use. Though she had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, she lacked enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard. Due to outdated maritime safety regulations, she carried only enough lifeboats for 1,178 people – a third of her total passenger and crew capacity

Menu of her last luncheon.

Did Global warming cause the accident? The answer is no. Hubris sunk this ship and a disregard for the limits of the ship upon the sea. She has structural defects that caused her flounder. Poor design and construction cause breaches that made it dangerous to sail her in such conditions. After she hit the iceberg this resulted in her compartments filling one after another until she broke apart and sank.

The disaster was greeted with worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the regulatory and operational failures that had led to it. Public inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major improvements in maritime safety. One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which still governs maritime safety today. Many of the survivors lost all of their money and possessions and were left destitute; many families, particularly those of crew members from Southampton, lost their primary bread-winners. They were helped by an outpouring of public sympathy and charitable donations. Some of the male survivors, notably the White Star Line's chairman, J Bruce Ismay, , were accused of cowardice for leaving the ship while women and children were still on board, and they faced social ostracism.

The wreck of the Titanic remains on the seabed, gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m). Since its rediscovery in 1985, thousands of artefacts have been recovered from the sea bed and put on display at museums around the world. Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history, her memory kept alive by numerous.

We remember all souls who perished on this day April 14th, one hundred years ago today.

May they rest in peace.

Three Kitten's Who Haven't Grow Up

I saw this picture today and laughed until I cried. I have three little kittens who think they are big girls. Problem is they have yet to pull their big girl panties up and come talk to me. So this picture really hit home for me, and made me put things into perspective. I will just be patient and perhaps let hell freeze over before they are big enough to sit down and talk to their mother, openly and honestly. The last part will be the hardest for them, I suspect.

I still love my kittens, I am just so not into drama anymore. Life is good, peaceful even so until they learn that life does not have to be a soap opera, I will just smile or in this case laugh when I see pictures like this which remind me of them.


So, Question...how's that wearing panties that are too big working for you?

March is Women's History Month

This is well done.

You will have to travel to Youtube to see more than once. There is a link to the lyrics there as well.

'Strength of My Ancestors' by Christine McClintock Hudspeth

"I've heard the lonely pipes of Scotland,

Many times in my dreams,

I've seen the land of my ancestors,

The bright colors of the tartans,

The lively swing of the kilt,

Sending my minds eye back,

To the place my ancestors knelt.

Rather in a castle, built for a king,

Or in a garden, which grew everything.

I have been given a gift to find them,

So when I claim each one,

I become a witness to great battles and loves.

The courage and strength of a family,

to which time and destiny has smiled upon."

Copyright 2012 - Christine McClintock Hudspeth

American Writer and Photographer

iPad 3 - I will upgrade

I am happy with my iPad 2. I was just going to keep it. They should have added Siri and a port to download pictures.

I changed my mind and will have the iPad 3.