Freedom
Remember when
freedom was
being able to pump your legs
on your own
instead of being pushed
so that you could swing so high
you felt you could kick the sky?
You felt the wind
in your face
and butterflies
in your stomach
and you felt
like you were flying.
It was freedom.
And then you would choose
just the right moment
when you would leap
and let go
and truly fly
if only for a moment.
It was freedom.
My hope…
my prayer…
my wish…
my longing…
my yearning…
to the world
and to the universe
is that everyone…
no matter your
gender,
race,
religion,
sexual orientation,
or ethnicity
is afforded the right
and the privilege
to recall that feeling
and to achieve
the reality
of that freedom
we all deserve.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
Beautiful Jodi. (K)
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Thanks K! ❤
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Ohhh Jodi!! So very good! You made me feel that feeling again from long ago and what you say about your wish is right on! ❤
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Thanks C! I used to love to swing so much! 🙂 I want everyone to feel that wonderful feeling of freedom ❤
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I remember that feeling so well and i hope your prayer goes out into the Universe and is answered completely.
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Thanks Bernadette! Oh how I LOVED to swing 🙂
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🙂
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Wonderful.
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That truly was a wonderful feeling of freedom! Love the photo and poem! I hope you have a great week Jodi!
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Thanks PJ! Swing happy and free this week 🙂
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Thank you Jodi and you too! 😀
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A beautiful hope and a lovely, timely post. xo
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Thanks Cynthia! These things on my mind lately 🙂
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Nice!
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Thank you Beverly 🙂
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Wonderful sentiments Jodi. So many people have forgotten how to “fly”. They should try and rediscover that spirit; that enthusiasm; that reckless streak; that sense of anticipation; that excitement because, after all, isn’t that how life is supposed to me? 🙂
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It surely is! Thank you Colin!
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🙂
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Great post! Thanks, Jodi!
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Thank you Diane! thanks for reading, and letting me know you enjoyed! ❤
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Thank you. This was beautifully written as always and touches my heart.
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Thank you so much Kerry!
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Lovely work, Jodi. ❤
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Thank you so much Dina!
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Beautiful imagery! Beautiful thoughts! Beautiful Jodi! Beautiful way to start the week!
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Thank you sweet friend! ❤😊
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Lovely thoughts dear!
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Thank you Lynn!
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I love that tickle in the tummy when you get going so high! I still like going on the swings. I hope I’m never too old for that!
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Me toooooo! Wooohooo!
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Wow… fabulous post! The perfect words for these uncertain times.
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Thanks Charlie. Inspired by these uncertain times! ❤
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I used to love to swing too as a child. Wonderful post today, Jodi! 💕❤
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We need to keep swinging! High and free! 👍😉
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Yes!! 🙂
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Amen to that, Jodi.
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Thanks George!
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Very timely and appropriate. Now I want to jump on a swing! ❤
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Go swing Kathryn! Swing high and free!!
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Oh yes, Jodi! Perfect!
Here’s to FREEDOM! 😀
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Cheers to freedom! Thanks Tom!
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Having 5 young ones we swing all the time! Freedom is always at my door step! Hugs
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YAY! Swing high and free!!!
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Well said Jodi!
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What an amazing post with such profound thoughts. ❤
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Thank you Mary! It’s hard not to think this way these days 🙂
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I see someone else already said it, but I instantly thought too….. AMEN! 🙂
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Yours means just as much Beverly! 🙂 Thank you!
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This is beautiful Jodi. I love the hope that it evoked in me.
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Perfect, Jodi! That’s my wish as well, but I wouldn’t have said it with such eloquence!
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Awh. I don’t know about that. 😉. But thank you.
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Simply beautiful
Powerful images
As Sheldon Always
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Thank you!
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