Phoenix Commotion: Today Show

Phoenix Commotion: Today Show

WEDDING CEREMONY

ERIN ELIZABETH BOBRUK & JESS MICHAEL FOLTZ

October 24, 2009

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/HM2Dk5FQ

I have selected some of the photos that were kindly taken by our friends and set them to the music the St. Stephens Academy Madrigals sang at the beginning and end of the ceremony, Ubi Caritas and Esto les Digo, hoping to share at least a little of the feeling of this most unusual ceremony. (Double click the link--Then click the little box in the lower right corner to enjoy the photo show full screen version.)

ANGELA - 30 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP...!

Memories celebrating a dear friendship of 30 years and
counting...can be viewed by clicking the following link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K9nP9R4ucrE

My Sweet Daddy!

A Birthday Tribute to Helen

FACES TWO

Pictures of My Self................................Chapter TwoI am another yourself.

These pictures were taken by my son, Jason Bobruk,

during our journey through Peru in 2005.

I looked into these faces.

The more I saw, the more I knew...

only one of us is here.

Oh, that we could recognize ourselves!

Maureen's Hap-YA Birthday

Maureen's Hap-YA Birthday Card May 2009

ENGAGED!

In honor of the engagement of Erin & Jess

(March 12, 2009)

Marjean

Here is a birthday card I made for my friend, Marjean.

MY JOY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2XBxZSDDhk

Here is a collection of some of my memories of 35 years of being the mother of an amazing young man. My son, Jason Paul Bobruk, has brought me so much joy since he entered my life on August 10, 1974. This slide show is my celebration of his 35th birthday.
(Click the icon for full screen view on YouTube)

RAIN

parched potted petals smile and drink

delightful drumming drops sing softly

wonderful wet

out comes the turtle from under the fern

to see if a puddle has formed in the path

yes mock the birds

keeping time to gentle distant thunder

echoing a secret song within my self

this heart is washed

rain caresses coarse crackling cries that

rose a moment ago in agony of thirst

squish quietly

gurgle ripple touch drip trickle ditty

whisper sparkle shy shivering shine

thank you heaven

Faces One

Moving...exotic...traveling...dancing from the ruins of Delphi, Crete, Rome...floating in the Mediterranean; peering down from the Alps; hugging, drinking the green magic of Ireland; entering India's heart, bathing in the Ganges...accepting marigolds from the Hindu; perching at the top of the world, the Himalaya; swimming the raw Amazon, touching the mystical empty city of the Inca in Peru; slithering along the ancient Yangtze and over the Great Wall; resting in the Soul, Tibet...washed in the chanting of Buddhist Monks; floating silently above Denali, The Great One, to the edge of the Artic Circle where polar bears drown...hearing whales moan...thunder of crashing blue glaciers; climbing Maya pyramids in the Yucatan; ...back to my home, sweet....
I expanded and swallowed the world.
Singing life, I can no longer harm,
Even a bug.
A wave, I am
Inseparable from the ocean.
Beloved, each face I see is mine!
There's but one of us here. N A M A S T E

..Pictures of My Self..........Chapter One............by Toni Bobruk......

WHY?

Declan Galbraith, asks the questions so many of us dare not ask:

"Why does it have to be like this? Is there something I have missed? Why do the tigers run? Why do we shoot the gun? Why do we never learn? Can someone tell me why we let the forests burn? Why do we say we care? Why do we stand and stare? Why do the dolphins cry? Can someone tell me why we let the ocean die? Why, if we're all the same, why do we pass the blame? Why, does it never end? Can someone tell me why we cannot just be friends?"

I Am

A song for you and me...double click the smaller link.
Guru Singh joined by Seal and Friends - I Am

Shared via AddThis

WE DRINK

..... her breast is FULL
.......................brother OF mine
.........................might we LOVE
...............................................................SHE holds us
...................................................................it IS so
....................................................................lay YOUR weapons
..........................................................................down MOTHER cries


N a m a s t e . . . T a s h i D i l e k . . . I n L a k 'e c h . . .

SHINE

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
---from A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson
Photo: "Heart Light" by Toni Bobruk (2007)