Lilly Shei - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Most people who know me would be surprised to find that I am actually quite shy. Honesty is a virtue to me. I like to laugh but cry easily. I'm confused by manipulation and am the last one, usually, to catch on. I am blessed with an intelligent and artistic husband who gently pushes me in the right direction everyday. I love children, nature, animals and art. In it all, I am just trying to walk around like a person and make sense of it all.

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My Interests

Writing. Art. Photography. Animals. Looking at life through a wide angled lens. Laughing. Listening carefully and paying attention to the right things. Having the courage to stand cemented in my principles. Visiting far away places as I sleep. Being loyal to my kindness yet accepting my dark side, which I express through my poetry at very unexpected moments. Trying everyday to be a better person...a good person.

I'd like to meet:

The sun and the moon and the stars.

Music:

The music I listen to depends on the mood I am in. Always.

Movies:

The Family Stone. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Star Wars. Grease. Anything on sundance. Audrey Rose. Oh, and how could I possibly forget Postcards from the Edge. And my all time favorite Legends of the Fall. The love story in this movie stirs my soul. The Peanut's Christmas Special. Breakfast at Tiffany's. Old movies in general.

Television:

Six Feet Under. Curb Your Enthusiam. Sex And The City. The King of Queens. Not the news, it makes me sad; though I still read the newspaper and watch the news...with my eyes half closed and the mute button close at hand. HGTV. NOVA. Stations that teach! Clifford the Big Red Dog. Psychic stories.

Books:

Anything by Augusten. Too many to possibly list. I have always loved to read. But I must say, this book changed my life...drum roll...Mans Search For Meaning by Victor Frankl. Well, or maybe it was Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume. No really, books are an adventure...an escape and a way out of reality when reality gets to be too much, as it often does. For me, anyway.

Heroes:

Jesus. My mom. My husband. E. Hemingwaste. Writers/Artists. Individual people who dare to be themselves. Animal rescue people. Nurses. Ziggy. The Peanut's Gang. Misfits.Cats. Fish that miss the hook. Flowers. Hands that wear rings delicately. Strangers who smile back, or first. Homeless people with broken souls and lost eyes who make it, regardless. People who see the value and worth in simple, charitable living. Big, cute, shaggy dogs. Flowers.

My Blog

Thinking...

Our home is so relaxing now. Quiet, ordinary. I haven't written for quite some time and as I do now, a flutter taps inside. The dark poems are gone again. I am thankful; yet I greet them now with reli...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:48:00 PST

A quote by Henry Van Dyke

Do not be afraid to use what talents you possess for how silent the woods would be if no birds sang except those which sang best. ~Henry Van Dyke...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:34:00 PST

A quote by Barbara Winter (this is actually framed in my home)

When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will either be something solid fo...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:43:00 PST

The War of the Garden

the iris had wilted struggled back to half strength stem nearly vibrant then bent again the violet once had danced and laughed had really raised some dirt then faded&n...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:04:00 PST

The two. For E.

it took her awhile to understand the misunderstanding of the two of them she thought they were simply in love unique connected by shared journeys each individual; late...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:21:00 PST

For Mom

The sun spoke to memany moons agoas they argued..the sun and the moonBoth saidKeep your eyes on those around youthey are not trueQuit givingFor they are depleting your very soulListen!But I did not...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:28:00 PST

My favorite song: Chris Daughtry

I'm staring out into the night,Trying to hide the pain.I'm going to the place where loveAnd feeling good don't ever cost a thing.And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.Well I'm going home,Ba...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:58:00 PST

Repost from December after I deleted everything I worked so hard to post. Silly me.

I love the way every snowflake is unique. Especially when they visit on a cold window and stay long enough so that a mental photograph can be taken and saved for a day when the black rain is sure to c...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:12:00 PST

Numb

I hurt myself today To see if I still feel... ~Johnny Cash...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:58:00 PST

Quiet Magic

Last night as I was nestled deep within the covers, my thoughts brought me back to a place years ago. There out in the backyard were myself and my dad. It was Christmas eve and not even a single flake...
Posted by Lilly Shei on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:02:00 PST