Anna Crabtree:
CLASS OF 1979
Summersville Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Summersville, MO
Anna's Story
Anna is from Summersville, Missouri. Anna's schools include Summersville Elementary School.
Music Anna likes includes Eagles, Adele, Garth Brooks. Books Anna likes include Anna Karenina, The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. Movies Anna likes include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Old Dogs, The Help Movie. TV shows Anna likes include The Big Bang Theory, Days Of Our Lives, Entertainment Tonight.
One of Anna's favorite quotes is:""I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
Ettiene De Grellet
"She fights with all her strength. She tells anyone who asks that she's doing fine. She forges ahead, determined and brave. And the whole time – she's waiting – hoping – yearning - for that one person who will sense the pain behind the smile, who will notice the tears that have dried, who will see beyond the mask that she wears - so perfectly. Someone who will hug her and tell let that it's ok to be tired, it's normal to be afraid, and that it's natural to cry sometimes. She continues to smile as she waits, hopes, believes… This girl is real, by the way. I know - because she's me. "
XVII (I do not love you...) by Pablo Neruda
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
"I'm afraid" said fear.
"It's bigger than I am" said worry.
"It's too much" said reason.
"but I will forge ahead" whispered the heart "I am a woman".
If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you. - Winnie the Pooh
Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known. - Winnie the Pooh
Cancer, you tried to to put limits on my life, I found freedom. You forced me to my knees, I found humility. You wanted me to run headlong into the dark, I found the patience to walk toward that open door. You gave me scars , I found courage. You made me sick, I found endurance. You took my hair, I found confidence. You wanted a victim, I will always be a survivor.
true love is invincible even when you get separated, love is still with you."
"When walking though the "valley of shadows", remember, a shadow is cast by a light."
Austin O'Malley
When the world says "Give up," Hope whispers, "try it one more time."
"Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire." - Francois De la Rouchefoucauld.
When the world says "Give up," Hope whispers, "try it one more time."
For attractive lips: speak words of kindness
For lovely eyes: seek out the good in people
For a slim figure: share your food with the hungry
For beautiful hair: let a child run their fingers through it
For poise: walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone
Sam Levenson
Be the change you want to see in the world.
I am stronger because I know my weaknesses...wiser because I have learned from my mistakes... and laugh more often because I have known great sadness.
"The most beautiful things in the world are not seen nor touched. They are felt with the heart."
-- Helen Keller
"The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive."
-- Orlando A. Battista
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
John Wayne
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
John Wayne
"All battles are fought by men that are scared and would rather be some where else"
John Wayne
'Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.'
To see an Angel, you must see another's soul. To feel an Angel, you must touch another's heart. To hear an Angel you must listen to both
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
-- Maya Angelou
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I would never have to live a day without you." ~Winnie the Pooh
“If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever.” ~Winnie the Pooh
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ogether.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.”
Winnie the Pooh
“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.” Winnie the Pooh
“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
Winnie the Pooh
“I used to believe in forever, but forever is too good to be true.”
Winnie the Pooh
“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.” Winnie the Pooh
“People who don't Think probably don't have Brains; rather, they have grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake.” Winnie the Pooh
Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.”
Winnie the Pooh quote
“The hardest part is what to leave behind, ... It's time to let go!”
Winnie the Pooh
Twirl around Piglet,
Step lightly Pooh,
This silly ol' dance is perfect for two.”
Winnie the Pooh
“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” -Pablo Casals
When we let go of fear, only then can we gracefully move from
what was into the miracle of what can be."
I might not be that beautiful or the sexiest, nor have the perfect body. I might not be anyone's first choice, but i am a GREAT choice! I don't pretend to be someone else cause i am too good at being ME. I might not be proud of some of the things i've done, but i am proud of who i am today. Take me as i am or don't take me at all.
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” -Leo F. Buscaglia
"The only matter of consequence before me is what I do with my alloted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze."
"Some birds are just not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. An when they fly away, the part of you that knows its a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is just that more drab and empty when they are gone. "
Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest.
...but about who came and never left your side.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU GATHER, BUT WHAT YOU SCATTER THAT TELLS WHAT KIND OF LIFE YOU HAVE LIVED
When in the storms of life, learn to dance in the rain.
Note to self:
It is not the shame of a fall, but the grace, courage, dignity and strength it takes to get up and keep going.
We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
Do not fret over yesterday for every tomorrow is a first day of the rest of your life.
There is a skinny person inside of me screaming to get out, but she sedates easily with chocolate.
The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you happen to be on.
Save the Planet, it is the only one with chocolate!
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. You can give a man an education but you can't make him think." Monty Roberts
You never see a horse tied outside of a psychiatrist's office.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Wadlo Emerson
Three wise women would have
ask for directions
arrived on time
helped deliver the baby
cleaned the stable
made a casserole
brought practical gifts
and there would be
PEACE ON EARTH
Yesterday is a memory,
Tomorrow is a vision,
Today is a gift,
That is why it is called the Present.
Horsework before Housework
The Road Not Taken
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.".
More about Anna:"I am tough enough to wear pink and yeah, I fight like a girl.
6 year Breast Cancer Survivor
4 year GYN cancer survivor
Survivor
Horse lover
Registered Nurse
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