Dancing in the Rain

<p><strong>  </strong>As women we go through emotions on a daily basis that only other women here on earth can understand. The super-resilient strength we carry within us to overcome minute and enormous burdens even surprises our own self sometimes and is a gift to our children husbands significant others and the world. </p><p>  Kaltrina Hoti is one of those women on whom we can lean a woman who understands us a best friend and a woman who touches us on that deep level when we so desperately need someone to listen to us and understand how we're feeling. </p><p>  Ms Hoti draws us into her passages and expresses thoughts and feelings we also feel but could never put into words like she does.</p><p>  What's most delightful is her incredible insight into how our travels through life help us to love more grow more and be more.</p><p>EXCERPT: </p><p><strong>I MISS YOU</strong></p><p>One tear is for your eyes and smile I'm going to miss.</p><p>A deep breath is for the words that we exchange in so many different ways.</p><p>It's like a part of my body is pulling away from me.</p><p>One tear is for me; I am going to miss every moment of your life.</p><p>Some things God creates will never be understood. This feeling is one of them.</p><p>Loving a child is a mystery of life...</p><p> </p><p>...Giving tough love is learning to live for me and you.</p><p>Take your passion and desire of your life in your hands.</p><p>I will be waiting for you to wipe the tears from my face.</p><p>Tough love is learning to live life for me and you.</p><p>They say the mother is like a candle.</p><p>She burns her emotion to give light to her child.</p><p>I hope you see my light that I am trying to give you.</p><p>One tear is for the red rose that is waiting for you.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Don't Look Back</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Don't ever look back on your past. You will be trapped inside </p><p>  the anger that will turn your world under a spell of jealousy. </p><p>Don't look back on the lost moments of life.</p><p>An old wish you never finished </p><p>Is meant to be left alone. Someone else is going to finish it.</p><p>Don't ever look back on your past.</p><p>Light is always in front of you.</p><p>Try to reach for happy beginnings and new visions of your dreams.</p><p>Search for the light in front of you if you want to see and feel the deep breath.</p><p>In you is beauty.</p><p>Don't ever look back on your past.</p><p>Let the light in front of you shine on your face.</p><p>Warm your heart inside your hands.</p><p> </p><p><strong>I Wish I Stopped</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>I still remember his face thick rings around the eyes he used </p><p>  to sit on an old green rusty chair</p><p>By the corner store</p><p>Watching people passing by and never saying a word.</p><p>When it rained he had an umbrella when it stormed</p><p>You could find him in the corner of the store.</p><p>Nobody knew his name... They called him Old Lonely Man.</p><p>He always had a yellow rose in his hand</p><p>So many times I wanted to go and sit by him</p><p>To hear the inside of his heart</p><p>People used to whisper different stories about him</p><p>Some believed he had lost the connection with reality</p><p>Some believed he was a brave soldier and still lives</p><p>Through the fear of death</p><p>I believed he was waiting for the return of a lost love</p><p>That he carried in his soul</p><p>That morning I decided to share a moment</p><p>Of his life with my time... I walked slowly by the corner of the store</p><p>The green rusty chair was empty and everything looked so different</p><p>The yellow rose on the rusty green chair was thirsty for water</p><p>Crying for the touch of the old lonely man</p><p>He was gone... So many times I wanted to stop</p><p>I missed his story</p><p>Did I?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>