Hate will never win
As love undoes all its sins
Knowing that, we grin
Together we will begin
In our hearts, love grows within…
-AAA/MAD 09/24/2024
Love Will Always Win
Month: February 2026
The Daily 2/16/26
“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson
“The Safety Dance” band Men Without Hats got their name from a few founding members’ habit of never wearing winter hats, no matter how cold it was in their hometown of Montreal (they thought hats would wreck their style)
Missy’s MAD Challenge # 080
Every week, a creative prompt will be offered for you to unleash your imagination and artistic skills.
You can share your response in the form of art or any creative expression that the prompt inspires.
There are no restrictions and no deadlines, so feel free to take your time and enjoy the creative process.
Remember to label your response with #missysmadchallenge.
Your challenge for this week
- A character discovers a locked box with their name on it — and the key is in someone else’s pocket.
Caution
I have been told that I have a lot of patience
But even if I do, there is only so much I can take
So, take caution with your words and actions
For even the patient have their limits, make no mistake
Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
Last week we had Pondering Existential Thoughts where the theme was to find a song that makes you think about life. This week the theme is to find a song that that gets stuck in your head.
I have many songs that get stuck in my head and this is the one song that no matter if I hear the whole song or just a piece of it I have it in my head for days.
Uptown girl
She’s been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her momma never told her why
I’m gonna try for an uptown girl (uptown girl)
She’s been living in her white-bread world (white-bread world)
As long as anyone with hot blood can (hot blood can)
And now, she’s looking for a downtown man (downtown man)
That’s what I am
And when she knows
What she wants from her time (from her time)
And when she wakes up (she wakes up)
And makes up her mind
She’ll see I’m not so tough
Just because I’m in love with an uptown girl (uptown girl)
You know I’ve seen her in her uptown world (uptown world)
She’s getting tired of her high-class toys (high-class toys)
And all her presents from her uptown boys (uptown boys)
She’s got a choice
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Uptown girl
You know I can’t afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She’ll understand what kind of guy I’ve been (I’ve been)
And then, I’ll win
And when she’s walking
She’s looking so fine
And when she’s talking
She’ll say that she’s mine
She’ll say I’m not so tough (she’s wrong)
Just because I’m in love with an uptown girl
She’s been living in her white-bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now, she’s looking for a downtown man
That’s what I am
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Uptown girl (going uptown)
She’s my uptown girl (going uptown)
Don’t you know I’m in love with an uptown girl? (Going uptown)
My uptown girl (she’s my uptown girl, going uptown)
Don’t you know I’m in love with an uptown girl? (Going uptown)
My uptown girl (she’s my uptown girl, going uptown)
Don’t you know I’m in love with an uptown girl? (Going uptown)
My uptown girl (she’s my uptown girl, going uptown)
(Don’t you know I’m in love) with an uptown girl? (Going uptown)
My uptown girl (she’s my uptown girl, going uptown)
Rely On You
Your final three words this week are:
RELY
REBEL
RESENT
I used to rely on you,
Maybe that is what made you resent me,
And caused you to rebel—
But I’m still standing in the quiet aftermath,
Sorting through the echoes of what we were,
Learning how to breathe without your shadow,
And teaching my heart not to flinch
At the memory of your leaving.
The Daily 2/15/2026
“It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” – Alice, Alice in Wonderland
Alexander the Great passed away unexpectedly at thirty-two years old after a mysterious illness that lasted two weeks. However, several accounts claim that his body exhibited no signs of decay even six days post-mortem. One theory posits that he may not have been dead during that time and instead could have suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune condition that can lead to progressive paralysis.
In A Garden
In a garden so green and so calm,
Where the flowers released their sweet balm,
The bees buzzed a tune,
‘Neath the light of the moon,
And the night’s gentle breeze brought a charm.
Hot to Cold
Hot
Sweltering, Fiery
Sizzling, Scorching, Boiling
Blaze, Flame, Frost, Chill
Freezing, Shivering, Chilling
Frigid, Icy
Cold
The Daily 2/14/26
“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma Gandhi
On February 3, 2018, Paul Morgan set the record for the world’s longest birthday. He celebrated his twenty-eight-year-old by jet-setting across different time zones, stretching the day to forty-eight hours. The previous longest birthday lasted forty-six hours.
The Shape of Togetherness
Coming together in harmony
Is truly what we need to prosper.
Collaborating to achieve
the greatest goals for us.
Together we rise,
stronger each day,
hand in hand,
moving
forward.
Compromise
We need to compromise for a change to happen—
not someday, not later,
but now,
before stubbornness cements the ground
we’re trying to grow from,
before silence becomes the only thing
we have left to share.
Overachievers
Overachievers
Deal with great pressures on them
To always be great
Overcoming obstacles
Striving for excellence now
-AAA/MAD
Bamm-Bamm: Artwork & Poem
Bamm Bamm with his strength untold,
From the Flintstones, a heart of gold.
With a club in hand, and a joyful shout,
He’s always ready to help out.
A child of stone, so mighty and tough,
But deep down inside, he’s gentle enough.
With Pebbles, his love is clear to see,
A friendship that’s as strong as can be.
Nightfall
Gentle breezes blow
As the darkness hugs us all
As the day falls down
Moonlit sky above it all
Whispers of the night so tall
-AAA/MAD
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