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Lone Soldier

Okay, my people. I found a better link to this poem. You have to see it! My commentary from the previous attempt is below:

There is a lot that I need to write and think about that I just can't get into right now. I'm just not able...but every once in a while, someone else will say my words or speak to my heart, speak my pain or bring clarity to a little of my confusion. So until I can say it or write it myself....here's this.

3rd Birthday

So I said I wasn't going to have a party. I said that and then Armon looked at me sadly and said, "Not even cake? Can't we just come over after church?" So that was it and I kept trying not to have a party but by the end of it there we were. We will have a real party, complete with children (eeek!) and party favors and games on his 5th birthday. In the meantime, we will do a little something....two more years.



It's amazing how much he's changed and how much he's grown. He wipes off my kisses one moment and the next he's saying,"I love you sooo much, Mommy." I love you too, Lolo, Happy Birthday!

I am a Promise

I am a promise
I am a possibility
I am a promise with a capital "P"
I am a great big bundle of potentiality
And I am learnin' to hear God's voice
And I am tryin' to make the right choice
I am a promise to be anything God wants me to be.


I can go anywhere that He wants me to go
I can be anything He wants me to be
I can climb the high mountains
I can cross the wide sea
I'm a great big promise you see!


I am a promise
I am a possibility
I am a promise with a capital "P"
I am a great big bundle of potentiality
And I am learnin' to hear God's voice
And I am tryin' to make the right choice
I'm a promise to be anything God wants me to be
Anything God wants me to be!

Pre-school Graduation

Lawrence started his new daycare on June 2. The graduation program was on June 6th. So he graduated. Pretty cool. Here's some pictures.

Things We Never Thought We'd Say

Okay so we've been threatening to make this list for a long time and just hadn't gotten around to it. Now here it is. We've lost a lot of the funny ones but we want to make sure we keep track of the ones we've still got.

Don't eat my hair.

Take your foot off my hair.

Don't eat the tires on your car.

Take your car out of your mouth.

Don't run outside!

06/15/08 Take your thumb out of your eye.

07/06/08 Get your foot off my head.

Brand New, Old Love

Okay, somebody explain to me how I can be married for almost 5 years and feel like I just met him yesterday.
You know that fluttery, hot flushed feeling you get when you meet a new boy and you've got yourself a crush and a half?
That's me right now!
Its like I can't wait to see him and sit next to him and talk and hold hands.
I'm all silly and electric over the idea of the first kiss (of the day)!
Goodness, you'd think I was a teenager not a woman of almost 40.
You'd think we'd just met but I've known him for 18 years.
And here I am all giddy and listening to love songs at 3a.m. instead of sleeping.
Even funnier that he's in bed right now sleeping.
I'm supposed to be studying and filling out these pre-school forms but instead,
this morning
everything is new again and I can't concentrate because I'm in love.
I've got a crush on my husband.
Its invigorating.
Its exciting.
Its absolutely..."Give me some room, make sure you put away all incendiary devices, and don't drag your feet on the rug."
And to think that this was all triggered by the beautiful prayer he prayed for us
just before he went to sleep.
You get comfortable,
you get complacent,
you get a bit jaded sometimes
and then something beautiful happens and its like hitting the refresh button.
Can someone please explain to me what just happened?
On second thought, shut up, don't say a word.
I just want to enjoy it.

No One!

I just want you close

Where you can stay forever

You can be sure

That it will only get better

You and me together

Through the days and nights

I dont worry cause

Everything's gonna be alright

People keep talking

They can say what they like

But all I know is everything's gonna be alright

No one no one no one

Can get in the way of what I'm feeling

No one no one no one

Can get in the way of what I feel for you

You you

Can get in the way of what I feel for you

When the rain is pouring down

And my heart is hurting

You will always be around

This I know for certain

You and me together

Through the days and nights

I dont worry cause

Everything's gonna be alright

People keep talking

They can say what they like

But all I know is everything's gonna be alright

No one no one no one

Can get in the way of what I'm feeling

No one no one no one

Can get in the way of what I feel for you

You you

Can get in the way of what I feel for you

I know some people search the world

To find something like what we have

I know people will try

Try to divide

Something so real

So till the end of time

I'm telling you that

No one no one no one

Can get in the way of what I'm feeling

No one no one no one

Can get in the way of what I feel for you

Oh oh oh....