Strength

I am constantly amazed by the strength of the people around me....family, friends, spouse, clients, students, co-workers.  I heard this song over a year ago when I had a student with a broken heart and thought of her.  Every time I hear it, I think of these strong people in my life that continue to grow a little bit stronger every day. 

Sara Evans - Stronger
http://youtu.be/22zB6Soc2Gk

Woke up late today and I still feel the sting of the pain
But I brushed my teeth anyway
I got dressed through the mess and put a smile on my face
I got a little bit stronger

Riding in the car to work and I'm trying to ignore the hurt
So I turned on the radio, stupid song made me think of you
I listened to it for minute but I changed it
I'm getting a little bit stronger, just a little bit stronger

And I'm done hoping that we could work it out
I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels
Letting you drag my heart around
And, oh, I'm done thinking that you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay
Even on my weakest days
I get a little bit stronger

Doesn't happen overnight but you turn around
And a month's gone by and you realize you haven't cried
I'm not giving you a hour or a second or another minute longer
I'm busy getting stronger

And I'm done hoping that we can work it out
I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels
Letting you drag my heart around
And, oh, I'm done thinking, that you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay
Even on my weakest days, I get a little bit stronger
I get a little bit stronger

Getting along without you, baby
I'm better off without you, baby
How does it feel without me, baby?
I'm getting stronger without you, baby

And I'm done hoping we could work it out
I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels
Letting you drag my heart around
And, oh, I'm done thinking that you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay
Even on my weakest days
I get a little bit stronger

I get a little bit stronger
Just a little bit stronger
A little bit, a little bit, a little bit stronger
I get a little bit stronger

Mountain memories

So winter is my favorite season and I just realized that it is probably because I have so many great memories that take place in the mountains. Here are some of my consistent favorites....

Kicking off the season with my girls at the Sonntag cabin....poaching the hot tub, lots of wine, Taboo, Clue, and good food.

Winter Park with my life partners....all three of them...and the Mountain Grind Cafe, wine nights at the condo and lots of tree skiing!

Steamboat trips with friends....king's cup, live music at the Ghost Ranch, skiing and running across the slope for happy hour at Slopeside.

Closing weekend (of course)....80's gear, kegs, washers in the snow and Chinese food.

Snow mass Chili and Beer Fest (in June, so not a winter memory but a mountain memory) with the Browns.....coolers of beer, indigestion, live music, butt sledding down the brown snow, lots of beer tasting, hiking Maroon Bells to have a kick off beer!

On our way to the Sonntag cabin now for our first ever Colorado Christmas....glad that we can spend it at one of my happy places!

Zac Brown made me think of all of this.....not the lyrics necessarily, just the music itself...I suggest listening to it!

Zac Brown - It's Not Ok


A man was bothering me today and I
wanted to tell him to go away
But I stood and listened to him anyway, okay.
He said he didn't want to shoot that man
And it was his thing and I wouldn't understand
And he had done all that he can, okay.

I guess his body was as good as mine
And just like me he was wasting time
Turning over every stone to see what he could find, okay.
He was filling tank and he asked for money
I lied and said I didn't have any
Then my conscious took over and I gave him a hand full of change.

Don't do a thing.
Stay right there.
You'll lie there.
You don't seem to care

I know its hard to survive in the city
When the beautiful days don't look so pretty
And you don't have windows to keep the night away, okay.
He was dirty and stink and just a bit crude
But I didn't say that because that's kind of rude
And he didn't care what I had to say in the first place, okay.

I wanted to say you're a big disgrace to the world,
yourself, and the human race
And reach back and pop him one good time in the face, okay.
No its not okay and I didn't do that
But I gave him a smile and tipped my hat and told him to have a very nice rest
of the day

Don't do a thing. Don't do a thing.
Stay right there.
You'll lie there. You'll lie there.
You don't seem to care.

Guess he bought some booze or shit

And sure that bothers me a little bit but it's his life and I can't tell him
how to live it

As he turned and started to go his way I tried to think of something wise to
say like...

Don't do a thing.
Stay right here.
You'll lie here.
You don't seem to care.
You'll die here.
You don't seem to care

Red Solo Cup

I really didn't like this song at first, but now it makes me laugh!  I was given a picture today of me carrying a red solo cup that I was putting to good use and a bag of red solo cups to share with everyone else.

Red Solo Cup.....I miss you.

Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup

Now, red solo cup is the best receptical
For barbecues, tailgates, fairs, and festivals
And you, sir, do not have a pair of testicles
If you prefer drinkin' from glass

Hey, red solo cup is cheap and disposable
And in fourteen years, they are decomposable
And unlike my home, they are not foreclosable
Freddy Mac, can kiss my ass

Whoo!

Red solo cup
I fill you up
Let's have a party
Let's have a party

I love you, red solo cup
I lift you up
Proceed to party
Proceed to party

Now, I really love how you're easy to stack
But I really hate how you're easy to crack
'Cause when beer runs down in front of my pack
Well, that, my friends, is quite yucky

But I have to admit that the ladies get smitten
Admirin' at how sharply my first name is written
On you with a Sharpie when I get to hittin' on them to help me get lucky

Red solo cup
I fill you up
Let's have a party
Let's have a party
http://www.elyricsworld.com/red_solo_cup_lyrics_toby_keith.html

I love you, red solo cup
I lift you up
Proceed to party
Proceed to party

Now, I've seen you in blue and I've seen you in yellow
But only you, red, will do for this fellow
'Cause you are the Abbot to my Costello
And you are the Fruit to my Loom

Red solo cup, you're more than just plastic
You're more than amazing, you're more than fantastic
And believe me that I am not the least bit sarcastic
When I look at you and say

Red solo cup, you're not just a cup
(No! No! No! God, no! )
You're my-you're my (Friend?) friend
(Friend x3; Life-long)
Thank you for being my friend

Red solo cup
I fill you up
Let's have a party
Let's have a party

I love you, red solo cup
I lift you up
Proceed to party
Proceed to party

Party

Super fun party at the Ables' last night!!!  We had a kick ass dance party, but I realized this morning that we didn't play our signature song :(.....probably because we were missing two key players.  So here is Rascal Flatts' These Days for my bitches!

http://youtu.be/Zx6GOBXoT3o - Good video too! Hey baby, is that you? Wow, your hair got so long Yeah, yeah, I love it, I really do 'Norma Jean', ain't that the song We'd sing in the car Drivin' downtown, top down Making the rounds Checking out the bands on Doheeney Avenue Yeah, life throws you curves But you learned to swerve Me I swung and I missed And the next thing ya know I'm reminiscin' dreaming old dreams Wishing on wishes Like you would be back again I wake up and tear drops They fall down like rain I put on that old song we danced to and then I head off to my job Guess not much has changed Punch the clock Head for home Check the phone, just incase Go to bed Dream of you That's what I'm doing these days Someone told me after college You ran off to Vegas You married a rodeo cowboy Wow, that ain't the girl I knew Me I've been a few places Mostly here and there once or twice Still sortin' out life, but I'm doing alright Yeah, it's good to see you too Hey girl, you're late And those planes, they don't wait But if you ever come back around To this sleepy old town Promise you'll stop in To see an old friend And until then... I wake up and tear drops They fall down like rain I put on that old song we danced to and then I head off to my job Guess not much has changed Punch the clock Head for home Check the phone, just incase Go to bed Dream of you That's what I'm doing these I wake up and tear drops They fall down like rain I put on that old song we danced to and then Punch the clock Head for home Check the phone, just incase Go to bed Dream of you That's what I'm doing these I wake up and tear drops They fall down like rain I put on that old song we danced to and then

I love the way you love me

I've got weddings on the mind and love listening for good first dance songs.  I think that this one is awesome and surprised I never thought of it for my own.  Now to look for a good quote/song/poem for a wedding toast.....

I am going to start posting youtube links as well in case you want to listen instead of reading the lyrics!!!

http://youtu.be/Yy4uzNDYFlE

John Michael Montgomery - I Love The Way You Love Me

I like the feel of your name on my lips
And I like the sound of your sweet gentle kiss
The way that your fingers run through my hair
And how your scent lingers even when your not there

And I like the way your eyes dance when you laugh
And how you enjoy your two hour bath
And how you convinced me to dance in the rain
With everyone watching like we were insane

But I love the way you love me
Strong and wild
Slow and easy
Heart and soul
So completely
I love the way you love me

I like to imitate old Jerry Lee
And watch you roll your eyes when I'm slightly off key
And I like the innocent way that you cry
At sappy old movies you've seen hundreds of times

But I love the way you love me
Strong and wild
Slow and easy
Heart and soul
So completely
I love the way you love me

And I could list a million things
I love to like about you
But they all come down to one reason
I could never live without you

I love the way you love me
Strong and wild
Slow and easy
Heart and soul
So completely
I love the way you love me
Oh baby I love the way you love me

Brothers of the Sun

Tickets go on presale tomorrow....here are two of my faves!

Kenny Chesney - Somewhere with You

If you're going out with someone new
I'm going out with someone too
I won't feel sorry for me, I'm getting drunk
But I'd much rather be somewhere with you

Laughing loud on a carnival ride, yeah
Driving around on a Saturday night
You made fun of me for singing my song
Got a hotel room just to turn you on

You said pick me up at three a.m.
You're fighting with your mom again
And I'd go, I'd go, I'd go somewhere with you

I won't sit outside your house
And wait for the lights to go out
Call up an ex to rescue me, climb in their bed
When I'd much rather sleep somewhere with you

Like we did on the beach last summer
When the rain came down and we took cover
Down in your car, out by the pier
You laid me down, whispered in my ear

I hate my life, hold on to me
Ah, if you ever decide to leave
Then I'll go, I'll go, I'll go

I can go out every night of the week
Can go home with anybody I meet
But it's just a temporary high 'cause when I close my eyes
I'm somewhere with you, somewhere with you

If you see me out on the town
And it looks like I'm burning it down
You won't ask and I won't say
But in my heart I'm always somewhere with you

Laughing loud on a carnival ride, yeah
Driving around on a Saturday night
You made fun of me for singing my song
Got a hotel room just to turn you on

You said pick me up at three a.m.
You're fighting with your mom again
And I'd go, I'd go, I'd go

I can go out every night of the week
Can go home with anybody I meet
But it's just a temporary high 'cause when I close my eyes
I'm somewhere with you, somewhere with you

Somewhere with you
I'm somewhere with you
I'm somewhere with you
Somewhere with you
Somewhere with you

Tim McGraw - Red Rag Top

I was 20 and she was 18
we were just about as wild
as we were green
in the ways of the world

She picked me up in that Red Ragtop
We were free of the folks
and hiding from the cops
on a summer night
running all the red lights

We parked way out in a clearing in a grove
and the night was as hot
as a coal burning stove
we were cooking with gas
Ooh it had to last


Chorus
Lyrics www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/tim_mcgraw/
In the back of that Red Ragtop
She said please don't stop

Well the very first time her mother met me
her green eyed girl had been a mother to be
for two weeks

I was out of a job and she was in school
and life was fast and the world was cruel
we were young and wild
we decided not to have a child

So we did what we did and we tried to forget
and we swore up and down there would be no regrets
In the morning light
But on the way home that night

Chorus
On the back of that Red Ragtop
She said please don't stop
Lovin' me

Bridge
We took one more trip around the sun
but it was all make believe in the end
No I can't say where she is today
I can't remember who I was back then

Well you do what you do
and you pay for your sins
and there's no such thing as
what might have been
That's a waste of time
drive you outta your mind

I was stopped at a red light just yesterday
beside a young girl in a Cabriole
and her eyes were green and I was in an old scene

Chorus
I was back in that Red Ragtop
on the day she stopped lovin' me

I was back in that Red Ragtop
on the day she stopped lovin' me

Letting go...

I went and did yoga this morning and the "theme" of the class was letting go.  There are so many things that I could "let go of" in my life right now which is one of my challenges....letting go of control.  If I could figure out how to do that, I think that a lot of my stress would be alleviated.  This song came on during savasana and made me realize that there is a lot more that I am holding onto than I thought.  I have been trying to hold on to the way things have been for a long time, and at the same time, I am trying to hold on to an illusion that I have control over how my life is to move forward.  This leaves me struggling in a very frustrating limbo while I watch all of the people in my life moving forward.  This song brought back a lot of good memories and made me see that I need to look forward to new memories and the news songs that will go with them.....making myself actually do this is another story.

Nickel Creek
When You Come Back Down

You gotta leave me now
You gotta go along
You gotta chase a dream
One that’s all your own
Before it slips away

When you’re flying high
Take my heart along
I’ll be the harmony
To every lonely song
But you’ll learn to play

When you’re soaring through the air
I’ll be your solid ground
Take every chance you dare
I’ll still be there
When you come back down
When you come back down

I keep looking up
Waiting your return
My greatest fear will be
That you will crash and burn
And I won’t feel your fire

I’ll be the other hand
That always holds a line
Connecting in between
Your sweet heart and mine
I’m strung out on that wire

And I’ll be on the other end
To hear you when you call
Angel you were born to fly
And if you get too high
I’ll catch you when you fall
Catch you when you fall

The memories, the sunshine
Every new day brings
I know the sky is calling
Angel let me help you with your wings

When you’re soaring through the air
I’ll be your solid ground
Take every chance you dare
I’ll still be there
When you come back down

Take every chance you dare
I’ll still be there
When you come back down
When you come back down

All Your Life

Not a huge fan of The Band Perry but I love the simplicity of this song:

 

All Your Life - The Band Perry

 

Would you walk to the edge of the ocean
Just to fill my jar with sand
Just in case I get the notion
To let it run through my hand
Let it run through my hand

Well, I don't want the whole world
The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life

Would you catch a couple thousand fireflies
Yeah, put them in a lamp to light my world
All dressed up in a tux and bowtie
Hand deliver to a lonely girl
To a lonely lonely girl

Well, I don't want the whole world
[| From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/band-perry-lyrics/all-your-life-lyrics.html |]

The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life

Lately I've been writing desperate love songs
Mostly I sing them to the walls,
You could be the center piece of my obsession
If you would notice me, I
Ohh yeah

Well I don't want the whole world
The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life

You love all your life
Life
Yeah

 

December = Christmas = N'Sync

Katelyn was IN LOVE with Justin Timberlake which, at the time, included N'Sync.  A few years ago, she emailed this to me, and now December makes me want to bring out a little JT!  This song needs to be watched in video form to do it justice!

Happy December and Merry Christmas

http://youtu.be/wKj92352UAE

Mean

Again, I have not been great about posting this week so I am posting two tonight.  First off, I had yet another crazy day today and am going to post about the less crazy part of it :).  So sometimes I feel like bullying has become this buzz word that parents throw around at times to try to get people to jump.  Don't get me wrong, bullying definitely happens, but where is the fine line between bullying and drama drawn?  Spoken in the words of a teenager....Taylor Swift, Mean.

You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm wounded
You, pickin' on the weaker man

Well, you can take me down with just one single blow
But you don't know what you don't know

Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

You, with your switching sides and your walk-by lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them
I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again

I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now 'cause you can't lead me down that road
And you don't know what you don't know

Someday I'll be living in a big old city
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/taylor-swift-lyrics/mean-lyrics.html ]
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing

But all you are is mean
All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

But someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

Someday, I'll be, living in a big old city
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

I don't have to be me till...tomorrow.

Sorry I didn't blog during my minication...this seems like an appropriate Sunday night song.

I don't have to be me till Monday...

I got me a brand new car waiting in the driveway
Shinin' like a bright new star, I've be wishin'on it everyday
To take me away from here
So I called in to where I work, told a little white lie
No my back don't really hurt,but that's my alibi
My temporary ticket to anywhere but there
Call it an early weekend,call it goin'off the deep in
Call it what you want, I made up my mind

I don't have to be me 'til Monday Friday, Saturday, Sunday I ain't gonna face reality
Three days without punching a time clock
Three nights of goin' non-stop
No work and all play I don't have to be 'til Monday Yeah

I can do what I wanna do, be who I wanna be
I got no one to answer to,soon as I turn the key
A cash machine, gasoline and we're outta here
Call it an early weekend,call it goin'off the deep end
Baby, you and me, we can leave it all behind

I don't have to be me 'til Monday Friday, Saturday, Sunday I ain't gonna face reality
Three days without punching a time clock
Three nights of goin' non-stop
No work and all play I don't have to be me 'til Monday Yeah

Oh,there days without punching a time clock
Three nights of goin' non-stop
No work and all play I don't have to be me 'til Monday

(I don't have to be me) I don't have to be me 'til Monday (I don't have to be me) I don't have to be me 'til Moday (I don't have to be me) I don't have to be me 'til Monday

Telluride

Had a friend send me a picture of Winter Park via text this weekend....apparently they got a foot or so of snow.  I love winter and skiing and all the cozy things that come along with it....hot chocolate, red wine, scarves, puffy vests, fires, beanies and soups!  Winter Park during ski season is one of my happy places....lots of great memories with wonderful friends in familiar places.  Tim McGraw's Telluride gets me excited for winter (even though it isn't about Winter Park) and the Berthud Pass drive with Beth!

Tim McGraw
Telluride

When I was nineteen,
I threw my stuff in the car
I headed up to the Rockies, got a job at this bar
Sellin' beer to the locals, just barely gettin' by
On the tips from the rich kids there on Daddy's dime
But when I saw her walk in one night
I knew that I'd be alright in...

Telluride
The snow fallin' down
I was wakin' up with her in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget the moment she arrived in
Telluride

We spent that whole winter tangled up by a fire
Castin' shadows on the cabin wall drownin' in desire
Confessin' all our secrets and laughin' out loud
So high up on that mountain
I thought we'd never come down
It was a dream we were livin' in
And I was the happiest I'd ever been, in....

Telluride
That snow fallin' down
I was waking up with her in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget all those sleepless night in
Telluride

Telluride

It ended just like a movie scene
And I had to play the part
Of the lover who stood there and watched her leave
And me with the frozen heart, in....

Telluride
The snow fallin' down
Standing there alone in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget the day she said good bye,
in...Telluride

Serendipity?

Had another difficult, crazy day.  Went to a funeral for a 19 year old kid that took his own life.  The church was standing room only and full of people of all ages.  Lots of incredibly mixed feelings about all of it...anger, sadness, a sense of desperation for the family and other young people there, a need to try to save all of them, amazement that someone who most likely felt incredibly alone had a church full of people mourning for him and fear that all it takes is one other kid in that room to feel that same way and we could all be brought back to that same little church.  This was not my first time in that church and sadly will probably not be my last.

Before I left school to walk to the 10am funeral, I had an encounter with a difficult co-worker who didn't think it was necessary for so many of our mental health professionals to be out of the building, at a funeral, five minutes away where there were grieving children.  She basically told me that we couldn't all be out of the building and that we couldn't go.  I responded by telling her that it had been discussed at our mental health team meeting 15 minutes prior and that we were going.  This went back and for a few times until she finally said that she was not going to be responsible for covering for any of us at lunch duty or anything else that went on while we were gone.  I said that she didn't need to because we already had people that had volunteered to do so.  She made one last ditch effort at telling me that we all shouldn't leave.  I said "I'm going" and turned around and left.  This is not the first issue between myself and this particular person which is extremely frustrating.  When we got back from the funeral, a funny turn of events took place that, as far as I can tell, will most likely result in a larger discussion about my difficult co-workers stance this morning.  This disagreement could be the drop in the bucket that finally makes it tip....who knows. 

When I got back to my desk, I had an email from my sister that was so touching that it brought tears to my eyes.  The last line of her email was: "...it all just doesn't seem to make sense at the time, it turns out that sometimes it makes a lot of sense, we just haven't gotten far enough in our life to understand it yet."  Word of a wise woman that can fit so many situations right now.....it is just hard to trust in that at times. 

Will this terrible loss and all the aftermath of it make sense at some point?  I sure hope so for all of the people that filled the church today.  Will all of our efforts to fix the difficult situation at work suddenly come to a head because of this one interaction?  I hope so....how ironic if it is the lack of effort on our part that is finally the tipping point for this ongoing situation.

Lastly, I got home today and got a card in the mail from one of my best friends.  This is what is said:  "Freakin'? Friggin'? Frickin'??"  On the inside:  "You can cope with anything if you have a friend and a good "F" word substitute."  Underneath she wrote: "A 2009 study published in NeuroReport says that bad language is good for you.  Psychologists at Keele Uninversity in England found that swearing lessens pain.  So fucking-A!"

Can't make sense of everything nor can we control everything....fuck it.  I knew there was a reason that I cuss like a sailor!

So....my song today is a one of my "feel good" songs from late high school/college.  

Chely Wright
Listenin' to the Radio (1996) - definitely worth listening to! 

He wears a Harley Jacket and a kiss me smile.
Through his steel blue eyes I can see for miles.
He digs big band music and the Rolling Stones.
But we listen country when were all alone.
'Cause it makes me crazy.
It drives me wild.
I like my lovin' country style.

Well, were listenin' to the radio.
Flyin' down the highway.
Feelin' like outlaws.
Wind's goin our way.
Sittin' right beside him.
Hell-bent, holdin' on.
Flippin' through the stations.
Lookin' for a fast song.
Singin' along with the ones we know.
Listenin' to the radio.

Well, we stop for gas, but not for long.
'Cause that Philco radio keeps us movin' along.
He floors that '66 Mustang, rag top 289.
While I blow him kisses from the passenger side.
'Cause it makes him crazy.
It drives him wild.
He likes his lovin' country style

Well, were listenin' to the radio.
Flyin' down the highway.
Feelin' like outlaws.
Wind's goin our way.
Sittin' right beside him.
Hell-bent, holdin' on.
Flippin' through the stations.
Lookin' for a fast song.
Singin' along with the ones we know.
Listenin' to the radio.

I slide on over when the song slows down.
I give him all my love to throw his arms around.
We're so in love we never touch the ground.
Blastin' through the wind in a wall of sound.

Well, were listenin' to the radio.
Flyin' down the highway.
Feelin' like outlaws.
Wind's goin our way.
Sittin' right beside him.
Hell-bent, holdin' on.
Flippin' through the stations.
Lookin' for a fast song.
Singin' along with the ones we know.
Listenin' to the radio.

Well, were listenin' to the radio.
Flyin' down the highway.
Feelin' like outlaws.
Wind's goin our way.
Sittin' right beside him.
Hell-bent, holdin' on.
Flippin' through the stations.
Lookin' for a fast song.
Singin' along with the ones we know.
Listenin' to the radio.

Run to you

So I hadn't heard a song that jumped out at me today and had decided to just post a few of my "go-to-feel-good" songs, and then Run to You came on the radio.  It made me think about how nice it is to have someone to run to when things are rough (and to share the good).  It makes me sad when someone has a hard time naming people that they can turn to for support, and I hear this way more than I care to admit.  It makes me very grateful to have so many people in my life that I can run to no matter what life throws my way!

Run to You
Lady Antebellum

I run from hate, I run from prejudice
I run from pessimists, but I run too late
I run my life or is it running me, run from my past
I run too fast or too slow it seems

When lies become the truth
That's when I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you, I run to you baby
When it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to, I run to you

We run on fumes, your life and mine
Like the sands of time slippin' right on through
And our love's the only truth
That's why I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you, I run to you baby
When it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to, I run to you

Whoa, oh, I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you, I run to you baby
When it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to, I run to you, I run to you, yeah

Whoa, oh, I run to you
I run to you girl, whoa

I always run to you
Run to you, run to you

Unanswered prayers

There is has been a host of things going on in my life recently both personally and professionally.  One of the things that is difficult for me to deal with is not having control over situations whether that is not being able to have something work out the way that I want it to or not being able to fix the things that my students at school are dealing with.  I have had two situations at school in the last week that are disturbing and scary, and honestly, I am not a religious person (although I used to be), but I am having a hard time with God right now.  I don't "pray" on a regular basis, but I do "wish" and "hope" for many different things which is like praying I suppose.  I am having a hard time understanding why some things happen and some things don't....and then there are the things that are completely f-ed up and make no sense at all.  All of that being said....I heard this song on the way into work this morning and it makes me want to try to believe in it.

I used to listen to this song and only hear the part about the relationship (which was very true in my situation), but hearing it today, there can be so much more to the message.  Thanks Garth!

Unanswered Prayers

Just the other night a hometown football game
My wife and I ran into my old high school flame
And as I introduced them the past came back to me
And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be

She was the one that I'd wanted for all times
And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me
Inn her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

And as she walked away and I looked at my wife
And then and there I thankedd the good Lord
For the gifts in my life

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

Don't want this day to start...

I heard this song on the way into to work today.  I went to bed last night thinking that it was going to be a long, rough day in light of events that happened last week.  I was not looking forward to the day to say the least.  Mr. Luke Bryan made me think of riding around in a car with my friends, singing at the top of our lungs (maybe drinking a beer or two).  Sometimes Friday nights are the only thing that gets us through the week.....

Luke Bryan – I Don’t Want This Night To End
Girl, I know I don’t know you
But your pretty little eyes so blue
Are pulling me in
Like the moon on your skin
I’m so glad you trusted me
To slide up on this dusty seat
And let your hair down
Get outta town
Got the stars comin’ out over my hood
And all I know now is it’s going good
You got your hands up
You’re rocking in my truck
You got the radio on
You’re singing every song
I’m set on cruise control
I’m slowly losing hold of everything I got
You’re looking so damn hot
And I don’t know what road we’re on
Or where we’ve been from starin’ at you
Girl, all I know is I don’t want this night to end
Gonna cuss the morning when it comes
Cause I know that the rising sun,
Ain’t no good for me
Cause you’ll have to leave
Gonna make the most of every mile
Do anything to make your smile
Land on my lips
Get drunk on your kiss
The clock on the dash says 3:35
There’s plenty of gas and the night’s still alive
You got your hands up
You’re rocking in my truck
You got the radio on
You’re singing every song
I’m set on cruise control
I’m slowly losing hold of everything I got
You’re looking so damn hot
And I don’t know what road we’re on
Or where we’ve been from starin’ at you
Girl, all I know is I don’t want this night to end
You got your hands up
You’re rocking in my truck
You got the radio on
You’re singing every song
I’m set on cruise control
I’m slowly losing hold of everything I got
You’re looking so damn hot
And I don’t know what road we’re on
Or where we’ve been from starin’ at you
Girl, all I know is I don’t want this night to end
I don’t want this night to end
No, I don’t want this night to end