my green grass

so thankful tonight for the blessings in my life
and hoping you are too
for the blessings on your side of the fence

some might say that its always better over there
if only, if only, if only
if i can make it there i can make it anywhere
if only, if only, if only,
this test would pass by
the summer would come
on the beach i will lay all day in the sun
and then we will be
as happy as we
forget all the worries to come.

but this side of the season looks different i say
if only, if only, if only,
there were but 26 hours in a day
if only if only if only,
the paper would pass
then my patch of grass would surely
be brighter
& bolder.

seasons of years & seasons of love
they come & they go as they please
just as you arrive
they take a left dive
and leave you alone on your knees

Lord, Lord, here I am
now what do I do?
do i merely sit here and wait on you?
yes?
thats what you want me to say?
well, i've never quite thought of it that way.

but who will secure my future to come?
who will take care of the moon & the sun?
if it weren't for me, surely they'd fall
& leave earth like a giant 8 ball
shooting across the stars in the sky
without watchful eyes-
surely they'd fall with out me.

they won't?
you mean that you've got
your hand on that spot
that holds it all together?
yes?
that's what you say?
well i've never quite thought of it that way.

well okay.
if that's what you say
then all i can do is just stay
just stay
just stay.
just stay and sit.
Can I throw a fit?
& resist your power with great resentment?
no?
contentment?
that's what you say?
well i've never quite thought of it that way.

The Taggart Times: Birthday Bash x3

how cute is my friend rachel & this couple? i mean the cake is designed after her blog. you have to love this precious girl! besides she is january bday like me, and another reason not to "blame it on january"

The Taggart Times: Birthday Bash x3: "This weekend is slammed full of birthday celebrations. Yesterday was my birthday, and tomorrow is Casey's birthday. Th..."

you know you are. . .

dancing too much when this is what plays in your head at night & you find yourself dreaming of pirouettes. even if you are not into this, watch! truly beautiful!

tattle tales

oh baby ballet.  the stories i could tell on you.

today, little gracie who stands on number 8 looked up at me with great concern in her eyes.  she said, the girl who stands on the L , teacher, she is not hewah (here) today.

i smiled to myself, realizing that she meant number 7 & realizing she meant her friend sophie. her mistake was cute, honest, and to her that 7 might as well be an L or countless other things.

for a 3 year old, its miraculous to observe anything terribly concrete & hold on to it from week to week.  what about for us?  what are the things in my life that are really 7s but I have them turned into upside down L's.

God probably looks at me all the time and shakes his head, smiling at my silly mistake. i know i'll get there one day and see that the things I had viewed as problems were really blessings & the answers to the real problems were right in front of my eyes all along.

"Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely."

1 Corinthians 13:12

dreamy!

kiss me or not--Thompson Square--credit to @ http://www.bethsdailybeef.blogspot.com/ for the video. Helps me fight the 2 o clock crazies. 

can you imagine

something missing

going back to the corner where i first saw you
gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move
got some words on cardboard got your picture in my hands
saying if you see this girl can you tell her where i am

...

'cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me
and your heart starts to wonder where on earth i could be,
thinking maybe you'd come back here to the place that we'd meet
and you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

i'm loving The Man Who Can't Be Moved by The Script lately--so beautiful & passionate. can you imagine? ah. love.

made me think of "here I raise my ebenzer hither by thy help I've come." you may think it a bit of a stretch, but think about it--he goes back to that familiar place, the place where he last knew things were as they were supposed to be. the ebenezer is the marked spot where God's grace & forgiveness is celebrated. if all else fails, you go back to that ebenezer and you find your way again. start over from that jumping off point.  if you get lost, spinning, no compass in sight, go back to that corner or ebenzer wherever it is-and remember how you felt right there.