having one of my good friends to talk to when i was going through a hard time earlier. and knowing that she's there for me

i will have pen's salad first and ducky's salad next (both sound beyond yummy) and thanx for the good wishes from everyone for my niece's new baby to come and my good luck wishes to the baby coming in the next few weeks and all the good things that are rolling around in this great thread pen started! it's happy!

today i watched the idol show from last nite, while i was prone on the couch with sinusitis relapse and between the tears and the laughs i didn't know if i was coming or going but i forgot the sinus woes and remembered how blessed we are to be where we are, in life and otherwise, even if things aren't perfect or happy all the time, we have the potential and hope they can be, so many don't even have that... (i warned ya not long ago i'm a mushball but even that's a good thing lol )

Its Friday and payday.

last night, I watched my son receive an award for his achievements in JROTC in high school.. I'm a proud momma and very thankful to have him in my life

Sunshine after all the rain yesterday. UFO..it's reallllly good I bet you'll like it. an I agree with everything you said about how lucky we all are.

Congrats to your son,CC.

Red Cedar,Darcy,Julia,Duckworth,Cheese,UFO,Q,CC,Quinnster.......Thanks for vocalizing thr GREAT things you are seeing and feeling ,when hope becomes the melting pot there is truly a light born into the every day darkness.Keep searching for the sparks and pour them here into the big glow!!! I love you all and thanks for joining in so merrily.Yep, I said it ..merrily.Row that boat,ha!!

Darcy..thank you and glad Mr Puppy is getting his ****e together,LOL, he's a beauty, you're bpth Lucky to have eachother.

i got a note from a friend the other day... just saying how much she wanted to thank me for always being there... it was touching...

and i was flying the other day and i took a few minutes to look out on the clouds and the world below... i realized im part of this huge world ...

Heh, forgot to say my good thing,LOL... go me...I just realized that I'm typing away, the room light isn't on and I didn't turn the computer's magnification bar on, ... eye's doing perty good.

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Originally posted by Nell:
i got a note from a friend the other day... just saying how much she wanted to thank me for always being there... it was touching...

and i was flying the other day and i took a few minutes to look out on the clouds and the world below... i realized im part of this huge world ...

You're a light in this huge world...YAY Nell's here..THANK YOU...

I can help row the boat, just can't sing, lol.

Its almost noon, 1/2 way through the work day, yeah!!!

Pen there is a song i love about shining your candle...its a common song i think but Reba recorded it once too...

here:
There is a candle in every soul
Some brightly burning,
Some dark and cold
There is a spirit who brings the fire
Ignites his candle and makes his home

Carry your candle,
Run to the darkness
Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle and go light your world

Frustrated brothers,
see how he's tried to
Light his own candle some other way
See now our sister,
She's been robbed and lied to
Still holds a candle without a flame

So carry your candle,
run to the darkness
Seek out the lonely,
the tired and worn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle and
go light your world

We are a family whose hearts are blazing
We raise our candles and light up the sky
Praying to our Father, "In the name of Jesus
Make us a beacon in darkest times!"

Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, deceived and poor
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle and go light your world.

*Gets Q a oar* LOL Hang in there,you!

NELL.. GREAT song!!! I was just looking for lyrics too,LOL, GMTA...I'm gonna look for yours, I wanna hear it!! Here's one by John Mellencamp, you're huge world comment made me think of it..



Let me say thank-you to those who love many
Let me say thank-you to those who still play fair
Hallelujah, the meek shall inherit
Let me say thank-you to all you people out there, out there
Let me say grace for those who don't feel they matter
May God look down on all the soldiers of this Earth
Trying to find peace in this world that house so many
Let me say grace for those who feel lost from birth, lost from birth
Let's give a smile for those who feel that they have nothing
Let me shake the hand of Johnny Doe out on the street
Let's give a wink for those girls who don't feel pretty
Let's find some water for those who need a drink, need a drink
And when I see so many broken and lonely
Soon to be entering Heaven's door
Let me count the ways
Let me count the blessings
That no man should feel lonely anymore
Let me say good luck to the people raising families
Let me say thank-you to the men who grow the bread
And here's to dreams of a bigger, brighter future
And that we all got someone to keep the stones from our bed
Let me say thank-you to those who love many
Let me say thank-you for those who still play fair
Hallelujah, the meek shall inherit
Let me say thank-you to all you folks out there
All you people out thank you

Pen if you are looking for lyrics.. this song gives me goosebumps... its by Crosby and Nash. My friend did a power point to it.. they wrote it after september 11th and he used pictuers from that along with columbine stuff ... SO POWERFUL! He used a lot of pictures of people hugging during those tragitys to show how people next to us can be our angels.

Half Your Angels - written by Graham Nash

somewhere in heaven wings are taking flight
flying over a worldly weight of hatred
hanging over a building in the rain

you got to heaven blown across the sky
crying out for the angels to help you
to rise up out of the ashes and the flames

send me half your angels
we're running out of time
send me half your angels
I'll send you half of mine
hope they get there in time

and far below your heaven
hearts are wondering why
why would anyone hurt gods children?
how could anyone harm them at all?

send me half your angels
we're running out of time
send me half your angels
I'll send you half of mine
hope they get there in time

and while you're in heaven sleeping on the wind
ask your heart to forgive this evil
ask your soul to forgive us all

send me half your angels
we're running out of time
send me half your angels
I'll send you half of mine

send me half your angels
we're running out of time
send me half your angels
I'll send you half of mine
hope they got there in time

half your angels , goodbye

I'd like to make some kind of film to this song about the Katrina survivors (I don't use the word victim) sounds overwhelming Nellster, I may have to burn me some kind of HOPE cd today!!!

Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away Lyrics

On the turning away from the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say which we won’t understand
“Don’t accept that what’s happening is just a case of other’s suffering
Or you’ll find that you’re joining in the turning away”

It’s a sin that somehow light is changing to shadow
And casting its shroud over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we’re all alone in the dream of the proud

On the wings of the night as the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite in a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange, mesmerized as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change on the wings of the night

No more turning away from the weak and the weary
No more turning away from the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share, it’s not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there’ll be no more turning away?

Oooh, this is a good thread, Pen!

Last night..my brother and I got in a huge fight over my issues. I was talking to my best friend online and she wondered why I disappeared, so she called and calmed me down. She is definitely one of the few people that can keep me sane. I wish I had the nerve to tell her to her face that she means so much to me.

Also, today was awesome, being a semi-senior in HS and all. We got out after 2nd period to go play in the sprinklers at the football stadium like we were kids again, and then leave. I met this nice dude at the driving range, who gave me some good advice. anddd today isn't even over yet. WOO.