Monday, September 25, 2006

spider



I found this spider living in our old grill. I thought about bringing him inside for the winter but I would be afraid he is a she and will give birth to a BUNCH of spiders and I am not real fond of them living in my house.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Flowers











Flowers grown and photographed by me....click on the button below to see the slide show.


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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Dan the Drummer and Dan the Cyclist

My son Dan is a drummer…. and a percussion instructor. He’s competed for years with a winter drum corps. One time I “googled” his name to see what would show up. It turns out that someone else has the same full name as him. It's not that the name is common either. This person happens to be a professional cyclist who lives in Colorado. I wrote to him asking if maybe he was a long lost relative of my husband’s side of the family. I also told him about my son. He didn’t think we were related but shared a very interesting story. One time at a race, someone came up to him and asked him if he was related to Dan the drummer. I mean, what are the chances?

Monday, September 04, 2006

Goodbye Crystal

On August 29th Crystal died as a result of a suicide that occurred in her home. It was the day before school started for her Junior year. Our hearts go out to the grieving family. I can't even imagine how much it must hurt to lose your child to suicide or to feel so hopeless that you would rather not live. I was in my car with my daughter trying to make sense of it all when I heard this song that instantly made me think of Crystal and her pain.

Crystal, I am so sorry you could not bear to live.

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
The Fray

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life