A Little Advice

A very wise person one said:

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid, then open it and remove all doubt"

I could go on and on about that advice but I will heed it's warning and refrain. I only ask that the next time you feel the need to pontificate to someone, please remember the above.

Spiderman Kiss

I am not a huge fan of Comic based movies but I must admit if I had to choose a superhero it would be Spiderman. There are several reasons why Spiderman appeals to me. He is quite and unassuming, his powers aren't too over the top and in almost every case he uses his power for good. Spiderman is the underdog, yet he never gives up, isn't that what one looks for in a superhero? He also has the love of his life right at his fingertips yet he knows she will always be at risk when she is with him so he puts her well being before is own and keeps her at a distance.

Well at a distance sometimes anyway. This brings me to the Spiderman Kiss, the other day I was searching the internet for a Spiderman game that my nephew likes to play and when I searched I found the Spiderman Kiss phenomenon, when I saw it I knew exactly what it was referring to, the part in the first Spiderman movie where Spiderman is suspended upside down and MJ removes his mask to his nose and they engage in a kiss, a rather passionate kiss. OK I will admit it, this is a hot scene and I have rewatched it on the DVD more than once. C'mon ladies fess up, this curls your toes! I think what I like about it so much is that he is allowing himself to be very vulnerable to her, I suppose deep down he trusts her. With those feelings involved there will no doubt be a very passionate kiss as a result. Guys, I am not sure but I think this is another "girl thing" that you just don't get. I can hear it now all the guys saying, "they ruined a perfectly good action flick with this chick scene". Deep down I know the men watching think it is hot too but they are disappointed that Spiderman didn't feel her up! Sometimes I really do believe men and women are from different planets, that's right Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus.

Moments in Time

A split second decision that opened a door.
A comment, confusion, this was not what I was looking for.
I lost you, you had to find me,
for once it was right to avoid harmony.

The head, the humor and oh yes the voice
A friendship established, like I had a choice.
Two different worlds become entwined
I do believe we are of the same mind

We will take a big step, no turning back
You're eager to be taught a new attack
A dream to guide us we can learn as we go
There is really no sense in taking it slow.

Untrue

When I speak
the words I say are true.
When I weep
the tears are spilled for you.

From we to me
Some pieces gone.
Can I fill the void
will life go on?

I only lie to myself
The reason isn't me
Nothing to do but move on
Forced to accept responsibility

Choosing to live with my senses on hold
The painful echo in my empty soul
The tastes of life should never grow old
Can I reclaim the innocence you stole?

My heart will grow, this ache will disappear
I will survive nothing else to do
I smile and laugh I hide my fear
The price I pay when you're untrue.

Kids ask the darndest things

Today at Mother's Day lunch my 6 year old daughter asked me if I thought Elvis flushed the toilet before he died? I said I didn't think so.

What a peculiar child!

Innocence

Is there anyone out there who can explain God's mysterious ways to me? A baby was born yesterday, a girl, God called her home only a few hours after her birth. Soon after her conception a problem was discovered but her not living through her first day was never a notion any of us ever conceived of. None the less, God felt the need to have her with him, Why? She was blessed with two wonderful parents, quite capable of giving her all the love, attention and necessities she needed. They are God fearing people with heart a heart full of love to last a lifetime. She had two brothers who would have teased her every day of her life, yet defended and protected her at every turn. She had a family here with aunts, uncles and cousins, Grandparents who are positive the sun rose and set on her. In her short 7 hours here with us she made a forever indelible impact on those who all ready loved her and looked forward to knowing the person she would become.

What do I say to her parents? I am a parent, I can only imagine their pain. I lost a child to miscarriage very early in pregnancy and the feeling that overwhelmed me during that time was that I had let the child down, not been strong enough, didn't do the right things. The torment they are feeling must be unbearable.

I know only this, I have to believe that she is in God's hands now and she is warm, safe and happy. If she can't be in the arms of her parents then I have to believe that she is in the next best place.

Please take a moment to pray for Ellen Grace and her family.

Flight

Recently at a stop light I watched a hawk circle overhead, its wings were spread open as it hovered above, caught in the cross winds. What a magnificent bird. Such graceful motion, suspended in flight due to the wind beneath its wings. So unpredictable, haphazard, yet this hawk seemed to have complete control of the uncontrollable.

Did you ever feel like you are standing still, completely motionless, yet the world goes speeding by you? I feel as though things are happening around me so fast that I am not even aware of them. I am missing events that I should be storing away as memories. It took seeing that brilliant hawk in flight to make me to realize that I need to once again regain control of the uncontrollable. I need to spread my wings and take flight, find the cross winds that will lift me, the wing beneath my wings and at the same time make it look graceful and effortless.