Flaming June's Love

Slow down, we've got time left to be lazy All the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes. We've got 50 good years left to spend out in the garden I don't care to beg your pardon, We should live until we die. We were barely 18 when we'd crossed collective hearts. It was cold, but it got warm when you'd barely crossed my eye. and then you turned, put out your hand, and you asked me to dance. I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight. I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose. I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely. Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields I will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time. So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side. It was the winter of '86, and all the fields had frozen over. So we moved to Arizona to save our only son and now he's turning to a man, although he thinks just like his mother, he believes we're all just l...

"Fix You" When you try your best, but you don't succeed When you get what you want, but not what you need When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse And the tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can't replace When you love someone, but it goes to waste Could it be worse? Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you And high up above or down below When you're too in love to let it go But if you never try you'll never know Just what you're worth Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you Tears stream down on your face When you lose something you cannot replace Tears stream down on your face And on your face I... Tears stream down on your face I promise you I will learn from my mistakes Tears stream down on your face And on your face I... Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you

Today I had the meeting with the local school district to discuss the possibility of Jack beginning Kindergarten this fall. I brought school work, pictures he has drawn and a few notes from his teacher. When I sat down at the table with the two women I introduced myself and then asked for them to remind me who they were? One was a rep fro the Early intervention that has Jacks case since he was two, the other woman was a child psychologist. OK? They quickly told me i needed to sign here, here, and here. hhmm? OK so lets start over. What is our goal here today? OH well we are going to decide if Jack is ready for Kindergarten and if he is what kind of intervention he will need in order to succeed. Oh really? Well- Here is the story- I am not signing anything at this time, he is not starting kindergarten in the fall and he is not in need of any more intervention than he has already. He has speech therapy four days a week and after being evaluated by two different developmental pediatricia...

We have had no snow this year, everyone else on the east coast has been slammed, we have officially had two snow occasions that were gone within two days. Jack has all his "snow attire" prepared. yet no snow. This foreboding map will hopefully qualify as an event. One that warrants boots, snow pants and TWO PAIR OF GLOVES!!!!! I have chili in the crock pot so there must be snow on the way, I am SOOO READY!!!

I have been working in my head on what to write about. A few flashes of ideas that kinda die out after the second paragraph. I walked the dog this morning after putting jack on the bus. I decided to stand in the cold by the river and just wait. wait, waiting.... yeah waiting for a message or sign. Not necessarily from anyone or in reference to anything in particular. It could be I was waiting for inspiration, motivation, DIVINE INTERVENTION. I like to feel MOVED, GUIDED by something ELSE. It doesnt happen often but I have felt it. Silly things such as "I need to kiss you, right now" "I will hug this child til he screams "LET GO MAAWM" "I am going to repeat myself in class until the lost soul in the back smiles at me and is WITH ME." That happens I must say. I feel rewarded at work maybe once a week. My rewards at work are much more valuable than many jobs I can imagine. I have people learning something. FROM ME. I see excitement, intensity and pride...