Thank You God........

Thank you God for

The children of mine

Who teach me

That blow my mind.

They entertain themselves

In the funniest ways.

I pray that the innocence

They possess never goes away...

Rejuvenation

PJ time with my favorite

Which comes First

Our lives are so busy and sometimes we live so far from our families. We miss the relationships with our families and often we do not even share important life events with them. We need to move back towards our families. If not in actual distance then at least we must move closer in our hearts. We live in a time where there are unprecedented communication possibilities. No one will ever love us unconditionally like our family can. We'd be fools not to take advantage of this opportunity.

Undoubtedly

Of the four I keep close to my heart

who love the same genuine in nature

always attentive, keen to excitement

a taste, a look, that noise is a blessing

a chalk drawing on cement signs of succession

impossible secrets make my family grow

today I remember you're part of my life

i've got you in my heart forever

your perseverance assist my healing wounds



J.R.

Favorite All Time (good but hard) blogspots

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2008/09/road-trips-siblings-best-of-timesthe.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2009/11/u2.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2009/11/introducing.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2010/10/big-sister.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2009/11/waiting.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2009/03/remembering.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2009/02/little-ms-surgery-day.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-life.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2010/10/goodness.html

http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2008/12/favorite-restaurants-this-year.html

Take this Soul.....and make it sing

You can have your wealth and riches

All the things you seek,

Position, power, and success,

The fame you long to keep.

You can earn as much as you wish,

Reach a status high above,

But none of these can equal

Having one sweet child to love.

My Buddy Monrovia Scarlet Scout Prinz

There are many people in this world that I love. I love them for all sorts of reasons. Because they are family, because they are a friend to me, or because I just think they are the CAT'S pajamas. Nothing compares to my adoration for my niece Monrovia scarlett scout Prinz. April 13th 2008 (the day after) was the first day that I met this amazing little girl. RoRo was born with profound hearing loss a
difficult pill to take for anyone being brought into this world. My Sister and my Brother in law were hit so hard with the fresh news upon the days and months following her birth that they really didn't know what to do. I remember the anguish that I dealt with the day my sister told me what the Doctors revealed to them. Why her, why my sister, what have they done to deserve this? Monrovia has been through a lot in her lifetime. She deals with more Dr. visits and travel time to her AWESOME school http://www.deafkidstalk.org/site/
than anyone can imagine. However; every day she is learning something new and is motivating not just me, but everyone that meets her! Monrovia has been such a bright spot in my gloomy and dreary 09-10. I try to tell myself if RoRo can do it, then I can get myself through the difficult situations, while hopefully making a few people smile. When Monrovia was born, I gave my sister a cd with U2 songs made into beautiful lullabies.
http://store.rockabyebabymusic.com/ecom2/index.php/music/rockabye-baby-lullaby-renditions-of-u2.html
I was so sad and mad at the same time, that she was not able to hear our favorite band. However, by the grace of GOD, and tons of hard work, Monrovia with her cochlear implants (http://goodbuthard.blogspot.com/2008/09/for-instance.html) is now able to hear everything around her. And one day, she will know the effects that she has had on everyone around her during the first two years of her life. Thank you buddy for your inspiration, you are very uplifting to me :)