Growing Up

I remember how my mom would sing me my favorite song when
I was needing some motivation especially a song she made up just for me,
especially on days when I had gotten into trouble or was feeling sad.
As many of you know I am not a very mean person and I hate confrontation.
Tomorrow will be very difficult for me. I would like to take all of the teachings and lessons I have learned growing up and just try to be an example for Christ through my actions. I'm sure that I will be singing my song throughout the proceedings in my head,
just to remind me of how my Mom always taught me to be.
Be gracious to others and treat them how you would want to be treated.
If I can follow through with that tomorrow, I will have a lot of JOY
in my Heart.

Jonathan, Jonathan Eric Ruff,

you are my great big boy,

you to laugh and play and sing,

and have a lot of joy.

Jonathan, Jonathan Eric Ruff,

you are my first born son,

and i would not replace you

with any other one.

A few quotes that I've been pondering about lately....

Isn't it great when things come full circle?

Though, it may be the hardest thing to do,

we all must learn to let go..

"I'll be there to comfort you,

Build my world of dreams around you, I'm so glad that I found you
I'll be there with a love that's strong
I'll be your strength, I'll keep holding on.

...Just call my name and I'll be there"



Simply live life..day by day and let the pieces fall in place.

Have a Happy Tuesday
as I root on my boys in Red, Man United
while they battle in the Champions league
against Schalke 04!

Just Check it out.

Pain in Friday brings a fresh Sunday

Good Friday


Today is Good Friday, the day the Christ was crucified for the redemption of the Earth. I chose this photo because a nice clean Jesus on it just couldn't be how it really was. He had been beaten half to death, and a crown of thorns beaten down on His head. I don't think the Crucifixion was a clean event. I hope as we go through this day we will remember the great price He paid for our salvation. Like the old preacher once said "It's Friday, but Sunday's coming". We do have hope beyond the Crucifixion.

Familiar Terms

Just what I needed after an awesome day with Awesome results!!

Do you need help?

Have you ever felt
that sometimes you consume
your thoughts about your own problems
and sometimes you never see or feel the problems or heartaches
that others around you are having?
I suggest taking time out of your day to
think about someone you know and ask yourself
how you could help them out to make their life a tad bit easier for just one day.
I know that I talk a lot and feel a lot of pain in my own life
and sometimes it overtakes my thought process of whoa is
me in its entirety.
I know that's not how I should be living, yet I should
be thinking of others first.
Just a thought at 3:23 in the a.m.
I seem to be the only one up at this hour
these days.

For my Sister

August 8, 1991

Wow, our lives really changed that day. I've never felt so scared as when I saw you in a coma in the ICU, with your head shaved and your body covered with tubes. I remember sitting, holding your hand, talking to you as you lay so still. I believed that you could hear me somehow. Maybe you did and that helped you get stronger. Sometimes it all seems like a dream? I wanted to take your place in that hospital. But you were so brave, and you were filled with courage and I remember thinking, "I could never be as strong as Jonathan, if this had happened to me I wouldn't have survived." I remember talking to you into brain surgery when you were still in your coma. Dad, mom and I prayed for you and I saw tears slip down your cheek because you were so scared. I felt so helpless and afraid, but you were a fighter, and you came out of your coma and got stronger little by little. You never complained about your situation. You have such strong character.

Susannah Eloyse Prinz
8/99


Sooz. I love you.