Words that mean a lot to me.

Things I miss......

I miss absolutely spoiling ones closest to me.
I miss my friends near and far.
I miss mowing my lawn at my former house.
I miss looking up to my father.
I miss golfing every week.
I miss teaching.
I miss the Brightside days.
I miss having a significant other.
I miss my dog.
I miss Savannah.
I miss my Unk and our Single Malt whiskey talks.*
I miss watching my friends kids grow up.
I miss counseling sessions as healthy as they were.
I miss living in Philadelphia.
I miss my softball league.
I miss classroom 35 at Longwood Elementary.
I miss life when I was young; carefree and adventurous.
I miss making CD mixes for people. (HaHa)
I miss Amelia's Deli in Ptown.
I miss that thing we call normality.

Here's to not missing too many things from here on forward......

Belated Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday Paul.
such a great inspiration within my own life.
You make a myriad of peoples life so rich
with your powerful, touching lyrics.
I hope 51 is your best year yet.
I can't wait to see you in June
It will be such a sight and sound.

*his real birthday was yesterday. I hope that he's not mad I missed it.

my thought

my thought
look what I found
under a rock, around the bend,
in the backseat
it’s been missing for some time
but it’s been found
now let’s find that thought
floating on a breeze
a thought to find its way to me
to breeze through my fingers
pen to paper
stroke to canvas
thought to words
a thought needing to be found.

The Mother's in my Life

Awesome.
Diligent.
Hard Working.
Unrelentless.
Patient.
Giving.
Amazing Mothers.

Wow.......

The Door To Hell

That's a crater in the middle of Derweze, which is a village in Turkmenistan. And it's on fire. It's been on fire for 40 years.

Here is the Wikipedia page; there's not a ton of information, but I guess enough to give context. In 1971, this crater formed while some people were drilling, and they realized that methane was emanating from it. Geologists decided that burning the gas would be less dangerous than letting it permeate the atmosphere, and figured that it would burn out in a matter of hours. It's still burning.


I immediately put the town's name into Search engine, because this is exactly the sort of thing that would be posted in there. And, you know what, not really. Why don't more people talk about this thing?

Check out some more pictures on Flickr.

Hardness it sets in

Sometimes its difficult to set apart the things in my life that are hard and other parts that I just tend to ignore. For instance when I come across pictures that are from my past in which strike a chord in me emotionally. Or when I hear of things that are going on presently that are just entirely mind baffling. I use this blogspot to bleed my ideas, share my positive points in life, and really just mature emotionally. It baffles me how I am growing up and maturing as others are decreasing in maturity and seem to be emotionally losing years. Sometimes, I feel that this was a good thing for me to take a break and really see where I need to be in my life in order to move forward. As I watch this video, I am remembering that I was asked not to have a U2 song as my first song at my wedding. I know it is totally off subject, but I have always felt that was a problem. I lean towards music when I am have a terrible day, week, year. As I look back at it it could have been a sign or just that really needed that song for a boost as I need it today. Trust me, if I ever hit that point in my life again where I am choosing a first song, I will speak up and make sure it's played. This blog today is just a modge podge of feelings as I get ready for work, but it's been on my mind for a while. So here's to growing up, maturing, listening to and playing U2 as often as possible.