The tension is here
between who you are and who you could be
between how it is and how it should be

So many things have been happening at such a speed that I haven't been able to keep up with posting blog posts. Truthfully I've been adding one-line reminders to my draft of this post almost every day, and they are many and varied. It's unfortunate ( Read more... )

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside I've got the month of MayA lot can happen in a year ( Read more... )

I will find my way, I can go the distance
I'll be there someday if I can be strong
I know every mile will be worth my while
I would go most anywhere to feel like I belong

I'm trying to take it easy today after one of the busiest, most packed week-and-a-halts of my recent life. I can hardly believe that last Monday I was showing up without having ( Read more... )

I'm on the up and up,

I'm not giving up

On what I know I'm capable of

Life continues to move at a slower pace than I am used to, and that is a wonderful, wonderful thing. Not only that, but 2013, at nearly the halfway mark, has totally blown 2012 out of the water. I am glad of this, I am not sure I could have managed another year with that much ( Read more... )

And I never wanted anything from you

Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh

Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back

Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over

Murphy, to his credit, has been a great sport for the many adventures that life has thrown him in the last few months ( Read more... )

I turn the music up, I got my records on
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song
And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night
Until Monday morning feels another life
I turn the music up, I'm on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight

On ( Read more... )