A New Song to Sing

Wow! The past 9 days have felt like a whirlwind as school has very suddenly winded down for the semester. Since December 3rd I have handed in; 3 major papers (each around 2000-3700 words each), one final reading assignment, had a vocal recital/exam, and 3 exams in a row. WHAT a week! Now please, don't hear me bragging about all of the work I completed. I wouldn't, nor would any student, wish their workload on anyone (at least I hope not haha). But in this busy season I feel like I have actually learned a little bit about myself along the way. I learned, again, that I hate stress and pressure. I know I have the ability to get through very high mountains, but I am learning more and more that I hate them. It is in this time that I have also realized how negative I can get under stress. My goal from this is to start being more thankful for the stress and mountains. They are here to push and grow me, I will be better from them. So my goal is, to renew a spirit of thankfulness in t...

Monday, You came out of your prison But went back in sooner than I hoped Father sat on his couch Blue and sick and dying I did not know The places I and you would go Throw me up  I want to fly and see the sky The places you've gone when you died I'll give you 10 minutes and so much more Father, he lied on his back faced up And for the longest time, I died when he died I lied where he lied Perhaps the sky was grey and bleak Because you were grey and would meet The Maker whom I hope was fair The One who always has been there

It's a late Friday evening, my mind turns to pondering and wandering. October third. I think back to childhood. Birthday's were and still remain to be a special day in my family, as they might be in many of yours. My parents are/were born three days apart, which I always thought was cool growing up. It's one of those things when that special someone walks into your life that make you notice them just that much more. Like a silly common interest two potential partners could share; loving the exact same restaurant, interested in the same types of literature, games or movies, pondering those deep questions in life that you thought no one else would, or even just realizing that for the first time you feel something for someone you never thought you would/could. Perhaps this small trait of having (close to) the same birthday was something of a spark for my parents. This closet romantic would love to think so. Today my dad would have turned 55 and it's really made me stop...