Haunting

No, not Halloween.

Memory lane. I like how Andrea put it, "Holy cerebral whiplash!"

I've been trapped in the past for a little while. Just processing, I tell myself. I've done it before, but it's like an onion. There are many layers. One day I'll get to where the moment is the only place I live in. I got out my journals from when I was a teenager and my first two years in college. Had to check on some stuff there. Crazy mixed up kid, I was.

I was talking to Joseph about it today, saying, too bad I had to go through the teenage years as stupid as I was about life. Too bad I couldn't have done it with what I know now.

Anyway, I like this song called "Old Park Bench," as sung by our favorite a cappella group, Inside-Out. I've told Nathan it has a haunting melody. Perfect for my mood.

You can listen to a clip by clicking here. Next click Music, then the black CD cover called "Innocence." Finally, click #10 "Old Park Bench" and over to the right you can click lyrics if you want to read the words.

Dedicated to the old times!

The Bear Days of Winter

If there are "dog days" of summer, what we have going here must surely be the "bear days" of winter. I just want to curl up and wait for the crocuses to bloom.

February is a hard month for me. It has been this way as long as I can remember. As much as I love Michigan, the long stretches of grey days get to me. I'm feeling surrounded by old man winter and wondering if it's even possible that buds will spring out of the tree branches. When the sun comes out, I try to soak it in. Since we don't really get outside much, this usually means leaving my sun visor up and letting that sun hit my face (never mind the crow's feet I'm developing around my eyes). A few weeks ago, the series of weather events left us with thick ice on the cement in our breezeway. We took turns breaking the ice. Whew! I have a man who is skilled with a sledge hammer!



I did take some fun pictures of Sariah on a sunny day two weeks ago after I made a big mound of snow. She decided that she was queen of the mountain and stayed out there on top of the hill for quite some time. One of those sunny days to enjoy and save inside yourself for a day like today, all grey, brown and white.


She sings a song to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow:"

I'm the Queen of the mountain,
I'm the Queen of the mountain,
I'm the Queen of the mountian,
Sariah!

Brothers

Lately, when Brigham is sad, Nathan takes him and lays him on his chest and sings "I Am a Child of God." Am I a lucky mom or what?

Oh Bear!

My sister, Bobbie, sent me a CD called "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" by Nicolette Larson. She knows just how much I love babies and listening to this CD has been very nostalgic of all my babies. Mostly, though, we all listen and think of Brigham, our last baby.

There's one song in particular that everyone requests. It's called, "Oh Bear." You can go to Amazon by clicking here. Scroll down and you can listen to a snippet of this adorable song.

Every parent can probably relate to a baby or small child having a blanket or stuffed animal that they simply have to have before they toddle off to bed. Brigham has his buffalo that we got him in Yellowstone this summer. He called it "Diddy" at the start which is a name that has stuck with the rest of us. Then he got confused and started calling his buffalo "Rar rar," his name for doggies. Now he calls him "Ruff," which I think is a cross between a dog and BUFF-alo. At any rate, he scraggly, sometimes stinks, and is frequently lost. I adore this little creature simply because his owner adores him so.

I typed in the words to the song and have taken pictures to go with them. Just a fun little something to do while I'm working through my fear of working over my files!

Oh Bear

Oh Bear, Oh Bear

Oh where can you be?

Oh Bear, Oh Bear

Oh where are you hiding?

It’s time to go to bed until morning,

You’re gone without warning

And I cannot sleep without Bear.

Oh Bear, Oh Bear

I need you beside me

Bear, Oh Bear

We’re two of a kind

I’m thinking about you

I can’t sleep without you

My arms have to hold you

Where can you be, Oh Bear?

Mommy takes care of me all through the day

Daddy comes home and then we get to play

But, you are the one with me all through the night.

And if you’re not here, well it just isn’t right.

Oh Bear, oh Bear

I know I will find you

Here or there

Or under a chair

Then I will hold you

And keep you right here

Everything’s better when

I am with my bear.

Little Boy Dancing

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