"The poorest, the weakest, the simplest child, is born for immortality. This value outweighs the entire material universe, no matter how small a mark this child makes on it. The tiniest infant owns a deathless intellect, and is as immortal as the Father of spirits. No one can tell what this child will become."
~ A Prebyterian Pastor who died in 1873
"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."
I have been so behind on blogging! Over the last month I have been given a tremendous workload at the ole job, don't get me wrong I am very blessed and thankful to have a good job and work to do but GEEEEEEEEZ!!! There are times I think I am ahead... and then, I check my email :(
I have tons to blog about (other than my complaining) and I have made notes not to forget to post what is going on with our family and as soon as I get a much needed break I will update everyone.
On another note Stuart and I are going to the Eric Clapton concert on Sunday. WooooHoooo! We are very excited and hopefully (although there are "no pictures allowed") I will have pictures :)
Hope everyone is well and thanks for not giving up on checking our blog.
Oh what I would give to be able to see my desk again....
I have always loved Emmielou Harris and of course Dave Matthews, at the beginning of this video she explains how when she first heard this song (originally written and preformed by Nanci Griffith)she had to pull over because it reminded her of her parents.
A few years ago I was listening to a mixed CD a friend made me, it was full of unrecorded Dave Matthews songs. "Gulf Coast Highway" came on, and ironically the one and only time I had ever had to pull over because I couldn't see through my tears was the first time I heard this song. It immediately reminded me of my Grandmother and Grandaddy. As the song played I was just overcome with emotion brought on by both Emmielou's angelic voice and the lyrics that (to me) portrayed my vision of what it will be like to grow old with someone I love.
I knew the very moment the song was over I had just experienced a vision into the memories my Grandparents surely have and will keep forever of one another. The memories that one can only know after years of loving, living, and supporting one another. Watching your children grow into adults, the adults into parents, the parents into grandparents, to have your one true love there to share with you all of the joys of change and to know that THIS began with the two of them is one in a million.
It is actually a coincidence I am writing this post now, I was listening to old CD's and this song came on. I immediately knew this had to be posted and posted soon... this was NOT something I wanted to ever forget again, not something I wanted years to go by and have to wait to stumble upon this song again and let the memory come and pass. This needed to be documented at the very least for myself. It is a reminder of what true love is and it is a little bittersweet that it took this angelic song to remind me I have grown up with the definition of "true love" through my Grandmother and Grandaddy. And for this I cannot thank them enough.
Grandmother and Grandaddy, I love you both more than you know and I just wanted to say "Thank You"
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails He worked the rice fields with their cool dark wells He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico The only home he's known is this old house here by the road
And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing And we will fly away to heaven Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
She walked through springtime when I was home The days were sweet, our nights were warm The seasons changed, the work will come The flowers fade, and this old house felt so alone When the work took me away
And when she dies she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing And she will fly away to heaven Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
Highway 90, the jobs are gone We tend our garden, we set the sun This is the only place on Earth blue bonnets grow And once a year they come and go At this old house here by the road
And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing And we will fly away to heaven Come some sweet blue bonnet spring Yes when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing And we will fly away together Come some sweet blue bonnet spring
These videos were taken with my phone and with this video camera we lost, then found, then lost again... So I have FINALLY found them and after weeks of trying I successfully got them both on a DVD AND on the blog. These are probably my most coveted and favorite videos we have, then lost now have again.
Stuart was out riding and I was watching TV and Jack finally started moving, this time he was moving so much I just knew I had time to catch it on video... I grabbed my phone sitting next to me and started recording. This was the best of probably 5 videos I shot. He seemed to get camera shy... boy oh boy how things have changed:
Let me preface this video with saying, there were no actors hired for this video what you are about to see is not a dramatization. YES I was in fact that miserable, this was taken after the nurse had left the room giving me STRICT instructions not to eat the ice chips too fast. What can I say I was STARVING and I didn't TOTALLY believe her when she told me if I ate too many too fast I would surely see them again. So yes I engulfed the ice chips while no one (but Stuart and the camera) were looking and YES they did pop back up to greet me a few hours later:
This is our baby boys' first bath at the hospital. WARNING: you may want to turn down your volume, possibly even mute it. You can probably foresee what the audio will sound like, so save your hearing and just go ahead and hit mute:
These next two videos are probably my very favorite. Francie meets Jack for the first time and her motherly instinct immediately took over. She reacted in a way that none of us could EVER imagine. It was amazing.
