Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
On Children
by: Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
I think this is so beautifully said...and so very, very true.
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
I think this is so beautifully said...and so very, very true.
Monday, July 28, 2008
HITTING THE PAVEMENT
I'm writing my goals down so they become a reality. I've talked about doing a marathon for years and it's time I actually followed through with it. I'm running a half marathon in October of this year and then plan on doing the Disney Marathon in 2009. The Disney run might not work out because it's almost full, but there are several other runs I'm looking at if this one doesn't work out. I have a group of people that are interested in doing it with me so I can't chicken out!
Okay, I'm off to hit the pavement with my boy and buggy....
Okay, I'm off to hit the pavement with my boy and buggy....
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Life is all about Changes and Changing
It's been a cRaZy couple of weeks for the Martin's. I'll start off by saying that it was WONDERFUL to be home over the 4th. So much has happened for my family this last year and it was good to see everyone and know they are doing well. As much as I love new things and new experiences there are some changes that just, well, suck. Dan, Will, and I also went to my 10 year high school reunion....WOW. How crazy to see all of my old chums grown up and doing their thing! It was surreal to say the least and dinner was definitely the highlight of the night at the Happy China Buffet- puke. haha!
We just moved into our house and I still have a few rooms to finish unpacking and then the next project is painting and fixing little things here and there. I tend to want to decorate the walls first and then leave the unpacking for last. It's kind of like eating desert before dinner for me. I love the house, but our neighbors are interesting. There's the guy at the end of the road that has a small farm and his rooster never fails to wake me up every morning at 5am. The lady next to us asks me for rides all the time and she freaks me out. She also has a strange fascination with my son and tries to take him out of my arms all the time....in which case I tell her,"He doesn't like people.". The people across the street are quiet as mice and then there is the lady who is diagonal to our house and her name is something like Yolanda. The only cool person in our neighborhood besides Caroline and Dan is our other next door neighbor on the other side of our house...he is hilarious and keeps us in stitches whenever we see him.
I started singing in a band called Hit Mob 7 about two months ago. I love it and I love the people. We are a party band and we'll have our first gig in August. We are recording our demo right now and after that's finished our web site should be up. If you want to check it out in the next couple of weeks the site is: hitmob7.com
This was taken in rehearsal the other night...
Dan is starting to travel like crazy again. I HATE IT WHEN HE'S GONE. We are doing well though and I'm so in-love with that man. It's amazing! We just celebrated our 5 year anniversary. This year I made salad, salmon, red potatoes, vegetables, and carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for dinner. We cuddled on the couch and watched a movie...and it was just so nice to not have anything to do other than enjoy each other's company. Dan and I just sat for the cover of the Greenville Magazine for this month. If you want to check it out go to: www.greenvillemagazine.com
We just moved into our house and I still have a few rooms to finish unpacking and then the next project is painting and fixing little things here and there. I tend to want to decorate the walls first and then leave the unpacking for last. It's kind of like eating desert before dinner for me. I love the house, but our neighbors are interesting. There's the guy at the end of the road that has a small farm and his rooster never fails to wake me up every morning at 5am. The lady next to us asks me for rides all the time and she freaks me out. She also has a strange fascination with my son and tries to take him out of my arms all the time....in which case I tell her,"He doesn't like people.". The people across the street are quiet as mice and then there is the lady who is diagonal to our house and her name is something like Yolanda. The only cool person in our neighborhood besides Caroline and Dan is our other next door neighbor on the other side of our house...he is hilarious and keeps us in stitches whenever we see him.
I started singing in a band called Hit Mob 7 about two months ago. I love it and I love the people. We are a party band and we'll have our first gig in August. We are recording our demo right now and after that's finished our web site should be up. If you want to check it out in the next couple of weeks the site is: hitmob7.com
This was taken in rehearsal the other night...
Dan is starting to travel like crazy again. I HATE IT WHEN HE'S GONE. We are doing well though and I'm so in-love with that man. It's amazing! We just celebrated our 5 year anniversary. This year I made salad, salmon, red potatoes, vegetables, and carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for dinner. We cuddled on the couch and watched a movie...and it was just so nice to not have anything to do other than enjoy each other's company. Dan and I just sat for the cover of the Greenville Magazine for this month. If you want to check it out go to: www.greenvillemagazine.com
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