Love Conquers All

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.

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....

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

Taking a break before I split my head open

I had to sit down for a moment and write. I felt myself starting to breath heavy and doing eighty million things at once and decided it was time to....take a break. I am currently sitting here looking at a living room filled with open and closed boxes, a coffee table filled with odds and ends, an ironing bored leaning up against the only wall that is empty, and Will's toys spread all over the floor. UUUUgggghhh. I try to be organized. I really, really do. Why didn't I get that gene from my Mother??!! I start on one project and then my mind goes to something else. For instance I came home from the grocery store this morning and decided that I was going to go through all of my laundry and get rid of everything I don't need. I started to go through my clothes and thought that maybe I should go ahead and puree' some food before Will woke up. So, I started pureeing and before I knew it I had five different things I was trying to accomplish. Then I just decided to give up and sit down before I have a melt down. There is just way too many things going on in life right now and it just doesn't seem like things ever slow down. I'd love to just have an hour to myself....no one around, a book and a hammock...that's all I ask. hahah!

Dan and I are headed to Maine on Monday. We'll be leaving our new place filled with boxes and headed home. I'm thrilled to see my family. It's been too long since I've hugged my Daddy Bear. I miss my mother and sister terribly but I see them more often when they come down to SC for mini vacations. I'm sure I'll have endless stories from the trip and look forward to posting some pics.

Until then.....I'm headed back to the laundry.....boooh.

xoxoxox

Sara's trip to G'Vegas

I didn't even mention Sara's trip to Greenville in my last blog! We had a blast...it was wonderful to have her here. It was just like old times, wasn't it Sawa Sue?!?!

Moving......AGAIN!!

Golly Miss Molly!

It feels like Dan and I have spent half of our marriage moving all over the state of SC. When I moved to SC I was in love and the only thing I knew was that I needed to be close to Dan. When we decided to get married and the ring was put on my finger I realized I really needed to be close to the man I was going to spend the rest of my life with. I wanted to be sure that I knew that I knew that I knew that I knew...you get my drift. I decided to pack up all of my belongings, well everything that would fit into my VW Beetle, and move down South to be near my man. I took a bundle of things to Goodwill that year (sigh*). My sister came along with me for support and we headed to SC on a full tank of gas and a prayer. Oh and by the way...my stereo didn't work and I was too poor at the time to go get it fixed. There was A LOT of singing and retardedness going on in the car...you can imagine.

Anyway since then Dan and I have made three more moves. You could say we are unstable. You could say we like variety. But I would say, we are just one of those couples that doesn't have a strong tie to one particular place. Now that we have a son we are starting to get a little more serious about a place to live....but right now it's just fun to try something on for size and then toss it when it gets old.

We are moving out of our cute little apartment next Saturday. I have loved living here. We had just enough room, we had a great pool, a work out facility, agggh. Anyway, since our little man has come into our lives that apartment is definitely cramped. Will has more toys and gadgets that an army of babies. So it's time. Time to part from our old single life. We are moving into a four bedroom house over near Cherrydale. It's kind of in the ghetto...but that's okay. We have LOTS of room, and a backyard, and a nice kitchen...I love it. We signed a two year lease at which time we will decide if we want to BUY the house or not. DUM DUM DUM...scary to even think about it. We both want to keep our options open. I just don't know where we will be in two years, ya know??

Anyway, it's been a crazy month. This Saturday will be the last show for "Crimes of the Heart". wow. It's been an amazing couple of weeks and I've loved the cast! It's been a dream to be back on stage again.

Dan, Will, and I will be headed to Maine July 1-10th. I'm thrilled to be going home for July 4th, visiting with my Grampy Rockwell who has just moved into a nursing home, and going to my 10 year high school reunion. When we get back I'll be unpacking boxes and then Dan is off to Atlanta on a business trip. Please pray for us...I can already feel the stress creeping up behind me.

Much love to all my readers...even though you NEVER leave comments!!...It's all good though, I know you love me. =) smooooooooooooches xoxo