The other day I had a discussion with some of my friends about music. We got talking about those songs that really touch us. The ones that no matter where you are when you hear the words it takes you back to a certain moment. Those songs that touch your soul and can bring a person back to you for a moment. The songs that remind you of your first kiss, last kiss, and the best kisses in between. You know those songs! We all have a few that just get us. And I find it so interesting what songs really get other people. So I'll share mine if you share yours....
Josh Groban singing To Where You Are makes me cry every time I hear it. But that song reminds me that even though my mom isn't here it isn't far to her. It gives me reassurance that I'll see her again. And it reminds me that I can feel her if I quiet myself just long enough... The video of it is below.
Another song that really gets me is Let There Be Peace On Earth. That has always been one of my favorite songs. When I was a little girl I loved to sing it at Christmas. And even now I still love it! I guess I really do believe that if everyone let it begin with them there might really be peace on earth someday.
And the final one is Come Some Rainy Day by Wynonna Judd. I'm not a big Wynonna fan but that song amazes me. I hear it and it takes me to the day my sister was born. It's like I can see how perfect and new she was. It brings all those feelings back of how excited and amazed I was to have her. Love that song! Love that feeling!!! There is a line in the song that says "I still catch my breath when someone mentions you." And that's the truth about Heather. She really did take my breath away when she was born. I'd never felt a love like that before.
So those are my songs. What are yours???
Jessie
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Remember That Time....
Remember that time a truck drove into my house... Oh yes I remember it like it was yesterday! Oh wait that was just yesterday. It is true a truck took a slight detour and went off roading in my yard!
I had just dropped Sylas off at daycare yesterday when I got a call from the police department asking me to come to my house because in the officer's words, "a guy drove his truck into your house." So I envisioned a truck sitting in my living room! But when I arrived home it wasn't that bad. The truck actually came up my drive way, hitting my trash cans, through the yard and flower beds, and back out of the yard to knock over the neighbors tree. So it didn't actually go into the house. The trash cans and debris from the landscaping did break the front door but otherwise all the damage was too the yard.
Here are a few pics but they don't really capture what the yard actually looks like. There are lots of ruts and what not and one other flower bed was damaged but I didn't get it in the pics. But it could have been SO much worse!
In fact the route the truck took through the driveway was right in the path of where my car usually sits. It also is right where I would have been loading Sylas K in the car to go to daycare about 10 minutes earlier. And it is also where 9 children gathered about 20 minutes before that to get on the school bus. So the entire neighborhood is feeling very blessed tonight that none of our children were hurt! This morning as I walked out of the house with Sylas I actually felt a little nervous. I've never worried about getting hit by a car in my yard before but it gives you a different perspective. We really are so fortunate that all of our kids were safe! The total loss was 4 mailboxes, two trash cans, one tree, 10 yard lights, a screen door, landscape timbers, and my yard. All things that are fixable!
Who knew I'd feel relieved that my yard was destroyed! Amazing how kids change your perspective on things!!!
Jessie
I had just dropped Sylas off at daycare yesterday when I got a call from the police department asking me to come to my house because in the officer's words, "a guy drove his truck into your house." So I envisioned a truck sitting in my living room! But when I arrived home it wasn't that bad. The truck actually came up my drive way, hitting my trash cans, through the yard and flower beds, and back out of the yard to knock over the neighbors tree. So it didn't actually go into the house. The trash cans and debris from the landscaping did break the front door but otherwise all the damage was too the yard.
Here are a few pics but they don't really capture what the yard actually looks like. There are lots of ruts and what not and one other flower bed was damaged but I didn't get it in the pics. But it could have been SO much worse!
In fact the route the truck took through the driveway was right in the path of where my car usually sits. It also is right where I would have been loading Sylas K in the car to go to daycare about 10 minutes earlier. And it is also where 9 children gathered about 20 minutes before that to get on the school bus. So the entire neighborhood is feeling very blessed tonight that none of our children were hurt! This morning as I walked out of the house with Sylas I actually felt a little nervous. I've never worried about getting hit by a car in my yard before but it gives you a different perspective. We really are so fortunate that all of our kids were safe! The total loss was 4 mailboxes, two trash cans, one tree, 10 yard lights, a screen door, landscape timbers, and my yard. All things that are fixable!
Who knew I'd feel relieved that my yard was destroyed! Amazing how kids change your perspective on things!!!
Jessie
Monday, November 16, 2009
Not Me Monday!
This week I did NOT think I was going to die from whatever this horrible sickness was that I had or still have or whatever. I did NOT cough so hard for so long that I ended up peeing my pants once or twice...
I did NOT let my child watch too many videos or eat too much junk because I just didn't have the energy to stick to the rules.
I did NOT in an attempt to keep my child away from the open oven while I was removing a hot casserole have to use my foot to knock him over. I would NOT round house kick a toddler even lightly to prevent severe burns. NEVER!!! And I would never purposely knock my child over. Who does that!
I did NOT feel really grateful that the newspaper came to do our interview last week when I was more on my game rather than this week when the news story could have read very differently.
What did you Not do this week?
Jessie
I did NOT let my child watch too many videos or eat too much junk because I just didn't have the energy to stick to the rules.
I did NOT in an attempt to keep my child away from the open oven while I was removing a hot casserole have to use my foot to knock him over. I would NOT round house kick a toddler even lightly to prevent severe burns. NEVER!!! And I would never purposely knock my child over. Who does that!
I did NOT feel really grateful that the newspaper came to do our interview last week when I was more on my game rather than this week when the news story could have read very differently.
What did you Not do this week?
Jessie
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Is Everything Alright In There
Last weekend Sylas K and I took a road trip to attend my sister's best friend's wedding. Whew that was a mouth full! Anyways, Kelci's wedding was 3 hours from our home. So the closer we got to our destination the worse I had to go to the bathroom. But I didn't want to stop with Sylas K because it is just a hassle. So I text my sister to tell her we are 10 minutes away and ask where to meet her. I'm thinking to myself that I can't wait to hand him off to her and run for the bathroom. Well she informs me that they are in another small town about 15 miles away and to just meet them at the church for the rehearsal. She also informs me there are lots of parks to take Sylas too to kill some time. Super! I really have to pee!
So I decide I can't wait any longer and we stop at a McDonald's as soon as we get to town. I take the wiggly toddler into the handicap stall with me and this is what went down....
Me: Sylas mommy has to go potty. You need to stand right there and not move.
Sylas: No no! He begins to attempt to crawl under the door.
Me: I grab Sylas and pull him back from under the door. Sylas you can't crawl on the floor. Just stand right there for one minute.
Sylas: Wat Dat as he begins to pull the toilet paper off the roll.
Me: Using my firm voice now. Sylas seriously stop touching things. No No!
Sylas: Wat Dat as he begins to play with the trash can that I know is covered in poop germs!
Me: I grab Sylas up and hold his wiggling kicking body under one arm while I hover over the toilet peeing because you know you can't sit down.
Sylas: Begins to scream and cry. Using his most pathetic shriek that could only mean that a troll has rammed a bamboo shoot under his fingernails. He kicks harder I try to hover. I begin to sway. I yell at him to quit it.
And then I hear it. The shrill little old lady voice. "Is everything alright in there?"
Me: It's super thanks for asking!
Seriously who asks that. Does it sound like things are okay. I have three hours worth of pee that I'm trying to hover over a toilet and release, a kid that is acting like a crackhead and has now bit down on my arm in an attempt to be released, and in the midst of it all I just lost my balance and peed on my shoe!!!
YES IT'S SUPER!!!!
Jessie
So I decide I can't wait any longer and we stop at a McDonald's as soon as we get to town. I take the wiggly toddler into the handicap stall with me and this is what went down....
Me: Sylas mommy has to go potty. You need to stand right there and not move.
Sylas: No no! He begins to attempt to crawl under the door.
Me: I grab Sylas and pull him back from under the door. Sylas you can't crawl on the floor. Just stand right there for one minute.
Sylas: Wat Dat as he begins to pull the toilet paper off the roll.
Me: Using my firm voice now. Sylas seriously stop touching things. No No!
Sylas: Wat Dat as he begins to play with the trash can that I know is covered in poop germs!
Me: I grab Sylas up and hold his wiggling kicking body under one arm while I hover over the toilet peeing because you know you can't sit down.
Sylas: Begins to scream and cry. Using his most pathetic shriek that could only mean that a troll has rammed a bamboo shoot under his fingernails. He kicks harder I try to hover. I begin to sway. I yell at him to quit it.
And then I hear it. The shrill little old lady voice. "Is everything alright in there?"
Me: It's super thanks for asking!
Seriously who asks that. Does it sound like things are okay. I have three hours worth of pee that I'm trying to hover over a toilet and release, a kid that is acting like a crackhead and has now bit down on my arm in an attempt to be released, and in the midst of it all I just lost my balance and peed on my shoe!!!
YES IT'S SUPER!!!!
Jessie
Saturday, November 14, 2009
I Don't Like Girls
Have I ever told you that I don't like girls. Well it's not that I don't really like them. Girls are fine. But girls are not boys. And I love being a boy mama. Truth be told I've never really wanted a daughter. Because you know I don't like girls.....
But I really like Ellie!
You know girls require more work. There is much hair involved in raising girls. There are bows and little things that you have to stick into their hair. And I don't like that. And I just really don't like girls.
But I really love Ellie...
And girls are so indecisive. You never really know what they want. My boy is clear. It's either food or something to break. I can handle that. Boys are just so easy and uncomplicated. And I don't like girls at all! Never have, never will...
But did I mention that I really really like Ellie...
When you are a boy mama you know you are the most adored person in the world. Boys just adore their mama's. They do. And they may be rough and tumble but those boy hugs are just the best. And I don't like girls... I don't want a girl.. I don't need a girl... I DON'T LIKE GIRLS!
But I really really really love Ellison Kaye...
Maybe I like girls just enough to have one someday....
Jessie
But I really like Ellie!
You know girls require more work. There is much hair involved in raising girls. There are bows and little things that you have to stick into their hair. And I don't like that. And I just really don't like girls.
But I really love Ellie...
And girls are so indecisive. You never really know what they want. My boy is clear. It's either food or something to break. I can handle that. Boys are just so easy and uncomplicated. And I don't like girls at all! Never have, never will...
But did I mention that I really really like Ellie...
When you are a boy mama you know you are the most adored person in the world. Boys just adore their mama's. They do. And they may be rough and tumble but those boy hugs are just the best. And I don't like girls... I don't want a girl.. I don't need a girl... I DON'T LIKE GIRLS!
But I really really really love Ellison Kaye...
Maybe I like girls just enough to have one someday....
Jessie
Friday, November 13, 2009
Sylas Is In the Paper
*** Update ***
Since I posted I actually got a hard copy (okay 10) of the paper and Sylas is actually on the front page! I'm so thrilled that an adoption story got the front page! Even better yet that it happens to be our adoption story! So fun!
*** Original Post ***
Today the newspaper ran the story about Sylas K's adoption! I am really very pleased with the article and I am so very thankful to the Emporia Gazette and Brandy Nance for taking the time to share a positive adoption story! To view the story just click here. The online edition doesn't have the pictures but you all know how cute Sylas K is anyways!
Jessie
Since I posted I actually got a hard copy (okay 10) of the paper and Sylas is actually on the front page! I'm so thrilled that an adoption story got the front page! Even better yet that it happens to be our adoption story! So fun!
*** Original Post ***
Today the newspaper ran the story about Sylas K's adoption! I am really very pleased with the article and I am so very thankful to the Emporia Gazette and Brandy Nance for taking the time to share a positive adoption story! To view the story just click here. The online edition doesn't have the pictures but you all know how cute Sylas K is anyways!
Jessie
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Observations
You know I haven't been this sick in years! The last time I was sick like this was right before my Dad and Crickets wedding. I'm sick like really truely stay in bed the majority of the day sick. Like don't brush your hair, or cook a meal, or want to do anything sick. But even though I'm that kind of sick you can't sleep all day long. There are times that I'm awake. And since I don't have the energy to really get up and do anything I've just been laying in the bed and observing a few things....
Like my ceiling fan has an incredibly disguisting layer of dust on the blades. When I have some energy I'm gonna dust that off.
And in my closet I have noticed that I have more purple and green shirts than any one person should own. I need to switch it up the next time I have money to shop and buy some other colors of clothes.
There is also a spot right above my window that I missed when painting. It is a weird patch of mismatched color that I had never noticed before. However, it is now annoying me and it's one of the few things I can seem to focus on.
So that's what I've spent the day doing... Observing and coughing...
What about you?
Jessie
Like my ceiling fan has an incredibly disguisting layer of dust on the blades. When I have some energy I'm gonna dust that off.
And in my closet I have noticed that I have more purple and green shirts than any one person should own. I need to switch it up the next time I have money to shop and buy some other colors of clothes.
There is also a spot right above my window that I missed when painting. It is a weird patch of mismatched color that I had never noticed before. However, it is now annoying me and it's one of the few things I can seem to focus on.
So that's what I've spent the day doing... Observing and coughing...
What about you?
Jessie
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