This is Racehl again with her rendition of the Dixie Chicks soon to be classic Travelin' Soldier. The song tells a story of yet another 'America's Soldier' going off to war and the love that was left behind. She gets requests for this song all the time and every time she sings this song in public, there are always tears to be wiped away. I hope you enjoy her as much as I do.
Signed,
Rachels Momma (lol)
I hide in the shadows
as I walk in the forest
I go in deep, so as not to be seen
I find solace there
Everyone runs and calls my name
but I remain silent....
Not wanting to be found.
To be one with the woods
hidden from the busy comings
and goings of a hectic world
I like the shadows of the woods
they protect me well.
I hear them....... pleading
come out... come out
where ever you are
waiting..... patiently for their
breath of fresh air
but my breath is
still.....shallow
I'll wait for the moment
that I need Sun on my face
then I will emerge refreshed
maybe even more enlightened
from my time spent hidden within
KMH 2005
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Sports!
This is a shot taken just a few hours after my Son saved his cousin Michael, who accidently fell off of a pier while fishing and went under. I am so very proud of my Son, he did not panick, he did not go into shock but most of all he did not stand there and watch his 10 year old cousin go under for a second time. He immediately threw himself down on the pier so he he could hook his lil cousin under the arms and hoist him back up onto the pier, who by the way weighs just as much as himself (he called this super power) lol and then once he knew his cousin was safe he took off running to get an adult to take over. My Nephew can swim but only like something that resembles a doggy paddle and only as long as he can still touch ground even if its by the tips of his toes. He was trying to net a fish, but lost his balance with the net and the weight of the fish.
My Son is into all kinds of sports but fishing, archery and shooting is where his passions lie. He lives for summertime and long lazy days spent at the lake. You can bet he will be teaching his younger cousin how to be a better swimmer this summer!
Even Camelot has moments........besides suffering from huge writers block the last week or so, and I don't know if it's because I have disassociated myself from life ( "safe mode" left over trick from my childhood) or it's because I am completely overwhelmed with what is on my plate right now, that I can't think about it or even write down a few sentences as to not send me into over load. But I am going to try to get some of it out so I can at least get rid of some of the stress of holding it all in.
Thursday - spent day at outlet mall helping a new friend update her wardrobe after being widowed 2 years, she wants to get back into life again.......fun but long day!
Friday - kids have half day (not always a good precursor for parents) One was grounded for lying about homework, one was whining because he couldn't go shoot his bow, the other one was whining just because she can and I have to go grocery shopping and do light housekeeping plus I have plans to go out with friends to celebrate "Denise's" return to her life, night ends with exhaustion around 2:00 am
Saturday - phone rings 6:40 a.m (early phone calls/late phone calls always bad news) it's my sister telling me one of our friends son died the night before, His mother (Judy, my Girlfriend) had just left to spend time with her mother in Florida, it has been a rough 2 years for this friend and she was one of my friends on the cruise we all took in February. Her son was a recovering heroin addict and was found dead in his new apartment by his roommate. We are still waiting for the autopsy, more disturbing news this 'roommate' last roommate was recently found dead in same apartment...like 2 weeks ago! I can't even talk about this anymore.
Mother's day is spent waking up at 5 a.m. to get the family ready for breakfast with my Mom and siblings, then off to the ranch to spend a couple hours with another woman who is Motherly to me, I call My mother-in-law to wish her a happy Mother's day and find out they are planning to come up for an extended visit some time next month (OH JOY!) Now just in the last year or so for some reason my body just starts to turn on me, I have problems with swelling in the soft tissue and the joints in my body at random and of course it picks today to flare up, walking and even sitting becomes painful, but I still have to join my family again back at the lake, for a Mothers day cook out, but at least I was finally able to meet another girlfriends mid life baby......her other child just turned 16 when they found out they were having a mid life baby......they are both in their mid 40's.....Julianna is just beautiful. The day is still over shadowed by the news of Judy loosing her only child. By 9:30 p.m I can't seem to handle anything and as I shut my bedroom door for the night saying I just can't take anymore today as I hobble back to my bed, Hubby makes a HUGE mistake and says, "What was so stressful for you this weekend?" I mumble something along the lines "Go to hell and oh by the way..... thanks for topping off a lovely Mother's day!" as I drift off to sleep with tears in my eyes.
And that was only the last 4 days......
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Significant Others
Don't know how you do it
Like there's nothing to it
You just look my way
I lose my composure
Don't know what to say
I'm overwhelmed, you smile, I melt
Shiver, tremble, I never
No I never once felt so much
It shakes me how you take me
Deeper then I've ever been
It's to the core, under my skin I
Shiver
I love the way your whisper
Slowly,softly lingers
In my ear
You move a little lower
The world starts spinning slower
Then it disappears
Your lips so close,we kiss almost
Just barely touch, but that's enough
To make me
Shiver, tremble, I never
No I never once felt so much
It shakes me how you take me
Deeper then I've ever been
It's to the core, under my skin I
Shiver
It shakes me
How you take me
Deeper then I've ever been
It's to the core, under my skin I
Shiver
Shiver
Shiver,tremble,I never
No I never once felt so much
It shakes me how you take me
Deeper then I've ever been
It's to the core, under my skin I
Shiver
I shiver
"Shiver"
Jamie O'Neal
