Infinite Power of Hope

Choose Your Own Lyrics

We've been spending a lot of time in the van since school started several weeks ago. So of course we listen to the radio a lot.

I'm a channel surfer. I hate listening to commercials on the radio, and there are plenty of annoying songs out there. The boys will frequently say, "This song, Mom!" as I'm cruising through the channels. (I think that's mostly so I don't stop on talk radio, though I've given up political talk radio because I don't want to explain why I'm mad at the radio so it's just occasional sports talk radio I cruise through. Alas, the Broncos are stinking up the joint too so sports radio brings up few pleasant discussions either.)

Alex loves music. The songs lead to some interesting conversations, but I'd rather talk about the songs on the radio then explain why nasty black smoke is belching out of the back chimney of the funeral home occasionally when we pass by.

One day he was singing, "I want to kiss a girl." I explained that he's only allowed to kiss me for now but no other girls. (I did get kissed on the playground when I was in kindergarten so it's not too far fetched.)

One day he said, "Mom, what does 'I'm falling to pieces mean?" Adam sings that song too, but for young boys the song has no meaning.

Recently when he demanded a song (that frankly I don't care for) talking about a little white church he said, "Mom, I have a little white shirt on!"

Maybe some day he'll grow up and insist that a song Mary's listening to is using a certain swear word even when it's really saying "toucha," but maybe that could only happen during an era when Genesis was popular. I think we can all agree that should not be brought back along with all the 80-90s fashions, right?

Continue in Patience

Mary's Poem

This week Mary wrote a poem for one of her school assignments. The class did work off somewhat of a template like telling them what lines should rhyme with each other, and then the last couple lines were all the same I believe. She mounted it on construction paper and decorated it. Here's what she came up with:

By Myself

When I'm by myself

and I close my eyes

I'm a white cat

I'm a flower hat

I'm a purple car

I'm a granola bar

I'm a white and black dog

I'm a real long log

I'm the color red

I'm a fan of my bunkbed

I'm whatever I want to be

An anything I care to be

And when I open my eyes

What I care to be

Is me

Create

Good Things to Come

Looking For a Good Book??

Have you ever picked up a book and gotten really into the story....

and then...

unexpectedly...

here comes a graphic sex scene...

or a load of profanity...

or a ton of violence...

You're already into the story, but you don't want to finish because you really don't like all the added garbage???

Why have you wasted your time reading a book that you've now chosen not to finish??

I feel your pain.

Fortunately, I've found a blog that will help you avoid that.

Good Clean Reads

The writer is actually my friend Kim. I've known Kim since kindergarten. (She even probably knows I was 9 before I learned to ride a bike...) Of course after college and not living in the same place for several years now we only see each other in the summer when we both go visit our families.

So thanks to the wonders of Facebook I've now discovered that Kim runs a good blog. She's done a ton of book reviews and gives each a rating system. (Click on the Rating System tab for an explanation.) I did pick up a book the other day at the library and started reading it (The Time Traveler's Wife) and after a while started noticing I wasn't a fan of the language and sex. So I went to Kim's website and lo and behold I found that book in the "Read At Your Own Risk" section. Sounds like the book was going to get worse so I just took it back to the library. Kim couldn't finish it either.

For the rest of the book lovers out there... check out Good Clean Reads. I think you'll be glad you did.

Happy (clean) Reading!!