My friend Bob passed these along a while back (go pee first….):
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Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sundays π¦ , so you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to get yourself some of that yummy goodness (it’s worth the wait…).
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My friend Bob passed these along a while back (go pee first….):
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Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sundays π¦ , so you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to get yourself some of that yummy goodness (it’s worth the wait…).
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I suppose every generation has its share of “Where were you when….?” moments – those “somethings” that happen that are so big, so life-altering, and which affect so many people that the vast majority of them have a memory etched into their mind of where they were when they heard the news, how they felt when they heard the news, and how it changed their life forever.
I can still remember that morning – it started off like any other morning. Rachel had gotten up early and was already dressed and on her way to high school with her friends, Michelle and Sarah were getting ready for school, and Paul was getting ready for work. I was resting in bed, waiting for Rebecca – who had turned 2 months old the day before – to wake up for her morning bottle.
Paul came into the bedroom and said he had just heard on the radio that a plane had hit the World Trade Center and it was on fire.
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Today would have been my little sister’s 63rd birthday.
Miss you like heck, Sis….
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(“Again Someday” by Blackmore’s NightΒ – available on CD or MP3)
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This is one of my favorite arrangements of this beloved song –
It’s just a beautiful, soothing song, don’t you think?:
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(“Over The Rainbow” by the incomparable Eva Cassidy – available on CD or MP3)
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There are so many wonderful versions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” out there – originally covered by John Cale, the version performed by the late Jeff Buckley is perhaps the most well-known of them all (the song has also been covered by Bon Jovi).
I think the first time that I heard this song was on the movie ““>Shrek” (sung by Rufus Wainwright). There is an amazing 4-part arrangement out there by the Norwegian quartet Lind, Nilsen, Fuentes, and Holm. Heck, it even sounds good in Italian when performed by Il Divo.
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In 2004, Eric Whitacre set Rudyard Kipling’s poem “The Seal Lullaby” to music:
Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, oβer the combers, looks downward to find us,
At rest in the hollows that rustle between.Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow,
Oh weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas!Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936
His arrangement is absolutely breathtaking:
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In hectic and chaotic times, music like this truly calms the soul.
Honestly, one of the most beautiful arrangements of this beloved hymn:
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(Performed by the BYU Concert Choir, from their CD “All Creatures of Our God and King” from Tantara Records, arranged by K. Plain, directed by Mack Wilberg. This is also available at Amazon, but that link doesn’t have samples available for listening. You can also do a web search and find copies that are available for purchase or streaming.)
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Thirty-three years ago today, a spirited whirlwind of a girl blew into our lives:
….andΒ we have never been the same.Β Where has all that time gone?
God has a wicked sense of humor – ask any family that has more than two kids, and they will tell you that the third kid threw them for a loop.Β Just when you think you have the whole “parenting” thing figured out – you’re thinking you know everything there is to know about raising kids – the third one comes along, and you realize that you don’t have the first CLUE…..
By the time Sarah came along, we had been parents for 6 years.Β Poor Sarah got the “leftovers” – we were a lot calmer about things, but we were also just plain tired.Β Rachel was starting kindergarten andΒ Michelle was only a year old, so Sarah got whatever energy we could muster up at the end of the day.
Forty-five years ago today, two starry-eyed kids said “I do”….
To my wonderful husband,Β Paul –Β thank you for all of the specialΒ memories, and for makingΒ meΒ so incredibly happy.