Here and Now

  This is my theme song! Whenever I'm feeling like life is getting the better of me, I listen to this, and it inspires me not to allow anyone to ever take my power or my voice again.   "Now I'm a warrior Now I've got thicker skin I'm a warrior I'm stronger than I've ever been And my armor, is made of steel, you can't get in I'm a warrior And you can never hurt me again."

A friend shared this on our blog Cycle Of Healing , and I love this song so much that I wanted to share. Breathe Me "Be my friend Hold me, wrap me up Unfold me I am small I'm needy Warm me up And breathe me"

This is one of my favorite songs from the Broadway musical, Les Miserables, sung by Lea Salonga. I just thought I would share:) On My Own And now I'm all alone again, nowhere to turn, no one to go to without a home, without a friend, without a face to say hello to And now the night is near Now I can make believe he's here Sometimes I walk alone at night When everybody else is sleeping I think of him and then I'm happy With the company I'm keeping The city goes to bed And I can live inside my head On my own Pretending he's beside me All alone I walk with him till morning Without him I feel his arms around me And when I lose my way I close my eyes And he has found me In the rain the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me forever and forever And I know it's only in my mind That I'm talking to myself and not to him And although I know that he is blind Still I ...

Last night, Dave and I actually went out on a "date". I can't even tell you the last time we did that, and it was really nice to get out. It was also an interesting night if you are a people watcher like I tend to be. We went to a biker bar called Knuckelheads Saloon to watch one of Dave's favorite blues performers. His name is Albert Cummings , and he is a phenomenal blues guitarist, and singer. Anyway, the bar is a semi-outdoors venue, and only a step behind, are railroad tracks. Since it is a biker hangout, you can hear both the train whistling by, and the roar of bike mufflers, so it is an interesting place to go and listen to live music, to say the least. The people were also a great deal of the entertainment though, and I'm not quite sure that I fit in there, but at least I wasn't the only one. There were a few other people that didn't fit in either, besides my husband. It was a very nice crowd though, and very fun to watch! I just posted a video,...

I was awake at 3:00 a.m. chasing away the monsters. The lyrics to this song from Les Miserables are in my head~ ~But the tigers come at night; with their voices soft as thunder; as they tear your hope apart; as they turn your dream to shame.~ ~Les Miserables~