03.22.08
Posted in Songs at 9:21 pm by erald17
Jesus, take the wheel
(Carrie Underwood)
She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy with the baby in the backseat
Fifty miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline
It been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn’t pay attention
She was going way to fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn’t even have time to cry
She was sooo scared
She threw her hands up in the air
Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can’t do this all on my own
I’m letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I’m on
Jesus take the wheel
It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder
And the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the backseat sleeping like a rock
And for the first time in a long time
She bowed her head to pray
She said I’m sorry for the way
I’ve been living my life
I know I’ve got to change
So from now on tonight
Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can’t do this all my own
I’m letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I’m on
Oh, Jesus take the wheel
Oh, I’m letting go
So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I’m on
From this road I’m on
Jesus take the wheel
Oh, take it, take it from me
Oh, why, oh
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03.18.08
Posted in Reflection at 7:10 am by erald17
This is the message implied by a philosophy professor who reads my blogs…
I actually never thought that I am becoming too ideal. So maybe that ignorance is what makes it true. I am unaware that I am being too ideal that is why I keep on being one and even become more and more of the same.
Now who’s to blame? No one, no one, no one… (as what my baby brother usually sings ;p)
Maybe this is the same reason why reality hurts me so much… the same reason why I tend to escape from reality that causes so much pain to mankind and live a life of imaginations, dreams and prayers… not detaching myself from the possibility of making grand dreams come true… plus the silent formula called faith.
…maybe the same reason why some people enjoy talking with me because I talk of lovely things that please their minds. Yet the pleasure ceases as soon as the talk is over….
Artist? Writer? Critique? or what have you… Is that me? or just practically weird, whatever… =)
What I honestly know is that even though I seem admirable to the eyes of many people, inside me are many battles I try to struggle with. Most of the time I think of giving up, but for once I have never done it. Sadly, I will not experience the liberty that comes with giving up - not soon. Because giving up is the last thing that I want to and can do.
Giving up is not really categorized as something bad. Sometimes it is just the right thing to do during non-negotiable times.
Till here…<feeling heavy right now…>
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03.17.08
Posted in Lines at 9:58 pm by erald17
I wear no uniform, no blues or army greens.
But I am in the military in the ranks rarely seen.
I have no rank upon my shoulders. Salutes I do not give.
But the military world is the place where I live.
I’m not in the chain of command, orders I do not get.
But my husband is the one who does, this I cannot forget.
I’m not the one who fires the weapon, who puts my life on the line.
But my job is just as tough. I’m the one that’s left behind.
My husband is a patriot, a brave and prideful man
and the call to serve his country, not all can understand.
Behind the lines I see the things needed to keep this country free.
My husband makes the sacrifice, but so do our kids and me.
I love the man I married. Soldiering is his life.
But I stand among the silent ranks known as the Military Wife.
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Posted in Womanhood at 7:41 pm by erald17
So far it has been the longest time since I last wrote…
During the first few days of not being able to write I really felt bad. But I am proud I was able to survive.
There were a lot of important things that happened to me especially lately…
Everyone who knows everything that happened shares the same gladness that I have, some are even so much happier….
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the Mini Ring… is with me…
I understand what he said right after offering it to me.
Meanwhile, I am so proud that today, March 18, at 2pm, he will be marching. I may not be able to personally witness it but I share the gladness that he feels. His four years of stay in the academy is enough of a resemblance of the actual Graduation Day.
He is on to a new destination. And I feel that he needs a special someone to come home to after every duty… after every work of service for our country.
There are times - actually a very few times - when words do not suffice what the heart wants to say. For feelings as these are just meant to be savored, loved and understood because no matter how hard we try to find the exact words to describe them, an omnibus of words would never be enough…
What I just learned to believe right now is that great things come unplanned. Many good things are beyond expectations. Most of them are the things we never asked for, and when they begin to happen in our lives, we just feel the bliss that our reasons cannot contain. And all the rest will be left to linger in the air and to stay with us wherever we go, whatever happen to us…
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eternity………
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