my girl's music
Back from Nashville last night. A long, good, trip.
I drove to Texarkana from Waxahachie, Wed. night, then on to Nashville on Thursday. I learned a lot from the marathon, probably the best thing I learned was how to break long things up into little chunks. Instead of 2 mile chunks, I thought of the trip in 2 hour chunks. There are lots of long, 2 hour chunks in a car with no tape player or CD player. I did talk to myself a lot, I cried a little, too, good remnants from the day before, and I downloaded a few pod casts. Still, anyone who has seen Annalise's car knows about the bumper stickers and driving through the south with a "Draft the SUV Drivers First" sticker can be a little daunting.
I had a great time with my girl. She's so wonderful, and I'm not just saying that cause I'm her Mom. I 'm seeing her explore who she is, and be challenged and change in little and big ways. She told me that academically, emotionally, socially, spiritually, on so many levels, she's growing. I can see it. She also told me that she might come home at Christmas break with a tattoo. (I don't think she knows how much tatoos cost, but who knows, she might just get one anyway.)
She wrote a song for Kayse and played it for me before I left. I didn't cry, I just sat and listened while my hands and feet just kinda trembled. Her song didn't sugarcoat anything, it was honest, authentic and kind, just like Annalise.
The song was about all the things that happen that we don't and cannot understand. The refrain was something like "add this to the list of the things that we can't understand". Then she followed it with a stanza about having faith anyway.
Damn straight, girl.
She's coming home Wed. night as we had another loss in the family.
My granny Dovie, the sweetest, kindest, lady that ever lived, passed away early Sunday a.m. My Dad was with her. Annalise will be singing at the graveside service, "In the Garden", which was Dovie's favorite hymn.
I'm not much on a classic view of Heaven, I'm not sure what happens after this, but I'm pretty sure it's a whole new adventure and we all take comfort knowing that Granny and Kayse are starting their new adventure together.
In the mean time, we'll just keep pulling together down here, being there for each other, working out the details, softening up a bit under the weight of it all and having faith anyway.
I drove to Texarkana from Waxahachie, Wed. night, then on to Nashville on Thursday. I learned a lot from the marathon, probably the best thing I learned was how to break long things up into little chunks. Instead of 2 mile chunks, I thought of the trip in 2 hour chunks. There are lots of long, 2 hour chunks in a car with no tape player or CD player. I did talk to myself a lot, I cried a little, too, good remnants from the day before, and I downloaded a few pod casts. Still, anyone who has seen Annalise's car knows about the bumper stickers and driving through the south with a "Draft the SUV Drivers First" sticker can be a little daunting.
I had a great time with my girl. She's so wonderful, and I'm not just saying that cause I'm her Mom. I 'm seeing her explore who she is, and be challenged and change in little and big ways. She told me that academically, emotionally, socially, spiritually, on so many levels, she's growing. I can see it. She also told me that she might come home at Christmas break with a tattoo. (I don't think she knows how much tatoos cost, but who knows, she might just get one anyway.)
She wrote a song for Kayse and played it for me before I left. I didn't cry, I just sat and listened while my hands and feet just kinda trembled. Her song didn't sugarcoat anything, it was honest, authentic and kind, just like Annalise.
The song was about all the things that happen that we don't and cannot understand. The refrain was something like "add this to the list of the things that we can't understand". Then she followed it with a stanza about having faith anyway.
Damn straight, girl.
She's coming home Wed. night as we had another loss in the family.
My granny Dovie, the sweetest, kindest, lady that ever lived, passed away early Sunday a.m. My Dad was with her. Annalise will be singing at the graveside service, "In the Garden", which was Dovie's favorite hymn.
I'm not much on a classic view of Heaven, I'm not sure what happens after this, but I'm pretty sure it's a whole new adventure and we all take comfort knowing that Granny and Kayse are starting their new adventure together.
In the mean time, we'll just keep pulling together down here, being there for each other, working out the details, softening up a bit under the weight of it all and having faith anyway.
1 Comments:
I'm sorry for your losses lately! But, I'm glad you had a good weekend with your girl. Safe journey this weekend for Dovey's funeral, and I wish her, you, and your family all Peace. :)
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