Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

         You remembered me.

Always.

Up before dawn.

Busy day.

Just taking a few moments

before work begins to reflect.

Had a wonderful conversation

with Judith last night.  

It’s good to talk.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:  Tim McGraw: Highway Don't Care

Bet your window's rolled down and your hair's pulled back

And I bet you got no idea you're going way too fast

You're trying not to think about what went wrong

Trying not to stop 'til you get where you goin'

You're trying to stay awake so I bet you turn on the radio

And the song goes

I can't live without you, I can't live without you, baby

I can't live without you, I can't live without you, baby, oh baby

The highway won't hold you tonight

The highway don't know you're alive

The highway don't care if you're all alone

But I do, I do.

The highway won't dry your tears

The highway don't need you here

The highway don't care if you're coming home

But I do, I do.

I bet you got a dead cell phone in your shotgun seat

Yeah, I bet you're bending God's ear talking 'bout me.

You're trying not to let the first tear fall out

Trying not to think about turning around

You're trying not to get lost in the sound but that song is always on

So you sing along

I can't live without you, I can't live without you, baby

I can't live without I can't live without you baby, oh baby

The highway won't hold you tonight

The highway don't know you're alive

The highway don't care if you're all alone

But I do, I do.

The highway won't dry your tears

The highway don't need you here

The highway don't care if you're coming home

But I do, I do.

I can't live without you, I can't live without you, baby

I can't live without I can't live without you, baby, oh baby

The highway don't care

The highway don't care

The highway don't care

But I do, I do.

I can't live without you, I can't live without you, baby

I can't live without I can't live without you, baby, oh baby

(The highway don't care

The highway don't care

The highway don't care

But I do, I do)

I can't live without you, I can't live without you, baby

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

             You remembered me.

Always.

Whose truth?
A mother's truth?

As we spent the day by
your bedside I got her
version of the truth.

It was from her point of view,
that of a mother; colored; slanted
and seen through a prism
of her own making.

But in the end, the evidence would
mount and mount and it would
become obvious that there was
no reason to doubt her
version of the truth.

Whose truth?
Why yes, the truth
spoken by your mother.

On December 16, 2009 she left us.
On the afternoon of June 4, 2012
you set things in motion.
On June 5, 2012 you left us.

Events connected through time.
With her protection gone,
the second, sadly, was inevitable.

She spoke the truth
and I can see it plainly now.

Have a tune for you today ... enjoy.

Link: Ashley Moore: Used

Used
Like an old piano played for generations
Slowly fading out of tune
Used
Like the soles on the bottom of my favorite pair
Of dancing shoes
I know I'm not some bright and shiny
Polished up
Car that's sparkling new
Right off the salesroom floor

Yeah I've got some dents and bruises
I've been dropped and there's a scar
Where, my heart was broke before
But in the end
I'll worth a whole lot more
Used
Ah ah ah ah
Na na na na

Used
Like a book read so many times
Front to back it starts to split in two
Used
Like a house where a family lived
Until they died and there's a soul in every room
I know I'm not some brand new dress
Hanging there perfectly pressed
That never has been worn

I've got some buttons missing
And there's a couple stains
And places where the fabric has been torn
But in the end
I'll be worth a whole lot more
Used

Dear Beverly

Just stopped in to say hello.

          You remembered me.

Always.

The "madness" begins today.
Should be fun. 

Have a tune for you today.

"Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
You can't flip over and start again
Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth"


So true ... enjoy.


 Link:  Kenney Chesney: Don't Blink

I turned on the evening news
Saw a old man being interviewed
Turning a hundred and two today
Asked him what's the secret to life
He looked up from his old pipe
Laughed and said "All I can say is."

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

I was glued to my TV and it looked like he looked at me and said
"Best start putting first things first."
Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
You can't flip over and start again
Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

I've been try'n to slow it down
I've been try'n to take it in
In this here today gone tomorrow world we're livin' in

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

Now, don't blink

Dear Beverly

Your memory lives within my heart this morning, the first day of spring.

              Mi Amor, you remembered me.

Always.

Spring arrived at 4:02 AM.

It’s about time.

Countdown to baseball.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link: Carolina Liar: It’s a Beautiful World

Here it comes in the morning

I'm just trying to forget

Keep it real, keep it simple

And somehow just get out of bed

And this city is endless

I'm as cold as it's stone

Yeah this city is endless

And I'm, I'm walking alone

Sunlight creeps in between the curtains

Lose the sheets there's no time for sleep

I lie, I pretend ‘til I'm almost certain

It's a beautiful world

I wanna ask for direction

But I don't dare to disturb

I got a thing with affections

Yeah, that's why I'm walking alone

Sunlight creeps in between the curtains

Lose the sheets there's no time for sleep

I lie, I pretend ‘til I'm almost certain

It's a beautiful world

Here it comes in the morning...

Sunlight creeps in between the curtains

Lose the sheets there's no time for sleep

I lie, I pretend ‘til I'm almost certain

It's a beautiful world

(Yeah, it's a beautiful world)

la la la la

I pretend ‘til I'm almost certain

It's a beautiful world

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

       You remembered me.

Always.

Long night last night.

Late night … tired.

I shouldn’t complain,

instead I should celebrate each day.

Have a tune for you today,

it is a request … 

You'll know who ... enjoy

Link:  Pink Floyd: Welcome to the Machine

Welcome my son,

welcome to the machine.

Where have you been?

It's alright we know where you've been.

You've been in the pipeline, filling in time,

provided with toys

and Scouting for Boys.

You bought a guitar to punish your ma,

And you didn't like school,

and you know you're nobody's fool,

So welcome to the machine.

Welcome my son,

welcome to the machine.

What did you dream?

It's alright we told you what to dream.

You dreamed of a big star,

he played a mean guitar,

He always ate in the Steak Bar.

He loved to drive in his Jaguar.

So welcome to the machine.

Dear Beverly

Just stopped in to say hello.

         Oh Doll, you remembered me.

Always.

To heal my heart

I made a promise to myself.

As long as my heart beats

you will not be forgotten.

I didn’t know it was goodbye.

I didn’t understand last June

how much pain you were in.

I didn’t fully understand how

you felt that you were so alone

and cutoff from the world.

My heart wept in August

when I understood

the meaning of the words,

“I just wanted to hear

your voice one more time.”

I didn’t know it was goodbye.

How blind was I not to see.

And so, a simple

promise to myself.

As long as my heart beats

you will not be forgotten.

I have a tune for you today!

A discovery …

“Don't know why you

can't see the diamonds in the coal”

… enjoy.

Link:  Hayley Taylor: Felt Like Love

Our heads in the clouds,

no clocks to keep time

it's all lingering looks and butterflies

Don't know why you

can't see the diamonds in the coal

Guess we all only know

when we know

but it felt like love

yeah it felt just like love

ooh it felt like love

yeah it felt just like love

take the long way back home

just to keep holding hands

wild hope plants its seeds

that grow in us great plans

Don't know why you

can't see the diamonds in the coal

Guess we all only know

when we know
but it felt like love

yeah it felt just like love

ooh it felt like love

yeah it felt just like love

and everybody says

they know how it feels

but sometimes you can't

stop thinking it's real

cause innocence always

tastes so sweet

and falling's never been this easy
ooh it felt like love

yeah it felt just like love

ooh it felt like love

yeah it felt just like love

oh it felt like love

oh it felt just like love

oh it felt like love

oh it felt just like love

Dear Beverly

Top ‘o the morning to ya … stopped by to hello.

           You remembered me.

Always.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.

It was bittersweet

spending time with you.

Sort of a one way conversation,

if you know what I mean.

March Madness starts today.

Saint Patrick’s Day and March Madness

are sure signs that your boys in

BLUE will be taking the field soon.

Both hope and sadness in the air.

These are days that you are missing.

These are days of fun and joy.

These are days without you.

These are days of sadness and sorrow.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:  George Jones: A Picture of Me

Imagine a world where no music was playing
then think of a church where nobody's praying
if you've ever looked up at a sky with no blue
then you've seen a picture of me without you

Have you walked in a garden where nothing was growing
or stood by a river where nothing was flowing
if you've seen a red rose unkissed by the dew
then you've seen a picture of me without you

Can you picture Heaven with no angels singing
or a quiet Sunday morning with no church bells ringing
if you've watched as the heart of a child's breaks in two
then you've seen a picture of me without you...