Wednesday, April 21, 2010

One Word (totally ripped off from LJ's blog)

The challenge? Answer each question with just one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your significant other? unknown
3. Your hair? pretty
4. Your mother? encouraging
5. Your father? doting
6. Your favorite? smiling
7. Your dream last night? forgotten
8. Your favorite drink? wine
9. Your dream/goal? family
10. What room you are in? classroom
11. Your hobby? baking
12. Your fear? alone
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? joyful
14. Where were you last night? home
15. Something that you are not? housekeeper
16. Muffins? pumpkin
17. Wish list item? fulfillment
18. Where you grew up? Denison
19. Last thing you did? eighteen
20. What are you wearing? heels
21. Your TV? off
22. Your pets? bark-y
23. Friends? lifeline
24. Your life? emotional
25. Your mood? frazzled
26. Missing someone? Who?
27. Car? improvement
28. Something you're not wearing? grill
29. Your favorite store? Target
30. Your favorite color? red
33. When is the last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? Monday
35. One place that I go to over and over? work
36. One person who texts me regularly? LL
37. My favorite place to eat? Chuy's
38. My favorite food? avocado

Monday, April 12, 2010

Painting Pictures

"Painting Pictures of Egypt" by Sara Groves
I don’t want to leave here
I don’t want to stay
It feels like pinching to me
Either way
And the places I long for the most
Are the places where I’ve been
They are calling out to me
Like a long lost friend

It’s not about losing faith
It’s not about trust
It’s all about comfortable
When you move so much
And the place I was wasn’t perfect
But I had found a way to live
And it wasn’t milk or honey
But then neither is this

I've been painting pictures of Egypt,
Leaving out what it lacks
The future feels so hard,
And I wanna go back!
But the places that used to fit me,
Cannot hold the things I've learned
Those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned!

The past is so tangible
I know it by heart
Familiar things are never easy
To discard
I was dying for some freedom
But now I hesitate to go
I am caught between the Promise
And the things I know

I've been painting pictures of Egypt,
Leaving out what it lacks
The future feels so hard,
And I wanna go back!
But the places that used to fit me,
Cannot hold the things I've learned
Those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned!

If it comes too quick
I may not appreciate it
Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?
And if it comes too quick
I may not recognize it
Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?