[5in5]: Day 4 1/2 - "Wait"

So, day 4's song was kind of a flop and didn't really get finished b/c we had company in and I got super busy. So technically this is the day 5 song, but I'll count it as 4 since 4 doesn't have one posted :) There will be more. The recording isn't great, it gets staticky at points and my singing is weak as I'm trying to be quiet for my sleeping boys, but here it is!

Wait

Here in silence
Lord I wait
Quiet my soul
Lord I wait
Circumstances fade away
Here I am Lord
I am waiting
I am waiting

So I wait for You
I wait for You
Lord I wait for You
To come and move
I wait for You
I wait for You
To come and move

In Your presence
I will wait
Hee at Your feet
I will wait
Let distractions
fade away
Here I am Lord
I am waiting

When life rushes in like a hurricane wind I will wait
When my hearts breaking,
I'm anticipating
Here I am waiting

I wait

http://www.purevolume.com/popout_player/album/99339627

[5in5] Day 3: Writing it Now

Had a busy day and I'm supposed to write a song
So I'm writing it now.

Eleven forty-three and he's waiting up for me,
I'm gonna get it done somehow, right now.

Not giving up, I'm gonna do it,
Not giving in, I'm stickin to it,
Yah, I'm writing my song,
It might not be long,
But I'm writing my song.

Brain is fading, honey's waiting, anticipating,
The end of my song
This is the end of my song.


The link is coming:

5in5 Day 2: This Song

Here's song number 2:


This Song

Here's a little song that God gave to me today
He told me how He loves me and that in His hands I'll stay
Nothing can separate me from this love He gives
So in His hands and by His love I live

Now there's a little more to this song and it's for you
There's nothing you have done and there's nothing you could do
To keep you from the love that Jesus died to send your way
That's why He gave this song to me today.

Here's the link:

http://www.purevolume.com/popout_player/album/99770768

Live Out Loud

So, I'm a couple days late, but i didn't know this was going on until today. 5in5 - 5 songs in 5 days. 5 new songs. But, seeing others do it sparked something in me and this song came out. So, I guess I'm jumping in. I'll just end a couple of days late :) Well, here's day 1.





Live Out Loud

Faded dreams
Far away
I watch you from a distance playing
Through my head
When did I forget?


I want to let it go
Shout it out
Make the Most of every moment and
Live out Loud


Tiny hands
Little Feet
My favorite little people watching
Every Move
That I make
I cannot forget


I want to let it go
Shout it out
Make the Most of every moment and
Live out Loud


So many distrations catching my eye
Breaking my gaze for the hundred and seventeenth time
Twenty four hours is all I've got
But somehow I forgot


I want to let it go
Shout it out
Make the Most of every moment
I want to live a life
That leaves a legacy
I don't want to forget
Awaken the dreams
I want to give my all - live my life like there's no tomorrow and
Live out Loud


Here's the link to the song

http://www.purevolume.com/popout_player/album/99770767

Just Pray

Sometimes, all there is left to do is pray.

A Wrinkle in Time

I recently had a milestone birthday, in my mind anyway. I turned twenty-eight. I know many of you (by many, I mean the five people who seem to read my blog) probably don't see twenty-eight as a milestone. But, for me, it is. I'm nowhere near as worried about thirty as I am about twenty-eight. You see, when you're twenty-eight, there's no arguing that you're in your late twenties. And when you're that late into your twenties, you might as well be thirty. And when you're actually thirty at least you can use the word "early" again. "I am in my early thirties," just sounds so much better to me.

Anyway, in my nearly four weeks of being twenty-eight I have made a new discovery - wrinkles! I have them. They're on my face. They're around my eyes, around my mouth, up my cheeks and on my forehead. I don't like it. If I have this many wrinkles at twenty-eight what will I look like when I'm fifty-eight?! I'm kind of nervous. I'm prepared to run frantically into the most expensive cosmetic boutique and buy every anti-aging product on their shelves.

I have been told, on many occasions, that if I'm consistent in moisturizing my face, it will slow down the aging process dramatically. I have been moisturizing for years. I can only imagine that if it weren't for my dedicated moisturizing, I could use the bags under my eyes to pack for vacation! I wouldn't need a diaper bag. I could keep an extra snack for Toby in the deep crevices around my mouth. But, fortunately, I have moisturized and I have the luxury of carrying my beloved Tommy Hilfiger bag with me wherever I go.

You know, I remember being little and seeing my grandpa's numerous forehead wrinkles when he raised his eyebrows. I LOVED them! I remember sitting in front of the bathroom mirror raising my eyebrows hoping for just one wrinkle! Once, I saw him do it and I asked him to help me. But to no avail, even a professional forehead wrinkler, like Grandpa, was unable to solve my problem.

Now, I have an entirely new problem. All that wishing for forehead wrinkles, as a little girl, has paid off. Little did I know that someday I would be twenty-eight wishing those very wrinkles away. See you at Estee Lauder!!

Goodbye....Hello

Goodbye pre-baby weight that only lasted three weeks.

Goodbye almost flat tummy.

Goodbye firm, tan swimsuit body that didn't exist in the first place, but could have!

Goodbye sleeping through the night without waking up 17 times to pee.

Goodbye energy.

Goodbye.

Hello water weight and baby weight and every other kind of weight.

Hello big, round belly.

Hello itchy red stretch marks and moles and moles and moles!

Hello toilet. Hello again. And again. One more time. Hello.

Hello endless fatigue and nausea.

Hello beautiful little person that makes it all worthwhile! I can't wait to meet you!

Hello!!