Stacie tagged me a week or two ago (thanks Stacie :)) so here are 7 random things about myself.
1. My favorite poems are "i carry your heart" by e.e. cummings and "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service. I love the ee cummings poem, it is what love looks like to me. I whisper it to Sam sometimes when I'm rocking him before bed. I grew up hearing my dad and uncles tell us of "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and I can hear them reciting it perfectly in my mind. This poem makes it almost possible for me to travel years back in time and once again be at my grandma's house. I love it for that.
2. I have lived in every 4-letter state.
3. I love Degas and Mary Murphy and I've seen Mikhail Baryshnikov perform live and it made me cry.
4. I love to read and sometimes when I read something extra special, I copy it into my journal. Even if I own the book or could easily print the extra special something, I like to write it out in my journal. Here's an example, it's Francie's prayer from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn": "Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere--be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost." Certainly my journal is better for that.
5. I cannot sing at all. Seriously. But sometimes that doesn't stop me. Not long ago Doug and I were driving and I just couldn't stop myself from singing Beyonce's "To the Left". so catchy
6. A few years ago I visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. It really messed me up. Its hard to believe that people are capable of that kind of evil. It really did change me to see the things I saw there. An important place.
7. I LOVE wine, yoga, my family, Cambodia, my neighborhood and hearing the voice of the Lord.
My neighborhood:
I tag: Paige, Amy, Jocelyn, Sam, and Laura. If you've already been tagged or you're just not into it, no problem!
Thanks so much to everyone praying for and thinking about my dad. He had an MRI done this week to check his brain. I'm counting on that being OK. He FINALLY starts chemo and radiation on Monday.
Now, I'm off to read your blog. See you there.
8 comments:
I love e.e. too- hence the blog title. I love your neighborhood as well! Thinking about your dad. Hope everything goes smoothly next week.
HHHmmmm tagged? Not sure exactly what that means. I am not very blog savvy at this point. amy
I love these tags...all the interesting things you find out about people!
I also copy things that I read in my journal. I love to read and sometimes hug my books (honestly. I know I'm a little dorky. Or maybe a lot dorky.) You just can't beat a good book! Tonight, I was finishing the 9th (and final) book in a series I've been reading this year. I was so sad for it to finally end! I kept reading and then checking to see how many pages I had left. Then, I would hug my book and think - should I finish it? Or drag it out a little longer? Ok. Really being transparent here!
Utah, Iowa and Ohio? A pretty amazing fete!
We'll be praying for your dad over here!! Praying treatment goes amazingly well.
I was so surprised to read about your history with the Cremation of Sam McGee. My Grandfather could quote the whole thing from start to finish...so many childhood memories associated with that poem. I can't read it now without tearing up.
I now want to read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Wonderful quote.
I hope it goes well with your dad. I will be thinking of you guys.
Tell us why you love Cambodia! (Are we allowed to ask follow-up questions to your tagged answers?) I am curious. I volunteered about three months (across four years) at an orphanage in Phnom Penh. I love Cambodia, too!
So ...
GO OBAMA!!! Can you believe it? I'm so happy. I slept 2 hours last night and coulnd't go back to sleep. It's a shiny new day!!! And a new era for me, because I am finally free of the Real Clear Politics poll of polls. Etc.
The series I just read were the Zion Covenant books by Brock and Bodie Thoene. They are WWII fiction - I love reading about anything to do with WWII. I also HIGHLY recommend Francine Rivers, her Mark of the Lion series. My favorite books ever! Happy reading :)
Love it! First - I love e.e. cummings - we had a poem of his read aloud during our wedding ceremony. We also have a beautiful painting with one of his quotes on it. And, your neighborhood looks awesome!!
I love your 7 random things. Beyonce's 'to the left' song is called "irreplaceable," I think. NeYo wrote it for himself but thought it came off sounding totally misoginist, (sp?) and would be better if a girl was singing it, so he gave it to Beyonce. Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Hope your dad is feeling okay.
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