A.MA.ZING.

= one amazing night. more to come after I sleep...

Zach and Lia

Twice a month, I get to babysit two of my favorite kids. Tonight is one of those nights. I never walk away from these nights without something new to laugh at, and tonight proved to be no different.

Lia: C'mon Becky, we've got to get more stuff.
me: (while looking at a cd cover) Okay, let's go.
Lia: Uhhh, Becky? Are you coming?

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We were playing with a pretend cell phone (that actually mysteriously rang as I was holding it...), and I answered the phone, pretending it was a girl from Zach's class. He took the phone, hung it up, and threw it on the floor, while pretending to throw a bomb on it. The phone rang again, and this time, Lia answered it.

Lia: Hello? Hello? OH NO!!!!!!!!! SHE'S DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hope.

this is the word that keeps finding it's way into my heart, mind, and vocabulary.

"...everything rides on hope, now..." -Addison Road, Hope Now

It Might Be Hope

You do your work the best that you can
you put one foot in front of the other
life comes in waves and makes it's demands
you hold on as well as your able

You've been here for a long long time

Hope has a way of turning it's face to you
just when you least expect it
you walk in a room
you look out a window
and something there leaves you breathless
you say to yourself
it's been a while since I felt this
but it feels like it might be hope

It's hard to recall what blew out the flame
it's been dark since you can remember
you talk it all through to find it a name
as days go on by without number

You've been here for a long long time

Hope has a way of turning it's face to you
just when you least expect it
you walk in a room
you look out a window
and something there leaves you breathless
you say to yourself
it's been a while since I felt this
but it feels like it might be hope

-Sara Groves, It Might Be Hope

Must See

Tonight, I watched this:

...and I cried, just like every other time I've watched it. For your own good, rent it. It won't let you down.

Words of Wisdom

Tonight, as we're getting ready to play raquetball:

Susannah: I've spent all day trying to figure out how to walk - without moving my legs.

Me: Let me know how that works out for you.

Is it a Western??

MAX PAYNE
( PG-13:For violence including intense shootin sequences, drug content, 100 min.)

this is the exact description of the film on the cinemark website. No joke.