let's try this one again...

the day, not the subject matter. i'm leaving pain and hurt and anger and lashing out for another day altogether... so instead, i'm going to just put up some indigo girls lyrics... (but i can't remember off the top of my head which song i was so sure i was going to spotlight in the car...)

dark clouds are coming in, like an army
soon the sky will open up and disarm me
you will go, just like you've gone before
one sad soldier off to war
with enemies that only you can see

the dishes stacked, the table cleared
it's always like the scene of the last supper here
you speak so cryptically
but that's no news to me
the flood is here, it'll carry you
and i've got work to do

come on home
the team you're hitched to has a mind of its own
it's just the forces of your past you've fought before
come back here and shut the door
i'm stacking sandbags against the river of your troubles

there is fire, and there is lust
some would trade it all for someone they could trust
here's a bag of silver
for a box of nails
it's so simple, the betrayal
though it's known to change the world and what's to come

come on home
the team you're hitched to has a mind of its own
it's just the forces of your past you've fought before
don't you recognize them anymore?
i'm stacking sandbags against the river of you troubles

there's the given and the accepted
i count my blessings while i eye what i've neglected
is this for better? is this for worse?
you're all jammed up and the dams about to burst

i hear the owl, in the night
i realize some things never are made right
by some will, we string together here
days to months and months to years
what if everything we have adds up to nothing?

home (come home)
the team you're hitched to has a mind of its own
it's just the forces of your past you've fought before
come back here and shut the door
i'm stacking sandbags against the river of your troubles.....

this song has always touched me very deeply. so much of it i feel just as it's written. (although i have to admit i'm never sure if i'm the writer or the subject of the song....it fits both ways throughout the song, to be honest) it's just such a beautiful song...

the kids had their first rock climbing class today. it was a lot of fun. i really like doing stuff like that. rock climbers seem to be kind of a quirky bunch, but you can't accuse them of not being passionate about their hobby.... and it's kind of liberating to be around someone that passionate. the whole "shine your light bright...it gives others permission to shine theirs bright, too" idea...it really works in that gym. for me anyway. and for my kids, too. tuesdays will be good days...

peace