June Reading wrap-up

I didn't get through as many book as I had planned this month, but I did start a study on the book of Esther so I should include that. Here is a recap of my June reading:

The Wedding ~ We never got to the pool much between the weather and our family getting sick, I am crossing my fingers for continued good with weather so I can enjoy this by the pool in July.

The Original Homeschooling Series ~Ugh, I do not really want to think about home schooling right now, this is getting pushed until August.

The Christian Mother ~ A very interesting read, many would find it old fashioned. I really enjoyed it though.

The Excellent Wife (chapters 5-7) ~ Wow! I have been typing my reflections on the computer to post in the group on THL; it has not had much activity lately so I am not sure what I will do with my notes...maybe share on my blog...

Emilie's Creative Home Organizer & More Hours In My Day ~ Hmmm, I didn't learn much from these books. I am not the most organized person but I found many of the tips to be so pointless, I did a lot of skimming! One of my favorites: take a shallow bath, no more than three inches of water...um, no thanks! I am a shower gal, but if I were to take a bath, I would like to soak thank you, not just get my butt wet!

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day ~ I barely skimmed this one, they continuously made mention of the fact that I could bake bread in five minutes a day, that is why I picked up the book in the first place, I felt like the author was trying to convince me a little to much...continuously, I am not kidding!

All The Way Home : Power For Your Family To Be Its Best ~ A good book, I was already familiar with many things she mentioned so it was more of a 'refresher book' rather than a 'learn something new book' which I was hoping for.

The Daily Bean : 175 Easy and Creative Bean Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and...Yes, Dessert! ~ Some interesting recipes that I am going to scan and give a try. Angel detests beans, they make her gag, so I hope I may be able to sneak a few into her. I will share any recipes my family enjoys, maybe even a desert!

A Thomas Jefferson Education ~ I have already posted on this one; I have one more book list to share this weekend. :)

My Book of Blessings ~ June 30

Thanks to Judy for hosting this meme, I enjoy the opportunity to share what I am thankful for each week and it is nice to see ways that God is blessing others.



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Lord you know the struggles I have had lately and I thank you for staying close and whispering in my ear.

Thank you for:
♥The warm days that have let us get outside and into the pool.
♥The wonderful ladies who are participating in the
study of your word with me.
♥Giving me discernment to know when to say no the the earthly things that compete for my time with you and my family.
♥Making my family well again, save Cowboy Fans nagging
cough, I am still asking for healing with that!
♥Quiet mornings, chirping birds and fluttering butterflies.

~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~

Music Monday ~ Meant To Live

This is a terrific song, I hope you enjoy Switchfoot singing Meant To Live. I try to find the artist's original video each week, unfortunately sometimes there is an advertisement before hand. My apologies for that, I have no control over it and am not in any way promoting Ford, I am a Chevy girl...not sure why with all the hoopla surrounding them, but I am. lol




Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly

[Chorus]
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside

Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken

[Chorus]

We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life, yeah

We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live

Classics List for Children

To Read to Young Children
Classics for you to read aloud to young children.


Aesop’s Fables

Andersen’s Fairy Tales

Beauty and the Beast

The Bible

The Blind Men and the Elephant

“Casey at Bat”

Charlotte’s Web

Chicken Little

A Christmas Carol

Cinderella

Dinotopia series

Dr. Seuss series

The Emperor’s New Clothes

The Fourth Wise Man

The Gift of the Magi

The Giving Tree

“God Save the Flag”

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg

Grimm’s Fairy Tales

“The Highwayman”

Hansel and Gretel

Jack and the Beanstalk

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

“Lincoln, The Man of the People”

“Little Boy Blue”

The Little Engine that Could

The Little House on the Prairie series

The Little Red Hen

Little Red Riding Hood

The McGuffey Readers

Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes

“Paul Revere’s Ride”

Peter Pan

Peter Rabbit

The Pied Piper of Hamlin

Pinocchio

Pollyanna

The Princess and the Pea

Puss-in-Boots

Rapunzel

Riki Tiki Tavi

Rip Van Winkle

Robin Hood

Rumpelstiltskin

Rudyard Kipling "Just So" stories

Sleeping Beauty

The Song of Hiawatha

Snow White

Tales of the Arabian Nights

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The Three Little Pigs

The Ugly Duckling

Tom Thumb

"Twas the Night Before Christmas"

The Wind in the Willows

Winnie-the-Pooh series

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


Source: appendix B of Oliver Van DeMille's A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a New Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, © 2000.

My Recipe Collection ~ cheap & easy soup

I threw this together the other night because I was feeling crappy and so was Sunshine, and I hadn't planned anything for dinner. I was surprised that everyone loved it and asked that I be sure to make it again. I assure you it nothing fancy but I guess sometimes those things you whip up on the spur of the moment with no planning are all right!

ingredients:
3 packages of Maruchan Ramen noodles chicken flavor
about three cups of frozen vegetables
about one cup of chopped cooked chicken

directions:
boil seven cups of water, add frozen vegetables, cook for a few minutes
add broken noodles, cook for 2 minutes
add flavor packets and chicken and cook for one minute

This soup was very chunky, not a lot of broth, but that is how my kids like it.

Book Notes ~ Emilie's Creative Home Organizer

Here are a few interesting tips I read in Emilie's Creative Home Organizer by Emile Barnes ©1995.

~ Before freezing fresh bagels cut them in half; they will defrost faster and can be toasted while still frozen.
~ When you are packaging hamburger ground turkey take off the meat tray and flatten the meat out, then put it in a freezer bag. It will stack better in the freezer.
~ After making pies or pastry buns, sprinkle the counter with salt; it will clean up easily.
~ Old sponges cut into squares work great for covering drainage holes in flowerpots.

Here is one that I personally found quite icky ~ wash your face and brush your teeth while you're in the shower. Okay I get the face washing, but I really find the thought of teeth brushing in the shower quite gross!!!

Music Monday ~ Flood

This song pretty much sums up my feelings from this past week, here is Jars of Clay performing Flood.



Rain, rain on my face
It hasn't stopped raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become one with the mud

[Chorus:]

But if I can't swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up - when I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again

Downpour on my soul
Splashing in the ocean, I'm losing control
Dark sky all around
I can't feel my feet touching the ground

[Chorus]

Calm the storms that drench my eyes
Dry the streams still flowing
Cast down all the waves of sin
And guilt that overthrow me

[Chorus]

Lift me up - when I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again

100 Classics Lists

One Hundred Selections from the George Wythe College
Required Classics List
Acton, The History of Freedom

John Adams, "Thoughts on Government"

Aquinas, "On Kingship"

Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics

Aristotle, Politics

Aristotle, Rhetoric

Augustine, The City of God

Aurelius, Meditations

Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Austen, Sense and Sensibility

Bacon, Novum Organum

Bastait, The Law

Bastait, "What is Seen and Not Seen"

Benson, "The Proper Role of Government"

The Bible

Boethius, The Consolidation of Philosophy

Bronte, Wuthering Heights

Bronte, Jane Eyre

Carson, The American Tradition

Capra, The Tao of Physics

Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Churchill, Collected Speeches

Cicero, The Republic

Cicero, The Laws

Clausewitz, On War

Confucius, Analects

The Constitution of the United States

Copnicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Dante, The Divine Comedy

The Declaration of Independence

DeFoe, Robinson Crusoe

Descartes, A Discourse on Method

Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Dickens, Great Expectations

Douglas, Magnificent Obsession

Durant, A History of Civilization

Einstein, Relativity

Emerson, Collected Essays

Euclid, Elements

Frank, Alas Babylon

Franklin, Letters and Writings

Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

Galileo, Two New Sciences

Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Goethe, Faust

Hobbes, Levathan

Homer, The Iliad

Homer, The Odyssey

Hugo, Les Miserables

Hume, Essays Moral, Political, and Literary

Jefferson, Letters, Speeches, and Writings

Keegan, History of Warfare

Kepler, Epitome

Martin Luther King, Jr., Collected Speeches

Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Lavoisier, Elements of Chemistry

Lewis, Mere Christianity

Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

Lewis, The Weight of Glory

Lincoln, Collected Speeches

Locke, Second Treatise of Government

Machiavelli, The Prince

Madison, Hamilton and Jay, The Federalist Papers

Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto

More, Utopia

The Magna Charta

Mill, On Liberty

Milton, Paradise Regained

Mises, Human Action

The Monroe Doctrine

Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws

Newton, Mathematical Principles

Nichomachus, Introduction to Arithmetic

Neitzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

The Northwest Ordinance

Orwell, 1984

Plato, Collected Works

Polybius, Histories

Potok, The Chosen

Plutarch, Lives

Ptolemy, Algamest

Shakespeare, Collected Works

Skousen, The Five Thousand Year Leap

Skousen, The Majesty of God's Law

Skousen, The Making of America

Smith, The Wealth of Nations

Solzhenitsyn, "A World Split Apart"

Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

Sophocles, Oedipus Trilogy

Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin

Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Thackeray, Vanity Fair

Thoreau, Walden

Tolstoy, War and Peace

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian Wars

Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Washington, Letters, Speeches, and Writings

Weaver, Mainspring of Human Progress

Wister, The Virginian


Source: appendix A of Oliver Van DeMille's A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a New Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, © 2000.

Trying to figure some things out ~ part 3

Do you think you know where I am going with this? I sure don't, that is why these posts have been tagged my ramblings.

I only know this, that my Abba loves me and I love Him and I am going to become who He has created me to be. I am going to fulfill His plans for my life. I am going to be the best role model for family that He will grace me to be.

I am going to use my blog as a place for me to be who I am. I am going to keep track of what I am reading and what I am listening to. I am going to keep track of scriptures that I feel the need to memorize, and neat things that I come across while surfing around. I am pretty much going to use this as a place to collect all the random things that run through my mind that I either jot down on a piece of paper somewhere (and eventually misplace) or that I forget I want to remember. A journal would be too personal for me, but a scrapbook of my interests sounds like a plan. That being said I am not sure how it will work for gaining a huge audience and I am not sure how many people will be interested in what I have to mention, but that is okay with me. I am not worried about how many people read this, follow this, twitter this, link this...you get the idea! Although I do love having you stop by and I truly enjoy reading your comments, I am not going to fret over it. I was thinking of getting one of those widgets to track who comes by, but really, what is the point of that?

This is perfect.

I think I have finally figured it out.

Trying to figure some things out ~ part 2

Surprise, surprise this is how I am starting to feel about my blog...I am wondering what is the whole point of it. Now, let me tell you that I enjoy surfing the blogging world, I love reading other people's writing. I just don't feel that my blog serves any purpose, and if you happened to read about the award I won here you might have noticed that talking is my favorite way of communicating, not typing!!! I don't have wonderful recipes to share every week, great frugality tips, wonderful homeschooling creations, wisdom I have gleaned from the Lord, or cutsie pictures of my kids (this one by choice)...I could keep going you know. Besides I still can't figure out if I am supposed to type to myself or type as if someone is actually reading this. sigh...

Trying to figure some things out

I have been blogging now for over six months at something that really just started out as a fun thing to play around with, a hobby of sorts. Most things that I start on whim for the heck of it end up fizzling out as I start getting bored and then move onto the next thing that catches my eye. This is really a terrible habit that I have, not just with the fun stuff but also with other things, like scripture memorization, reading through the bible in a year or implementing something new in our family. I start off strong and all gung ho and then slowly fizzle out. Let me tell you this is not something I am proud of. sigh...

Book Notes ~ A Thomas Jefferson Education

I finished A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century © 2000 by Oliver Van DeMille yesterday. It is a good book I would recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about the benefits of a classic education as compared to a 'public' education. Here are some of the things I took note of:

"Home schooling has long and successful tradition. Actually, it has two traditions: First, the very wealthy have always educated their children at home, some through tutors and others themselves; and second, most of the greatest thinkers, leaders, statesmen, entrepreneurs, scientists and artists of history were self-educated." pg 15

"...all education boils down to two things: the student putting in the work to educate himself, and the teacher getting the student's attention long enough and deeply enough to get him started and help him keep going." pg 23

"Find a great leader in history, and you will find at least three central elements of their education-time, mentors and classics." pg 41

"Application of knowledge to the real world is essential; no education is complete, or even particularly valuable, unless the student uses what he or she has learned to serve the family, community, society, God." pg 47

"You can't train leaders on a conveyor belt; if you want to teach students how to think, their studies must be personalized." pg 49

More on conveyor belt education, "The very message of "graduation" is misleading no matter how you slice it: 1) you'd better get your learning in by a certain date or it doesn't count; 2) you have somehow achieved in twelve years of conveyor-belt-style experiences a wealth of knowledge worthy of endorsement by the sate; 3) after twelve years you are a "finished product;" and 4) "Whew! You made it! Now you can quit learning!"" pg 99

He goes on to say that in addition to maintaining our freedom and our civilization, there are at least six other reasons to study the classics:
-the classics teach us human nature
-the classics bring us face-to-face with greatness
-the classics take us to the frontier to be conquered
-the classics force us to think
-the classics connect us to those who share the stories
-our canon becomes our plot


This book also has left me wanting to do some more research on the 'Commonplace Book', this is not the first time I have heard of it. The idea is that students write in a book everyday, summarizing the main idea or a new concept that they learned. Ask them, "What is the most important thing you learned today?" and have them write the response, focusing on content rather than technique. As the writing becomes more advanced, concentrate on grammar, spelling and other details.

Recommended classic lists to follow in another post.

My Book of Blessings ~ June 16

My friend Judy is not leading her meme today, she is spending the week on sabbatical from blogging in remembrance of Thomas Lathwell. You can read more about Tommy on her post from yesterday.

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Lord I am so thankful today, for so many things it is difficult to name only five of them.

Thank you for:
♥You starting a healing in Angel from her sickness, I know she will be well soon
♥Our new friends from playgroup
♥How hard Cowboys Fan works to support our family
♥Jasmine and her leading us in the study of Your word, I know I have a lot to learn from Esther
♥Your provisions, even in the small things; you always know what I need

~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~

Honest Scrap Award!

YaY! My first blogger award, I know its just a lil' scrap of metal...but I am so flattered. Laurie, the owner of Common Sense Homesteading was so kind to nominate me for the Honest Scrap Award A.K.A 10 Honest Things About Yourself Award!!
Too funny, I think that may have been the easiest award I have ever earned.
Thanks Laurie.


As a recipient of the Honest Scrap Award I must meet some requirements before I can pass this along to my fellow bloggers. Here are they are:

1. Thank the person who who bestowed the award on you, list their blog and link.
2. List 10 honest things about yourself and post a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on your blog.
3. Pass the award on to 7 other people whose blogs you find brilliant in their content or design.
4. Notify the bloggers you choose for the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.


10 Honest Things About Me

1. I am a crier; I cry over commercials and TV shows, I cry when I read books, I cry when I listen to praise music. Pretty much all the time!

2. I love to cook and bake; I just don't like the clean up part of it. :)

3. I believe in homeschooling; some days I don't believe I can do a good job at it.

4. My preferred method of communication is talking, not typing.

5. I will never stop praying for the Lord to be bless our family with more children.

6. I love potatoes, any style, any time!

7. I am the biggest Tinkerbell fan ever. Actually, my Friend Shauna may love her a tad more than I do.

8. I have started many journals and never completed one from front to back.

9. I know that God has placed me exactly where I am for a reason and everything that has happened to me, good and bad, is part of His awesome plan for my life.

10. I enjoy coloring and playing games, especially video games.

Now for the fun part. The following are a few of the many blogs I read that make me laugh, encourage me or are just plain interesting and fun to read!
I am passing this award on to:

Deborah Drapper
Lynn
Aly
Anne Elliot
Kelly
Heidi

My Book of Blessings ~ June 9

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My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I thank you.

I thank you for:

♥Your patience with me
♥Your forgiveness of my sins
♥Your truthfulness and honesty
♥Your never ending love for me
♥Your word of truth that you have given me to study and learn from

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Music Monday ~ Lifesong

I will keep this post short and sweet, but you may want to turn up the volume; Lifesong by Casting Crowns ROCKS!!!



Empty hands held high
Such small sacrifice
If not joined with my life
I sing in vain tonight

May the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You

Let my lifesong sing to You
Let my lifesong sing to You
I want to sign Your name to the end of this day
Knowing that my heart was true
Let my lifesong sing to You

Lord I give my life
A living sacrifice
To reach a world in need
To be Your hands and feet

So may the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Let my lifesong sing to You

A New Homeschooling Group I Have Joined

Today Emma invited me to join a new homeschooling group, The Conservative Homeschooler. Since reading a few of her posts over at THL I have come to admire her strong faith and am hoping I may learn more from her over there. The first thing I noticed when I was logged in was a contest they are hosting to give away a Child Training 101 DVD. I don't know about you but I am still have much to learn about raising my kiddos. Wish me luck with the contest and while you are at it why don't you head over and see what the site has to offer.

Lion Chasers Manifesto

Mark Batterson has written a book that has been recommended to me a few times, unfortunately my library does not have In a Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day so I am patiently waiting on the Lord's blessing to be able to read it! In the mean time I came across the Lion Chasers Manifesto which is quoted is his book.

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Grab life by the mane. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.

Chase the lion.

Hmmm, don't let my faults keep me from worshiping all of God's greatness. Good idea.

My Reading List for June

This is my list so far, the books I am planning to get through this month. I am a voracious reader so I know I will be adding to June's list. My plans are to post my thoughts on these books as I read them. Other than being a nice record for me, I hope that others may find my reviews and lists helpful.

• The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
  I loved the movie The Notebook, so I read the book by the same title and loved it even more. When I realized there was sequel I added the book to my collection and figure it will be the perfect 'poolside' read this month.
  
  
• The Original Homeschooling Series book 1 Home Education by Charlotte Mason
  I have barely glanced through this and to be honest I think it will be a book that requires great concentration...I hope I am up for it!
  
  
• The Christian Mother by John Abbott
  This book was copyrighted in 1833, I printed a copy of it many months ago (before our move) and just came across it when I was organizing some files. I figure it is time to read it, huh?
  
  
• The Excellent Wife (chapters 5-8) by Martha Peace
  This is the book chosen for our group Books For The Soul over at The Homeschool Lounge, I have been a little behind in the discussions but reading a chapter a week this month should have me caught up.
  
  
• Emilie's Creative Home Organizer & More Hours In My Day by Emilie Barnes
  I just finished up The Duggars: 20 and Counting and Michelle mentioned that she made good use of Emilie's book titled Survival for Busy Women, since my library doesn't have that one I am hoping these two may be helpful :)
  
  
• Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day : The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking by Jeff Hertzberg
  I want to bake bread more often and hope this book has some good recipes and helpful suggestions.
  
  
• All The Way Home : Power For Your Family To Be Its Best by Mary Pride
  I have had this book requested at my library for two months now... and it is finally ready for pick up~yaay!
  
  
• The Daily Bean : 175 Easy and Creative Bean Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and...Yes, Dessert! : A Cookbook by Suzanne Caciola White
  Beans for dessert, I am not sure about that, but will give the book once over for sure. :)
  
  
• A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver Van DeMille
  Another highly recommended book that appeals to my interest in education/teaching.
  

My Book of Blessings ~ June 2

Thanks to Judy for hosting this gratitude MEME. Each Tuesday you will be able to reach her meme by clicking the picture above.

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Lord you know I have many things to be thankful for, but these are the five that come to mind this morning. I thank you for:

Cowboys Fan, my best friend and soul mate, he truly gets me and I don't know where I would be without him.

Your forgiveness, only You know how much I have been needing it lately.

My computer and internet access so I may participate in memes like this.

My children's smiles, do I need to say anything else on this one?!!?

Bloggy friends that I have met, online and in person. I have been so blessed by all their kind words and prayers, they truly uplift me.

~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~

Music Monday ~ We Live

Since I became a believer a couple of very short years ago, music has been a huge part of how I worship God. From expressing my thanks, to sharing my sorrows, to praising His greatness...I can always find a song that will convey how I am feeling when I can't seem to get the words out.

I am beginning to really enjoy Music Mondays, especially to hear what other songs my bloggy pals are posting. Remember to put your link in your post so I can find you, and enjoy todays selection. We Live by Super Chick.



There's a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost a son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be the last time she'd trade with him for a little more time
So she could say she loved him one last time
And hold him tight
But with life we never know
When we're coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend?

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

There's a man who waits for the tests
To see if the cancer has spread yet
And now he asks, "So why did I wait to live till it was time to die?"
If I could have the time back how I'd live
Life is such a gift
So how does the story end?
Well this is your story and it all depends
So don't let it become true
Get out and do what we were meant to do

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

Waking up to another dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day is a gift somehow, someway?
So get our heads up out of the darkness
And spark this new mindset and start to live life cuz it ain't gone yet
And tragedy is a reminder to take off the blinders
And wake up and live the life we're supposed to take up
Moving forward with all our heads up cuz life is worth living

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love