(merry christmas) i really do not miss missing you
in MP3
as Cause, Christmas, christmas lights, church, church bells, freedom, home, jingle bells, merry, Merry Christmas, piano, snowfall, song, stay, Voice
I was driving home tonight and this song dropped into my mind.
I wrote it down at the piano when I got home and then I went and recorded it.
Unfortunately, the piano is really quiet compared to my voice.
But, yeah. Here it is:
(merry christmas) I really do not miss missing you
christmas lights are shining
and I’m no longer pining for you
those jingle bells are ringing
and boy, I’m no longer singing for you
and I won’t even ask, cause I don’t even care anymore
if you miss me at all, if you regret when you slammed that door
so merry christmas, I really do not miss missing you
yes, it’s a merry christmas now that you’re no longer making me blue
all the family gathers
and it really don’t matter
that you don’t come near
cause I hear the church bells ring–
such a pretty, delicate thing
and it sounds a lot like freedom this year
and I won’t even wonder if you’re standing under
the same snowfall
cause I’ve let you go, and just like all the snow
you were never gonna stay for long…
so merry christmas, I really do not miss missing you
yes, it’s a merry christmas now that you’re no longer making me blue
boy sets fire.
in Loved Ones, Performance, photography
as administrative assistant, band, bonus, boy sets fire, brother josh, church, church surf, course, crowd, epic, fire, hiatus, michele, music, point, show, stage, Yep
Tonight, I did this. 
I got to watch boy sets fire’s first show back. It has been a three year hiatus. And it was so good to see them on stage again. Of course my brother Josh was hilarious. And of course they sounded amazing.
One of the definite highlights was watching Michele Poplo, the administrative assistant at my church, surf the crowd. Not that the show needed any highlights, necessarily, but yep–that was quite a bonus.
And man, that’s a special band and their music is epic.
I was lucky to be in the crowd.
Not as lucky as Michele, who, at one point was on the crowd, but lucky, nonetheless.
if I were to teach yoga, I would definitely incorporate the hippo.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as blank stare, brother jonathan, church, class, dance class, drama camp, frog, gazelles, hippo, Yep
For the past two weeks, my brother Jonathan has been running a children’s drama camp at our church. But please be specific about it. It’s a drama camp, not a theater camp. Not at all. Because when I asked my nephew Ollie how he was enjoying theater camp, he gave me a blank stare before [...]
someone tell me that I’m wrong
in Funny Stuff, I Lift My Eyes Up, Loved Ones, MP3, Thoughts and Feelings
as back, Christian, church, crunchy peanut butter, kind, part, shaking hands, socked feet, squint, tonight, unnatural angle
I’m wearing terrible socks. I know most people come here to finally discover what kind of socks I am wearing, and I also know that I haven’t been as forthcoming with that information as you would have liked. But now you know. They’re terrible. The kind that slips under your heels if you even walk [...]
even in the dark
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings
as beautiful church, building, church, cold ground, exit, exit signs, life, living my life, red glow, tonight
Tonight I waited till it was good and dark to quietly slip into my church in order to play and sing. Another time–another life, it sometimes feels–that would have scared me. Maybe enough to keep me from doing it. I mean, have you seen how those exit signs give off that eerie red glow in [...]
