To All The Veterans Out There

Thank you for the great sacrifices made throughout our country's history! To those who gave their live we would not have the many great freedoms we have today if it were not for their selflessness. To those who have been fortunate to come back from war and hug and kiss their families we are forever as greatful to you as those who have died serving, the things you see and do for those you do not know requires strength that I and many do not posses to do what you do. For these things I will forever honor those who serve no matter my feelings on the war at hand. I cannot express my gratitude enough to the many heroes who walk among us and who have fallen in war.
Veterans are dear to my heart, close in my family, and forever held high in my eyes. To my great grandfather who has recently passed, his service in WWII will never be forgotten. To my brother, his many deployments during this War on Terror, in Cuba and Iraq. To my Uncle Brian who served during both Desert Storm and the War on Terror. To my Great Uncle Donny who served in Vietnam. And to many other men in my family who have served in a branch of the military and served their country in other ways other than war, nevertheless are they just as important. I thank God for the family of servers I have been given and for the wonderful and dear opportunity I have to be related to such selfless sacrificing servers of their country.
In rememberance of all our heroes, THANK YOU! You will never be forgotten. God Bless!

Do It Anyway

Here's the song I was looking for by Martina McBride

"Do It Anyway"

You CAN spend your whole life buildin'
Something from nothin
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway
You CAN chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway
God is great but sometimes life aint good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anywayI do it anyway
This worlds gone crazy
And it's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway
You can love someone with all YOUR heart
For all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away
love em anyway
God is great but sometimes life aint good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
Yeah I do it anyway,
YEAH, You can pour your soul out singin'
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yeah sing it anyway,
YEAH, YEAH
I sing
I dream
I love anyway, yeah.

God's Will

Things have been extremely stressful lately, everything that could happen basically has... anyways I am not complaining about it because I truly believe that God has given me such peace in my life at this time that the stress of everything is not overcoming my spirits or my faith. He is great and has both taken away and given me so much and I could not have more faith in Him than I do now. I am truly at peace with life in spite of all the negative in life right now. And I do believe that a LOT of the peace He has given me has come from the sweet sweet supportive man that He brought into my life nearly 8 years ago, I would not be the person I am today if it were not for this wonderful man.

I leave you with the lyrics to a Martina McBride Song "God's Will" (it's not the one I was looking for but fits well)

I met God's Will on a Halloween night
He was dressed as a bag of leaves
It hid the braces on his legs at first
His smile was as bright as the August sun
When he looked at me
As he struggled down the driveway,
it almost Made me hurt
Will don't walk too good
Will don't talk too good
He won't do the things that the other kids do,
In our neighborhood
[Chorus:]
I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin'
Lost and lookin' all my life
I've been wounded, jaded, loved and hated
I've wrestled wrong and right
He was a boy without a father
And his mother's miracle
I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'I guess I would be still
Yeah, that was untilI knew God's Will
Will's mom had to work two jobs
We'd watch him when she had to work late
And we'd all laugh like I hadn't laughed
Since I don't know when
Hey Jude was his favorite song
At dinner he'd ask to pray
And then he'd pray for everybody in the world but him
[Chorus]
Before they moved to California
His mother said, they didn't think he'd live
And she said each day that I have him,
well it's just another gift
And I never got to tell her, that the boy
Showed me the truth
In crayon red, on notebook paper, he'd written
Me and God love you
I've been searchin', prayin', wounded, jaded
I guess I would be still
Yeah that was until...
I met God's Will on a Halloween night
He was dressed as a bag of leaves