MY GOOD SHEPHERD

[dedicated to my sponsor - Tom W and the entire Fellowship]

At Oh-Eight's End
- No Longer Contemporary
I've Gained Strength and Friends
- Conduct Exemplary

This is for You
- Who've Shared Love and Wisdom
Helped Shepherd Me into
- His Glorious Kingdom

You Kindly Remind me to Lean-In
- Reverse Old Tendencies
Stand Beside the Pain I'm Feeling
- Despite my Wish to Flee

Retain Lessons From Past Mistakes
- Release Control for Heaven's Sake
Through Modesty and Grace
- Your Assignments Still Inspire
I Give Him Thanks and bid Praise Each Day
- That You found His Higher Power

I've Learned To Yearn for God's Word
- Firm and Stern I Clearly Heard
Seek no Further! Opened my Eyes
- My Heavenly Father, Now Recognized

My Story is Your 12th step Testimony:
The Complete Restoration of my Soul
- United Again a Family Whole
You Witness, Understand and do not Condone
Together, Doing for me That Which
- Could Never Have Been Done Alone!!!

Soli Deo Gloria!

KittenTale 08.04.2008 Campbell, CA

lonely, I sat
barstool and beer
slapped awake - I suddenly hear
“you wear a visor indoors?” she playfully querried
“my future’s so bright” I wished to've wittingly parried

but words to express
my love for you
still today I do stumble...
earlier muted by beauty
now simply humbled

next we’d dance
yeah, girls’ got smooth groove
but later she reveals
a plan to soon move

truth now be told
then somewhat relieved
for a love like this
my heart was too bruised

near summers’ end
her voice played on my phone
learned she’d claim LA
no longer her home

a new life up north
is what she now sought
so when can I see you?
what time have you got?

all seven room mates
gone for the night
spaghetti for two…
“come by if you like”

self conscious I felt
as I parked my bike inside
nervously I asked - “need any help?”
enthusiasm amplified

“salad dressing needs a shake -
grab that bottle – its new”
I gave it a hard tap
across the kitchen it flew

together each day
by now we’re an item
we share an epic wave
stylin hawaiian

post race lap – one final go
we’re out collecting litter
on fuel too low - we rode too far
amidst mud was a glitter
saved by our _Higher Power_ bar

its clear to me now
her love is mine too
russian time glows
late with the moon

return from PV
now flying home
SouthwestAir is our carriage
from the cockpit i risk it all
please accept my hand in a marriage

she said yes - champagne flows
our glasses clink with cheer
the plane touched ground
we float the whole year

life vibrant - full of friends
volleyball and hot tubs
when God armed with an EPT
lends a reality nudge

a doc named Seive
who’s hands did not falter
delivered us both
a fine son and a daughter

a labored delivery
for first born son
quietly entered – his motor stalled
jump start that heart
now Parker he’s called

blessed be that Brooke
flowed into our world
her tiny voice
most joyous noise we’d ever heard

a mother holding daughter
a father holding son
God doing for us
what we could never alone done

so it remains still today
while we celebrate you
who breathes life into each of us
our love we’ll renew

reaching out our hands
we’ll shout, sing or scream
for love and understanding
Beyond our Wildest Dreams!!!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANA!!!
/edj

Turn the Switch

Cognitive decline
- in fact by design...
survival of the fittest
- nature parsing faulty genetics

Posit's stand
- promotes plasticity
Train the brain
- so you can _think differently©_

Match It - High or Low?
Tell Us Apart - Listen and Do
Sound Replay - Bird Safari™
Story Teller - Master Gardener™
Jewel Diver™ - Sweep Seeker™
... and Road Tour™

Play them all… challenge your ability
Offset neurodegeneration
… and increase mental agility!!!

Your Brain will Thank you
[though speaking through consciousness]
And I, dancing
[on MacBook Air ...] will gratefully too!

Its like a gift to know You
- and now I feel a rebirth
To live My Life in Truth Thats New
- You've Realized my Self-Worth


Each Day's a Gift - I see - Just One
- And My Past is As it Was - I Wept
Forgiven by a Risen Son
- Now Learnin how to take each new Step
1st one to See Myself for Real
- by 12 Begin to Clearly Think and Feel


repeat 1st [chorus]


Working Through and Facing Up
- To my Denial - Resentment - Fear
Ain't Sumpthin I ever thought I Could Do
... But Given Brotherhood - Courage and Strength
Yeah - WE HAVE TO GO TO ANY LENGTH
Authenticated I am New


repeat 1st [chorus]


SOBRIETY - SOCIETY - MINORITY
FOOLISHLY - UNRELIABLY
WE'LL DROWN IN UNMANAGEABILITY

SO SHOW UP - SHARE - THEN COME BACK

CAUSE ITS HERE YOUR REAL
BEGIN TO HEAL
ALWAYS GET - ANOTHER TRY
FROM A BROTHER WHO - WILL WIPE DRY YOUR EYES
IT TIME TO BREAK FREE - FROM OLD LIES
AND REALIZE _HIS_ GRANDEST PRIZE!


Its like a gift to know You
- and now I feel a rebirth
To live My Life in Truth Thats New
- You've Realized my Self-Worth

[fading]

Its like a gift to know you
- and now I feel a rebirth
To live My Life in Truth Thats New
- You've Realized my Self-Worth

Happy Valentines Day Kitten!
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Circles of Light
Surround and Expose
-
Our Love Deep Within
For Those Once Held Close


Around Love Comes Back
To Those Whom Do Sow
-
Though Left, Not Forsaken
In Trust We Must Grow


Like Dusk Before Dawn
And Light Before Day
-
Our Paths Merge As One
His Plan is Our Way


I Pray For This Daily:
So His Will It Must Be
-
I Commit Unto You
His Love Sets Us Free