Snow In South Carolina!

In fact, snow covered the entire Southeast except Florida.  Then ice came later.  From Monday, January 10, 2011 even up to now January 12, 2011, snow is still on the ground.  It’s just covered with a ¼ inch sheet of ice.  The temperatures haven’t warmed up enough to melt it completely, just enough to turn it water to refreeze at night.  Over 2,600  auto crashes were reported during this time.  The children have been out of school, too!  It looks like they’ll get Thursday off due to black ice on some of the roadways.

Isaac Hayes - Walk on By

Sometimes I ask for too much, too quickly. As the saying goes, “Be careful for what you ask for, you might get what you want.” And what you get might not be what you want in the long run. If I stand back, it will seem that I’m withdrawn and aloof. If I jump in, I’m aggressive and too forward. I’m fighting too hard in the name of commitment. Finding that medium will be a task because being a centrist might be viewed with more caution. I do know that it is difficult to accept someone and at the same time wonder if their spirit is in-sync with yours. Maybe sitting on the sidelines might not be that bad after all. One thing is for sure, pride can get in the way. Pride can do you in. It was foolish of me to think that I could change your heart from someone who never left and to think that I could.

Jerry Butler I Need To Belong (To Someone)

You got to add some old school at one time or another.  It might as well be Jerry Butler.

Annie Lennox – Why?

Once again, she addresses relationships directly. Sometimes telling the person directly how much you feel for them frightens, offends and hurts.

Annie Lennox – No More “I Love You’s”

Try to listen to the words but check out the contradictions in the video. Annie is great at what she does.

Happy New Year, 2011!

It's another year and some people didn't wake up to it!  Let's be grateful that we did!  We have another chance to do better than we did the year before!  Let's cherish the moments we have, enjoy the company that we keep, help others when we can, and tell the people in our lives how much that we appreciate them!

An Open Letter To A Special Friend!

Will Downing said it best when he sang “I Can’t Make You Love Me.”  He wants to hold on one last time but so does she! No one can make another person love him/her but he/she can certainly try.  That’s providing if it’s worth the effort.  Not much is as disappointing as being in love with someone who isn’t in love with you.  Yes, it hurts, but one way love relationships are fairly common.  Loving someone is a lot different than being in love!  It’s not being needy or unloved, I don’t know the circumstances what might cause the unbalanced relationships.  There can be a lot of reasons, abused love, rejected love, betrayed love, phony love, etc.  If you have a family, kids, grandkids and others, you don’t need love from an outside source or anyone else, especially if they aren’t a part of your life.  So you celebrate staying single because it’s convenient, less exposing, fun, and unassuming.  Walls can be left up and attachments can be denied.  The bad thing is that a good man or woman could be standing in front of you and is prepared to love you for you, not for the looks, not for the financial security, but for the beautiful spirit that lives inside of you.  Still, some of these attributes do help.  If you don’t want to hear the I-love-you or want the hugs or touching, say so.  Don’t say, I’d-rather-be-your-friend.  Most people know that that phrase is a subtle way of saying deeper levels of this relationship will not happen.  The other condescending line is, You're-not-my-type.  I don't know which line is worse, it depends on when its given.  I will agree that being friends should come first.  There is wisdom in being patient instead of rushing.  Patience can help in learning each other strengths and weaknesses building the friendship.  I know about broken hearts, we still feel them from time to time, but time doesn’t feel, time continues.  Every man wants a strong, faithful woman beside him.  He wants to feel secure that the woman he is giving his heart to will be the woman that will be by his side during the hard times as well as the good.  But a woman also wants a man that she can trust, a faithful provider and protector, a mate for life with common views of she wants and expects to escort her through her various phases of this journey we call life.  We all want what is best for us but do we want what is best for each other?  Why settle? Sacrifices are not made for selfishness but for selflessness.  We must be honest and truthful but we don’t have to be fools.  Celebrate the New Year with gratitude and peace.