if thou must love me

if thou must love me, let it be for naught
except for love's sake only. do not say,
'i love her for her smile—her look—her way
of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought
that falls in well with mine, and certes brought
a sense of pleasant ease on such a day'—
for these things in themselves, Belovèd, may
be changed, or change for thee—and love,
so wrought,
may be unwrought so. neither love me for
thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry:
a creature might forget to weep, who bore
thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
but love me for love's sake, that evermore
thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.

-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

a movie for you to see

Miss Potter.

this movie is beautiful ... definately the most well done movie i have seen in a very long time.

i suggest you see it.

i like your sleeves.

crunchums

...do you remember...

now i shall post some of my pictures from our family's trip to santa fe




















all the doors and windows are painted blue because of the superstition that it wards away evil spirits. plus its really pretty ;)

so i was thinking about kiwis the other day.

they really are amazing.







merry Christmas Adam!

something new

found

i took a walk down to the river
a broken heart in my hands
before the Taker and the Giver
to make my final stand

i waded out into the water
and i sank just like a stone
but i was lifted by the Angel
to never be alone


and i never knew
i could lay my burdens down
and i never knew
redemption could be found
but i know now

i saw Your mercy in the morning
in the color of the sky
i let the Spirit wash me over
and the sun began to rise

i took a walk down to the river
and i laid my burdens down
before the Taker and the Giver

and i am finally found

-bebo norman

huh huh

"he had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life, and found a dead beetle at the bottom."

- P.G. Wodehouse

cousin presh!

ok so i didn't take the picture.

so sue me. ;)