Who Says You Can't Go Home?!

This song came on the radio this morning as I was driving to work. It seemed appropriate for the day, so I thought I'd post it. =)

I spent 20 years trying to get out of this place
I was lookin' for something I couldn't replace
I was runnin' away from the only thing I've ever known
And like a blind dog without a bone
I was a gypsyu lost in the twilight zone

I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold
I've been there, done that, I ain't lookin' that
The seeds I've sown, saving dimes, spending too much time on the telephone...
Who says you can't go home...

Who says you can't go home
There's only one place that call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy, born a rolling-stone, who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back, been around all around the world and
that's a matter of fact
There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home

I went as far as I could, I tried to find a new face
There isn't one of these lines that I would erase
I left a million mile of memories on that road
And every step I take I know that I'm not alone
You take the home from the boy, but not the boy from his home [or girl as the case may be] =)
These are my streets, the only life I've ever known, who says you can't go home
~ Bon Jovi

Yay! I'm headin' home today (ok, so it's only for a weekend, but it's still home... I get see my peeps)!!!

Some Close-ups

When the weight of all my dreams
Is resting heavy on my head,
And the thoughtful words of health and hope
Have all been nicely said...

But Im still hurting,
Wondering if Ill ever be
The one I think I am.

Then you gently re-remind me
That you've made me from the first,
And the more I try to be the best
The more I get the worst.

And I realize the good in me,
Is only there because of who you are.
As you daily recreate me,
Help me always keep in mind
All I ever have to be
Is what youve made me...

~ Amy Grant

On my heart

Whate'er my God ordains is right:
His holy will abideth;
I will be still whate'er he doth;
And follow where he guideth:
He is my God: though dark my road,
He holds me that I shall not fall:
Wherefore to him I leave it all.

This song has been floating through my head today...

And from yesterday's sermon:
"Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering." (Genesis 22:7-8)

One of the few reasons I like DC:

More Cherry Blossom Pics

FDR Memorial

Haines Point

Beside the Golf Course

Southside of Haines Point

Ditto

Weeping willows and weeping cherry trees