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Shirts or Skins

Shirts or skins - Where do I begin you got Clavin - I got Ben Going back to 9 or is it 10 years old flat chested games I'm in No one told me not to Forget that fact that I thought I ought to Rough and tumble pitch and toss Drawing up plays like I'm a boss Never thought a girl would make 'em flinch them boys on my team dipped and slipped Oops didn't mean your embarrassment but I did; can't lie,- I did; I did Turning tides to the round ball didn't miss a beat Tomboys are always on the street Those were the days I can't deny Free and frank and bold was I I always got picked for the teams make a free throw and you the queen You got Calvin - I got Ben then came the time to win again Those were the days I can't deny Skins or Shirts and free was I  

Make New Friends But Keep The Old

... One is silver and the other's gold. I learned this song when I was around 9 or 10 years old. Throughout the decades, friends have come and gone. These friends were all ages from 3 years old to 108. Some friends I have lost through death... I cherish those 9 years of sharing life with my 108 year old friend. She passed a little over 3 years ago. What a go getter she was. She gave up driving at 99 when she had a close call leaving the Dairy Queen parking lot. She moved to my hometown to be close to her daughters a month shy of 100. She didn't start using a walker until 103. I made friends with a three year old as she read the New York Times while on her knees on her family's couch. She put the paper down for a moment to show me how she could stand her cat, "Edmund Pettus", up on his "haunches!" Oh, My!  These words coming from this 3 year old... I thought to myself. She is a keeper. She will soon be 29 years old, and we still keep in touch. It is impor

Jean Wants To Play More Piano

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It's The Stuff That Comes Naturally Poem Written 2007

  It's the stuff that comes naturally actually that keeps me stronger I'm no longer looking over my shoulder I'm getting bolder knowing that my God is keeping me keeping me going And that the Holy Spirit it is leading me and leading onward forward to the mighty river of knowing forging pillars to the left and right of me He keeps showing it's like I'm growing standing firm like brother Hercules even though they blinded me My feet are wounded but they carry still a might calling that's the Father's will And though I stumble and I fall a lot it is the very fact that I can call the shot and know that God the Lord he said would not leave me forsaking me's not in His plan you see I know a mountain is just up in the distance trying to discourage you from your ultimate mission move a little further up the line cause it's all gonna come together in time all things work together for those called those who love the Lord shall not fall it is for His good purpos