Loving

"to love means loving the unloveable."

I can't believe what she said
I can't believe what he did
Oh, don't they know it's wrong,
Don't they know it's wrong,
Maybe there's something I missed
But how could they treat me like this?
It's wearing out my heart
The way they disregard

This is love, this is hate...
We all have a choice to make

Oh, Father won't You forgive them?
They don't know what they've been doin'
Oh, Father, give me grace to forgive them
'Cause I feel like the one losin'

Well it's only the dead that can live
But still I wrestle with this
To lose the pain that's mine
Seventy times seven times
'Cause Lord it doesn't feel right
For me to turn a blind eye
Though I guess it's not that much
When I think of what You've done.

This is love, this is hate...
We've got a choice to make

Why do we think that hate's gonna change their heart?
We're up in arms over wars that don't need to be fought
But pride won't let us lay our weapons on the ground
We build our bridges up but just to burn them down
We think pain is owed apologies and then it'll stop
But truth be told it doesn't matter if they're sorry or not
Freedom comes when we surrender to the sound
Of mercy and Your grace, Father, send Your angels down
-tenth avenue north

Fear

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. ~Les Brown

Fear is a habit, so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves," I can! and I will!"

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind. ~Dale Carnegie

The key to change….is to let go of fear. ~Rosanne Cash

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Redmoon

The last Packer's game with the Wilson's

Friends of ours from down the street cane over to watch the last Packer's game of the season (booo!).

This is the face of concentration

Milwaukee art museum

We've been wanting to visit the art museum since we moved here. I can't believe it took us this long! It was awesome and in general very kid friendly. However, Mark and I both agreed that we'd like to return for a date to just absorb everything there is to offer. There was a Rembrandt exhibit but the line to get in was huge so we opted for the less populated galleries.
In short: if you live near enough to visit, don't delay! It's well worth the time/money.

Movie night in mommy and daddy's room!

Zapping the winter blues

I would have killed for a room like this when I was little