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This picture caught my eye on the wall at Fridays for dinner...

Night Before School Starts

'Twas the night before school starts and all through the house, the kiddos were groaning and moping about.

"Summer is over!?! Oh why must it end?" While still they are happy to see all their friends.

With bags of supplies and a stocked full back pack, they pick up their schedules, "Guess who's in my class?"

On with the learning, into the next grade. Here's hoping that this year is going to be greAt!

By shawna ray, today, August 23, 2011
www.shawnaray.com

Day One

Yesterday went from bad to worse
Toilet clogged and the squad was called
Talked to my brother, we played a game
Of touched you last with hurtful words

Am I hard to love or is it just
that I won't let you hit me hard?
Do I self destruct? Or is it just
Enough is enough
I'm sending out a dove to find new love, starting from day one
Day one

Seeing things more clearly now
The rain is gone, rainbow appears
On my own and steering clear of
People always speaking fears

Am I push and shove or is it just
that I won't let you push me down?
Do I suck at love? Or is it just
that I have learned the difference
I'm sending out a song to move along starting from day one
Day one

Where do I want to go from here?
Who do I want my kids to follow?
What if I have to part with
Friends and family I knew before?

Am I hard to like or is it just
that I want more in life?
Do I think I'm smart? Or is it just
that I've been playing stupid
Sending out the dove to find new love starting from day one
Day one

Doing my best to overcome
Looking out at a great big ocean
Finding a way to build back up
Starting from day one
All it takes is a mustard seed to move a mountain, move the mountain, move that mountain...
Starting from- day one
Starting from- day one
Starting from- day one
Day one

shawna ray, today is august 18, 2011
www.shawnaray.com

Fill It Up

My Daddy use to say "Adjust your attitude" and I'd pretend I had a tool to get inside my brain and change the view

I have heard it said "Its not what happens to you, its the way you handle it." So true if there's a will then there's a way

So you can't rain on my parade
Cuz I will look to find the rays
And you can't take away my peace
Because I choose what I receive
There will sometimes be those days When it seems the glass is empty
I say- fill it up, fill it up
Come on and fill it up fill it up
Come on man fill it up fill it up
Fill it up!

Edison they say tried many times and failed, but kept on trying till he found a way to bring the light we use today

Many people hate and try to bring me down but I'm not here to mess around and waste the good life that I bring my way

So you can't rain on my parade
Cuz I will look to find the rays
You can't take away my peace
Because I choose what I receive
There will sometimes be those days When it seems the glass is empty
I say- fill it up, fill it up
Come on and fill it up fill it up
Come on and fill it up fill it up
Fill it up!

I've been down, don't get me wrong
But I don't choose to stay there long

Just fill it up, fill it up
Come on and fill it up fill it up
Come on and fill it up fill it up
Fill it up!
I say- fill it up, fill it up
Come on and fill it up fill it up
Come on and fill it up fill it up
Fill it up!

shawna ray, today
www.shawnaray.com