It is exactly 30 years ago my childhood/lifetime friends and I built a shack in the woods. What a cherished chapter in our lives, what it still says today.
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The song “Mother” by Pink Floyd is a quiet conversation between a young boy and his Mom. He feeling fear is full of questions and she offering her loving, guiding reassurance that only Mom can give.
Today I share my rendition of this song, my gift to Mom, honoring those conversations she had with me growing up that are a foundation for the freedom to be me, for a life well lived full of joy, for the music that plays in me because of her and for the love I have for Mom. Happy Mother’s Day…I Love you Mom!
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Mother
Mother, do you think they’ll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think they’ll like this song?
Mother, do you think they’ll try to break my balls?
Ooooh aah, mother, should I build the wall?
Mother, should I run for president?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
Ooooh aah, is it just a waste of time?
Hush now, baby, baby, don’t you cry
Mama’s gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mama’s gonna put all of her fears into you
Mama’s gonna keep you right here under her wing
She won’t let you fly but she might let you sing
Mama’s gonna keep baby cosy and warm
Ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe
Of course Mama’s gonna help build the wall
Mother, do you think she’s good enough…for me?
Mother, do you think she’s dangerous…to me?
Mother, will she tear your little boy apart?
Oooh Ma, mother, will she break my heart?
Hush now, baby, baby, don’t you cry
Mama’s gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
Mama won’t let anyone dirty get through
Mama’s gonna wait up till you get in
Mama will always find out where you’ve been
Mamma’s gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe
You’ll always be a baby to me
Mother, did it need to be so high?
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Mom always supported who I wanted to be rather than who she wanted me to be and it was Mom who shared the gift of music. I remember her buying me one of my first albums “The Wall” by Pink Floyd back in third grade. In honor of her, as well as all Moms this Mother’s Day, and her 45 years of love and support I have recorded the song “Mother” from “The Wall” that I’ll share with you in a special post this Sunday. Happy Mother’s Day…I love you Mom.
In the meantime please enjoy meeting my Mom in this week’s message “El Capitan”.
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Hear the story about a financial mistake I made as a young Sales Executive with Southern Living At Home, entertaining a group of Sales Representatives and their spouses.
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“You’re A Gift” turns two. Thanks for your continued support through listening, liking and sharing. Today a story that helped inspire the audio series.
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A Calico Cat named Delilah is a soft to the soul reminder of the gifts we receive when we remain open, even in a world full of personal bias and noise.
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Shari and her husband Russ were part of the Southern Living at Home season in my life. Shari has been through 3 surgeries for a brain aneurysm, Go To “Prayers For Shari“, over the past weeks.
A Woman of Faith, loving Wife, wonderful Mother, Business Woman, Physical Therapist, so many things to so many, Shari also has the voice of an Angel. Being a kind soul she lent her voice back in 2004 to “Portrait Of Strength” a song I penned and recorded with her that she would transform into a duet. What a gift.
Today I share Shari’s voice, through that song, as Courtney and my expectant prayer that she will make a full recovery, so that those who know and love her, will again hear her voice, filling the silence full of joy and happiness.
Portrait Of Strength
Light to the world
Mother at seventeen
Strength and conviction
The kind rarely seen
Some things just ain’t for sale
No reward will I take
For the life I have within me
This a portrait of strength
Nothing left to do but believe
Nothing left to have but faith
The only time I find it is in weakness
All I ever wanted perfect strength
A day like any other
Colored leaves upon the lawn
My hopes my fears it seemed like years
The phone call dragged on
What’s that you are saying
What’s that my mind must absorb
I thought it was nothing
Reset the sail it’s time to change course
All I ever wanted
Was really nothing for myself
But just for the time being
I’ll put my dreams upon a shelf
It’s there they’ll be waiting
When I come back and play
My life so wide open
I won’t be wasting a single day
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