Familial Research and Development

A truth is a truth and you can't lie it away. It just is. You can deny it-but that does not change it from being a truth-it just means you're living a lie. I love this song. It lists truths and facts and you can't get around it. So, despite what you want, what you think you want-truth will out-everytime. Tracy Byrd, Drinkin' Bone Well it's Friday evenin' six o'clock And all my friends are twistin' off I'm at the house just turnin' on T.V. Well they all wonder why I’ve changed How many times must I explain It's basic honky tonk anatomy The drinkin' bone's connected to the party bone The party bone's connected to the stayin' out all night long And she won't think it's funny And I'll wind up all alone And the lonely bone's connected to the drinkin' bone Hey two plus two is always four And down is south and up is north and thirty-two degrees is freezing cold You play with fire you wind up burned The early-bird ...

It can be considered a curse to be an optimist. If you're always looking on the up or bright side of things you can decive yourself into thinking you can do it all, have it all, spend it all and worst of all afford it all. Not so-at least not all at once. A little here and a little there. Pay it off as you go along and you'll be fine-for the most part. For that reason-I really like this song. Not something you have to listen to often, but you definitely get the message. The Limeliters, A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week Throughout history mankind has been plagued with triangles A there's the eternal triangle The isosceles triangle And the schrons flippus (That's the one! yeah) However this song is about a friend of mine Who bought an automobile Dollar down and a dollar a week And everytime he turned the wheel Dollar down and a dollar a week He got a credit card for that new machine Dollar down and a dollar a week And he kept it full of gasoline Dollar down and a dollar a...

You can be easy going (aka tolerant) of a whole lotta things. You can let a lot of things not rankle you. You can put up with a certain degree of name calling, having dirt done to you, and general discourteous behaviors-well, if you're either quite mature and secure in yourself and your standing with the man in the mirror and the Man on the other side of the Judgment Bar OR if you're plain out of touch with reality. However, there are some things that you just can't sit there and take and that you have to take a stand on. Each of us has that limit/line that cannot be crossed without not just an eyebrow being lifted but also the adrenalin level start to rise. For me it's a LOT of different things. Treat children with respect. Children-treat adults with respect. Treat God with respect. Treat animals with respect. Treat Mother Earth with respect. Treat yourself with respect. Yeah-those are the big ones. One day as a Brownie Girl Scout Leader I was bringing a car load (they...

Sometimes when you think about life and its challenges you wonder what the heck you think you're doing-loosely translated I would say you're asking yourself if you've bit off more than you can chew. Bottom line is, you probably did, it's too late now, and let's get on with it. Hundreds, thousands and probably millions of other people through the annals of time, have done this same thing (dumb, stupid, smart, hard, whatever-the needles and nails brambles and thorns that life entails) and they survived it (probably were better off for trying) and if they survived, you can too. Which brings me to another favorite song!! :) by Chris LeDoux, The Ride I was six years old, my brother was ten One July day came running in, seen a Ferris wheel at the edge of town So, of course, we headed on down Well it took us an hour to walk that far Carrying our fortune in a Mason jar It was all pretty sad, a cheap county fair With a few old rides, but there was ponies there Well, the poni...

Maybe that only applies to me, but I hear a song and a phrase here or there and it just says how I feel. Some of the lyrics I have to listen to and think about for a while before I see the connection. So I want to share the lyrics of some of the songs I most love and treasure and tell you why they touch me so deeply. I'm going to start with Charlene's I've Never Been To Me . The background-not fair-because when I first heard it I didn't have a prep. She's lived long enough to go through the dream-glamor years from teen, to young adult, to mature adult, to obviously not young any more... And she realizes that what she thought she wanted when she was younger-over experience and time-she's come to realize that wasn't what she wanted. So she wants to leave a message to young mothers who may think their life of motherhood and wife-hood is drudgery. This message I think is good for young women who might be thinking a life of bling and glamor is the way to go. She ...