(1) eric quote from last night, "you know, one of these days i think i'm going to write an essay on the psychology of being a non-super star (math) grad student... because seriously, i can't think of any group of people who so think they're as stupid and have so little faith in themselves as ph.d. students... obviously we're smart or we wouldn't get admitted, but you get here and there's the super stars like (insert a couple names), and you feel dwarfed and incompetent... it's a sad but intriguing world view"
(2) re: last post, i have a shelf full of candles and have had one lit for nicole (one of my valpo friends/roommates who died last fall in a car wreck) and one for stephen (12 year old at my memphis church who died of kidney cancer last year) for the last hour, and have been playing the CD nicole made for the 5 of us roommates for graduation last year... song quotes
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Packing up the dreams God planted
In the fertile soil of you
Can’t believe the hopes he’s granted
Means a chapter in your life is through
But we’ll keep you close as always
It won’t even seem you’ve gone
’cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong
And friends are friends forever
If the lord’s the lord of them
And a friend will not say never
’cause the welcome will not end
Though it’s hard to let you go
In the father’s hands we know
That a lifetime’s not too long to live as friends.
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Life will still go on
But it's just not the same
Miles and miles and miles are between us
Like Earth and Mars and then on to Venus
Although you've gone away
I still see your face
And these memories linger inside our
Hearts always
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When every moment gets too hard
End of the road can feel so far
No matter how much time we’re apart
I’m always near you
I’ll be the shelter in your rain
Help you find your smile again
I’ll make you laugh at a broken heart
Wherever you are
I’ll be your rock when every candle burns down low
And I want you to know
I’m never gonna walk away
If the wall comes down someday
All alone and you feel afraid
Be there when you call my name
You can always depend on me
I believe until forever ends
I will be your friend
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It helps to think that somewhere
you're feeling just the same.
And don't take even
a moment for granted.
Don't lose heart
when the world crashes down.
How many miles ahead?
I can't count the ones behind.
I wish you God's speed, friend.
You're always on my mind.
Will you remember me, say,
seven years from now?
And where will we be then?
Well, I'm here for you now.
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We are standing at the crossroads
And now it's time
For you to go your way
And me to go mine
I will pray the Lord
Will keep you safe
Until the day I see your face again
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Here is where the road divides
Here is where we realize
The sculpting of the father’s great design
Thru’ time you’ve been a friend to me
But time is now the enemy
I wish we didn’t have to say goodbye
But I know the road he chose for me
Is not the road he chose for you
So as we chase the dreams we’re after
Pray for me and I’ll pray for you
Pray that we will keep the common ground
Won’t you pray for me and I’ll pray for you
And one day love will bring us back around again
Painted on our tapestry
We see the way it has to be
Weaving thru’ the laughter and the tears
But love will be the tie that binds us
To the time we leave behind us
Memories will be our souvenirs
And I know that thru’ it all
The hardest part of love is letting go
But there’s a greater love that holds us
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here's to nicole :-)
1981-2003
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