thought i would share with you guys my favorite part of the book This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
hope you enjoy !

mom: and no relationship is perfect, ever. there are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.. the love we have... is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. it's like a pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. love can make up for a lot... I think personally that it would be worse to have been alone all that time. sure, maybe i would have protected my heart from some things, but would that really have been better? to hold myself apart because i was too scared that something might not last forever?
remy: maybe. because at least then you're safe. the fate of your heart is your choice, and no one else gets a vote.
mom: well, it's true that i have been hurt in my life. quite a bit. but it's also true that i have loved, and been loved. and that carries a weight of its own. a greater weight in my opinion. it's like that pie chart we talked about earlier. In the end, i'll look back on my life and see that the greatest piece of it was love. the problems, the divorces, the sadness.... those will be there too, but just smaller slivers, tiny pieces.
remy: i just think that you have to protect yourself. you can't just give yourself away.
mom: no, you can't. but holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. because you're doing it out of fear.
remy: fear of what?
mom: of taking that chance. of letting go and giving into it, and that's what makes us what we are. Risks. That's living, Remy. being too scared to even try it - that's just a waste. i can say i made a lot of mistakes, but i don't regret things because at least i didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like

hope you enjoy reading it as much as i did the first time. and i sincerely hope that you all have a great 2009! [=

all my love <3
morgan.

"ransom notes keep falling out of your mouth. mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut-outs. speak no feeling, no i don't believe you. you don't care a bit. you don't care a bit."

"share with me the blanket that you're wrapped in because it's cold outside, it's cold outside. share with me the secrets that you've kept in because it's cold inside, it's cold inside. and you're slowly shaking fingertips show that you're scared like me so let's pretend we're alone. i know you may be scared & i know we're unprepared, but i don't care."

"and it was sink or swim, do or die, sneaking out on summer nights. stealing wine from my pa the thrill of not getting caught. and now and then, i miss those days, but coming back to this place, i realize it ain't him i miss. it's that young girl, wide eyed, first love, one time innocence."

"the summer wind came blowin' in from across the sea. it lingered there, so warm and fair to walk with me. all summer long we sang a song and strolled on golden sand. two sweethearts & the summer wind. like painted kites, those days and nights went flyin' by. the world was new beneath a new umbrella sky. then softer than a piper man it called to you. and i lost you to the summer wind. the autumn wind and the winter wind have come and gone. and still those days, those lonely days, go on and on. and guess who sighs his lullabies through nights that never end. my fickle friend, the summer wind."

"wake up to a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky, and then it starts to rain. my defenses hit the ground, and they shatter all around. so open and exposed."

"every whisper of every waking hour, i'm choosing my confessions, trying to keep an eye on you like a hurt, lost and blinded fool."

"i believe in the sand beneath my toes, the beach gives a feeling, an earthy feeling. and i believe in faith that grows. and the four right chords can make me cry. when i'm with you i feel like i could die, and that would be alright."

"you're always brilliant in the morning, smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee. your philosophies on art, baroque moved you. you loved mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones, as i clumsily strum my guitar."

"and tell me that we belong together. dress it up with the trappings of love. i'll be captivated. i'll hang from your lips instead of the gallows of heartaches that hang from above."

"oh, you get me ready in your 56 chevy. why don't we go sit down in the shade. take shelter on my front porch. the dandelion sun scorching like a glass of cold lemonade."

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"She was playing Cinderella, riding her first bike, jumping on the bed and looking for a pillow fight. Running through the sprinkler with a big popsicle grin. Dancing with her daddy, staring up at him. In her eyes I'm Prince Charming, but to him i'm just some fella', ridin' in and stealing Cinderella"

"I could stand up and sing you a song, but I don't wanna have to go that far. And I, I've got you down, I know you by heart, but you don't even know where I start."

"And i've been keeping all the letters that i wrote to you. each one a line or two : 'i'm fine, baby, how are you?' i would send them but i know that it's just not enough. my words are cold and flat, and you deserve more than that."

"This morning when you told me you didn't feel like the most important thing in my life anymore, well that broke my heart. So I had to turn around and come back and tell you what i'm gonna do about it. i'm gonna light the bedroom candles, and take the phone out of the wall. we can lay around and talk for hours, or maybe we won't talk at all. I'm gonna resurrect the love that slipped away from us, and the man you've been missin'. Startin' with some long, slow kisses."

"I'm goin' home, gonna load my shotgun, wait by the door & light a cigarette. He wants a fight, well now he's got one, and he ain't seen my crazy yet. He slapped my face & shook my like a rag doll, don't that sound like a real man? I'm gonna show him what little girls are made of : gunpowder & lead."

it's wonderful to be happy [=
i hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful spring day !

darling, you're the theif of my heart.
that i would glady give away a million times to you.

[1]

you don't need to know everything in life,
just the things you need to make you happy.

[2]

"perfection is defined when your heart beats next to mine,
and time stands still for us."

[3]

don't question why she needs to be so free
she'll tell you it's the only way to be
she just can't be chained
to a life where nothing's gained
and nothing's lost, at such a cost

[4]

she woke in the morning
she knew that her life had passed her by
she called out a warning
don't ever let life pass you by.

[5]

you and i have memories longer than
the road that stretches out ahead.

[6]

and won't you kiss me
on that midnight street
sweep me off my feet
singin' ain't this life so sweet

[7]

you wanna know more, more, more about me
i'm the girl that's sweeping you off your feet.

[8]

i'm under that same night.
i'm under those same stars
could i have saved you?

[9]

oh, this is the start of something good.
don't you agree ?

[10]

i saw you dancing, and i couldn't get you off my mind
i could tell that you could tell that i was taking my time.

[11]

this is gonna take forever , darling.
i just got started loving you.

[12]

should they kill me, your love will fill me.
as warm as the bullets
i'll know my purpose. this war was worth it.
i won't let you down.

[13]

I tell myself that I've invited him along to add to the thrill.
one more person who knows only makes it more exciting.
But it's really because there are some nights when you
just want to know there's someone else besides you

[14]

oh, my friend, i hope you're done with yesterday,
all the things we said have left and made their way

[15]

kissing her virginity, my affinity
i mingle with the gods.
i mingle with divinity.

[16]

you held my hand very tightly
and told me what we could be dreaming of.

[17]

as our hearts started to beat faster,
i recalled your laughter
from long ago.

[18]

so why even try?
there's nothing like you and i.

[19]

forget regret, or life is yours to miss
no other road, no other way.
no day but today.

[20]

life's too short babe
time is flyin'
i'm lookin' for baggage that goes with mine.

 <333

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