i just got home from the derek webb/sandra mccracken show in st louis, about an hour and a half ago...it rocked my face off...but there is way too much to talk about from that experience, at this time...so i will have to tell you all about that later...i should be in bed

but i have two thoughts before going to bed:

1) sandra mccracken (webb) is dang cool
let us examine the evidence:
she is a godly woman with good theology
she is a singer/guitarist/songwriter (and really good, at that)
she gets to perform/jam/do music...with her dang husband...who is also a musician, of course

It was beyond cool to see them interacting on stage with the music...it was just flat out moving...and inspiring

my conclusion from this point:
I have such a desire to marry a music man
I could go on for years about this
But I'll stop now
But...I can not express to you how MUCH...i feel, not only the desire, but passion, and the need to be with someone who i can share music with, like that

2) Mary, Derek Webb's recently deceased grandmother, had dang good spunk.
I would have liked that woman, had I have known her
She was in a nursing home in her 90s...and she had a "boyfriend"...who proposed to her...and she turned him down...you know why? Because she LOVED to dance, and he would not/could not dance.
Now, that is stinkin awesome...cause I'm always going on and on about the importance of ..whoever I marry...MUST not only be willing, but want to, and enjoy dancing with me...Now, i NEVER said he had to be a "good" dancer...just that he will do that and have fun with it.
So, after explaining the above story about his Gma, and how it related to the song he wrote about that, he said something to the effect of "there are some young ladies in the audience...so be sure and get your plans laid out early in life of what you want"..and i just grin and shake my head like, "yep...got er done"
The end.

oh...and...pray that I will not be selfish, nor self seeking, nor stubborn, nor hung up on "MY plan" or "MY list" or "MY will" for the two points i just talked about...but that I will give that to God and let Him lead me to whoever He has planned...whatever HIS PERFECT will is (since that will always be better than anything i could dream up for myself)...regardless of his musical skill or dancing willingness/interest. for real. sometimes, I need my butt kicked. this may be one of those times. hm.


A closing song for you all...because i bought sandra's two cds...and this is a stinkin good song

As posted on her website:

Springtime Indiana
Sandra Mccracken: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
A lovesong, of course. Written while driving. Six verses about having nothing to say...


Springtime Indiana
You are sleeping by my side
Here across the miles we ramble
Past where the road divides
I wish I could tell you�but I just can�t find the words

I�ve never been good with my thoughts
And even worse with my words
But you read like familiar poetry
That I have never heard�
I wish I could tell you�but I just can�t find the words

So let�s move across the ocean
And pitch the tent stakes wide
You be the one to come after me
And I will be your bride�
I wish I could tell you�but I just can�t find the words

I am all at once courageous
I am all at once afraid
It came over me like nightfall
Like a freight train
I can�t seem to hold it in
But I can�t seem to run away

You came in without notice
And settled all around my heart
Took up residence in all the places
That were vacant and dark�
I wish I could tell you�but I just can�t find the words

Springtime Indiana
You are starting to wake
And I am laden with the thoughts
Of everything I mean to say
I wish I could tell you,
But I just can�t find the words.





dang geena...you know...i keep meaning to get to bed...but i keep having distractions...but i won't complain too much about this one...because this one involves writing....which i love...and don't do near enough of..

so...with that said, I leave you with some lines that just popped into my head...who knows...maybe I'll do something with this...maybe I'll finish writing these thoughts...maybe a song will create itself tonite...or another day, maybe:

...
Sometimes not articulating
Is the most articulate thing to say
For in having no words worthy enough
My reality of seeing you is best expressed
...