My Land

Here is some thing for all of you are about to set out on the road to join family and friends for the holidays.



Take me home
Where living is loving
Carry me
To my land
Angels come
To see the beauties
That are all part
Of my land

When I left so far from you
There was emptiness filling my heart
Ever since that day
I've been feeling this way
I shouldn't have left from the start
Well I miss you so
And I want you to know
My love for you will never go
So now I'm going back
Where I really should be
Now I hear your call
you're calling out to me

And so I travel on this road
Leading me to my family and friends
I'm a country boy
With a heart of joy
I feel like I've never left
Well I think of when I was but a lad
just being proud of my home
You will always
Be in my thoughts forever
I want to see
All the ones that I've missed

Here's to my land
You've given me
More than I can say
And I'll always be
Here 'til my dying day

So if you go
Where living is loving
You'll be led
To your land
And you will see
The many beauties
That are all part
Of your land



Happy Holidays to one and all!!!

May this time be a time of joy, happiness and most of all for family and friends.

Making sense of tragedy

Above is a logo of a cause near and dear to my heart. For those of you who know me, you would not be surprised if I were to say, epilepsy. The logo is from my local epilepsy association, which I am president of.
Ever since I learned of my friend Glen taking his own life, I've been wondering how to bring some meaning to his death. How could I keep his death from being in vain? Well it did not take very long to find a way to honour his memory. As of 24 hours ago, I have established a Causes page on Facebook : Epilepsy - Break the isolation, promote inclusion .
In under a day, 10 people have joined me in this cause. At first thought you might think "that isn't a lot", but the fact is, it is a good start and it is only beginning! The best thing is that the message is being spread around as if it were a snowball effect. If you are on Facebook, I encourage you all to join my friends and I to help promote inclusion and help others to come out from the shadows and int the light.

Cheers to all,
Andre

The final countdown

It is sometimes hard to believe, but we are at the final Christmas countdown! Only ten days before we are gathered with our families around the tree, filled with lights, tinsel, ornaments and childhood memories, and stuffed with gifts wrapped up in colorfully festive paper under that wondrous tree.

For the first time in a very long time, My whole family will reunite on December 24th, barring any unforeseen problems getting there. It is quite special when I think of the fact that 4 generation will be under one roof.

Those of us who are fortunate enough to be with loved ones on Christmas, will surely be filled with the joy and spirit of the season. But what of those who are less than fortunate? What of those who will feel alone on Christmas day? I am not trying to put a damper on what is obviously, the most wonderful time of the year, but I cannot help but have a thought and a prayer for the underprivileged over the next ten days , I especially am thinking of the children. Let us all try to give in some way the gift of hope to those who feel they have so little of. Everyone deserves to have a happy holiday, somewhat free from everyday worries.

Children are treasures

As I am looking over the children that are under my care, alongside my dear wife, I tend to feel lucky lucky that their parents entrusted us with their precious ones. Unfortunately, not all children are as lucky. That is why I joined a cause through Facebook that is dear to my heart, that is to stop child pornography!!!

I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you who have already joined me in finding a way to stop the abuse of children and the loss of their innocence. I am privileged to have a child who still has that innocence, and will surely lose it, but not because of child abuse or pornography. And so I am throwing an invitation to anyone out there who wants to support this worthy cause and help our future treasures, our kids, our little hearts

Lonely Young Girl

There stand a lonely young girl
In a far away land;
Tears are shedding from her eyes
And falling on the sand.
Thinking of a love affair,
That slowly faded away.
As the moon begins to shine.
Its' light shows her the light.

Lonely young girl
Has a broken heart to mend;
Standing all alone
What she needs now is a friend.
Lonely young girl
Has a message to send.

Sitting on a mountain top,
She looks down towards her land.
as the sun starts a new day,
She wants to cry...but can't

Legends say she met a boy,
That came from distant shores.
She felt emotions of joy
And found the love she lost.

Lonely young girl
Isn't lonely anymore;
She has found true love
It came knocking at her door.
Lonely young girl
Has fallen in love

Lyrics from my past

Here are some lyrics I wrote back in the early 90's that I dug up the other day while doing some "triage" in the home office. I hope you enjoy. So here goes:

Lifetime of Loving

I've learned
Nothing ever last
My thoughts
Of you are in the past
When you phoned to say
You were leaving me
My Heart had shattered
Always believed
That this was to be
But you threw my love away

CHORUS:
Well I gave a lifetime of loving for you
But you chose the art of deceiving
I hadn't a clue
Still I've lived a lifetime of loving with you
And now I live without your caring
Once gentle and true

I think
Of all the wasted time
I seemed
That everything was fine
Thunder and lightning
Had struck me down
With fascination
You waited for me
To fall into your trap
You laid just for me

Taking a look at my life
Oh! the way that I feel inside
Now I know
You must be
Far away from me

I always believed
That this was to be


I hope you liked it. I've found more than a few in my "triage"

If Life Were Fair

If life were fair
Hunger would cease to be
If life were fair
The blinded would see
If life were fair
War would turn into harmony
If life were fair
No one would feel lonely

If life were fair
Tears would always be of happiness
If life were fair
There would not be hopelessness
If life were fair
Broken hearts would be needless
If life were fair
All would be filled with tenderness

If life were fair
I would heal someone else's suffering
If life were fair
I would stop a friend from falling
If life were fair
I would never be in mourning
If life were fair
Life would always be outstanding

Coping with a loss

Yesterday, I wrote about the recent tragedy in Mumbai and how my thoughts and prayer are with the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks. Today, something hit me closer to homeAt this moment, my thoughts are of the family of Glen, a friend of mine, whom I found out this afternoon, took his own life. Each time that we saw each other, he always greeted me with a smile (it was surely the case for everyone else he met during his very short stay among us). But eventually, the subject of conversation was the state of our health. In normal circumstances, one would say "How are you?" and the reply would be at the very least "I'm fine", but in our case we both have epilepsy. The difference between us is that my epilepsy is under control and unfortunately, his could never be, despite countless attempts at a myriad combinations of medications. About a month ago, we took a nature walk and Glen, in his simple way, said, "It's good to get away from the concrete jungle for a few hours and appreciate what we have." Glen made me think of things in a whole new point of view. he knew how to appreciate the simple things in life.
Writing about Glen has helped me a bit, but I feel I can express myself better through a little text I wrote 20 years ago.

This one's for you my friend...

Saying Goodbye

Taking long walks down the back streets
Talking about what's been going on
Sharing our pain our sorrow
Looking to each other
I won't forget our great friendship

You've been there whenever I've cried
When the day seemed so dark and dreary
You made it seem so bright
Leaving is hard to do
Part of me will be soempty

You can be sur that I'll miss you
Even though I'll be thinking of you
Could you have stayed
And not gone far away
You knew as well as I do that...

Saying goodbye to a friend
Is so hard to do
Though I know
We'll meet again
Saying goodbye
Makes me cry