The River
Live

It came without warning
A love like I ain’t ever felt before
She’s like my destiny calling
And she’s laying there all naked on the floor
And suddenly, out of the blue she’s singin’

Oh, baby, let my lovin’ ease your pain
Bring your burnin’ skin to my river once again
I’ll give you life
Oh, baby, let my lovin’ ease your pain tonight

She came without warning
Like an angel come from Heaven in the night
The kiss makes me tremble
So she pulls me close and she holds me oh so tight
Then suddenly, out of the blues she starts singin’

Oh, baby, let my lovin’ ease your pain
Bring your burnin’ skin to my river once again
I’ll give you life
Oh, baby, let my lovin’ ease your pain

I’ll give you life

Oh, baby, let my lovin’ ease your pain
Bring your burnin’ skin to my river once again
I’ll give you life
Oh, baby, let my lovin’ ease your pain, yeah
Bring your burnin’ skin to my river
Oh, to my river

I have three weeks till I test for a new belt in Karate. I secretly wish that he would give me a blue belt, skipping yellow, but I will GLADLY take a yellow belt. The cool thing about it is that my parents will be here that weekend. So, they will get to see both Mikey and I rank test!

Three weeks to perfect both my Katas.
Three weeks to be able to relax in square stance for three minutes.
Three weeks to be able to stretch deeper.
Three weeks to work on my finger tip pushups.

EEK.

And… Watching them spar in a Kumite match, at an AAU Championship Karate Tournament, is like being as nervous as a whore in church on Sunday. My goodness, gracious. I think I now have more grey hair than Taylor Hicks from American Idol.

He did good, though. He held his ground and finished in second place. A silver medal winner, my boy is! The same can’t be said for his Kata competition. First things first, he went up against a boy from our school that is just awesome. He’s a very strong and determined kind of boy. Mikey is strong and determined but in his own rite. Regardless, my boy got 4th place; that’s nothing to scoff at. However, the look on his face was something else. He wasn’t crushed as much as he was mad at himself for not placing. I thought he should have gotten, at least, 3rd place but 2/3 of the judges felt that the other boy did better. What do they know, anyhow?

Congrats and Big Props to our Big Boy! He’s the cream of the crop as far as I’m concerned!!