Buy & Buy

There are some days and some moments that will forever leave a mark on your life.  This is one of those moments - being the moment I first heard this song by Ross Ells.  It a song, a story, an emotion, a moment, a changing.  This song is so powerful.  Listen to it. read it.  It will change you if you are open to the idea of there being more to life than materialistic things.   There is so much more!!! 

My preacher's name was Jack Daniel's

Told me about what heaven is like

Said, "If the road to there ain't rocky

Son, ya must not be doing it right"

I threw my pills out the upstairs window

Drove to the beach to clear my mind

I watched those waves crash to rock bottom

Felt kinda light, this life of mine

Buy and buy

We buy and buy

Ain't nobody buying time

We spend our lives

Dollars and dimes

But ain't nobody buying time

My daddy said, "Son, better take vacation

Even if your money all ran out"

Now me and daddy don't talk much no more

But, damn, I sure need him right now

You put my name up in your journal

You re-erased and tore out that page

But that's alright, baby, we'll meet in heaven

But only God knows that day

Oh, buy and buy

We buy and buy

Ain't nobody buying time

We spend our lives

Dollars and dimes

But ain't nobody buying time

I broke my pockets, I break my body

I broke some hearts along the way

I can't rewind, no, there's no vacation

No where to save me from this pain

Oh, buy and buy

We buy and buy

But ain't nobody buying time

We spend our lives

Dollars and dimes

But ain't nobody buying time

And I would cling to the old rugged cross

Till my trophies at last I lay down

And I would cling to the old rugged cross

And exchange 'em some day for a crown

Begin Anew

The days come.  The days go.  What means most is what fills those days with love, life and hope. I've been a dog's age away from this blog and I've been thinking about rekindling my relationship with writing again.

I had an encounter with a patient in my place of employment and she blogs, and during a very short conversation about the importance of having that place to dump your thoughts, clear your mind, speak your truth and move forward, she encouraged me to get back to my blog. That conversation was less than a week back, and that the thoughts were still there, I figured now was a good a time as any to get to 'work'! 

I'm not sure where I will lead this blog and how often the content will be shared, but I know it is a void I want to fill.  This blog and those that commented made such a indelible mark on my writing, I figure nothing will be lost if I reacquaint myself with my blog.   It 's like visiting an old friend, snuggling in with a good book and a warm drink to pass away some time.

Me time = time well spent.

Reading in the New Year

I had a goal of finishing this series in 2017, unfortunately that did not happen.  Starting my 2018 off with this one in hopes of getting the series finished this year!

Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. Her baby daughter Emma has been locked outside, and there's a trail of blood to the front door.
Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood. Most worrying of all, her mother is missing.

When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she has some desperate questions of her own. What were the killers searching for? And where is her mother?
Suspended from duty, Faith turns to her work partner, Will Trent. Together he and Sara Linton must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case, and catch a vicious murderer with only one thing on his mind.

To keep on killing until the truth is finally revealed.

Until next time,

~Tammy xo 💞