Say what you need to say

Every time I hear this song by John Mayer I can't help but sing along. I never really paid too much attention to the lyrics, I just love his voice.

With the anniversary of 9/11 & being in a somber mood I listened more & sang less.

Take all of your wasted honor.

Every little past frustration.

Take all of your so called problems, Better put 'em in quotations.

Say what you need to say (x8)

Walkin' like a one man army,

Fightin' with the shadows in your head.

Livin' up the same old moment Knowin' you'd be better off instead If you could only...

Say what you need to say (x8)

Have no fear for givin' in.

Have no fear for giving over.

You better know that in the end It's better to say too much,

than never to say what you need to say again.

Even if your hands are shaking,

And your faith is broken.

Even as the eyes are closin',

Do it with a heart wide open.

Say what you need to say (x7)

Say what you need to,

Say what you need to...

There's an old saying (which I do not know word for word) but the essence is it only takes one rock to start a trickle. Beyond corny, I agree, but for the moment it's eerily close to the truth.

Little did I know that the call I made to my mother (who lived in L.a. at the time) warning her to take my brothers out of school (due to alerts that L.A. was next) that my little brother would now be a Military man.

He's out on his second tour right now. Jeremy pictured far right

Jeremy pictured far left

Thankfully, he's scheduled to come home this month on the 27th.

I don't have much to say. I don't know how to make his life easier, to ease the pain around the world or to even make sense about a tragedy that still hurts as if it happened this very morning but sometimes just remembering & honoring those who passed is doing far more than any words ever could.