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Moving beyond rejection poems...

Rejection Poems on Valentines Day:

When you just don’t know how to break it to her.

Woman...
woe-man...
whoooa-man.
She was a thief,
you gotta believe,
she stole my heart and my cat.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
This is the last valentines day
I’m wasting on you.

You stole my heart
And now you want more
So, forget you
There’s the door.

When looking for you
I looked everywhere.
But now you’re not enough,
Get out of my hair

As the old scholar said:
“Tis best to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all.”
Time to get lost.

You bore me today
You’ll bore me tomorrow.
Let’s out our ties now,
And leave out the sorrow.

You won my love
You won my soul
You won my heart
You scored the goal.
Now get out.

Of all the things I've ever said,
Of all the tears I've ever shed,
Of all the things I did to you,
I want you to know I don’t love you.
Of all the days we fought and cried,
Of all the days I wished I'd died,
Of all the times you pulled me through,
I’m sick of it, I don’t love you.

Insecurity, when you walk in the room
Curiosity, when you stare me down
Speechless, when you talk to me
Sparks fly when we touch, but this is reality
Now please won’t you stop stalking me.

Max and I thought those were funny :P

Much Love, Sam

Other random joys from my life:

Phil found a zip-tie and asked me what to do with it. I didn't have any ideas but apparently when I went to the bathroom he came up with one...

We had a mission reunion. The top picture is Tawny Christensen, Anny Ortez, and I (we took this picture for Elder Zackrison because Sis. Christensen was training Sis. Ortez while I was training Elder Zackrison in Linda Vista. We taught a lot of people together.)

Pakced car on the way home! Elder Tipton is front right of the picture, Sis. Mendoza back right, Elder Harper back center, and Tipton's roommate on the back left.

Quote

"I really do aspire to be incredibly wealthy. I think, for a selfish person, I could be very giving." - Max

Breakfast of Champions.

Apples and cinnamon oatmeal. The breakfast of a champion. I literally eat this every morning. It's a delightful world in which I live.


-Sir Jacob van Heemskerck Duker DeBaltzo Esquire

March 2, 1992

Tonight when we knelt down to say prayers with Max - Max said, "Heavenly Father - Thank you for what Mom and Dad would say." Nice try at a shortcut Max! It was all we could do to keep from laughing. Lately, he also has been chattering to himself about an imaginary family. (Stacy, Jimmy and Mom and Dad) What a funny little guy! Sam can do "SO big" now and yesterday he gave me a "love" by putting his head down on my shoulder and patting me. He is growing up so quickly.

More Feb 22, 1992

"I lob you" is the way that Max says - "I love you." "Do you think that is a good idea?" is Max's latest. The other day he said, "Do you think that's a good choice?" I think it's so amazing the way their vocabulary grows so dramatically from day to day. I told Max he would have to hurry up and get ready or else I would leave without him (not a very nice Mom thing to say). But his response was very calm - "Oh, you mean like Home Alone?" (A movie that is out right now, he has the video and has it practically memorized!) Sammy started saying, "Ma Ma" and calls "Ma ma ma" when I go in to his room and then he smiles and coos until I leave and it starts all over again. He thinks it's a very funny game! Max and Sam were playing together in Sam's room the other day - I love watching the two of them together. It's so fun now that Sam is starting to become more mobile and able to play. Max makes up games and Sam happily chews on whatever Max doesn't want. Once you are a mother, you are never alone again. I am always conscious of Dennis, Max and Sam - as if they are a part of me. I love just having all of us together in one car, or one room - just alone, just us - just OUR family. Heavenly Father really knows what He was doing when he organized the family as the place to grow, to center our lives - I want my children to always feel that important pull toward home and love for their childhood. You love to see them grow but as Den and I were just saying - you hate to see them lose their childlike innocence and have to deal with the harsh realities of life and other people. I love them so much and I just would like to encase them in my love and protect them. That's one of the nicest things about being pregnant I think. It is so companionable to have that tiny little being inside me where I can be with them 24 hours a day and feed him and keep him warm and cozy. I must have been doing a good job because Sam didn't want to come out! 10 days late and he had to be induced! But then again, being able to see him and hold him is really the best - as is watching them learn. I guess it is all the best. It just all goes so fast. That's the most frustrating! We'll just keep doing the best we can!

Way to Go Luke!

Luke swam 3 events at the Sectional Swim Meet yesterday - and he just found out that he made the District Meet in the 100 fly! He will be swimming next weekend at Bowling Green. Great job! Also he was inducted to National Honor Society this week:-)

The new and improved living room...

TA DA!

My swag kids

February 22, 1992

Being a mother is the most fulfilling job or calling I could imagine - Max at 3 is such a smart little boy and I can't believe the things he comes up with. Sammy (9 mos) is the smile in our lives. He is cheerful and loving and snuggly all without the pressure of being the first. I can't wait to stop working - end of this year - to be able to home everyday with my babies and can't wait to have our other children. Children make life complete and are the perfect example of the beauty of the bond between man and wife. Birth is such a miracle and these tiny little people are yours to have for a short time on loan from Heavenly Father. I wonder all the time what Sam is thinking - Does he think "What is this crazy place I've landed in?" Or does he truly come to this earth with a blank mind having forgotten the pre-existence - or does it just gradually fade away? Little ones just seem like they have wisdom in their eyes when they stare at you so solemnly. Mostly what I want to use this journal for is to jot down the fleeting episodes that make me laugh now - that I will forget if I don't have them written down. This childhood experience flies by and I know that 20 years down the road I will cherish my glimpses of Max my 3 year old and sweet little Sammy. The other night on our way up to Michigan - Max spotted something on a sign and I said, "Wow Max, you have really good eyes! Do you know who gave you your eyes?" "I don't know," says Max - "Heavenly Father did," I answered. "Oh," says Max, "How did he glue them?"

A Great Weekend!

It was fabulous to see Max, Corey, Sam, Jack, Emma, Becca and Jeff Franks, etc., etc. over this past weekend. It was really a treat to go the the Cowboy poetry and music festival with all of you. It was reaffirmed to me how special the Franks are and what a great land we live in. We all were a part of a world we didn't even necessarily know existed - the world of Cowboys and the west.

I love you all and missed Luke and Sophie but will see them in a couple short hours again.

Attached are the Quebe Sisters - Jack met them and their performances were awesome.

Dad