{"id":423,"date":"2006-01-29T09:37:18","date_gmt":"2006-01-29T09:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2006-01-29T09:37:18","modified_gmt":"2006-01-29T09:37:18","slug":"though_youll_never_know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/blog\/though_youll_never_know\/","title":{"rendered":"though you’ll never know"},"content":{"rendered":"

the person this goes out to will never see it…
\ntoday is my oldest son’s birthday. yes, The Dude<\/a> is 12 today…(and I seriously need to update my album)
\n12 years ago today, he didn’t come into the world kicking and screaming…he cried once, then started looking around to take it all in…he still does that…
\nHe’s the oldest…like I am, and even though he’s always been ‘daddy’s boy’, he holds a very special place in my heart…with his questions that I don’t always know how to answer, his constant striving to be perfect, and do everything “exactly right”, so he has to be pushed to take a few chances with things he’s not sure if he can do (because you never know unless you try) and his memory that still amazes me…even though I’ve known him all his life…
\nHe’s the one that can tell you about the day’s his brothers were born…about the fights his parents had, and how much better things are now that they don’t live together…he’s the child that saw to much, at to young, yet still, in his own way, knew how to deal with it.
\nI love you my son…you may get older, but don’t grow up to fast…<\/p>\n


\nI Hope You Dance<\/b>
\nLee Ann Womack<\/i>
\nI hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
\nYou get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
\nMay you never take one single breath for granted,
\nGod forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
\nI hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
\nWhenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
\nPromise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance,
\nAnd when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
\nI hope you dance….I hope you dance.
\nI hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
\nNever settle for the path of least resistance
\nLivin’ might mean takin’ chances but they’re worth takin’,
\nLovin’ might be a mistake but it’s worth makin’,
\nDon’t let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
\nWhen you come close to sellin’ out reconsider,
\nGive the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
\nAnd when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
\nI hope you dance….I hope you dance.
\nI hope you dance….I hope you dance.
\n(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
\nTell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)
\nI hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
\nWhenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
\nPromise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance,
\nAnd when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
\nDance….I hope you dance.
\nI hope you dance….I hope you dance.
\nI hope you dance….I hope you dance..
\n(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
\nTell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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