Into the Woods

"Each of us enters the forest at a point that we individuals have chosen, where it is darkest and there is no path.
If there is a path , it is some one else's path and you are not
on your adventure." --Joseph Campbell
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts

Sunday, February 13, 2011

i'm sitting here sobbing in a towel toga...



exactly six months ago , a good friend of mine fought for his life.
a pick up truck struck him while he was skate boarding home from work.

six months ago , on August 14th 2010, he died.

people say God called him home .
that it was his time to go .
sometimes i get really frustrated .
why couldn't he have been one of the ones that died and came back ,
like on that show ? you know ?
why not nick ?

he was such a wonderful person.
he had such a great capacity to love ...
he taught his friends what it meant to love , and to respect.
he'd better be somewhere that's damn wonderful .
because that's what he deserves.

maybe we can be considered selfish for wanting him here .
but right now , we are wanting him back .
we weren't ready to let him go .
i hate seeing my friends put on their strong face and try to make it through yet another day with out him .
i hate knowing that there is a sister with out her brother, a mother & father with out their son.

they say that with time , things will heal .
they say that with time , this will get easier .
can you tell me , will it ?
can i see a boy on a skate board & not burst into tears?
will a simple song still be able to ruin my day?

nickety bee , we miss you .
love & big bear hug.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Nicholas Shane Brown


Rest in Paradise .
12/21/1990---08/14/2010

This is my letter to you . I wrote it out , printed out
this picture , and gave your letter to your family .
Brooklyn promised she'd try to read it to you for me,
if i can't make it to your funeral.


Nickety Bee

I can't stop thinking 'bout you buddy . you were this crazy wonderful spontaneous origonal & amazing force. now your'e gone . :(
everytime i see my class tee, i'm going to think of you. remember , me you & jas hanging out at senior bbq? Acting crazy and having insane water bottle fights with jasmine...("it's in my booty guys!!!").. we ran around yelling that like goobers, laughing at that crazy girl and our crazy jokes? Remember you being such a sweet heart? giving me big bear hugs and taking the time out of your day to ask me how mine was, just 'cause ? I'm always going to remember you nickety bee.
your zillion kilowatt smiles , beautiful eyes , big heart , and even bigger bear hugs. that's the Bee i'm always going to remember. I hope that you'll remember me, if i ever manage to make it to heaven. I'm certain that's where you are Nicky.
Jas' mommy is walking with you , and helping you watch over everyone. I'm sure she's keeping a close eye on you & taking care of you just like jas did. the world is weird with out you in it. It got alot colder the day you left. it's not as bright with out that fantastic smile of yours .
we miss you already Nick.
Love & a big bear hug to you.
Alexis Kay Shaffer (aka: lexis gurrrl!)

Friday, March 5, 2010

Endless List of Quotes

Soo, recently iv'e started writing down all of the interesting stuff that people have been saying to me . i know i quote the same people multiple times. so take it as a compliment if i frequently write down what you say. so for the quote blog. some of it is very wise and insightful , other parts of it are crazy jokes and funny expressions. I'm not going to specify who said what to me , because that just butts in on my friend's privacy. If you recognize something youv'e said and wish to be known for saying it , then i'll specify . :) I've also got a few quotes from
professors , and just really any one who says anything remotely of interest.

"I believe God brings together those who have alot in common."

"There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed."

"I like sight, but sometimes you don't need to see something to know how beautiful it really is . "

"God puts each person in your life for a reason. Some people teach you about yourself. Others need you to teach them."

"It's pretty great being savage like us."

"Does he give you a lollipop if your'e good??"

"I think that being closer to other people in a positive way makes us closer to Him.

"God exists within all of us , and he wants us to come together so that He can be more complete. Through us. If i'm making any sense."

"Once you have nothing , you can beat anything."

"Touch tongues with a witch , and you'll never smile again."

"...You can live a lifetime in a moment..."

"Don't ever doubt what the terminal can do." --Tom Bruce.

"We are just two raving lunatics trying to make it in this crazy world of ours.."
--Heather.

"He's more than a man , he's a shiny golden god."--Tenacious D.

"I'm not the type of person who gets drunk all the time ,
you know the whole CRUNK CRUNK skeet skeet...."--Gee

"IT brings people together!"--Rubie.

"IT is the SHIT!!"

"Death is not the enemy, how we treat each other is."--Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.

"The world is a giant clock and it conspires to tell us what time it is."

"If music be the food of love , play on."

"Say it as you think , and speak it from your soul."

"I can tell he's a bad kisser . His mouth doesn't look fully functional."
--KayWheeze.

"A kiss is more than four lips coming together."

"friends are like a tree;there are seasonal friends, the leaves who will come and go, and are obviously not meant to be in your life forever. then there are the branches who will sway back and forth with the wind and will be there for you sometimes. then there are the roots, those who will stick with you forever and keep you grounded..."
--Alden.

"How Old is God?"

"momma always said 'life is like a box of chocolates...'"

"God is a mean kid sitting on an ant hill ! he'd rather
burn of my feelers and watch me SQUIRM!"--Bruce Almighty.

"run forrest ! run"

"if you gots the poison iv'e gots the remedy . the remedy is the experience , this is a dangerous liason..."--Jason Mraz.

"courage is the absence of fear."

"beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

"Action expresses priorities."

"Be the change that you want to see in the world."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."

"Those that were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who
could not hear the music. " --Friedrich Nietzsche.

"If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere."
--Henry A. Kissinger.