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Good Morning Everyone!

Coming to you live from Wilmington, North Carolina sitting in the nitrogen and phosphorus-poor wet savannah. A friend in need is definitely a friend indeed, as a friend is never known until they are needed. I do not have many friends; in fact the number is so small that I a child with a Sesame street education could accurately count them. Until very recently, such a fact has never bothered me. That is not to say that I’m currently losing sleep over the situation. On an outside perspective of the situation, I do see the benefits in not being offstandish, sole and solitary. The first benefit being: a good time and good company. Adventures, jokes and meals are shared with friends (some better than others, some not so good, but friends regardless). Another benefit reaped, friends provide a listening ear. People have something to say. It’s better when someone is listening. A third benefit, a helping hand. Everyone falls. When family can no longer do it, who better to help pick you up and dust you off?

Why can’t we be friends?
Why can’t we be friends?
Why can’t we be friends?
Why can’t we be friends?
The color of your skin don’t matter to me
As long as we can live in harmony

With all this friendship in the air, today, just like (what some may call) the long night before was spent with good company. But with a slight difference; a little more strenuous…the laughs were still there. With the fun-loving company of a “dancing” friend and her “dancing” partner, today I helped move.

I can move you if you let me
Ahh, gettin’ in touch with you
I can move you if you let me
Ahh, takin’ a position
I can move you if you let me
Ahh, I’m trying communication
I can move you if you let me
I’m checking out your signals

Imagine a 14 foot truck driven by a barely 5 foot person. Nice! I’ve always been on the move: 9 years, 2 years, 1 year, 7 years, 5 years, 2 years, 5 or 6 years. That is how I have been going from here to there and sometimes back again. Moving is always an adventure. Make new friends and keep the old: one is silver the other gold. The coincidental thing…It was raining.

Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future

I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I’m free
Oh, Lord, through the revolution

The best part, the first move: an island to a smaller island. This was followed by a move from a small island to a mainland; a small town. A small town to a big city. A big city to another island. So it’s only fitting that the move be made from something big to something small. Well, not big, but bigger. The best things in life are temporary: that was my initial thought. But things can change.

 

Dance to the music
All night long
Everyday people
Sing their simple song
Mama’s so happy
Mama starts to cry
Papa’s still singing
You can make it if you try 

I want to thank you for letting me be myself again 
I want to thank you for letting me be myself again

With the rain falling faster, the mattresses were left. The lamb did not seem to mind the rain nor did the company.  It was an exciting time…my back only hurt a little. Everything was moved in. But was she? Of course not, moving in takes time. But the first day was fun. In the end, the sun started peaking through the clouds as I was dropped off at my destination. It’s only coincidental.

My sunshine has come
And I’m all cried out
And there’s no more rain in this cloud

There’s no hiding place
When someone has hurt you
It’s written on your face, and it reads
“Broken spirit, lost and confused”
“Empty, scared, used and abused, a fool”
Oh, ain’t it funny that the way you feel
Shows on your face
And the smile you used to wear
Seems a little bit out of place
People oh, hold on
In time it gets a little better, whoa

Biggest laugh: “My foot can’t even reach the pedal.” Lines of the day: “We be U-hauling!” “Move…get out the way!” “He’s a moving machine!” “Oh, you’re really serious now!” “My foot is killing me.” “There’s a Venus Flytrap on the truck.”

…Until next time! Keep movin’.