I like this pic because its the newest I have and was taken on one hell
of a good night .

Artist: Big Dismal
Song: Remember (i.o.u.)
Album: Believe


When I was a young child
You watched over me
You kept me safe inside your arms
And then you set me free

So I flew away like a bird
Not knowing which way to go
The light you give me inside
It will always glow

And I want to remember
All the times we shared
And I won't ever forget your face
You know your hands were always there

And still you're strong when I'm weak
It never seems to fade
I can hear your voice here with me
Whenever I'm awake

And I know you'll be there 'til the end
Until the end of time
Because you sacrificed it all
Just to give me life

And I want to remember
All the times we shared
And I won't ever forget your face
You know your hands were always there
You made me the man I am
The man I am today
And for that I owe you everything

It's been so long, I can't go on
Without you by my side

When I was a young child
You watched over me
You kept me safe inside your arms
And then you set me free

And I want to remember
All the times we shared
And I won't ever forget your face
You know your hands were always there
You made me the man I am
The man I am today
And for that I owe you everything

And I want to remember(everything)
And I won't ever forget your face
You made me the man I am
The man I am today
And for that I owe you everything

Jimmy Dean - IOU





Many people look through their wallet or their pocket books and, way
down at the bottom, past the credit cards and baby pictures and so on,
you usually find a little 'ol piece of dog-eared poetry.
I was cleaning out my wallet the other day and ran across a whole bunch
of I.O.U's, some of 'em thirty-five years overdue. And you know the
funny thing, all these I.O.U's are owed to one person and I kinda felt
like that maybe now would be a pretty good time for an accountin'.

Mom, I sure hope you're listenin'.

Sweet lady, I.O.U. for so many things.....
A lot of services, like nightwatchman for instance..... Lyin' awake
nights, listenin' for coughs and cries and creakin'
floorboards.....hah-hah, and me comin' in too late. Boy, you had the eye
of an eagle and the roar of a lion, But you always had a heart as big as
a house.

I.O.U. for services like, uh, short order cook, chef, baker.....
For makin' sirloin out o' hamburger an' turkey out o' tuna fish,
And big ol' strappin' boys out of leftovers.

I.O.U. for cleanin' services,
The daily scrubbing of face and ears....all work done by hand.
And for the frequent dustin' of a small boy's pants To try to make sure
that you led a spotless life. And for washin' and ironin' that no
laundry could ever do. For dryin' the tears of childhood and ironin' out
the problems of growin' up.

I.O.U. for services as a bodyguard,
For protectin' me from the terrors of thunderstorms and nightmares
Hah, And too many green apples.

And Lord knows, I.O.U. for medical attention,
For nursing me through measles, mumps, bruises, Bumps, splinters and
spring fever.
Oh-oh, let's not forget medical advice....important things like,
"If you keep on scratching that, it'll never get well" or "If you cross
your eyes, they're gonna stick like that".
And probably the most important advice of all, "Boy, you be sure you got
on clean underwear, in case you're in an accident".

And I.O.U. for veterinarian services,
For feeding every lost dog that I dragged home at the end of the rope,
And for healing the pains of puppy love.

And I.O.U. for entertainment.....
Entertainment that kept the household goin' through some pretty rough
times.....
And for wonderful productions at Christmas, the Fourth of July,
Birthdays.....
And for making make-believe come true.....
And you did it all on such a limited budget.

I.O.U. for construction work, for building kites and confidence, hopes
and dreams an'..... Somehow you made them all touch the sky.....
And for cementin' together a family
So it would stand the worst kind of shocks and blows.....
And for layin' down a good strong foundation to build a life on.

I.O.U. for carrier charges.....
For carryin' me on your books for the necessities of life That a growin'
boy somehow, well, they just gotta have. Things like, hah-hah, a pair of
high top boots, With a little pocket on the side for a jack-knife.

And one thing, Mom, I'll never forget....
When there were two pieces of pie and three hungry people..... You were
always the one who decided, well, I'm not really that hungry anyhow.

These are just a few of the things for which payment is long overdue..
The person that I owe 'em to worked very, very cheap....
She managed by simply doin' without a whole lot o' things that she
needed herself....
My I.O.U's add up to more than I could ever hope to repay,
But you know the nicest thing about it all....
That I know, that she had marked the entire bill 'Paid In Full'
For just one kiss and four little words....Mom, I Love You!

I think Etta James singing At Last is always a great song ..

Pucker Up Pomegranate Truffles (P_ssy Cakes)
In a small saucepan heat:

3/4 cup pomegranate juice
simmer the juice until its reduced to 1/2 cup.

When mixture is reduced and still hot, remove from heat and add:

6 ounces of finely chopped bittersweet chocolate
1 tsp of vanilla
1-2 drops of orange essential oil, optional
Allow the mixture to sit for 2 minutes, then whisk till the chocolate is
fully melted.

Refrigerate till the chocolate mixture is solid, then portion out into
balls. I like to use a small one ounce cookie scooper to portion out the
chocolate and then cut each ball into thirds or fourths yielding
truffles the size of the tip of your thumb. Roll these around in
unsweetened cocoa powder for the smoothest truffle or roll them around
in crushed dried raspberry or cherry powder.

Geeze I just realized how many typos are in that original post . How
embaressing , please disregard them .

Her daughters father died when she was 2 .

I need some advise . I have a fried who has one child that lives with
her that is 11 . Less than a year ago she ended a 7year relationship in
which she lived with the man . Now she has been dating a man for a few
weeks and is moving in with him into a very small home and leaving her
own nicer home . I have tried to explain to her that I dont see the
sense in it . I also dont understand why she is feeling the need to move
in with someone again when she should have learned her lesson the last
time . When the relationship ended she asked me to hold her to a promise
to not date another man for atleast a year ?
When she asks my opinion and I do not give apporval she becomes angry
with me and trys to argue . I think deep down she knows this is a wrong
choice and she is thinking with something other than her brain right now
.
I do not know what to do should I support my friend , try to prevent her
from doing this , or just walk away from the situation and let her make
her own mistakes ????

A pram is a stroller .

mom calls the husband a "b*stard"

and then the dad calls the wife a "b*tch"

and billy goes to his mom and says "mom what's a b*tch and a b*stard?"

and the mom says "well, a b*tch is a lady and a b*stard is a gentlemen"




and then later billy goes outside and listens to his neighbors, and
hears "Put your penis in my vagina!"


So Billy goes to his mom and says "mom whats a penis and vagina?"



His moms says "Well Billy, a penis is a hat and a vagina is a coat"

and then later billy sees his dad shaving and cuts himself and says
"sh*t"


and billy said "Dad, whats sh*t"

And then his dad says
"Well billy, sh*t is a type of Shaving cream "


and then billy goes to see his mom cutting the turkey and his mom cuts
her finger and says "f*ck!"


and then billy says to his mom "Mom whats f*ck?"

"Well billy f*ck is a way of cutting the turkey"


and Then later the guests arrive and billy goes to them and says


"Hello b*tches and b*stards, may i take your penis's and vaginas,
my dad's upstairs wiping sh*t off his face, and my mom is in the kitchen
f*cking the Turkey"

Ive been researching this like crazy to try to find the birth weight
there was no birth certificate for the baby .

These people NEVER took this child to a doctor NEVER from the time it
was born in a bathtub !
Because they were afraid of germs ? Are you kidding me you dont think
its criminal to watch a baby dwindle down to 3 1/2 lbs and say you didnt
know anything was wrong until the baby was dead ?

The infant was born in the bathtub of a Buckhead apartment, but never
taken to a doctor. The 6-week-old was dead when his parents took him to
Piedmont Hospital, across the street from their apartment, on April 25,
2004. He weighed 3 1/2 pounds and was so emaciated that doctors could
count his bones through his skin.



by giving him apple juice, which
worked as a diuretic and blocked the absorption of nutrients from the
soy milk, soy formula and breast milk. They never took Crown to a doctor
because they feared hospitals were infested with germs, he said

Another article about this case .....

A vegan couple accused of starving their infant to death were hammered
with a malice
murder conviction Wednesday, the same charge the defendants would have
faced had they put a gun to their child's temple and pulled the trigger.

Fulton prosecutor Chuck Boring said the precedent-setting verdict isn't
a condemnation of veganism, a strict form of vegetarianism that does not
allow the consumption or use of animal products. Instead, jurors
believed prosecutors' assertions that the couple intentionally neglected
and underfed the child and then tried to use the lifestyle as a shield.

The infant was born in the bathtub of a Buckhead apartment, but never
taken to a doctor. The 6-week-old was dead when his parents took him to
Piedmont Hospital, across the street from their apartment, on April 25,
2004. He weighed 3 1/2 pounds and was so emaciated that doctors could
count his bones through his skin.

This is the first known verdict of its kind in Georgia. A New York jury
also convicted a vegan couple on murder charges in the death of their
child. But a Florida jury was more lenient, acquitting vegan parents of
murder and instead convicting them on reduced charges of involuntary
manslaughter, an unintentional death. In that case, the couple had
successfully raised two children as vegans, but their third child died.

"The vegan diet is fine," Boring said after the verdict in the Georgia
case. "These parents lied about what they fed him. He just was not fed
enough."

The Atlanta mother, Jade Sanders, 27, initially told police she fed her
baby organic apple juice and soy milk. But the soy milk containers in
her Buckhead apartment clearly state that soy milk is not to be used as
a substitute for baby formula, her lawyer admitted.

At trial, the mother said she also fed her son breast milk and soy milk
formula.

The father, Lamont Thomas, 31, buried his face in his hands at the
defense table after hearing the verdicts that would send him and his
girlfriend to prison with automatic life sentences. The judge might tack
on more prison time at a sentence hearing next week.

The courtroom was so quiet after the judge read the rare verdict that
the clank of the handcuffs a deputy fastened around the couple's wrists
echoed throughout the room.

"We're going to jail for no reason," the father told visiting senior
Superior Court Judge L.A. McConnell before being led out of the
courtroom by deputies. "We didn't starve our son for weeks and weeks."

Sanders' and Thomas' mothers sat silently, wiping at tears.

Thomas' attorney, Brandon Lewis, turned to the moms and vowed to appeal:
"I want you to remember, it's far from being over."

Outside the courtroom, Lewis said he believes the parents
unintentionally starved their child by giving him apple juice, which
worked as a diuretic and blocked the absorption of nutrients from the
soy milk, soy formula and breast milk. They never took Crown to a doctor
because they feared hospitals were infested with germs, he said.

At trial, government witness and vegan expert Amy Lanou told jurors the
child's health may have been compromised by his diet, but he still
should have been alive if fed enough food.

Lanou, a nutritionist who authored the book "Healthy Eating for Life for
Children," on raising children as vegans, said all parents should know
that babies need adequate amounts of breast milk or formula.

Prosecutors Boring and Mike Carlson convinced jurors that the neglect
was intentional.

Boring said outside the courtroom that he'd always be haunted by this
case. "I'll never understand why," he said.

I was wondering the same thing lulu I think this comes down to ignorance
not the diet . Apparently they had no help or surely someone would have
noticed there was a problem .

I thought this was horrible . What is your input ?
How do you not know something is wrong when a 6week old weighs only 3
1/2 lb.s ???



A vegan couple were sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the death
of their malnourished 6-week-old baby boy, who was fed a diet largely
consisting of soy milk and apple juice.
Superior Court Judge L.A. McConnell imposed the mandatory sentences on
Jade Sanders, 27, and Lamont Thomas, 31. Their son, Crown Shakur,
weighed just 3 1/2 pounds when he died of starvation on April 25, 2004.

The couple were found guilty May 2 of malice murder, felony murder,
involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children. A jury deliberated
about seven hours before returning the guilty verdicts.

Defense lawyers said the first-time parents did the best they could
while adhering to the lifestyle of vegans, who typically use no animal
products. They said Sanders and Thomas did not realize the baby, who was
born at home, was in danger until minutes before he died.

But prosecutors said the couple intentionally neglected their child and
refused to take him to the doctor even as the baby's body wasted away.

"No matter how many times they want to say, 'We're vegans, we're
vegetarians,' that's not the issue in this case," said prosecutor Chuck
Boring. "The child died because he was not fed. Period."

Although the life sentences were automatic, Sanders and Thomas begged
for leniency before sentencing. Sanders urged the judge to look past his
"perception" of the couple.

"I loved my son--and I did not starve him," she said.

When the judge told the defendants they could ask for a new trial,
Thomas hung his head low.

"I'm dying every day in there," he said, "and that could take three
years."

Im not a parent but having had this experience I think im qualified to
give my input .
When I started my Dad bought me my first piece of adult , expensive
jewelry . It made everything so special and I really felt like a LADY .

I have a chihuahua named Squirrel who just had 3 pups 4 days ago .

Correction to the above ...


I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.



Im glad you guys liked it too .

" I do not love you as if you were salt-rose or topaz, or the arrow of
carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain things are to be
loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the
plant that never blooms, but carries in itself the light of hidden
flowers. Thanks to your love a certain fragrance, risen darkly from the
earth, lives darkly in my body. I love you without knowing how, or when,
or from where, I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or
pride, so I love you because I know no other way than this: where "I"
does not exist, nor "you," So close that your hand on my chest is my
hand, So close that your eyes close and I fall asleep. -Pablo Neruda"




I love this and thought I would share .