Broken Paths

Broken Paths

Target Hymn Meter: 8-8-8-8 (Long Meter Duplicate)

New version #2  (redone  6/30/19)

Daily stumble along the way.

A path I cross I dare not stay.

For if I stay I might not like

the beast that comes out in the night.

Pain and suffering I endured

standing tight I have felt assured.

Control my fears and lash out strong.

Sword is ready, I am not wrong.

Harsh words come from deep in my core

feelings are building up to roar

It pains me to think that we could

ever cross paths, we never should

I might just try and disappear

to bare all that has happened here.

Dare go back or even advance

Are there options around perchance?

Its crucial to think on that hill

important to sit very still

better focus on the Garden

make sure our hearts are not harden

He suffered all for you and me

What does he ask? Who should I be?

I am to get down on one knee

or both, just to let me be free

Arise and Go, time to forgive

Do a one eighty, ready to live

Make sure you say this simple word

I forgive you will stop the sword

Please allow us to break undone

broken paths and then we be done.

For now our paths can join as one

heading down Christ's path as one

Original 12/30/18

As I daily stumble along the way.  

A path I cross I dare not stay.  

For if I stay I might not like 

the beast that comes out in the night.  

What pain and suffering I have endured.   

I felt I was right while standing tight.  

Control my fears and lash out strong.  

I have my sword, it is ready and it is strong.  

Can I find His grace in my actions here.  

I dare not say, that I have strength to bare all that has happened here.  

Can I go back or even go forward.  What options do I have, dang, it hurts to be here.  

I don't like you and really can't stand you.  

These feelings I have just tear up inside you. 

It haunts me to think and I wish that I never should.  

To say that our paths really really never could. 

Now where do I ask does it exist, such a solution. 

Something so grand that it covers all notion. 

Could it be easy, really as 1, 2 or 3 

but believe me He can and He will make you free.  

I know it can be hard to hear 

or even sometimes to sit very still.  

Its important to think on that hill.  

More on The Garden where He surpassed us all here.  

He passed way lower than all of us here.  

Have you found him? It is time to linger near.  

He suffered and yes he did all that for me.   

What does he ask? Who do I need to be? 

He asks me to get down on one knee 

or I might say both, just to let me be free. 

Now Stand up and go, it is time to forgive

Do a one eighty and make sure you give

I forgive you my friend for what you have done. 

Please allow us once to break undone 

that broken path and then we will be done.  

For now our paths can join as one 

as we all head down Christ's path as one.

Summary of our Lives

Summary of our Lives

Two diverse worlds established at opposite ends of our universe.  Neither speaking the same language. Unique traditional heritages formed many years ago. Dissimilar and somewhat divergent in each their own way.  Yet one thing combined them, focused them and joined them together even before they actually met.  Both heeded the call to wake up and put their shoulder to the wheel. A time to follow in His footsteps and spread His word. Accepting the challenge and answering the call to serve. Each path leading them to the enchanted land of Oaxaca Mexico.  Neither had a desire, nor understanding of what to expect, not even what was to come.

They did not falter while defending truth and right, neither did they shrink nor shun the fight. Hardships came and hardships went. Yet abounding in laughter and joy with a fullness that only came from fulfilling that call. 

Brush encounters sparking along the way.  Hints of what could become in the future recorded in their eyes and in their hearts. Nothing really set in stone, neither inflaming in their hearts.  That is until the time was over to serve.  

The universe helped these two worlds to collide one last time. With letters of love, eternal songs of time and phone calls of friendship, the binding of these two worlds now became one. Sealed together through the eternal bonds and keys of the priesthood power. With the promise to repeat the call and now serve together hand in hand, with a prayer in our hearts, and with all our might mind and soul.

A new world created between the two. That love of the Savior that they shared in the mission field now converted into a love that they shared towards each other. Expanding the bounds of this new world by giving 3 wonderful boys the opportunity to live and learn what this life is all about. 

We have shared our life experiences together starting in Utah, where our boys were born. We learned firsthand of life and its hardships it brings. Yet in Lowell Massachusetts we learned that life is delicate. Life is precious. Our love grew to all those around us. After 16 years our world moved to Arizona. We now enjoy the sun, the temple, work and family. 

Our world that we created 23 years ago has taken us back many times to Mexico even to that enchanted land of Oaxaca.  

Now our world awaits in ready for the future, with love and happiness in our hearts. We hope to share it with our expanded worlds yet to come.