Too tender

Someday

So today we had an office party (eh hem, staff meeting) and my friend, Caitlin, sang, "Someday" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Although so many of the performances were beautiful, this one by far the most touching. Caitlin's voice was beautiful, and the lyrics were incredibly touching. I felt like every word touched some part of my heart and shared the Christmas message more than many Christmas songs. I wish I could post a version of the song that was as beautiful as her singing it, but I couldn't find anyone that sounded as good. Nonetheless, here are the lyrics:

Someday, when we are wiser

When the world's older

When we have learned

I pray someday we may yet

Live to live and let live

Someday, life will be fairer

Need will be rarer

And greed will not pay

Godspeed, this bright millenia

On its way, let it come someday

Someday our fight will be won, and

We'll stand in the sun, in

That bright afternoon

'Til then, on days when the sun

Is gone, we'll hang on

If we wish upon the moon

There are some days, dark and bitter

Seems we haven't got a prayer

But a prayer for something better

Is the one thing we all share

Someday, when we are wiser

When the whole world is older

When we have love

And I pray someday we may yet

Live to live and one day, someday

Someday life will be fairer

Need will be rarer

And greed will not pay

Godspeed this bright millenia

Let it come

If we wish upon the moon

One day, someday......soon

Moliere

Such a tender film. It made me giggle and it made me cry.

I love the grinch child!

The little baby Grinch child makes me giggle so very much. In our first married ward we always sat pretty near the Bishop's family and I swear his kid looked like a non-green, non-hairy version of the Grinch child. Secretly, I want a kid that looks like the Grinch child so I can laugh at him all the time. What joy!

"The flames of love!"

"What a lovely family heirloom!"

Now it is time for Christmas. :-)

Decisions are hard to do.

As exciting as change can be, making the decision to change is awfully hard to do. I am not a fan. Currently I am trying to decide if I should continue on with my graduate school applications right now or if I should work on them later.

I spoke with a professor the other day and although he was very kind about my situation, he informed me that my application is pretty average, if not below average. A lot of the schools that I want to go to will weed me out just because of my GRE score. So I am considering my options at this time.

Really it comes down to 1) forking out a lot more money to apply to more places right now or 2) waiting another year before I begin applying. There's lots of money and babies and insecurity and wonderment and personal reflection involved and really, I just don't know what to do.

So if you all don't mind sending just one prayer up to heaven for me so I can make the decision that is best for my family, I would appreciate it. Thanks, friends.