This Where the Nonsense Turns to Makesense

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

owed* to dylan

three days full of thank yous.
dylan, i would like to thank you for teaching me so many things in the three short days you have been here. these lessons learned are sure to stay with me forever. i am a changed person.
...knowing how to properly hold a guitar
...the new orthopedic teeth marks in my old navy flops
...that my mole on my neck doesnt wiggle
...that "my daddy is in germy"
...knowing that "my big aya has one of those"(referring to anything we talk about)
...that coloring can be scary
...that putting peanut butter on bread can be scary
...that taking your shoes off...can be scary
...that sitting down can be scary
...that holding hands while we pray can be scary
...that "my pants are wet" doesnt mean "i peed in them"
...that when you put a little green thing on the end of a pen it becomes a dancing man
...that repeating myself 70 times just might not be enough for some people
...that her name is aya GRACE!
..that my name is aya grace's mom
these things i owe to dylan. thanks man. we hate to see you go.

7 comments:

JayBird said...

this is so funny!!! do both of your flip flops have teeth marks? i bet you'll think of dil-smack every time you put them on. :>)

digapigmy said...

thank you shontell. you are a blessing to us.

i'm still not sure i buy the wet pants one either

Dennis Clifton said...

...that's where he picked up his skills. You should have seen him last night at the Youth Group...rocking out on stage with his plastic pink Strat...the people were speechless.

frad-ster said...

that's what you get for wearing something that appears to be an odd shaped marshmellow...

No(dot dot)el said...

i have to say dylan did steal the stage. he was a natural. i'm thinkin his b-day present should be something musical and not pink.

shontell said...

no no, just one shoe. it makes more sense this way though, doesnt it?

digapigmy said...

he called you "shontell" yesterday when he was telling me about when he was gone. you've moved a step above ayla grace's mom!