Two Drops In The Ocean

Hey there kiddo!  So your dad and I are waiting for our test results to come back.  We're kind of in a waiting period...which is perfectly fine with us.  We came back from the trip and went right into everyday life activities.  We are pretty sure nothing will happen in regards to working with CCRM in 2019, mostly because we need to pray about this all and make sure we are set to move forward before we jump off the deep end.

It's been a busy first half of the month.  We just came back from the Prairie Lights Film Festival in Grand Island, NE.  The purpose of the PLFF is to promote, grow and showcase the wide variety of films made by Nebraskans and to encourage networking, vibrancy and public support for an industry often overlooked in the state.  Your father is one of those filmmakers and he is so proud of it and I couldn't be happier to support him through all he does from beginning to end.  This tight knit group of individuals is a pretty special group.  Their passions come out in their projects and they continually support one another in a way that is almost rare these days.

Your dad and I just celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary.  We've formally known each other since June 2007, started dating in September 2007 and were engaged four years later in May 2011.  I say formally known each other, because back when we were younger our paths crossed without us knowing what was happening.  Your dad and I both attended the Masonic All-Star Marching Band during the summer or 2000.  However, we didn't know it until 2007 when we helped Greg's parents move out of their Lincoln NE home and headed west to southern California.

I was helping your dad pull items from his bedroom closet and pulled down a photo, a photo that I had the exact same copy of.  I quickly asked your dad why he had this photo...and he replied...  "Well, I'm in it!"  I gave him a quizzical look and said, "Well, I'm in it, too!"  Your dad and I were at the same marching band camp and had no idea.  Later, we found the VHS someone recorded of the events from the camp and noticed we walked by each other a few times and may have had a conversation or two...without knowing that we were talking to our future spouses.  Sounds like a God moment to me!!!  Here we are... aren't we young little things...I believe your dad was 16 and I would have been 14!

Another passion of ours has been music.  Being musicians has completely defined our lives and if it wasn't for music, I can guarantee you we probably wouldn't have crossed paths at all.  I hope you will find that music will help define moments in your life...like the 311 album "Uplifter" did for me.  It helped me get through living in Florida when I was first dating your father.  I listened to that album almost daily and now, when I hear songs from it, I'm reminded of my time living in Florida.  Your dad's album happens to be "Under Sky" by a local band named Status State...This was his go-to album in high school, which for him was a pivotal time.  The musicians we have met a long the way have now become our extended family.  They are there to support us and we are there to support them.

Baby G, I hope one day that you have a passion you care so much for and you find a group of people who share your passion who you can lift up and support and in return they will support you too.  These people will hopefully become lifelong friends or colleagues.  Believe you me, these types of groups are RARE in today's society.  So when you find them, hold on tight and keep those relationships close to your heart.

Two Drops In The Ocean - "Uplifter" 311

Thinking of you 
It all comes in view 
I believe we came from the same cloud 
Two drops in the ocean 
Tell me again 
The story of when we
We will be together one day

We're two of a kind 
Forever we've been combined 
Though the current will pull us apart 
Two drops in the ocean 
You are part of me 
The other side of the sea 
And we will be together one day

Hey hey 
What can I say? 
I swim your way 
Though the tide pull us away 
I ask you 
What you gonna do? 
Oceans apart 
But I know no one else will do 
Two drops in the ocean 
Just go with the motion dear

We'll meet again 
From two rivers that dealt on two shore 
Two drops in the ocean

Fall into me 
Dissolve in the sea 
The boundaries between, they are nothing 
But love we have, the only real thing, yeah

There is a stone wall 
Around your heart 
Nothin' left now to do but to start 
Chippin' away 
Day by day 
Until we see it break apart 
Hear me talkin' 'bout 
Let it be known, it can be done 
Bit by bit and one by one 
If the two of us try from both the two sides 
Until we see the sun 
Your phenomenal

Two drops in the ocean 
Just go with the motion

A lot of fish in the sea
Not for me 
You're somethin' of a different kind 
The rest evaporate, but you stay in my mind

There is a stone wall 
Around your heart 
Nothin' left now to do but to start 
Chippin' away 
Day by day 
Until we see it break apart 
Hear me talkin' 'bout 
Let it be known, it can be done 
Bit by bit and one by one 
If the two of us try 
From both the two sides 
Until we see the sun 
Your phenomenal

Hey hey 
What can I say? 
I swim your way 
Though the tide pull us away 
I ask you 
What you gonna do? 
Oceans apart 
But I know no one else will do 
Two drops in the ocean 
Just go with the motion 
Two drops in the ocean dear