KCK, Hoo-hah!/Santa Fe

at 12/09/06 12:05PM

Some of the KCK girls (Koester Cabin Kids, a.k.a. Camp Noah buds), including me, are doing some totally awesome quoting of Newsies songs on our blogs. Oh the fun days when we would wait in long lines for the use of the shower stalls, sing Newsies songs at the top of our lungs, and imitate Newsies choreography! We usually sang the peppier songs, like "Ain't it a Fine Life" and "The King of New York." However, I'm sure that we all remember Jack Kelley's beautiful ballad, Santa Fe. Leader of the "poor orphans and runaways," Jack Kelley was a Newsie with a dream instead of a family. He appeared confident and independent, possessing the gumption to stand against the injustice of the Pullitzer Newspaper company by organizing the Newsie strike; but the Santa Fe scene shows Jack in a different light, one in which he speaks of a powerful, inward longing that awakens in the quiet night.
The words to this song are especially touching, and even though many teenagers probably don't have the exact same dream of escaping from dirty New York city to the open Santa Fe, I think we can all relate to Jack's feelings. Of course, at the end of the movie, Jack realizes that "breakin' your back for someone else's sake" is well worth the effort, and, recognizing the value of being with those you care about, chooses to remain in New York with the friends that have become his adopted family. Still, before all that happens, Jack pours his heart out in this song, and speaks of the dream that so many of us have...to escape to some better place.

Santa Fe

So that's what they call a family,
Mother, daughter, father, son;
Guess that everything you heard about is true.
So you ain't got any family;
Well who says ya needed one?
Ain't glad nobody's waitin' up for you?

When I dream
On my own
I'm alone but I ain't lonely;
For a dreamer night's the only time of day.
When the city's finally sleepin'
All my thoughts begin to stray
And I'm on the train that's bound for Santa Fe.
And I'm free
Like the wind
Like I'm gonna live forever;
It's a feeling time can never take away.
All I need's a few more dollars,
And I'm out of here to stay;
Dreams come true,
Yes they do, in Santa Fe.

Where does it say you gotta live and die here?
Where does it say a guy can't catch a break?
Why should you only take what you're given?
Why should you spend your whole life liven'
Trapped where there ain't no future,
Even at seventeen?
Breakin' your back for someone else's sake.
If your life don't seem to suit ya,
How 'bout a change of scene?
Far from the lousy headlines
And the deadlines in between?

Santa Fe
Are you there?
Do you swear you won't forget me?
If I found ya would you let me come and stay?
I ain't gettin' any younger
And before my dyin' day,
I want space;
Not just air;
Let'm laugh in my face,
I don't care.
Save a place...
I'll be there.

So that's what they call a family.
Ain't you glad you ain't that way?
Ain't you glad...
You've got a dream called...
Santa Fe.

is a nice town. :)

by missyaggie at 12/09/06 12:17PM
I can hear all your lovely voices singing in my head. Will you be back to camp this year? We miss you guys.

by alp1926 at 12/09/06 5:36PM
sweeet

by kittycat101 at 12/09/06 8:29PM
love iit! :]

by bballliz at 12/10/06 1:25PM
I can understand that. You do what makes you comfortable, but know that you are loved and missed and would be welcomed back at any time. :)

by alp1926 at 12/10/06 7:54PM
that a neat poe, u write it?

by kal_el at 12/11/06 11:16AM
We are! No name picked yet, but no matter because we don't tell until the baby arrives anyway :)

by scrappyhappymama at 12/11/06 10:01PM
i love newsies :)

by take_the_wheel at 12/11/06 11:34PM
Lovely movie summary! Much better than most of the ones I've read by the guys getting paid to do it....*sigh*...oh the great potential of Catherine the Great and Caroline the Marvelous...when will it be recognized by the world?! ;)

by babyelephant at 12/13/06 1:47PM
Ahhh Caroline, hey!!!I'm doing alright...you?

by rox_my_sox_07 at 12/16/06 9:58AM
I hope you have fun on your trip! When will you be back? Love you!

by moonpi at 12/18/06 8:09PM

The Safe Place/Friend's Quotes

at 11/27/06 7:11PM

One of the most wonderful things about being around Christians is that it's always safe to be laughing or smiling. Regardless of whether you heard the entire joke, just the punch line, or none of it at all, it's still safe to laugh with everyone else. You can be confident that whatever was said was clean, appropriate, and fun. When in the company of Christians, I'm in a safe place, where I can always laugh and smile without a worry.
To honor some of the coolest people in the world, I've listed some particularly special or funny (and random) quotes of certain friends, and made this blog, "The Safe Place." These quotes are memorable, and provided Christians with the giggles and smiles of pure fun. Some are original, some came from movies, and some came from I have no idea where. I hope that you enjoy them.
P.S. To make a certain individual happy, I've been instructed to inform you that, when I asked him and my friend Jessica for some of their quotes, Danny Coleman somehow predicted that I was planning to put them on a blog. Apparently the future psychologist is already a frighteningly accurate psychic. Just kidding! Thanks for the quotes, guys. Hope you like the blog!

Fortuosity! - Catherine Taylor

So are there fish in the Dead Sea? -Jeni Hedrick

I hate physics! I like math - Jessica Hickerson

David and I talked on the phone for a really long time the other day...like girls do. - Danny Coleman

I feel like we can start plotting world domination now. - Kimmy Coffey

In a short time you will persuade me to join the Dark Side. - Will Prince

It's the boogie man! - Jeremy Brewer

Not a quote, but she always laughs at exactly the right moment...and her laugh's awesome too! - Kylie Ross

La-di-da - Shannon O'Rear

My ring's better than your ring - Meagan Prince

It's only a big deal if you make it a big deal. - Catherine Taylor

Anywayssssss -Danny Coleman (according to a teasing Jessica)

Can I call you Bob? - Jeni Hedrick

Honestly Caroline! - Rusty Taylor

Forever and a day. - Shannon O'Rear

Pink is for girly-girls. - Kylie Ross

I'm tired. - Jessica Hickerson

(Sunday mornings in Bible class, after a lengthy pause in which we've all puzzled over a complex Bible question, one is always brave enough to break the silence and voice what we all are silently thinking.) What now? - Danny Coleman

What? Build a new buidling? What? -Jeni Hedrick.

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I LOVE your song by the way.... I didn't realize you wrote that.

by babyelephant at 11/29/06 11:53AM
Hmmm... incriminating quotes from all of us... except Mom and Dad... did they say "NO!"

by babyelephant at 11/29/06 11:54AM
hello!

by cassiejean at 11/29/06 3:29PM
Yes- I am much too type A to wait and see! Our luck, this baby will be shy and we'll have to wait anyway. Hope you all had a marvelous Thanksgiving!

by scrappyhappymama at 11/29/06 3:49PM
Oh- and I kept thinking you were quoting Jimi Hendrix up there! lol

by scrappyhappymama at 11/29/06 3:50PM
hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by angel_of_music at 11/29/06 8:21PM
Umm numbers are involved, but I wouldn't say it is math. It is more logic really. I didn't understand it until my brother explained what everything meant. It is fun though! :)

by moonpi at 11/30/06 7:25PM
Did you say you were working Friday?

by moonpi at 11/30/06 7:25PM
AND I really like the second to last quote. 'tis true...

by moonpi at 11/30/06 7:26PM
Honestly Caroline!

by rustin at 12/01/06 7:37AM
?

by gromit at 12/01/06 8:35PM
youll steal another

by angel_of_music at 12/03/06 6:58PM
hey bummers we've got work ta do! :) nice qoutes :)

by take_the_wheel at 12/04/06 7:01PM
Yo! I'll show you a big deal!! OH! Newsies friends unite!

by babyelephant at 12/05/06 9:00AM
AHH STOP YOU'RE BAWLIN

by kittycat101 at 12/06/06 6:42AM
I had to ask myself the same question! It snuck up on us so fast! :) Oh, and Danny does always say "Anywaysss!" haha! :)

by belle at 12/06/06 7:24AM
I am so glad you got the card and I want to wish you and your family a wonderful happy holiday. I hope Santa is good to you!!

by grannywriter at 12/07/06 11:16AM
try bottle ally or the harbor

by kittycat101 at 12/07/06 1:24PM
nitty gritty dirt band sings fishin in the dark :]] miss ya!

by bballliz at 12/07/06 2:25PM
Great! What kind?

by moonpi at 12/07/06 3:14PM

Searching For Sunshine

at 11/20/06 7:41PM

Verse 1: We're gonna find our way
The sun is shinin'
Gets brighter every day
So we keep on climbin'
We're gonna touch the sun,
Cling to its brightest beams
We'll have the light of hope
And we'll see every dream.

Chorus: We're searching for sunshine
Jumpin' high
Gonna try
To feel the big blue sky
Searching for sunshine
Skip around
Off the ground
That's the only way to get by
We do not have them yet
But someday we'll find wings to fly.

Verse 2: We're gonna grow and thrive
Our hearts are our ambition
Our souls are so alive
With strength and intuition
We're gonna bind the breeze
In our excited hands
And ride beyond the trees
Up to a brighter land.

(chorus)

Bridge: Wishes are far away
And dreams are incomplete
But hope is here always
And so we'll always reach.

Alternate chorus: We're searching for sunshine
Holding stars
In our hearts
To glow on the long nights;
Searching for sunshine
Every sight
Becomes bright
That's the only way to get by
We do not have them yet,
But someday we'll find wings to fly.

You must have me mistaken with someone else, and it was great, long, but great. :0)

by moonpi at 11/20/06 8:38PM
Have a great Thanksgiving!

by ccmom at 11/21/06 7:24AM
Who is that by?... the song, I mean.... AHH!! That is so scary that you might have had to work!! I'm SOOO glad you don't have to. Now we can all have a lovely shopping experience together... and eat good food...and play games...and... and ... I AM SO EXCITED!!! :)

by babyelephant at 11/21/06 8:27AM
I'LL SEE YOU GUYS SOOOO SOON!!!!!

by babyelephant at 11/21/06 8:27AM
You are too sweet! I just wish your family could be there!

by sellerofpurple at 11/21/06 8:42PM
I hope that much turkey was consumed by you and your carnivorous loved ones, and for the vegetarians...lots of soy turkey

by kal_el at 11/23/06 11:33PM
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I like the lyrics to the song.

by grannywriter at 11/25/06 8:14PM
Wait, you wrote that? Not that I'm underestimating your writing capabilities. I just didn't know you write music too. Sigh, Caroline, I thought we were friends. (hehe)

by moonpi at 11/26/06 9:01PM
(in a jokingly sarcastic tone) It's really nice okay! I love you.

by moonpi at 11/26/06 9:02PM

Making it Through

at 11/07/06 9:15AM

This morning, "You Had a Bad Day" came on the radio, and I told my dad that it was a nice song to think about on some of my harder work days. I think that it sometimes helps to recognize when we're having a rough day, or experiencing a difficult work shift. Of course, knowing that we're having a difficult doesn't mean we have the right to turn into a grouch...even though I've flubbed it up and done that way too many times! Still, I think it helps to realize that not every day, or situation, is going to be perfect. Knowing that makes it easier to make that important decision of, "It's okay; I'm just going to deal with it." It also helps me to see that I'm only experiencing the frugal problems of one, temporary day. All I've got to do is deal with it...and then it will be over. On our rougher days, my friend Jessica and I sometimes think to ourselves, "It's just one day." Of course, every day is important, but one bad day isn't enough to completely wreck our lives...not when we're Christians. That's something that I need to think about to keep my stress level down when I'm about to have a hard week! My pal Henry Wadsworth Longfellow put it well in his poem, "The Rainy Day," reminding us that rainy days will come...and rainy days will end.

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the day is dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

P.S. I have another poem hanging in my room, a line of which is nice to remember when we've been disappointed, and start to get afraid: "If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars..." That is definitely true!

How weird, I just printed out that poem for Kendall to take to his next reading class! Great sentiments.

by missyaggie at 11/07/06 9:59AM
You are so wise for your years and I am proud to call you "granddaughter." I too love poetry and Longfellow and Emerson are two of my favorites.

by grannywriter at 11/07/06 6:06PM
Yesturday was dark and dreary here. Whenever it gets like that I think of that poem. I love Longfellow. I'm kind of glad we had to learn all that poetry in school. I MISS YOU! I'll see you in two weeks!

by babyelephant at 11/08/06 3:50PM
Hmm...I saw your score. I'm ashamed I haven't broken you more. We'll work on that. ;)

by moonpi at 11/09/06 9:26PM
I've been referenced in Caroline Robert's blog! What an honor!!!!

by moonpi at 11/09/06 9:27PM
Exactly!...AND instead of working you get to come shopping with Amanda and I!..and hopefully Rusty, at least part of the day.

by babyelephant at 11/11/06 8:11AM
Its funny that the Bad Day song always makes me feel happy! Love the Longfellow poem. Have fun shopping on Black Friday! Much better than working :)

by scrappyhappymama at 11/11/06 11:07AM
sorry caroline, I never realized u werent on my list, thanx for the comment

by kal_el at 11/14/06 12:10PM

Fun's on the Way!

at 10/24/06 6:44PM

This Saturday, a family from church is having a fall party. I love bonfires. I remember times when I and the other FWGs (Fort Wayne girls) would have bonfires at my friend Shannon's house. We would sit around the warm fire pit, sing hymns, and one time we were supposed to make s'mores and ended up just eating the hershey bars. (That was my idea, by the way.) It's special to be outside in the darkness, with a bright fire providing your warmth and nothing but a flickering flashlight allowing you to see. Seems like the simplest settings frequently lead to the most enjoyable times, which later become our most precious memories.
I crave those special hours with friends when we can all relax, and just laugh and smile in each other's company. I love the funny conversations that occur between us, the ones that can still make me smile months, or even years later. I'm sure that Saturday's party will be a time for us all to be soothed and excited by the companionship of those we love.
My friends make me my happiest, giving me my cheerful, chipper feeling. Just the fact that we are spending time together excites me, makomg me laugh about how wonderful life can truly be.
On the twenty-ninth, we're having our teen class, when the high school and junior high clan will go over to a member's home for a Bible study. The teachers always do a great job and my friends turn the afternoons into fun, memorable times. I love you guys!
So that's a summary of my upcoming weekend. I hope that yours is as exhillerating to think about as mine is for me, and that it gives you the energy to make it through the rest of the week. Later days!

Sounds like fun!

by rustin at 10/24/06 9:29PM
And, congratulations on your math test! That's awesome.

by rustin at 10/24/06 9:29PM
You have already learned that it is the simple times that we will remember and treasure forever. Have a great time.

by grannywriter at 10/24/06 10:07PM
I suppose I like him...just a little! ;) See ya tonite!

by sellerofpurple at 10/25/06 7:20AM
Who's crying out loud??

by rustin at 10/25/06 5:37PM
Because snow here only lasts a couple of days and then it is gone for the rest of the season! OKAY! (just kidding) I can understand if you lived in feet of it for several days/weeks/months/years/centuries. It probably gets old, but I can't wait to see you too! (two days)

by moonpi at 10/26/06 6:44PM
Oh! Hope you have fun! We're supposed to have our fall party in a few weeks...it's actually been really nice here lately...not hot!

by babyelephant at 10/27/06 9:16AM
I did that one year! Have fun tonite and good luck scoring some chocolate!

by sellerofpurple at 10/31/06 11:56AM
hi caroline!! its emily ooooooo!

by take_the_wheel at 11/02/06 9:32PM
Yeah, well, it will be a lot of fun to play... Amanda asked me to dye her hair over Thanksgiving....that will be fun! Do you want yours cut again? :) LOL!

by babyelephant at 11/07/06 9:11AM
Yeah, well, it will be a lot of fun to play... Amanda asked me to dye her hair over Thanksgiving....that will be fun! Do you want yours cut again? :) LOL!

by babyelephant at 11/07/06 9:11AM

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KCK, Hoo-hah!/Santa Fe

The Safe Place/Friend's Quotes

Searching For Sunshine

Making it Through

Fun's on the Way!

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