FIRE!!!!!!

at 02/02/07 9:34AM
I'm going to the Southern Exposure 6 (Card board sled race) at Ober Gatlinburg today. You can watch it on WBIR Channel 10, Knoxville, or you can stream it on www.wbir.com. Take care everyone and call me if you need anything.

~Drew

So long ago, I don't remember when, That's when they say I lost my only friend.

at 02/01/07 6:02PM
Today I was driving to a fuel leak / vehicle accident when I heard the song "One Headlight", by the Wall Flowers. While I'm driving with my lights and siren on, that song just kind of hit me, and reminded me of Amanda. For a brief moment in time, I left this world and my thoughts on where I was responding to and who needed my help, and visited the world of memories, the one place I can visit Amanda.

The part of the song that hit me and reminded me of her was these lyrics.

I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
So I wondered how she hung around this place

She always had a pretty face, and a beautiful heart. The most Christian girl I ever could have met. I miss her so much. I don't know why she ever hung around this place, me. Lord knows she could have done a lot better than have me as a best friend. I know though, she is in Heaven, and now that I've been baptized, I'm ready to go anytime. I can't wait to meet Jesus and Amanda again.

These lyrics, they relate to me, how I feel. It's so amazing how someone can write a song and it totally relates to you.


The Lyrics to "One Headlight"


Wallflowers
Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
One Headlight

So long ago, I don't remember when
That's when they say I lost my only friend
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listened through the cemetery trees

I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn
The long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
So I wondered how she hung around this place

Chorus:
Hey, come on try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me & Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight

She said it's cold
It feels like Independence Day
And I can't break away from this parade
But there's got to be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I seen the sun up ahead
At the county line bridge
Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead
We'll run until she's out of breath
She ran until there's nothin' left
She hit the end-it's just her window ledge

(chorus)

Well this place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn
Well it smells of cheap wine & cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn
I'm so alone, and I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams
I think her death it must be killin' me

(chorus)

A New Start

at 02/01/07 12:15PM
Okay everyone, I have created me a new pleonast. So here it is. Nothing to be DAZZLED about, but it's here none the less.

Got baptized last night, that's a weight that's been lifted off my shoulders. God has placed that on my heart for a long time now. Now that it's done, I feel GREAT!!! I could go tackle the world! WOO HOO!!! My thanks to Ed, Sarah, and everyone at the church who's helped me along my spirtual walk. So I am a new man now, Heavenbound. It's a new start for me, and I plan on using my new start to better my spirutal life.

Tomorrow set your tv's on Channel 10 (NBC Knoxville) at 5 PM on Live@5. I'll be on there racing Engine 1 down Ober Gatlinburg. I'll be in the drivers seat, so look for me. We are wearing all of our turnout gear.

Well that's it for now. Everyone take care of yourselves and I'm sure I will talk to you all later.


~Drew



P.S. Two GREAT songs you need to take a listen too!


Rascal Flatts - "What Hurts The Most"
Seal - "Kiss From a Rose"

I really like both these songs and I believe you will too.



From The Advocate in Monroe County.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

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  • sjbgurl
    Yay Drew :)
    by sjbgurl at 02/01/07 12:53PM
  • ousinger
    I'm so excited to hear that you were baptized last night...the angels are rejoicing...that's the best decision you could have made...keep studying hard and keeping God first in your life. Don't be afraid to lean on others who are strong Christians as well...By the way, you don't know me...I just saw on her blog that you were baptized!
    by ousinger at 02/01/07 1:19PM
  • silly_nickel
    YAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol Nice picture, looks like fun. Yep those are both good songs, I know both of them.
    by silly_nickel at 02/01/07 1:50PM
  • moe
    hey nice to meet you my name is brandon congrats are you a fire fighter to
    by moe at 02/01/07 2:41PM
  • Arwen_Undomiel
    Congrats on getting baptized Andrew! I would watch but I don't get channel 10. Sorry.

    I love "What Hurts the Most". Never heard of the other one.
    by Arwen_Undomiel at 02/01/07 2:52PM
  • phoenixsong
    I am so overjoyed to hear the great news! I wish I could see you on the news in East Tennessee, but alas, I live in Middle Tennessee!
    by phoenixsong at 02/01/07 3:02PM
  • Arwen_Undomiel
    I've never been baptized. I've been saved. Once at Flacon Youth Camp, I went up to the front when they called to everyone who wanted to be saved.(he remembers because he hugged me and sat with me while I was crying)
    And then after that I went up front when my grandma went to pray and she asked me something, I thought she was asking me if I was going to pray. I said yes to which she said "praise the lord" and then the preacher and everyone else gathered around me and he laid his hand on my head and was praying and what he was saying made me cry. Then after he finished every single person hugged me. Grandaddy finally got me away from all of them and sat me down and hugged me. :) But i've never been baptized.
    by Arwen_Undomiel at 02/01/07 3:36PM
  • Arwen_Undomiel
    I'll try to find that song and listen to it.
    by Arwen_Undomiel at 02/01/07 3:37PM
  • sarahpet
    HI, I'm Sarah, a friend of Sarah's . :)

    The angels in heaven rejoice with us in your obedience to the Gospel!
    by sarahpet at 02/01/07 3:57PM
  • ousinger
    Not a lot...what's up with you?
    by ousinger at 02/01/07 4:33PM
  • ousinger
    awesome...and I like both songs that you listed!!! :)
    by ousinger at 02/01/07 5:53PM
  • Arwen_Undomiel
    That is a sad/beautiful song. You miss her terribly don't you? I've been blessed that i've never lost anyone close to me. Even when my grandma's sister Jennette died, it did do anything to me. I, how ever, still can't believe she is dead. God bless you Drew.
    by Arwen_Undomiel at 02/01/07 7:12PM