I just can’t take it anymore.
Everything is getting so hard.
You’re spending all your time with her.
Parents trying to keep us apart.
They don’t understand our feelings.
The trust is broken and constantly renewed.
How you act around me, like it’s no big deal.
You know I’ll forgive you for going out again.
We’ve tried to improve things.
I’ve put forth effort countless times.
A year goes by.
I thought you would change, but you’re still the same.
How could I be so blind?
I refuse to fall for you this time.
I know things will work out in the end.
But I’ve put up with enough.
I’m tired of it all.
It can’t go on like this.
Things have got to change.
Very soon.
But I still love you.

You be my hero,
I'll be your heroine.
Save me from this awful world
We've been living in.
Take my hand,
We're gonna win.
Hold me tight,
And make me feel alive again.

They say that love is war,
But tell me what are we truly fighting for?
Some people are never completely sure,
But I think love deserves so much more.

We're like two magnets
Always pulling toward each other
By each other's side
We feel the same
Our love for each other
It's so strong like that force
Of the magnets pulling together.

Then they turned me around
Sending us in opposite directions
They tell lies, make rules
Trying so hard to keep us apart
No matter how we try we can't
Get back by each other's side
But we're still the same

Our love for each other
Is so strong
We're still together
Even if we're not side by side
We know what really matters
That's all we need
My love fr you and your for me

Love in when you're never mad at a person, even if you want and try to be...and when you want to do everything with them, even if it's not so fun, just because you want them to be there with you...It's when you could be anywhere in the world, but you choose to be with them because life's just better that way...It's when you feel in your heart that you'll marry the person from the first time you meet them and you don't know how to explain it to anyone...It's when you think of your future with them and smile because you know it will be great...When your friends look at you and wonder what you could ever see in them, and you see everything in them...When everyone else looks at you and thinks, "They're different than any other couple I know."...Love is when you dance with that person around in circles for what you hope will be forever and you don't even notice the rest of the world as it goes on around you because you can't stop staring into their eyes and wondering if they love you too.

Doesn't he know that I'm serious?
I'm serious about who I am.
Serious about who I want to become.
Serious about my standards.
I'm serious about the Gospel.
Serious about my friends.
Serious about my education.

Seriously in love with him.

Ladies and gentlemen, hobos and tramps,

I stand before you and sit behind you

to tell you something I know nothing about!

Admission is free, you must pay at the door;

So pull up a chair and sit on the floor.

The show is over, but before you go,

let me tell you a story I don't really know :

One bright day, in the middle of the night

two dead boys got up to fight

back to back; they faced each other;

drew their swords and shot each other.

A deaf policeman heard the noise

He came and shot those two dead boys.

If you don't believe this lie is true...

just ask the blind man; he saw it too!

Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines

he wrote a poem

And he called it "Chops"

because that was the name of his dog

And that's what it was all about

And his teacher gave him an A

and a gold star

And his mother hung it on the kitchen door

and read it to his aunts

That was the year Father Tracy

took all the kids to the zoo

And he let them sing on the bus

And his little sister was born

with tiny toenails and no hair

And his mother and father kissed a lot

And the girl around the corner sent him a

Valentine signed with a row of X's

and he had to ask his father what the X's meant

And his father always tucked him in bed at night

And was always there to do it.

Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines

he wrote a poem

And he called it "Autumn"

because that was the name of the season

And that's what it was all about

And his teacher gave him an A

and asked him to write more clearly

And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door

because of its new paint

And the kids told him

that Father Tracy smoked cigars

And left butts on the pews

And sometimes they would burn holes

That was the year his sister got glasses

with thick lenses and black frames

And the girl around the corner laughed

when he asked her to go see Santa Claus

And the kids told him why

his mother and father kissed a lot

And his father never tucked him in bed at night

And his father got mad

when he cried for him to do it.

Once on a paper torn from his notebook

he wrote a poem

And he called it "Innocence: A Question"

because that was the question about his girl

And that's what it was all about

And his professor gave him an A

and a strange steady look

And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door

because he never showed her

That was the year that Father Tracy died

And he forgot how the end

of the Apostle's Creed went

And he caught his sister

making out on the back porch

And his mother and father never kissed

or even talked

And the girl around the corner

wore too much makeup

That made him cough when he kissed her

but he kissed her anyway

because that was the thing to do

And at three A.M. he tucked himself into bed

his father snoring soundly

That's why on the back of a brown paper bag

he tried another poem

And he called it "Absolutely Nothing"

Because that's what it was really all about

And he gave himself an A

and a slash on each damned wrist

And he hung it on the bathroom door

because this time he didn't think

he could reach the kitchen. 

"What if the Book of Mormon had been written by Dr. Seuss?"

Nephi: Of goodly parents I was born

I've never drunk, I've never sworn

This is Lehi, he's my dad

Laman, Lemuel, they are bad

And who is this? Why this is Sam

Yes, this is Sam; 

Sam: Sam I am

Laman: That Sam I am, that Sam I am

I do not like that Sam I am

Sam: In a tent, my father dwelt

Laman: And it's so hot, I think I'll melt

Lemuel: Our father's brain is out of whack

Laman: Yeah, it's too hot, I'm going back

Lehi: Then go and get the plates my dear

Laman: On second thought, I'm staying here

Nephi: You said you'd leave and go away

Now all you want to do is stay?

Lemuel: That Nephi always gets his way

Laman: Here we are in this damp cave

Sam: We would not be here if you'd behave

Nephi: I will go and I will do

There's the angel, that's my cue

Laban's had too much to drink

Now he'll lose his head, I think

Nephi: Look what I found, a brother from the quorum

Sam: We will take him home, we will call him Zoram

Lemuel: Oh great, another pathetic life form

Laman: Our gold and silver we have spent

I do not like it in this tent

Lemuel: I cannot read the Liahona

I must have drunk too much Corona

Laman: We hate it here, we have no lives

Lehi: Then go back to the city and get some wives

Lehi: A tree, a tree, I see a tree

The fruit is white, the fruit is free

A floating building, could it be?

Why do they laugh and stare at me?

Laman, Lemuel, come and see

Laman: We will not eat your precious fruit

Lemuel: We will not wear a tie and suit

Laman: We will not help you build your boat

Lemuel: We do not think that it will float

Laman: No not this boat, it will not float

Not even in a shallow moat

I do not care what Nephi wrote

Lemuel: We will not eat your fruit I say

Laman: We will not eat it on a tray

Lemuel: And we won't eat it in a tent

Not even if your clothes you rent

Laman: We'd rather have a can of spam

L & L: We will not eat it, Sam I am

Sam: You do not like it, so you say

Try it, try it, and you may

Try it and you may I say

Laman: Sam, if you will let us be,

We will try it, you will see

Laman & Lemuel: Say, we like this fruit of life

Sorry that we caused such strife

You've saved us from an awful jam

Thank you, thank you, Sam I am

Jenny was so happy about the house they had found

For once in her life 'twas the right side of town

She unpacked her things with such great ease

As she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze

How wonderful it was to have her own room

School would be starting, she'd have friends over soon

There'd be sleepovers and parties; she was so happy

It's just the way she wanted life to be

On the first day of school, everything went great

She made new friends and even got a date

She thought, "I want to be popular and I'm going to be.

Because I just got a date with the star of the team!"

To be known in this school you had to have a clout

And dating this guy would sure help her out

There was only on problem stopping her fate

Her parents had said she was too young to date

"Well I just won't tell them the entire truth

They won't know the difference: what's there to lose?"

Jenny asked her parents to stay with her friends that night

Her parents frowned but said "all right." 

Excited, she got ready for the big event

But as she rushed around like she had no sense

She began to feel guilty about all the lies

But what's a pizza, a party, and a moonlight ride?

Well the pizza was good and the party was great

But the moonlight ride would have to wait

For Jeff was drunk by this time

But he kissed her and said he was just fine

Then the room filled with smoke and Jeff took a puff

Jenny couldn't believe he was smoking that stuff

Now Jeff was ready to ride to The Point

But only after he'd had another joint

They jumped in the car for the moonlight ride

Not thinking that Jeff was too drunk to drive

They finally made it to The Point at last

And Jeff started to make a pass

A pass is not what Jenny wanted at all

(and by pass I don't mean playing football)

"Perhaps my parents were right… maybe I am too young"

"Boy, how could I ever, ever be so dumb"

With all of her might she pushed him away

"Please take me home… I don't want to stay"

Jeff cranked up the engine and floored the gas

In a matter of seconds they were going too fast

AS Jeff drove in a fit of wild anger

Jenny knew that her life was in danger

She begged and pleaded for him to slow down

But he just sped up as they neared the town

"Just let me get home! I'll confess that I lied.

I just went out for a moonlight ride."

Then all of a sudden they saw a great flash

"Oh, God please help us! We're going to crash!

She doesn't remember the force of the impact

Just that everything all of a sudden went black

She felt someone remove her from the twisted rubble

And heard, "Someone call an ambulance! These kids are in trouble!"

The voices she heard… a few words at best

But she new there were two cars involved in the wreck

Then if the other people in the car were alive

She hoped in her heart the person would survive

She awoke in a hospital to faces so sad

"You've been in a wreck and it looks pretty bad."

These voices echoed inside her head

As they gently told her that Jeff was dead

They said, "Jenny, we've done all that we can do

But it looks as if we'll lose you too."

"But the people in the other car." Jenny cried.

I'm sorry Jenny, they also died.

Jenny prayed, " God, forgive me for what I have done.

I only wanted to have one night of fun."

Tell that person's family that I made their lives dim.

And that I wish I could return their families to them."

"Tell mom and dad I'm sorry I lied

And it's my fault so many have died."

"Oh, nurse, won't you please tell that to them."

The nurse just stood there… she never agreed.

She took Jenny's hand with tears in her eyes

And a few moments later jenny died

A man asked the nurse, "why didn't you do your best

To bid that poor girl her one last request

She looked at the man with eyes oh so sad

"Because the other people in the car were her mom and dad."

This story is sad, unpleasant, yet true

So young people take head… it could have been you

Absolutely Everything.

About you is amazing.

I absolutely love it.

Don't let me go.

No.. not when I'm just getting to the point.

Where no one else has gotten me.

--Staci

Don't tell me how to feel 

like you always do 

I know you're right 

I don't want to fight

I wish that I could tell you something different.

I wish I could just toss everything aside...

but what I wish most is that I could just freaking decide.

Please don't walk away,

Please tell me you'll stay 

-- Staci

The Girl in a Whirl by ~Dr. SuessT 

(a.k.a. Vickie Gunther) 

Look at me, look at me, look at me now! You could do what I do If you only knew how. 

I study the scriptures one hour each day; I bake, I upholster, I scrub, and I pray. 

I always keep all the commandments completely; I speak to my little ones gently and sweetly. 

I help in their classrooms! I sew all they wear! I drive them to practice! I cut all their hair! 

I memorize names of the General Authorities; I focus on things to be done by priorities. 

I play the piano! I bless with my talents! My toilets all sparkle! My checkbooks all balance! Each week every child gets a one-on-one date; I attend all my meetings (on time! Never late!) 

I'm taking a class on the teachings of Paul, But that is not all! Oh, no. That is not all¦ > I track my bad habits ~til each is abolished; Our t-shirts are ironed! My toenails are polished! > Our family home evenings are always delightful; The lessons I give are both fun and insightful. 

I do genealogy faithfully, too. It' easy to do all the things that I do! 

I rise each day early, refreshed and awake; I know all the names of each youth in my stake! 

I read to my children! >>I help all my neighbors! I bless the community, too, with my labors. 

I exercise and I cook menus gourmet; My visiting teaching is done the first day! 

(I also go do it for someone who missed hers. It's the least I can do for my cherished ward sisters.) 

I chart resolutions and check off each goal; I seek each lost lamb on my Primary roll. 

I can home-grown produce each summer and fall. But that is not all! Oh, no. That is not all ¦ 

I write in my journal! I sing in the choir! Each day, I write thank yous to those I admire. My sons were all Eagles when they were fourteen! My kids get straight A's! And their bedrooms are clean! I have a home business to help make some money; I always look beautifully groomed for my honey. 

I go to the temple at least once a week; I change the car's tires! I fix the sink's leak! > 

I grind my own wheat and I bake all our bread; I have all our meals planned out six months ahead. 

I make sure I rotate our two-years' supply; My shopping for Christmas is done by July! These things are not hard; It's good if you do them; You can if you try! Just set goals and pursue them! It's easy to do all the things that I do! If you plan and work smart, you can do them all, too! 

It's easy! she said :

and then she dropped dead.