I Went To A Party Mom

I received this petition from my high school friend Cindy. When I read the poem it really touched my heart and I wanted to share it with others. If you so choose you may copy this and send it out to all your friends. If you want to participate in this great cause just follow the directions at the end of the poem.



(read all the way to the bottom and sign your name)

I went to a party,
And remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mom,
so I had a sprite instead.

I felt proud of myself,
The way you said I would,
that I didn't drink and drive,
though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,
And your advice to me was right.
The party finally ended,
and the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,
Sure to get home in one piece.
I never knew what was coming, Mom,
something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say,
the kid that caused this wreck was drunk,
Mom, his voice seems far away.

My own blood's all around me,
As I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,
this girl is going to die.

I 'm sure the guy had no idea,
While he was flying high.
Because he chose to drink and drive,
now I would have to die.

So why do people do it, Mom
Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,
like a hundred stabbing knives.

Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom
Tell daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven,
put ' Mommy's Girl' on my grave.

Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,
I'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter,
Mom I'm getting really scared
These are my final moments,
and I'm so unprepared.

I wish that you could hold me Mom,
As I lie here and die.
I wish that I could say, 'I love you, Mom!'
So I love you and good-bye.




MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) IS HOPING TO GET 5,000
SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION, THEN PASS IT ON TO SIGN.

When this petition has reached 5,000, please return it to:

MADD
P.O. Box 54168 8
Dallas , TX 75354-1688
1-800-GET -MADD (1-800-438-6233)

Autumn Quotes

The weather today reminds me that winter is closing in fast and we will soon say good bye to the fall season. In honor of the fall season I wanted to share some beautiful quotes about autumn. Enjoy!

The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes


Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus


For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. ~Edwin Way Teale


It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ~P.D. James


Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. ~Carol Bishop Hipps


Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot


No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!
~Thomas Hood, "No!"


Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ~Stanley Horowitz

No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached

I've nothing else to offer,
so, to you, it's love I'll send.
It's nothing that I borrowed
and it's nothing that I'd lend.

It has no dollar value
and it can't be overused.
It isn't fragile, so it can't break,
though often it's abused.

I've given it to others,
but each time it's unique.
Its meaning's always different;
it depends on what you seek.

It's something you can store away,
to feel when you're in need.
But never is it on display,
its beauty can't be seen.

I'm giving it 'no strings attached,'
no costly warranty.
This love that I am sending
has a lifetime guarantee.

-author unknown