Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling.
They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's tummy.
The pregnancy progresses normally for Karen, an active member of the Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee. Then the labor pains come. Every five minutes, every minute. But complications arise during delivery. Hours of labor. Would a C-section be required?
Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee. The days inch by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric specialist tells the parents, "There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst."
Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot. They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby now they plan a funeral. Michael, keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he says.
Week two in intensive care. It looks as if a funeral will come before the week is over. Michael keeps nagging about singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. But Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. If he doesn't see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She dresses him in an oversized scrub suit and marches him into ICU. He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and bellows, "Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed. The mother rises up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered lady glares steel-eyed into the head nurse's face, her lips a firm line.
"He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!"
Karen tows Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing. In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray..."
Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate becomes calm and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael.
"You never know, dear, how much I love you, Please don't take my sunshine away..."
The ragged, strained breathing becomes as smooth as a kitten's purr.
Keep on singing, Michael.
"The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms..."
Michael's little sister relaxes as rest, healing rest, seems to sweep over her.
Keep on singing, Michael.
Tears conquer the face of the bossy head nurse. Karen glows.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don't, take my sunshine away."
Funeral plans are scrapped. The next day, the very next day, the little girl is well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it "the miracle of a brother's song." The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God's love!
Never give up on the people you love.
she'll never regret
in yours & my head was on your chest
listening to your heartbeat
it made me feel safe
like at that moment,
nothing bad could touch me.
no back up plan, no second chance
& no one else to blame
all i can hear in the silence that remains
is the words i couldn't say
another love gone wrong
another broken promise
always the same song
and all i can taste is this moment
and all i can breathe is your life
i just dont want to miss you tonight
i need you to show me the way from crazy.
i wanna be so much more than this.
It's like going too high on the playground swings and
taking polaroids to show where it all began. Laying
down, out of breath, pink cheeks. It's love and I don't
want anything else. It just feels right for once in my life.
Must be doing something right, I just heard you sigh.
Lean into my kiss and close those deep blue "need
you" eyes. Don't know what I did, to earn a love like
this. But baby, I must be doing something right
[the day] i met you, my life had
[changed] - in my eyes, you had that
[special] place, but you're made of
[lies] - you messed with my mind
&[sorry] to say .. you wasted my time.*
he's not the captain of the football team,
his guitar skills kinda suck, he's not the
hottest guy around, but he's exactly
w h a t i w a n t
if smiling could bring me closer to you
i would smile forever. if laughing could
let me hold your hand 10 seconds longer
i would laugh until my face was blue. if
talking could bring me closer to you, i
would go on until i lost my voice. i would
do anything to be with you. i would do
anything just to be next to you
nobody understands how much i miss you
i miss how much we use to talk & i miss all
the things we used to do. i try not to admit
to myself that i still feel this way. nobody
knows that i still wake up thinking of you
each day. i still think of you & i really do
miss you. i would give up everything i have
to be everything we're not
sometimes the two people that are
meant to be are the last to realize it
just because her eyes dont tear
doesnt mean her heart doesnt cry
& just because she comes off
strong, doesnt mean theres nothing wrong
Good girls are just naughty girls that don't get caught
its hard to trust anyone
when everyone you ever
opened your heart to
let you down
love leaves a memory no one can steal
but it also leaves a heartache no one can heal
& even though i know he's a jerk
& i know that all he'll do is hurt me
i still love him . i still want him
& i hate myself for it
i want a guy that doesnt care
about what i wear or how i do my hair
who loves my smile and my dorky laugh
and how I get hyper when I'm tired
Who would never want to see me cry
-- at least not tears of sadness
&& who would do those small things
t h a t m a k e m y d a y
just because he knows it would make me happy.
& i would travel a million miles
just to see you for a minute..
VIRUS : The Love Bug
SYMPTOMS : heart fluttering, light-headed, nausea, stomach doing flips, sweating, blushing, constantly smiling, heavy breathing, wandering thoughts, uncontrolable laughter, gigglind & very flirty
If you love someone,
Put their name in a circle;;
Not a heart because a heart can be broken,
But a circle goes on forever.
to me you're worth the fight,
but i'm not going to fight forever
a short time...is a long time
when your mind just won't let go
summer is where the girls go barefoot,
& their hearts are just as free as their toes
all i'm asking for is one day together
just you & me all alone & if you can
honestly tell me you don't feel anything
for me after that day, i'll finally let you go
When I didn't matter to you, I started
to wonder if I ever mattered to anyone
To spend the summer nights
with you is all I would ever want.
i wanna believe that he'll choose me over her,
i wanna believe that we'll be together,
but hey, you cant spell believe with out lie
You just don't understand do you?
Every time I talk to you, it gets worse.
The little butterflies, my stomach dropping,
the spinning, the feeling like everything is all right.
Those never stopped. They keep coming back.
And no matter how many times I try to forget about you.
I just never seem to be able to.
she will chase you around for awhile
but there's going to be a day when
she's going to stop running in circles
around you .. she's going to get over
you && at that very moment, you're ;;
going to wish you wish you had loved her too
You know what I think hurts the most?
The feeling of being replaced. It's like
no matter what you did, it wasn't enough.
And no matter what you do to try &
capture their heart again, it doesn't seem
to work. & you're suddenly left thinking that
you'll never be enough & a sadness takes over
your heart never really leaves
Tonight I'll stand in the light so you
Can count how many tears fall from my eyes.
It's okay, i'll be alright.
My heart can't get any worse
If we're perfect for each other, and if we're meant
To be with each other, we will be with each other.
Maybe not now, or tomorrow, but
Later, and I can promise you that
You grab my attention when you
Walk into the room.
It could be past
midnight and I'm still thinking of you.
I cannot control the feelings you got me
Going through.
I want to be yours but,
That is up to you.
I can remember sitting there watching you watch me
Lets drive into the sunset, sing love songs.
We`ll make unkeepable promises
And swear we`ll never love anyone else
& He can't understand
How everyone goes on
Breathing when true love ends.
& if you're not willing to risk it all
then you dont want it bad enough
Fate only takes you to a certain
point after that it's up to you to make it happen
everything in my life has faded away.
my favorite blue jeans, well they aren`t so blue anymore.
my favorite lipstick isn`t the original color it was when I bought it
& my teddy bear is worn & tattered. so what about these feelings about youu.
WHY WON`T THEY FADE?
you live, you learn.
and then baby:
you crash & burn
i wanna do to you exactly what you did to me,
lead you on, make you fall for me and then
let go : e f f o r t l e s s l y
i can't STAND being your second anymore,
not when you're my first...
someday,
you`re gonna meet someone who drives you crazy.
who you`re going to fight with and laugh with,
and do totally insane things for.
someone who turns your life
upsidedown
I find myself trying to stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me to not feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot, workin' my day around the call,
But when I pick up I don't have much to say
& i cant get him out of my head
he's ruining my life & hurting my
chance of ever living again. theres
something about him that makes
him so terribly attractive yet i cant
put my finger on it. just looking
at him puts me in awe. i guess
he'll always be my perfect flaw
You know it's meant to be when
even at the times you can't stand him,
he's still the only person on your mind
It's like everytime I see you,
you're with a different girl.
So when will that girl ever be me?
The only guy that deserves you is the one
that thinks he doesn't.
The one that will stick by your side no matter
how much you fuck up.
And the one who will forgive you.. mistake after mistake.
At the beach, life is different. Time doesn`t
move hour to hour, but mood to moment.
We live by the currents, plan by the tides
and follow the sun.
Cute is young and inexperieced,
cute is holding hands in the car,
and kissing at all the red lights.
Take it or leave it.
Kiss me and mean it.
And we'll swear to never hurt
each other again
you know what they say:
when you've finally found someone
good don't go looking for something
better.` So I'm going to wait for you.
even if I have to wait forever.
there's no way i could look
into your eyes and
tell you i didn't love you
they said we stood a little too close,
stared a little too long.
they probably thought we were in love.
but who knows.. maybe we were
ten boys later, and i
still have a thing for you
you're going to miss what you could've had--
a girl that would have done anything to be your everything
i'm not convinced that i'm worthy of your time.
and i will do what it takes to make you mine.
so sit back, relax, enjoy my show. this could be
funny. oh, i'm about to lose control
We attach ourselves too closely to people sometimes,
& when they're gone a part of us is gone too
you can't describe the feeling to anyone, not even
your best friends. 'cause the rush that you get when
you're with him, it's more than anyone can explain
And when the conversation turns to you
I get caught in a
"you were the only one for me" kinda thought
and your face is all that I see.
I know I can't go back and I still go back.
And that's all it takes, and I'm in that place
every time I hear your name
People look at me, and then they look at you,
they say "They are so wrong for eachother,
she's too smart and he's too lazy,
she's too mature he's too crazy,
she's too preppy he's too punk"
then i look at them and say¦
yeah but it's never felt so right.
You've hurt me more than words can say..
the sad part is I don't want you to go away
When I first met you, a part of me died..that was the part of me that didn't believe in true love, or love at first sight, or the perfect person. I know I messed up & I'll probably lose you forever, but I won't EVER forget anything about you, or what we had..cause it was really something special
I've never been so unsure about something
that I felt so sure about in my entire life
