<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124818517533389815</id><updated>2011-11-18T08:50:28.442-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Where to go now?</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thegazebo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/124818517533389815/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thegazebo.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Matthew Allen</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124818517533389815.post-4134259618059145409</id><published>2010-12-17T06:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-17T06:29:56.233-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Here I am again.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5t5HBky5zFo/TQtxlJ45KiI/AAAAAAAAAAw/dJG8Rws61qA/s1600/DSC00277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5t5HBky5zFo/TQtxlJ45KiI/AAAAAAAAAAw/dJG8Rws61qA/s320/DSC00277.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I figured I'd post a picture so that my readers can see the little man I describe.&amp;nbsp; Christmas is right around the corner and this is the first christmas without him.&amp;nbsp; I've got so many pictures it's hard to pic one to describe him.&amp;nbsp; What would he have grown up to be?&amp;nbsp; It's been hard for me to get my feelings out.&amp;nbsp; I'm so confused about how to feel.&amp;nbsp; I'm so angry about how he left.&amp;nbsp; I can admit I've learned something from my two year old.&amp;nbsp; Life is too short to be angry, to be sad.&amp;nbsp; The world is so beautiful there is so much to laugh about and enjoy.&amp;nbsp; Why didn't I see this when he was with me?&amp;nbsp; He always found a reason to be happy.&amp;nbsp; He wasn't one of those kids who whined or pouted.&amp;nbsp; He had his moments where he would get sad about something you would see it register on his face.&amp;nbsp; Then he would move on to something new.&amp;nbsp; I love you little man.&amp;nbsp; I can honestly say my children have made a man of me.&amp;nbsp; One day I will have a family again, and I won't make the same mistake twice.&amp;nbsp; Thank you for being such a wonderful son.&amp;nbsp; I'll always miss you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/124818517533389815-4134259618059145409?l=thegazebo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thegazebo.blogspot.com/feeds/4134259618059145409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thegazebo.blogspot.com/2010/12/here-i-am-again.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/124818517533389815/posts/default/4134259618059145409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/124818517533389815/posts/default/4134259618059145409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thegazebo.blogspot.com/2010/12/here-i-am-again.html' title='Here I am again.'/><author><name>Matthew Allen</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5t5HBky5zFo/TQtxlJ45KiI/AAAAAAAAAAw/dJG8Rws61qA/s72-c/DSC00277.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124818517533389815.post-7230222346673668364</id><published>2010-12-12T12:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-12T12:25:51.588-08:00</updated><title type='text'>On a Sunday</title><content type='html'>What is it about Sunday's that make you think.&amp;nbsp; I've had an interesting life with many of mistakes.&amp;nbsp; I just want a place to go and write.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Two weeks ago my son would have been three.&amp;nbsp; I can't believe that the authorities haven't made an arrest yet.&amp;nbsp; Am I to be another one of those parents who sees no justice for their child?&amp;nbsp; What is there that I can do?&amp;nbsp; How is it you can make the best out of this situation?&amp;nbsp; Back home there is this spot it's up on a hill, and there sits a gazebo.&amp;nbsp; I used to sit in that gazebo. I would watch the river down at the bottom of the hill.&amp;nbsp; I'd watch the city move, people running to and from their destinations.&amp;nbsp; Always rushing always running never slowing down.&amp;nbsp; My guess that's why it's called the human race.&amp;nbsp; My son was a wonderful child and the sad thing is.&amp;nbsp; I was so selfish that I didn't watch him grow.&amp;nbsp; I focused everything about how I can please myself for many of years.&amp;nbsp; I was so confused about my priorities I couldn't make up my mind what I wanted most.&amp;nbsp; It's funny we spend the most of our time rushing, worrying, and stressing.&amp;nbsp; It takes one extra-oridinary event in our lives to wake us up.&amp;nbsp; If you have someone you should be taking the time to tell them I love them.&amp;nbsp; Find a new and different way each and every day.&amp;nbsp; You don't know when that person is going to go.&amp;nbsp; The most haunting thing about this experience&amp;nbsp;is losing someone to abuse.&amp;nbsp; I'm always thinking about it.&amp;nbsp; Wondering to myself what I could have done different.&amp;nbsp; There should have been some sign some signal that I've should have seen.&amp;nbsp; I miss him, the way he laughed, the way he always danced to music.&amp;nbsp; He always found an excuse, a reason to make someone laugh.&amp;nbsp; How to close something like this?&amp;nbsp; I don't want to keep on talking about my son.&amp;nbsp; I' m not looking for sympathy.&amp;nbsp; I just wanted somewhere I can share my thoughts, and people could read them.&amp;nbsp; I haven't been able to write for a long a time.&amp;nbsp; About a week ago my feelings started coming out, and it's nice to write again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/124818517533389815-7230222346673668364?l=thegazebo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thegazebo.blogspot.com/feeds/7230222346673668364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thegazebo.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-sunday.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/124818517533389815/posts/default/7230222346673668364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/124818517533389815/posts/default/7230222346673668364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thegazebo.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-sunday.html' title='On a Sunday'/><author><name>Matthew Allen</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
