Who Would You Save?

I am a big fan of the band, Nickelback. Some of those more musically-inclined people may laugh at my music choice, but I love them! They have some really awesome songs! Anyway, all of this to say, I also really enjoy watching their music videos. They have some very clever and moving ones. One of my all-time favorite videos is for their song, "Savin' Me."
The song is all about giving someone a second chance and telling them that they are worth your time and energy. I love the video because it has a lot of layers and deeper thoughts and meanings you could take from it. It raises a lot of questions about yourself as well-- if I knew someone's life was in danger, would I risk mine to save them? Would I stand around to bask in the glory of my save? Would it matter who the person was-- gender, money, race, age, etc-- would I still save them? Are there those who I would refuse to save (a rapist, a prisoner, a homeless person, etc)? Are there those I know who are standing on their own ledge, screaming to be noticed and loved and told they are worth saving?
As you watch the video, think about those questions. And if nothing else, enjoy an entertaining video!



Here are the lyrics if you want to follow along:

Prison gates won't open up for me
On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'
Oh, I reach for you
Well I'm terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can't hold my soul in
All I need is you
Come please I'm callin'
And oh, I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
And say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth savin' me

Heaven's gates won't open up for me
With these broken wings I'm fallin'
And all I see is you
These city walls ain't got no love for me
I'm on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh, I scream for you
Come please I'm callin'
And all I need from you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
And say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth savin' me
Hurry I'm fallin'
yeah, yeah

And all I need is you
Come please I'm callin'
And oh, I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
And say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth savin' me
Hurry I'm fallin'

And say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth savin' me

Heroes of the Titanic

As I've mentioned in other blogs, I work at a residential treatment center for teens. I am officially a fill-in counselor so I have had the opportunity to work at the girls' house as well as the school and the boys' house. This last week I spent 3 days in a row helping at the boys house during the day. They were on their "summer break" where they don't go to school but still have to do something educational and/or recreational. On Wednesday, I had the honor of driving one of the minivans down to Denver to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We went to see an IMAX film that was about an expedition to the Titanic. The boys, of course, were bored stiff, but I thought it was pretty interesting. They not only talked about the ship, but the stories of the people on the ship-- the good and the bad. There was a man who will forever be remembered as the guy who didn't put enough lifeboats on the ship-- how's that for a legacy? But they also talked about the people who are considered heroic-- the telegraph operator, the musicians who played to keep people calm until the ship went down, the men who got as many people as they could on the lifeboats. The guy who was narrating (and on the expedition) said something pretty remarkable. He was talking about heroism and the people who were heroes vs. the people who took the fight or flight response and refused to go back to get more people on the lifeboats. He said "people as a whole are not heroic, it's the unique few who make heroes." (okay, that isn't a direct quote cuz I can't remember it exactly). But the point of it all was that in the last few hours/minutes of these people's lives, they were heroes-- and will be remembered forever as being such. What an awesome legacy to leave behind. The narrator said about one man, "2/3 of the people who survived have ____ [I can't remember his name] to thank for it." WHOA! That is awesome! What kind of legacy will you leave behind? What will people remember you for? Being stingy and a penny pincher that inevitably caused the unnecessary death of thousands? Or being the one who used his last few minutes of life to continually call for help and play music to help others stay calm?

Happy 4th of July!

Today is the 4th of July-- Independence Day! This post is in honor of my friends who are serving our country! I got to talk to one of them who is deployed in Iraq :-) Thank for all you guys have done and will do! I'm counting down the days till you all can come home!

Here's to you, guys!

Our adopted boys (Hall and Ambrose [center and right]) with Hardwick and my sister!

Hardwick

Matt

All of my boys (this pic is 3 years old)!
Brandon, Hardwick, Kevin, Matt, James, Wes