Home again Home again, Jiggity Jog, Home again back again

Well here i sit at my parent's computer in San Jose about to depart for Orange, Ca and a whole different world. Home was nice but I was only here for a few days--got in Thursday night and it's now Sunday afternoon and I'm soon to be southbound. My mom threw a surprise birthday party for my Grandma Jones (my mom's mom) with the help of some cousins and relatives up in Sacramento. It was pretty cool. It was nice to see all of that side of the family having a fun get-together. I think the last two large family events for those people have been funerals. Anyway, it was good to see them, even though I didn't really know a lot of people there. I performed part of "The Lady is a Tramp," and "Fly me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra with the help of everyone snaping and the karaoke machine on the second one which I borrowed from my neighbors across the street here in San Jo: Eric, Dee Dee, and Brian Dineson. Gratzie, gratzie! It was a lot of fun. My other grandma from the East Coast is here as well for a while and I count myself very lucky. Though both of my grandfathers have expired, I still have two great grandmothers and a wonderful family. My brother and mom and dad all love me and support me very much. sometimes i do not know why i am so blessed and others are not... i don't feel more deserving. i mean, roundabouts 150,000 people died in the Tsunami/Earthquake incident a bit ago and there are so many tragedies of less casualties happening still and constantly (perhaps not lesser magnitude for there is still loss of life). My brother Travis and I just finished watching the movie Troy today. It got ahold of me a bit more than when i saw it in theatres i think. it was a great movie, and exciting, but it begs the question to me: why war? why must people have a name that never dies and lives on in history? what about living in peace and being a good person and a good husband, or a good father, or a good son, or a good wife, or daughter, or grandparent, or whatever? where's the shame in that? what about loving God, and your lover, and your family and friends and your neighbor, and your enemy and being content with living well? De todas formas, como se dice en espanol, he escrito mucho esta vez en mi <> I didn't expect that when I opened up a new post I'd have so many thoughts ready to come gushing out. Welp, methinks i'll go have a flight and meet my love for a night of joy and gratitude. like my good friend Dillon always says, I leave you in the grace and favor of the Lord.