http://crossimpact.net The stuff that spills out and flows over. Stuff I don't know where else to put. Half Journal, half Blog, half sounding board, half-baked ideas, half-hearted resolutions... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:11:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Raindrops keep fallin on my head and that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turnin’ red. Cryin’s not for me cause I’m never gonna stop the rain by complanin’ because I’m free… Because in Christ I am free. Free to accept getting wet from the rain Free to accept life and walk ... http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/03/10/poem-raindrops/ Goofy Hannah Originally uploaded by codyandheidiclark Don't step out of line with your old man, Girlzilla. Honor your father and mother, or imagine a banner-sized version of this beauty at your wedding reception. Oh yes, you know I would..... http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/03/10/blackmail-baby/ Head Shot Originally uploaded by codyandheidiclark Yes, I think it is. Rather depressing. At least I know Heidi must love me for my heart and not my money or my looks. http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/03/10/is-this-my-good-side/ bigsmilesatchristmas Originally uploaded by codyandheidiclark Heidi is every bit as warm and loving as she looks. Even Gracie has to smile when momma's got her. http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/03/10/mamma-and-her-kid-collection/ Aaron Originally uploaded by codyandheidiclark Mr. Freshpants, or Fresh in recent years, is eight now. He's a deeply felt little guy. All boy, awkward, hyper, jubilant. Has come a long way as he was a drug baby too. We had him since ... http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/03/10/aaron/ Gracie looks back Originally uploaded by codyandheidiclark Gracie is 6 years old, going on fourteen. All her best photos are of her looking serious. She was born with drugs in her system. We adopted her in her second year. http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/03/10/gracie-looks-back/ Hannah all Artsy Originally uploaded by codyandheidiclark Girlzilla is on the verge of being grown up at sixteen. She's our birth child. She singlehandedly prepared us for the chaos of having four children. Now she helps us care for them. http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/03/10/hannah/ Olivia Toothy Originally uploaded by codyandheidiclark She was born weighing just 17 ounces. She's still a skinny little sprout. But she's endlessly exuberant. We adopted her in 2005 during her first year. http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/03/10/olivia-2/ I was listening to my daily payer podcast, courtesy of the Jesuits at Pray As You Go, and I heard something familiar. The words of the meditation song were the same as the meditation sung by my best man at our wedding twenty years ago. But it was some other ... http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/02/21/poetry-come-my-way/ As of this evening, Heidi and I will have been married for twenty years. Twenty. Freaking. Years. Woohoo! So, big night tonight, huh? We should have some big stuff planned, right? Hmmm... Well... we'll go to dinner. We're planning a getaway weekend for later this month. Sounds kind of ho-hum. This was ... http://crossimpact.net/archives/2008/01/09/twenty-freaking-years-woohoo/