Saturday, December 24, 2011

My Marbear is WICKED!!


hAPpy bIrThdAy to yOu BeAR!!

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressiable is muSic"

this beautiful quote reminds me of you!! why? simply because ANY time the universe hears our maria sing we REJOICE! we are in AWE! our souls are LIFTED and our hearts MELT!! we are So MOVED by the beauty we have witnessed we are without words!!

thank you felic for adding to my post!!!! Pie Jesu!
Do you know hearing you sing with felic at jessi & David's wedding is without a doubt one of my very MOST favourite moments of my life!!!
YES it was!!!
ABSOLuTELY B R E A T H T A K I N G!!
HEAVeNLY!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
OH MY M E L T!!!!

Remember how when you sing i wish for a REWIND?
remember how you performed the song from wicked and had never even seen the play? and how i wish i were there to see you! oh man!!! you know what i miss!! i miss our college days in Hawaii!! yep i do!! oh man those were the days!! when you performed in various recitals & musicals!! and how i would run up after the show and have you autograph my program book!! and how i would throw roses on the stage after every performance!! and how i was the 1st one in the theatre every time you performed just so i could have the very best seat in the house!! and how often times you would see me in the audience and i was the one with the BIGGEST and HUGEST SMILE and how i was in awe and tears filled my eyes!! remember?? and i was the 1st one standing on my feet clapping when you finished and yelling bravo!! encore!! MORE!! REWIND!! and yay!! and hooray!! oh man!! & how i would go back stage and ask if i could have my pic taken with you!! and how i would wear a t-shirt saying my marbear rocks the house at every recital!! oh man i really do miss those moments!!

The very 1st time i heard you sing was even before we really spoke do u remember? we were in the cedar ave house.. the sisters and i were on jenn's bed and in walks maria from a very exhausting day at big girl school & work! you and jessbear sang for me!!!! oh my amazing!! YES!! another favourite & cherished moment in my life!!! MELT!! thank you!!

what i do know about you is when you sing you bless the lifes of your listeners your music is a gift it gets the hurt out into the open into the light and out of the darkness.
thank you!!
thank you for blessing my life!!
I M I S S Y O U!!
I've missed your company,
i ve missed your conversation
most of all i miss your smile!
thank you for gift of beauty you are in all of our lives!!

HapPy BiRthDaY bEaR!!

i love you

love forever!!
terr

happy birthday

hello maria!!

wanna sing it again sometime? :)



have a BEAUTIFUL 30th year!!!

loves and hugs
fel

hAppiEsT of DaYS

it's like how does your heart beat and why do you breathe?"



dearest mar-bear,

the quote from the song reminds me of a typical maria question...so thoughtful, so philosphical, full of wondering, wishing for answers, knowing there aren't always answers, and turning everyday questions into wonderful discussions or even better songs. thank you for that.

this song reminds me of you as it was one that i would be SO happy if you would sing along and harmonize with me.




this next song is of course, an obvious choice, as it is the first song i ALWAYS request you to play whenever the guitar is in your arms (where it should be. always.)

i love you woman. here's to another 30 wonderful years!!!! i'm SO excited for you to cash in on the "west coast" birthday coupon!!!

xoxoxoxoxooxxo jessi

30 is the new 20


Happy Birthday MARIA!!!

With all the good times I was blessed to see you this year, I didn't end up with too many photos of us or even just you. But the ones I have from the good times spent should be memorialized on your special blog forever, so here they are.



This one really doesn't have you in it, but I am pretty sure you took the picture and I love it! It totally captures the good times we get to have when we go on adventures with you.

Thank you so much for traveling down so many times to see us and play with us since you have been in Seattle. A very common question in our house when ever we are planning a rock climbing trip is, well, when can Maria come? We hope we can see you even more next year, when you are all grown up and 30!

I don't always remember the moment when I meet people, but I always remember the moment I met all my most special friends. I met you in Seattle, right after getting home from my mission while on a road trip with Chris. Chris told me all about you before we stopped by and assured me that I would think you were as cool as she did. She was right, you were an instant hit, super welcoming, and easy to talk to, no pretenses, you were you.

While it is true that I really enjoy that you share your wonderful music talents with me, I appreciate even more whats inside your soul that makes the music so beautiful as it comes out of you. Someday I hope you write a philosophy book, it could be called the "introspection's of Maria" (or something better with more correct grammar if you prefer). Your thoughts on life and living are always insightful and your striving to make the way you live your life more meaningful everyday has always been an inspiration. When you do something important you do it with purpose and if you ever loose sight of that purpose, you do something about it. You don't just finish for the sake of being done, instead you take the time to recenter and redefine your purpose and you come out an even better Maria.

I hope on your special 30th birthday that you get to enjoy your family, and especially enjoy looking back on all the good times you have had so far in your adventure of life. Hopefully as you are thinking back on those times you will forget about the time I almost killed you in the raging flash flood in Hawaii and just remember the part about how I pulled you back in! :)

I love you and I am excited to spend some quality time with you as soon as we can make it happen!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Maria is 3-0! Yay!

You finally joined the party of our thirties dear! I love you so much! I am putting a couple songs on and we will see if they work since I am out of the country and this computer and internet are so much different, therefore they may be links since that is all I know how to do.

Sheesh woman, I love you. You are simply wonderful. You are thoughtful, and lovely and just absolutely fantastic. The songs I chose to put that remind me of you are: Azure Ray: Trees Keep Growing, since of course any time I hear these ladies I think of you, with your beautiful voice and amazing sense of lyrical writing. The second song I chose is Sigur Rós: Glósóli since I listened to them every night before going to bed and you used to tease me and still put up with it. Alas, now you have been to beautiful Iceland and seen where these lovely gentlemen reside and make this music that is so beloved by me, even more now since it reminds me of living with you!

So, click on the songs, see if they work, if they don't, google or youtube them and think of me. It won't let me bring them up on youtube in Germany saying I don't have the rights or some such thing, so if they don't work, look them up sister!

Happy Birthday my sweet friend. I miss you!

Love,
Jenn

Friday, December 23, 2011

You are my Star



I love whenever you play or sing or speak or primp or shop or drive or climb or run or study or laugh or dance or sip tea or wish you didn't need to prepare food or shout or roll your eyes or be your wonderful, beautiful, talented Self. I've gotta have you in my life!!!!


Love, LBear


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

I could drink a case of maria








These songs remind me of you. I don't know if we listedn to them togther at the Buddha house or they remind me of you because you have a lovely voice, write perfect songs, and are Canadian ;) Either way, whenever I listen to these songs, I think of Maria and feel content and happy. I forget about stress and fatigue for a moment and feel the songs. I am so glad I have songs linked to memories linked to you.

Enjoy your day. You are a truly thoughtful, smart, beautiful person.

mwah!
Chris