Support for LateToSchool

Parent Cafe
4581

<p>Went to see Wicked today with my DH for our 25th anniversary.
When it got to the song “For Good” I couldn’t help but think of LTS and all she has touched. I cried during the whole song.
For those of you not familiar with the song here are the lyrics:</p>

<p>I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you…</p>

<p>Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good</p>

<p>(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend…</p>

<p>Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you</p>

<p>(Glinda):
Because I knew you</p>

<p>(Both):
I have been changed for good</p>

<p>(Elphaba):
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I’ve done you blame me for</p>

<p>(Glinda):
But then, I guess we know
There’s blame to share</p>

<p>(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore</p>

<p>(Glinda):
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood</p>

<p>(Elphaba):
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood</p>

<p>(Both):
Who can say if I’ve been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better</p>

<p>(Glinda):
And because I knew you…</p>

<p>(Elphaba):
Because I knew you…</p>

<p>(Both):
Because I knew you…
I have been changed for good…</p>

4582

<p>Keymom- that is a great song. I’m pulling it up on my ipod right now.</p>

<p>Also tugging on the emotions: ‘Seasons of Love’ from Rent. </p>

<p>Sadly, I have no red shoes, but I think of LTS often and miss her voice here.</p>

4583

<p>I first heard that song recited as a poem at a dinner honoring a friend’s son and daughter for their joint bar/bat mitzvah, and I thought how lovely it was. (I still have never seen Rent.)</p>

4584

<p>Loved the collage. It was so tasteful and exactly CC - seeing a part of the truth about people that most IRL people don’t really look at (the feet) without knowing who the person is. I would have contributed, but sadly I have no red shoes. And I have a difficult size foot to fit, so I didn’t really go looking for any. </p>

<p>I also love “For Good.” Haven’t actually seen Wicked, but I’ve heard the music many times because it is often used at dance competitions.</p>

4585

<p>Mootie–thanks for posting the link to the red shoes collage. What a sweet tribute–it made my day!</p>

4586

<p>Mootmom-well done!!</p>

<p>Did anyone happen to see CNN segment about the shoes Palin wore when Mccain introduced her as his VP pick.</p>

<p>In no way, am I endorcing that ticket, but got chills when CNN panned down to Palin’s feet zooming in on her BRIGHT RED SHOES-
weird moment on the day of LTS’s memorial- Sat. August 30th
See them at this link:
[PalmTree</a> Pundit: Sarah Palin’s Shoes](<a href=“http://palmtreepundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/sarah-palins-shoes.html]PalmTree”>http://palmtreepundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/sarah-palins-shoes.html)</p>

4587

<p>Mootmom, I love the collage! </p>

<p>SouthJerseyChessMom, those are some shoes! I wonder what LTS would have had to say about Palin? I really miss her. Have followed this thread but not posted.</p>

4588

<p>Good job, mootie!
One request, if I may be so bold…
Can we NOT bring Palin into this thread??? Pretty please??? There are plenty of other places to do that. Thoughj I understand the rensive wonderment about what LTS might have thought… please… lets stick to red shoes and donations…</p>

4589

<p>^^ So sorry for the typos above. Meant to say “pensive wonderment” and “though I understand” . Time to take that Mavis Beacon typing course…</p>

4590

<p>Thank you for the collage. I will put it somewhere on my wall…</p>

4591

<p>Re the photo montage, if anyone would like me to autograph my contribution to it - no one has actually asked me this yet, but as I sit here at my keyboard I distinctly detect an undercurrent of demand beginning to well up - just let me know and I’ll, uh, direct you to my agent (who can provide all the info concerning available ink colors [your choice!], etc.).</p>

4592

<p>epistrophy - I did know exactly which feet were yours! :slight_smile: But you never answered me about wearing them to court.</p>

<p>I’d love an autographed copy. Sign in white, I think.</p>

4593

<p>Story of my life … always late. I had every intention of sending a red shoes photo. In fact, the red shoes are sitting next to my bed. I cleaned my closet, found the shoes … then went on my annual Labor Day cottage pilgrimage (a MI Labor Day tradition).</p>

4594

<p>Was anyone able to go to the memorial service? Would you share with us, please? If there had been one in DC, I would have liked to have gone…</p>

4595

<p>kelsmom and anyone else who’d like: if you PM me, I’ll let you know how you can send me your own photo and I’ll put together Red Shoes Collage, Part II.</p>

<p>I’m glad the collage brought you all some joy. It was a labor of love.</p>

4596

<p>Mootmom,</p>

<p>I love the collage!! Thank you. Like many of you, I cannot get LTS and her wonderful D out of my mind. Your collage, though small, is beautiful!</p>

<p>The other day, I found some red shoes in my closet that I didn’t even remember I had. I’ll try to send the picture.</p>

<p>Thanks for the latest contributions Epistrophy and Keymom.</p>

4597

<p>kelsmom—another procrastinator here… I’ll be part of Part II (or Part III) if it comes to that!</p>

<p>I was in DC this weekend—and I attended both the UMD football game, and the Nationals baseball game…I smiled and thought of LTS at both events—SO MANY women were wearing RED SHOES (to color-coordinate their wardrobe, of course), but I thought of it as a tribute to LTS for the weekend of her memorial.</p>

<p>I should have gone around taking pics of all their feet, but somehow that would have been way too creepy :)</p>

4598

<p>

</p>

<p>–Han-shan (8th or 9th cent. CE)</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain: Cold Mountain (Han Shan), Red Pine: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Songs-Cold-Mountain/dp/1556591403]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Songs-Cold-Mountain/dp/1556591403)</p>

<p>(From the accompanying notes: (1) “the green bearskin and blue phoenix robe were rare possessions of ancient kings”; (2) “[g]raves in China were usually located on the nearest south- or east-facing hills outside of town.”)</p>

<p>(P.S. to binx: Wearing my red shoes in court will, I think, require just the right case.)</p>

4599

<p>The case of the color blind judge?</p>

4600

<p>Perhaps a disagreement between basketball venues? The “court” case?</p>