B.o.B - Airplanes (Feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore)

This song is my anthem right now, "Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin stars, I could really use a wish right now, a wish right now, a wish right now" (Airplanes). The song continues with B.O.B. saying, "I could use a dream or a genie or a wish to go back to a place much simpler than this . . ." (Airplanes).

I feel this way today. I have just left the hospital after a day and a half of the unnormal for me. If you know me, you know that I hate hospitals, funeral homes, and death . . . Anyway, my grandmother, who is 88 years old, is in the hospital. She suffers from dementia. I sat there today and listened to her talk normally and nonsense for some hours. Her walking is not stable as well. I wish I could go back and freeze time before this life altering disease that takes the mind and distorts it.

As I was leaving the hospital, I ran into one of our students. Her mother is there in the hospital, which made me very sad. This student is dealing with a major ordeal with this incident, and she needs our prayers. I wish I could go back and freeze time for her. I told her to friend me on FB, even though I do not friend students. I told her that she could contact me anytime, day or night to talk.

The truth is ugly. We cannot stop, rewind, and freeze time. Wishes do not come true, no thanks to Disney. There is only one that can make things bearable, and that is God. God can wishes come true, and He can make things simpler for us. I will continually to pray for my family in dealing with this horrible disease of my Grandmother's, as well as for our students that we may or may not know the situations that they are dealing with.

Pray for guidance and wisdom as we all deal with the hardships of life.

JCD