Lyn Ragan's Blog, page 3

Good Morning Thursday

Woke up again at 2:00am hearing a verse of this song playing inside of my head. This is the third night in a row, at the same time, I've heard this line, "Babe, I love you so. I want you to know. That I'm going to miss your love, the minute you walk out that door. Please don't go. Don't go. Don't go away."
So today I ask myself, "why this song?" I pay attention to my thoughts and where they take me. I travel back to yesterday and the day before and I ask myself, "what thought was more relevant than any other." I found my answer this morning. This afternoon I walked outside into the very crisp air. I looked up into the blue sky above determined to communicate my feelings.
I said, "I promise. I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying here, on this path. For now, I will not deter...I promise!"
Love KC & The Sunshine Band - but can we find another song now, sweetie pie? :)

&...

                 Colavito Bell On January 26, 2012, a jury found Colavito Anton Bell, Guilty of First Degree Murder. He was charged with shooting and killing Christopher "Chip" Oney in the early morning hours of January 23, 2008.

Witnesses testified that he confessed to the shooting but showed no remorse. Immediately after shooting Mr. Oney in the head three times, he raced to an ex-girlfriend's home asking for help to flee the country. She asked him what he had done and he informed her he had killed someone. But she wouldn't help him. He later threatened her to keep quiet.

He then fled out of state and showed up unannounced to the home of a sibling. Bell confessed to his sibling in great detail. He shared his intentions to kill Lyn Ragan (Dispatcher) and Chip Oney at the same time. But Ms. Ragan was not there on the morning of January 23, 2008, so he carried out the murder of Chip Oney. The witness also testified to the clothes Bell wore during the attack and how he disposed of his attire and the gun after the shooting.

Other witnesses close to Bell testified of his confession to them as well. His motive? Money and greed. Mr. Bell now awaits a sentencing hearing scheduled to take place in March 2012. In the State of Florida, a First Degree Murder conviction carries a life sentence, day for day.

Colavito Bell will remain behind prison bars for the remainder of his life. Unless of course, he commits suicide as he tried to do on Friday, January 27, 2012, the day after his verdict was read. His attempt fell short and presently, he sits in solitary awaiting his sentence.

NO ONE

NO ONE
I don't even know where to begin with this song. I suppose I can describe the very first sign of it. My to-do list on this one Saturday was to get Scooby to his bathshop (Amanda's). I set my alarm so that I would awake on time since I love to oversleep. The alarm goes off at 7:30am.
What it felt like was a jolt of electricity running through my entire body. I had felt this before and with this one, I figured I'd lay still until it passed. But it didn't go away. And then I started to focus on the music playing from my alarm clock. By now, most of the song had passed by, but I could hear the words so clearly.
"You and me together, through the days and nights. I don't worry cause, everything's gonna be alright. People keep talking, they can say what they like. But all I know is, everything's gonna be alright. No one, no one, can get in the way of what I'm feeling. No one, no one, can get in the way of what I feel for you."
"I know some people search the world, to find something like what we have. I know people will try, try to divide something so real. So till the end of time, I'm telling you that...no one, no one, can get in the way of what I'm feeling. No one, no one, can get in the way of what I feel for you."
As soon as the song was over, this electricity feeling stopped. As soon as the song ended, so did this too. I knew right then that I was to pay attention to this song. So I ran to the computer and looked up the lyrics.
"Wow," is all I can say. This one song, for the lack of a better word, haunted me for weeks. I heard it everywhere and continued to hear it when I woke in the mornings. I HAD to pay attention to this one song.
What I get from "No One" is exactly that. No one in this world will ever take away the feelings we have for each other. No one can break us down, no one can tear us apart, and no one can get in the way of how we feel for each other.
But more importantly, everything was going to be alright. Powerful song - full of powerful words.

JOY TO THE WORLD

Puppy Scooby(Dec 07) and Granny Angel JOY TO THE WORLD
I decide that I need to clean my kitchen on this one Sunday morning. I've ignored household chores for quite some time now. My energy has been low, my depression over Chip's death has taken over everything. But today, I try to snap out of it for a brief time. I load my dirty dishes into the dishwasher and then I stand still in front of the sink. I look out the window and daze out into the back yard.
Suddenly, I'm listening to a short lyric of a song. I hear, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog". Stunned, I immediately snap back into reality. I question myself and wonder where that came from. And then I hear, "Joy to the world, all the boys and girls. Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and me."
Again, for the second time on this same week-end, I race to the computer room to look up the lyrics. Three Dog Night; oh my god, that's one of Chip's favorite groups. And this song, we attempted a sing-a-long not so long ago.
Joy - that's what I get from this song. Joy to the world, joy to all the boys and girls, joy to fishes, and joy...to him and I.