Yep back there. Made a big circle and back again…Just following God’s plan. Sometimes God open doors and sometime he closes them…for good.
Lyrics - Wicked “For Good”
by Stephen Schwartz (copyrighted)
Sung on the Wicked cast album by Idina Menzel (Elphaba) and Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda)
GLINDA
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…
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 …
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…
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…
GLINDA
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
BOTH
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD…
ELPHABA
AND JUST TO CLEAR THE AIR
I ASK FORGIVENESS
FOR THE THINGS I’VE DONE YOU BLAME ME FOR
GLINDA
BUT THEN, I GUESS WE KNOW
THERE’S BLAME TO SHARE
BOTH
AND NONE OF IT SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE
___
[They sing simultaneously]
GLINDA
LIKE A COMET PULLED FROM
ORBIT/AS IT PASSES A SUN/
LIKE A STREAM THAT MEETS A
BOULDER/ HALF-WAY
THROUGH THE WOOD
ELPHABA
LIKE A SHIP BLOWN OFF ITS
MOORING/BY A WIND OFF THE
SEA/ LIKE A SEED DROPPED BY A
BIRD IN
THE WOOD
___
BOTH
WHO CAN SAY IF I’VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
I DO BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER
GLINDA
AND BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
ELPHABA
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
BOTH
BECAUSE I KNEW YOU…
I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD.
Lyrics from the script, used with permission - protected by copyright.
I have deleted this entry because it has been said that people who are very important to me have been hurt by my words. I had extreme anger when I wrote the entry and although I did not say exactly what I wanted to say, the words chosen by me were still hurtful to others.
Part of me wanted to keep the entry here because it is what I felt, but I did not know that the people it offended the most actually cared enough to respond. I’m glad that they did. I apologize for the offense, but understand that I am also hurt by others’ actions. I am essentially…like you.
So, yes, I haven’t updated much to this website lately. I’ve been moving to New York (Albany/Greater Capitol Region area - not the city) so it’s taken some time to get settled. I don’t have much to update - just that we still haven’t sold our house in IL and are stressing big-time! and I’ve finished unpacking what I want to unpack for our stay in this rental home for a year. We said we weren’t going to unpack much since we were going to have repack it all when we buy a home next year, but looking at the boxes, I think we unpacked way too much. We just have too much stuff!!!! Do you know how that is?
Anyway…our accountant told me to take the year off - don’t get a job - don’t make money - since we’re renting this year and don’t have a house to offset us for tax purposes (actually we still have the IL house, but hopefully not for long) so I think I’ll take him up on that and take off the year. My husband will say “What’s different this year that you’ve NOT been doing last year or the year before that???” True…but I know how I am. I need a project to focus on - to do something as I can not keep still for very long. Perhaps volunteering will be good - maybe even doing some Princess Penelope storytimes during this summer…I don’t know, but I HAVE to do something!!! Actually, my husband said I need to get back into my photography. I plan on “touring” around the area and taking more pictures so I can show them next year. That’s a good idea, right???? Oh - and there are my children’s books. I’m working on two and am doing mega-research regarding submitting one that’s just about done. I’m weighing my options to submitting versus publishing/marketing it myself. I don’t know…But my goal will be submitting by the end of the year.
So…I do have projects to work on this year, so I can start showing/selling them next year. That works…
Anyway…I just wanted to tell everyone that I’m still here, I’ll do better updating and keeping everyone informed. Thanks for your kind words of encouragement and inspiration as I’m so thankful to have such good friends.
~Julie
Here’s an interesting piece of my family’s history:
“Jimmy Johnson’s Playland Park” by Ed Gaida, is a book about my grandfather, James Edward Johnson who built an amusement park in San Antonio, Texas in the late 30’s, and closed it in 1980. Some of the pictures in the book are ones that I’ve never seen before. I’m not through reading it - I’ve barely started since I just got it in the mail today. Ed was known as Uncle Ed and is still a best friend of the family’s.
I look forward to learning more about the Grandfather/Entrepreneur I never knew, and reliving such wonderful memories of PlayLand Park.
So, I’m working on a self-produced album, which I was hoping to get out by this past summer, but life has a way of messing things up - tossing things around and seeing what how we handle them. Well, I moved to the Chicago area - much to my dismay - I went kicking and screaming and screaming and screaming…But now that things have settled down a bit, I was hoping to get the album out by Christmas. Since I’ve been involved with a production, I’ve put the album aside for now. Hopefully things will lighten up and I can concentrate on the music and get everything done by next summer 2008. We’ll see. Anyway…Here’s a few “rough drafts” for you to listen to.
Jennifer’s Song
I’ll Wait
Summer Love
I’m in the Chicago area playing Mrs. Merkle in “Bye Bye Birdie”! As soon as we get some photos, I’ll post them up. This is a great cast to work with and I’m having a lot of fun!
Hi ya’ll - I’m having some issues with my postings. It seems to only be saving 1/2 of the post I submit. I hope to get this fixed right away. 
