Make a Change

I've been hearing this song recently and I always think of choosing to come out here. The lyrics apply to so much more than making a change. Since my birthday and this new computer every time I click on "Last 12 months" in iphoto it starts with the first month of the last twelve months. So that would've started July of last year when we were in Cali. I've gone through many fun memories each time I click on it and now I am down to our last month in Cali. The goodbyes. The quickly snapped last chance scenery pictures. The boxes. The tears, though I can't seem them in the pictures. God has us here for a reason, but the beauty is so compelling back there. The happy memories. Like a childhood, the bad fades away when I look back at the pictures.



Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I'd pray
I could break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jetplane
Far away
And break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging with revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me
Gotta keep movin on movin on
Fly away
Break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
Take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Breakaway
Break away



Santa Cruz Harbor


Greyhound Rock


Monterey Bay


Westside Santa Cruz


Santa Cruz County Fair