PatBlogahan.com: Confessions of the baby of the family: →
After having 6 kids, my parents took a breather. Can’t blame them. Breather? With having to take care of 6 children, how could anything sound like a breather? Yeah, good point. Well, anyway six years passed and then voila! There I was. Precious, isn’t he.
My dad said I was mature even as a baby,…
Wouldn’t it be nice if we really didn’t give a shit about what other people thought or expected? That would be an easy fix but I think the reality of that is in doing that you loose your desire to do better. And what is wrong with trying to be better?
I think that you are among the majority of humans who never feel that they have done enough; contributed, the right thing. It’s this damned life journey that keeps throwing curve balls when you think you’ve got the game under your cap.
FYI-I’m not fully satisfied with where I am. I think daily if I’m the best I can be and sadly I come up with a NO answer. Covers over the head-then sleep—-but I have tomorrow! (Now I don’t do this every day!) I STILL don’t know what I want to be when I grow up!
Count your blessings, Pat. You have many, I’m sure. We all do. It’s just what you’re perspective is. What I see is that you have(came from) a large family and as I always say—family is good:) , you have your own children and family-what’s that about family? You’re a rock star!! Jinkies, (Thelma moment) that’s gotta count for something!! And I believe (wholeheartedly) that you are one of the greatest songwriters to date. Those are only a few. I know you can list many of them and maybe you should:)
These are just my thoughts. Thanks for sharing yours. A blue note, but there are many colors that create the rainbow. Let it shine and know there are sooooo many people that love and adore you. I wish you peace:)
Cindy
PatBlogahan.com: I've thrown a bunch away →
I keep writing blogs and tossing them out because I’m not clear enough in my words to you at the time.
I’ve written about the past and SF and Johnny Cash and all sorts of things but nothing has seemed worthy of sending.
I haven’t been ignoring you, I’ve just been cloudy in the point lately.
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That must have been exciting! I saw the picture you posted on twitter (I think); nice:)) Seems that it was inspiring to you and humbling?? Anyway…………I can speculate but you’re the one in charge here. I am indeed a rambler.
What I wish for you is to have the time when ever possible to be with the ones you love and need. Sounds like you need this. Wants/needs, you call it. I know that comes off the tongue way too easily but I mean it because I know that I would melt right into the soil if I didn’t have my (for me)family near me and often.
I appreciate all the dedication and sharing you give to your fans and well, to your art,craft,being. You have much respect from me and thanks for offering respect to all us adoring fans. (we) stand by you——we’re forever yours——-faithfully ;-)
There’s a Simon and Garfunkel song that is playing in my head right now that I am singing to you. In my mind-well out loud too, but anyway… ‘Homeward Bound’
All the best to you, Pat.
PatBlogahan.com: Feels good at first. →
Driving away from Nashville towards who knows where to write with a possible new friend. The further I get from town, the more snow and the less people. Yes, I said snow. I remember driving and driving and as you would expect I eventually had no reason to have a mobile phone because it was…
Thank you so much for sharing this story behind the song. I have to tell you I absolutely love it! I will confess I have not listened enough to get the full ‘story’ of it but the melody in itself has been enough, so far, to grab me tight. Funny how inspiration comes in the strangest environments and company. You are a master, Pat, and I want you to know that I am forever grateful for your songwriting, ummmm, excellence, skill, knowledge; all those fine attributes to magnificence!
The ‘stuff’ that you talk about with love is so true. Nothing stays the same, it’s the ride and evolution of relationships and love that carry me through. It’s the ‘are you strong enough to tow the line’ attitude for me that keeps this boat rockin’ cause God knows, ‘you’re a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly, fly away’
Only time will tell. And I’m a patient person.
That’s my ramblings……..
Thank you for being you<3<3
So looking forward to the CD and tour. Stay healthy and sane and hope to see ya soon!
PatBlogahan.com: True love →
When I was a kid, I would watch award shows and see big music stars and big time actors saying they loved their fans. It always made me crack up, knowing none of them would ever go out of their way to give any of their fans the time of day. It’s actually kept me from saying I love my/our fans on…
This blog is exactly what I needed today, thank you:) Your music has played and had meaning in my life just about every day since 1996. Thank you for being ‘real’<3 Words can roll off the tongue too easily, good or bad, and saying I love you is, for me, something not taken lightly but I can honestly say that I love Train and wish you all many more years of happiness and success. You deserve that I think! Being away from family and friends at long lengths of time must be truly difficult but sharing your music with the world, I hope, brings you consolation in times of want for those dear. Thank you Pat for being so freakin’ cool and YOU<3<3
Post on some comments personally like JS. That would be soooo cool;-)
Looking forward to the new CD in April and then THE TOUR:D
PatBlogahan.com: Surf →
There’s a moment when you paddle out to sea, just before the wave in front of you breaks, it seems like both you and the ocean hold your breathe and you leap into one another. I feel like I am in that state of mind a lot these days. I’m waiting to leap in and hope for the best. When you rise up to…
Getting a call from you would be a highlight of my year:D Take the leap, baby!<3
PatBlogahan.com: Weird ass New Years →
I stopped drinking about 16 years ago. That’s about the time music actually started to become a possible future for me. Every since then though, I have not had an epic New Years Eve.
I’m thinking that it’s just a strange time for me in general but this year was just as weird as the past 15. Not…
Happy 2012, Pat! Looking forward to the new music and other stuff:) There’s always gonna be ‘that’ person in our lives. You know what they say, (who’s they anyway?) you can’t please everyone. Sorry to find you popped the cork on your frustrations but sometimes you gotta just let it fly. Maybe this year you can let the steam off on occasion so you don’t feel like you’re gonna explode. I have had that tendency of keeping things in until I freaked but have, little by little, tried to nip things in the bud before they get too ugly. I’m still working on that but feel a whole lot better lately:)
My wish to you is to be loved, too, ‘cause God knows it will save us in the end! ‘all ya need is love, da da da da dahhhhh’<3
Rock the bowl and we’ll be seeing you soon :))
PatBlogahan.com: Not quite sure →
I have no idea what to write. I feel as if I’m late for an appointment and I don’t know what its for so I just keep hurrying in hopes that by the time I get there I’ll remember what the hell I’m there for.
Nothing yet…hmm…okay, I’ll ad lib cause that’s what I’m hoping to be someday, an ad lib…
PatBlogahan.com: The heaviest bowling ball →
I’m really not one to be macho. In fact, when I’m not on stage, I’d probably rather hang back. Yeah, I get on a story tangent or jokes roll here and there but when I’m not among friends or people I’m close to and I’m not at meet and greets, I like to observe rather than take the spot light.
With…
PatBlogahan.com: How can you.. →
Convince someone to want to be here on earth?
Make someone feel essential?
Love someone enough to change how they feel about themselves?
Delay or prevent family/friends heartache?
Talk someone into life?
Talk someone out of giving up?Do you feel like once someone makes a decision to be…
Man! You are so right. I don’t know if you can help those who have decided for themselves their future be it good or bad:( I tried. I watched my sister and my very best friend kill her self with alcohol. She told me too many times that she was ready to go. I remember the last time I talked with her that she told me she loved me and that she would die soon:(( I didn’t believe her….. She was right.
So life goes on as shitty as it is sometimes and all these experiences are life lessons and I try to communicate with the ones I love the outcome from the past but everyone has a mind of their own. Their own perception and it tears me up sometimes that we really do have to learn from our own experiences and too many times we have bad ones. But it’s the fuel that keeps us burning, rolling along.
But there is love and happiness and peace. I just need to grab it when I can and feel it, touch it, smell it, savor it for as long as I can. But it’s hard to take notice immediately and that sucks ‘cause I feel like I miss out sometimes ‘cause I wasn’t paying attention.
Thanks for sharing. It’s OK for me (and all of us) to cry sometimes:)
I am stumbling through this lifetime trying to do what I think is the right not only for my family but for myself. Gotta say though, I think I should spend more time on what’s right for me but in the end it is just a good shot, aiming the best I can and praying I hit my target.
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