> I wish i could have been there to celebrate your day
> . You have worked hard to stay fit in an
> appropriate way..
>
> Ive always been awed By your smoothness and style.
>
> And when things toughen up you
> are there with a smile.
> Oh
> what have i done to deserve such a friend. Its
> kind ones like you that help troubled hrarts mend.
>
> You always seem centered in a
> positive way. Like the flow of a stream that has not
> gone astray. .I often think back to the
> first of our chats And We lightly
> spoke of this and of that. And you
> introduced me to your friend George the cat.
>
> I would just like to say i
> think daily of you. And still ponder
> the wonderfull things you will do. Like that trip
> down the nile. I can picture it now. While you drift
> by the date palms as you sit at the bow. And take in
> the beauty of whats all around. With the
> wind in the sail as it beats out a sound. And If
> you dont mind I would just like to add. That I
> think Quite alot of your mom and your dad. And I put
> them up front as the couple elite. Cause Dad Jim
> is so cool and mom Jan is so sweet.
>
> So ya just hang on in there cause i'm counting
> on you.
> To keep making
> wishes cause i know they'll come true.
>
> Once again happy birthday I am so proud of
> you. And you just get hold of me if theres a thing i
> can do. with love Wayne Ernzer
>

BROKEN LOVE By Wayne Ernzer

I did not know that
I was in love
until I found that
my heart had broken

Getting Around by Wayne Ernzer

This a older letter that I found and was sent to Ian on his 9 month trip around the world surfing
Getting around

I'm so proud of my son cuz he's livin the dream that so many have had. But just couldnt break free. And I travel w/ him in my soul don't ya know. Cuz he's doing the cool thing in surf and in snow. Oh Ive traveled around yea I've been here and there . And to do what your heart says- Well nothing compares. Yes to sample the sights and the surf and the smell. You know there's a heaven when you see a new swell. When you try a new spot and the locals are cool. Its alot more rewarding than cuttin high school. All of these things are better than gold- Yea to explore mother earth is why storys are told. I am riding beside you in your travels at heart. And this next line I just cant think of any thing smart. But Ian go out there and do what you do cuz I'm buisy right here just thinking of you.
Love Dad

SO BOLD BY WAYNE ERNZER

I never meant to be so bold
with words that much
to soon grew old

Is It True By Wayne Ernzer

Is it true
that all my youth
belongs to yesterday?
the ones that
I did things with
that's what
they always say
They talk of
their life's journey
as tho its all but gone.
There starting to remember
as if it were a song
the music on the radio
that used to play back when
are used to back commercials
and takes me back again
reminds me of the loves I've had
the loves that I had lost
As tho I spent loves money
at much to great a cost
I write to ones that I knew best
I start to write
they write the rest
life's puzzles that were easy then
I want to pick them up again
I find that they are out of reach
I can not walk that length of beach
it shows back to me
like a mirror
of what I had
in yest er year
It seems I blamed the others
with the problems I had caused
there is no polish known to man
that could buff away the flaws
the gouges that I did to life
will always stay that way
I see it now
in front of me
but that was yesterday

The lovers lie By Wayne Ernzer

The lies go on the lies stay there
he carved them in my favorite chair
The wood was from the tree he fell
that I had nurtured all to well
The chair I rocked and nursed my child
while He went out and acted wild
And I thought by being good
that good will be the rule
the one that told me honest lies
was never from my school
I went along and played the games
but none were like the others
they kept on changing strategy
it was meant to shield his cover
it seems I'm used to trickery
as though it's suposed to be
the same one that
had showed me love
then toppled down my tree
I tried to find a reason
the nead to cheat on me
The answer
carved upon the chair
that used to be my tree
the words will stay forever
the lies that have no flair
he carved it deep upon the tree
that was made into a chair

Room 11 by Wayne Ernzer

I waited for you all my life
I'll wait for you in heaven
and when your foot steps
lead to me I'll be
in room 11