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November 11th, 2008
10:34 pm - UGH
So, it has been a pretty shitty week so far. My grandma passed away on monday morning. I should elaborate on the fact that I have only had a year to get to know her. She is my real dads mom and they haven't always been a part of my life. For what its worth She was a kind, loving, decent and beautiful person, and I am thankful for that year. I would have been thankful for a day. She was battling cancer and it spread to the bone, it was probably hell for her, but she came to my baby shower last month. She was true to her word that she would never miss another moment of my life as long as she was alive, and she didn't she came even though she could barely breathe and she was in pain. I am glad she isn't suffering now she didn't deserve to suffer at all. She is with my grandpa now I hope, they were catholic and he committed suicide a long time ago so I hear. ya know what, I chose to believe they are together now. Free from all the pain of this mortal life.
So now I leave you with a song, one that always captures how I feel and even more so today.
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November 9th, 2008
04:27 pm - Bathroom/Home makeover
I found a very cool book Folk wisdom for a natural homeI love a good portion of the decorating an furniture ideas in it and hope to
implement some of them soon.
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August 31st, 2008
10:55 am - Ya Ya's
I went to see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 yesterday with 2 of my YA YA's. It was a great movie! While we were waiting for the movie to start 4 old women came in to watch...they were so cute! IT REMINDED ME OF MY YA YA'S. I love them so much, I never thought I could let a group of friends get so close to me, especially considering I have hard time letting one person in at any given time. I thank them for the many positive changes I have made over the past few years, they helped me find the strength within myself to overcome many things. Thanks YA YA's... for everything.
Raven
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August 22nd, 2008
11:56 pm - Writer's Block: Music and Moods
I deffinitely pair music with my moods, but for the most part I listen to metal of all kinds. Dark dreary music I love that too like Type O Negative
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August 20th, 2008
10:21 pm - Live with Integrity
" I can get up in the morning and look myself in the mirror and my family can look at me too and thats all that matters"
-Lance Armstrong
Just a little something for everyone to ponder. Can you face yourself in the mirror everyday?
Current Location: home, paying bills..ewe
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: TV in the background
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August 14th, 2008
09:24 pm
Well, my chickens laid their first set of eggs today!!
Unfortunately we are one short....my little girl Big Mamma aka Fat Head was killed by a fu**in cat last night. I tried, but I couldn't help her.
Such is the circle of life I guess (I can't beleive I cried that long over a chicken).
Compared to the rhode island red eggs from my mother in laws, I love the blue color..
my poor baby girl
Current Mood:  depressed
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August 13th, 2008
09:01 pm - Writer's Block: Your Invention...
It would be a robot version of myself, so I wouldn't have to work anymore, lol.
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August 11th, 2008
09:16 pm - Buttprints in the sand......
One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of the Goddess they were,
But mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared,
and I asked Her, "What have we here?
These prints are large and round and neat,
But much too big to be from feet."
"My child," She said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait."
"You would not learn, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know,
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt.
"Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight, and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the sand."
Author unknown
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09:14 pm - Uncommon Courtesy
I saw this and wanted to share it with everyone.
Uncommon Courtesy
I have recently had a revelation, and felt compelled to share it with others. I noticed that a concept I was brought up with has become an Urban Legend; a myth.
The concept is common courtesy.
You remember common courtesy, that is when we let someone else go ahead of us in the line at the store, because we have a cart-full and they have one item and a Mad-Baby.
Or when we take the opportunity to be patient when the world is not. When we nod and smile to strangers as they pass us on the street.
Manners, too, fall into this long-forgotten category of courtesy. Please, thank you and other pleasantries have fallen by the wayside.
We have become so busy and frazzled and overstressed and under-appreciated, as a society, that we have allowed the very things which make us a Community get lost in the shuffle. Like cooking whole foods and sitting down to dine with our family and friends.
We have allowed our own impatience at the time things take in this world to dictate how we treat others, despite 1 hour photos, overnight delivery and instant pudding.
We have lost our connectedness with the other humans (not to mention plants and animals) and allowed the sensation of unity to become a fuzzy memory.
Anybody remember how polite, courteous and connected we felt in the hours and days following September 11, 2001? How when someone needed into our lane on the street, we let them come right in. How when we saw someone displaying a flag on their home/car/business it made us all feel like a part of the same family? How we felt banded together as we gave blood, donated money and volunteered where we were needed.
Why is it necessary for us to undergo such a tragic set of circumstances in order to feel connected to, and even responsible for, our fellow humans?
I submit to you that courtesy has become UN common.
We worry about our collective “face” to the world, as pagans. We fret that some of us are giving all of us a bad name.
I suggest that we can all be the kind of pagan we want the world to see every day. The example we want to set for a world full of strife and impatience. Let them know us by our attitudes. By our patience in trying times. In our courtesy to the other people we share the planet with.
We all want to stand out. Why not stand up?! Why not amaze the world by our kindness to strangers and our patience in a frantic world? It is not our giant pentacles that need “out” us to the world. How about a generosity of spirit? How about a kindness that is UN common today. How about being the kind of person that people are drawn to because of our serenity and our peace of mind.
We all want to be different than the norm. We want to be magical people who have influence over the elements of our world. I submit that by becoming Uncommonly Courteous, you can make a huge difference in your world, and in the Universe as a whole.
So, the next time an oblivious life form gets in the 15 items or less aisle with 27 items, take a deep breath. Remember that this is an opportunity for you to display kindness and uncommon courtesy in a world that sorely lacks it. Smile at the offender and wish them well in your spirit.
At the very least it will make them wonder what you are up to.
author: Willow Winterborne
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: none
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