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i'm not the girl that i intend to be
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Every cell in my body is telling me to run away. Leave all these problems behind, find a way to start all over. If I couldn't see a light at the end of the tunnel, if I didn't have such an amazing support group of friends and family... I'd have disappeared long ago. -
Lessons My Grandfather Taught Me
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the key to happiness
I think I've figured it out. Instead of wasting my time being angry at someone, I'm just going to lower my expectations of that person. Soon, I'll expect it. And it's hard to get angry when someone acts exactly as you expect them to ( Read more... ) -
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The couple next door to me is screaming, each one threatening to take their son away from the other. One of my customers at work, 67 and married for 40 years, told me her husband left her the other day. And another customer came in to open up new accounts because his wife of three years decided she wanted a divorce. A good friend of mine is going ( Read more... ) -
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This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you know
I was enchanted to meet you
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General Knowledge, Round 2?
I'm 22 and I've lived in Tennessee my whole life, except when I was 7 and I lived in Virginia for a year. Until third grade I lived with my mom; from third grade onward I was raised by my grandparents. Because my mom was adopted when my grandparents were in their forties, there was an even larger generation gap than most and we butted heads quite a ( Read more... ) -
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It's time for a life change. Come February when my lease is up, I'm moving in with Dee. She and I are both trying to save money, and getting a roommate is going to be a huge step in the right direction. In the next five years I'd like to either a)move out of Tennessee, preferably to South Carolina b)buy a home or c)all of the above ( Read more... ) -
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There's only so many times you can take offering up your heart to someone, only to have it handed right back.
Am I, the eternal optimist, finally becoming a little jaded?
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I've got my angry music going. The screaming, loud, mess of noise that I only listen to when I need to drown out the thoughts in my head.
We see how well that's working.
Another one of those nights that I don't have the first idea what I need to get off my chest. The words won't come.
So maybe the music helped after all.
A lonely life / Where ( Read more... )