My husband started having severe pains in his side yesterday.  Of course, he was stuborn and waited for me to get out of work before he went to emergency!

We were in the ED from 7:30 PM until 1:30 AM.  They did a CT Scan, blood work, etc and they sent him home because they couldn't find anything!  They thought it was a kidney stone or ( Read more... )

In January  - My divorce became final.  This was actually a great new beginning for me believe it or not!  I also started a new job as a recruiter at a college.

In February - I went to Phoenix on business for training.  It was such a great trip!!  I came home the Friday before Valentine's Day and Mike proposed that weekend.  He got down on both ( Read more... )

Sorrow has its own reward.  It never leaves us where it found us.

- Mary Baker Eddy

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I saw this in an LJ friend's journal and I really liked the message. I hope it isn't triggering for anyone - I am putting it behind a cut just in case!

( A lot has been said about how to prevent rape........ )

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our greatest battles are that with our own minds.
Jameson Frank

Hi All,

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Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. 
It's what you do with what you have left.
- Hubert Humphrey

PHENOMENAL WOMAN
by Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
But when I start to tell them
They think I'm telling lies.
I say
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips
The stride of my steps
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
I walk into a ( Read more... )