Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.ok, so we're not married, but we're heterosexual and 9 1/2 years in deserves some commitment cred in my book ( Read more... )

I was pretty pissed off at the universe for a while, cause, really, haven't I been dealt more than my fair share of life's hard balls in my short time here on earth? And it's weird to think about being a "survivor" as it relates to cancer, cause I've been surviving all my life and never got much credit for it... but I'm glad now that I was able to ( Read more... )

Sometimes it makes sense for you to be conservative and cautious and skeptical of novelty. A periodic immersion in the slow-motion approach helps you maintain a strong center of gravity and allows you to be true to yourself in the face of the pressure you get to be like everyone else. The past few weeks have been such a time for you, Cancerian. ( Read more... )

"I don't really believe, Shadow thought. I don't believe any of this. Maybe I'm still fifteen. Mom's still alive and I haven't even met Laura yet. Everything that's happened so far has been some kind of especially vivid dream. And yet he could not believe that either. All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive the world ( Read more... )

Dear Sarah: You sent me this in 2005. I have used it in my Yoga classes. I'm glad to send it back NOW ( Read more... )

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"Either we have hope within us or we don't; it is a dimension of the soul, and it's not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation. Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, and orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is ( Read more... )

This project is really amazing - and absolutely FREE to participate in - raising awareness and mobilizing participants (from healthy women to survivors) for Breast Cancer research ( Read more... )

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this is what i'm hoping will play during surgery.

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