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Happy Birthday Grandpa. I miss you so much. I hope you're taking care of Mom for me and watching over Grandma. I miss the three of you, but it's nice to know you're all together again and watching over me. Rest in Peace.
~For Norbert E. Driessen: May 1, 1914 - September 25, 2002

AfterglowI'd like the memory of me to be a happy one ( Read more... )

After two years my daddy finally got a new puppy. Her name is Sadie and she is a 16 week old yellow lab. My understanding is that she is one of a litter of nine that was abandoned somewhere around Buffalo, IA. Seven of the puppies had been adopted, and the other two were given to a horse stable in the hopes they would be adopted from there. One ( Read more... )

I'm going to be ok. I will go on with my life. I will learn from the past. I don't have to have the answers right now. I don't ever have to have all the answers. I just have to have faith that things will work out the way they are supposed to. I have friends who care about me. My friends will always be there if I need them to be. My friends ( Read more... )

On February 28, 2006 one of my best friends died in a bus crash on the way to Cuzco, Peru. There was one other American on the bus with Darian who died as well. The two men seemed to be cut from the same cloth. This is a newspaper article from the hometown of Matt Valencia, the other American on the bus.

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Not sure I agree with most of these.

STACEY

S

is for

Striking

T

is for

Trustworthy

A

is for

Astounding

C

is for

Courageous

E

is for

Extraordinary

Y

is for

Young


What Does Your Name Mean?

For anyone I may not have talked to before I left, my good friend Darian died last week in a bus accident down in Peru. He was down there teaching survival skills and English. He was doing what he loved - trying to make the world a better place. He never felt like he was doing enough, yet in his short 24 years he did more to help the world than ( Read more... )

OMG. Anyone who is a fan of the music from Rent has to go see the movie. I've never seen the musical in person, but I love the soundtrack. I got a free movie pass to go see a preview of it for tonight. Chris and I went to go see it and it was amazing. They did a great job putting it together. I won't give anything away, but the incorporated ( Read more... )

Is my independant lifestyle really worth it? This is something I've been contemplating lately. That, along with whether I'm really as content as I tell everyone I am. I don't get to spend holidays with my family, my boyfriend lives 14 hours away, I'm away from the vast majority of my friends, I don't sleep enough, I'm working more than I ( Read more... )

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Humanism

Your ideals mostly resemble that of a Humanist. Although you do not have a lot of faith, you are devoted to making this world better, in the short time that you have to live. Humanists do not generally believe in an afterlife, and therefore, are committed to making the world a better place for themselves and future ( Read more... )