tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52317367333815622222024-03-13T08:15:47.773-07:00 A Wildflower in a World of WeedsBirmingham Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021758923167296928noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-26580347480607190822018-03-13T11:26:00.001-07:002018-03-13T11:26:21.479-07:00pictures galore <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
hi all. here are some photos of my spring vacation (i promise i didn't just stay in a car..by the rear view mirrors it would look like it..i just spent time with family and friends and never pulled out my camera on vacation) :) i'm really sorry about being absent but life has been very busy. i am working on a blogpost slowly but surely but in the meantime i thought i would share some of my photos :) may you all stay strong in the Lord and be positive. </div>
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i promise i will write soon (soon as in hopefully before summer) </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1 day left. <b>1 day!!</b> How has a year just completely flown by??! It is absolutely crazy...just wow. Gone in the blink of an eye..*phew*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And its only going to get faster </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2017 has been absolutely <b>amazing</b>. My mind has been blown with what has happened in my life in only 12 short months. God has truly blessed me this year. <b>blessed</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Okay, well before I keep rambling..this year I discovered a book of 500 writing prompts!! It is really nice for conversation starters and just thought provoking questions..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The one I opened to last week was: <b>Name 5 things you learned this year. Were they beneficial? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I learned so many things in 2017 but I will stick to five. And <b>every </b>one of them was beneficial and have changed how I have look at things now :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) <b>God's plans are different than yours</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wow. okay. this one was a major one for sure. I can almost laugh looking back at where I had planned my life to go at this point last year. I had my heart set to going to school in Tennessee and doing cosmetology at a Christian school...ha! I am going to my local community college (definitely <b>not </b>Christian) and studying to become an Occupational Therapy Assistant. I cried about the change. But now I'm okay with it. Obviously, God knew what I was going to do. Some other plans I had in my head also changed <i><b>#majorly</b></i>. Even my accident (<a href="http://rrbandcjb.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-time-is-gods-time.html">I was in a car accident on Nov. 13</a>)<span style="color: red;"> </span>shows how God wanted to shape me in a way I hadn't and absolutely would have never wanted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am a free-spirit. And I am stubborn. So in my head it's my way or the highway. <b>Not a good way to live</b>. I am not saying that being a free-spirit or stubborn are bad things just that they can't be the controlling factors in any relationship. Whether it is between me and my Savior or between me and my family and friends, I should not seek to dominate. I need to put my feelings, wants and desires below all theirs<span style="color: red;">.</span> I should be seeking good for them and not just myself. Being selfish never gets you anything. This has never come easily to me but this past year has been one of God knocking me flat until I submit to Him. I am seeing that a deferential and unselfish attitude is especially important in family situations and I have observed it in marriage too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have actually been praying this year more than I have in past years. *cough cough* this was actually one of my <a href="http://rrbandcjb.blogspot.com/2017/01/">new years resolutions</a> this year!! Even though I can see an improvement in this area I can <b>always</b> work on it. During the middle of school I had a major slump emotionally. Prayer was the only thing that helped me through everyday. God listened to my prayers and He helped me overcome some issues I had going on. Honestly the accident woke me up from my stupidity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some things have changed in my personal life this year that while as exciting the possibilities might be have forced me to wait before embarking on this new adventure. I have never been one who loves waiting..if not I hate waiting. I'm the child who would (<b>would</b>) look at Christmas gifts. I have often overreached and it has been something I struggled with. So as you can see this has been a <b>very </b>major thing this year. But I know despite the frustration right now, God is using this time for me to learn things that I can only learn right here, RIGHT NOW. The future doesn't come faster by wishing and pinning away doesn't help you live content in the here-and-now. God will bring it to you when you are ready. And the more you whine, complain and wish the longer it might be ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, school has been a whammy. My first day was fun and then things went downhill from there. And I will admit some of it was my attitude but college has not been as good as I had hoped. I have never been one to change myself for others. The pressure I felt at school was a lot stronger than what I could have imagined. <b>To swear, dress immodestly, to </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">fit in...</i> to be part of the secular world...Despite the scars, memories and shame I have from being in dark places I am grateful for those moments in my past because they have shown my future self how empty, shallow, and deprived those who live without Christ are. Actually, I have taken those four little titles as my anthem this year :) </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>hearing the testimony of a saved child of God</i></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>encouraging blog posts (y'all keep up the good work) </i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>passing all my college classes (praise the Lord)</i></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>turning 19 *cough cough* <b>how am i going to be 20 in march?!</b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Uganda ... just Uganda and every single person i met there</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I would definitely recommend keeping a thankfulness/happiness/blessings journal in 2018. I have absolutely enjoyed it. I'm currently at 384 things...I hope to have another 300 or more written down next year. My end goal is over 1,000. Focusing on the positive can really help your attitude. The little things, the big things..find something to be grateful for in every day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">❤ <b>what are some things you learned this year? What are some things you are grateful for from this past year? do you have any 2018 resolutions?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">when you can't </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">seem to get </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">past </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the basics</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">memories of old</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">sins keep showing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">up on your doorstep. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the hate for yourself </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">is stifling.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">constantly comparing you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">to others </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">all the while </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">listening to the devil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">but there's more</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">to it you know, a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">grace bigger than you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">could ever show.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">but first you have to take all the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">thoughts from hell </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">& let them go.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">just some thoughts from a while ago</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but i was used to it. in my head i was thinking about my day. i was dreading </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my upcoming </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i saw a car that was stopped, waiting for me to pass. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but it's not really my choice. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>the choice is God's. </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the day after my accident one of my friends was going to a funeral of a boy my age </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">who died in a very similar accident the week before. the same day one of my friends told </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">me that somebody </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at his school died in a car accident. only God knows why those people </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">died and i was graciously allowed to live. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> i am so incredibly grateful. i have come to a more </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">shocking realization that my time is </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God's time. He is in complete control of my life. He knew when i woke up that morning </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that i would end the day like that. He knew that when i was joking with my friend about </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">getting in a car accident so i could skip the test was actually going to happen. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He knows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">exactly what I am going to do. He knows my ever single thought. every action. that i have </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">done and will do. <i>everything </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God still wants me here. He has me here for a reason. And whatever that may be i want </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to do it all for Him. all for his glory. that is what we were put on earth to do. so go out </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and live your life for God because only He knows your time.</span></div>
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wow.. its been a whirlwind since i last wrote...life has been so crazy! but i am holding on with God's grace and never ending strength :) and i am so grateful for that.<br />
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funny thing..i prayed that God would give me a hard time this upcoming school year. i asked him to challenge me...i don't really know why but one day i was just praying while i was doing "life" and all of a sudden i just prayed for that...it kinda came out before i could stop it.<br />
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i wanted to grow and to be stretched in Him. i didn't want it to be easy for me. and boy...i don't think i have been this stretched in a very long time. but i know i will grow from this time in life and learn so many important lessons.<br />
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for a while i was feeling very spiritually dry. tired. distant from God. and then school came in august.<br />
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school has been one of the hardest things for me right now. it has been personally very frustrating. and the people i dare rub shoulders with are so vile in their language and so worldly. i know they are hurting and i am trying to be the light but it is hard.<br />
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i know i will look back on this time and see how much i have grown but right now all i can focus on is trying to keep my head above the water and to keep my focus on my Savior.<br />
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so here is a poem i wrote a few days ago. i hope it helps any of you reading :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the times when i'm weak</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and don't want to breath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i feel You with me...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">those moments where </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i'm crying inside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and in my head </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">there is strife</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i feel You by my side </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">when my life falls apart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lord, i know you hold </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my heart</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">when i push you away </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and wander and stray </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You love me anyway</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in these moments </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i realize that without </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i couldn't even be </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have been feeling tired. Tired of people. Tired of what they talk about. What they listen to. How they act. The meaninglessness of what they spend their time on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I was wading through this pit of (despair, would you call it?) I was given a beautiful breeze of refreshment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> My pastor gave a sermon. And my spirit sang at the good news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Romans 11:1 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Did you hear that? A small voice floated around trying to capture my attention. He has not rejected...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Yes, I heard. God has not rejected His people. And I am one of His. But still...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My pastor asked us to turn to a different part of the Bible. 1 Kings 19. Elijah was fleeing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. 'I have had enough LORD,' he said. 'Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He was in despair. Done. He was finished. Quitting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I'm with you Elijah. I am done. Finished. Quitting.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"And the word of the LORD came to him: "What are you doing here, Elijah?" He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This seems so familiar to me. I get this kind of despair Elijah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I hate to see my friends stumble. When they get distracted by the "beauty" of this world. Their eyes see shiny trinkets and their bodies follow. Soon they become so calloused that the shiny seems dull and they can never be satisfied. They have chosen to go against the way they were taught. They try to be independent but by doing that they only destroy their own lives...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tenth Avenue North summed it up well in their song All The Pretty Things:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am not perfect. Trust me. I have stumbled. Every day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have gotten sucked into many bad things...all the "shiny" wonderful things that have now left me with many scars and struggles that I wish I had never opened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But there are reasons why I am so sad to see my friends drift off is because I have been there. Done that. Never going back again. And because I love you, my friends, I am praying for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> And I want you to know this: God is with you. ALWAYS. He is by your side and he never leaves you. He will forgive you. Turn back before it is too late. He is waiting with open arms. </span><br />
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<li class="m_-4949438084822070383li3" style="margin-left: 15px;"><span class="m_-4949438084822070383s2"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I haven't brushed my hair in years......dudes for real. I have such curly hair than once when I twisted (yes this was a stupid idea) a comb in it and I got it seriously stuck. Eventually *imagine sweat, blood and tears* I was able to get it out after a while....long while. Now, I pretty much just finger comb. I pretty much scream if someone tries to brush my hair. Another reason why I haven't been to get my hair cut in about 7 years.<span class="m_-4949438084822070383Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></li>
<li class="m_-4949438084822070383li3" style="margin-left: 15px;"><span class="m_-4949438084822070383s2"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My favorite color is green. Anybody who lives where there is snow knows exactly what I am talking about. It's so refreshing and there are soooo many shades you can have. Even my room is green. Plus my friend told me today that I look good in green.<span class="m_-4949438084822070383Apple-converted-space"> yay! </span></span></span></li>
<li class="m_-4949438084822070383li3" style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I play 6 instruments. Yup yup!! My main instrument is viola (I have chair tests today for the Youth Symphony I am in</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">) and then I dabble in violin, piano, guitar, flute, alto sax, and I say I less than dabble in harp (my sis plays).</span><span class="m_-4949438084822070383Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></li>
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<li class="m_-4949438084822070383li3" style="margin-left: 15px;"><span class="m_-4949438084822070383s2"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I only want boys when I get married. My mom says I am crazy. I know I am crazy. But I still want boys. If God gives me girls I won't complain. And all my kids are all going to have Hebrew names. *pounds the gavel*</span></span></li>
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<li class="m_-4949438084822070383li3" style="margin-left: 15px;"><span class="m_-4949438084822070383s2"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I absolutely adore kids with special needs!! They melt my heart. Seeing a smile from them is like sunshine on the gloomiest of days. I'm actually looking to be an OTA (Occupational Therapy Assistant). I would help people with special needs and some without (stroke patients and such) fine motor skills like tying your shoes and using a spoon.<span class="m_-4949438084822070383Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li class="m_-4949438084822070383li3" style="margin-left: 15px;"><span class="m_-4949438084822070383s2"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have mopped the ceiling....ok guys!! This was when I was 9? I think 8 almost 9. Definitely old enough to know better. As a punishment I was put on drying duty for the rest of the month...which meant the legs of your jeans were sopping by the end. Just punishment I admit...*sigh* did I mention we were selling our house at the time? I also accidentally got silly putty stuck in the master bedrooms carpet. I didn't mean to. I swear.<span class="m_-4949438084822070383Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i> And He will bring it forth in blest fruition.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A week ago I was standing in red Ugandan dirt. My hands were never clean and my feet stained red. Little faces beamed up at me with their white teeth grinning. I loved every moment I spent there even though it was different than home. There will be many more posts on the trip and many more pictures. But for now I will give you this poem I wrote about 3 children who were following us around market asking for money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but i had to say no</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">inside my heart bleeded</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i wanted to say yes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">so that you would be blessed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">giving you money</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">food, anything</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that would make you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a slave</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to a passion that fills with a never ending hunger</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">it would consume you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">never being able to see</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">outside the box</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">so i tell you no</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gently pushing you</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Yes, it is waaayyyy past January 1st *screams because almost half of the first month is gone*...but the strange thing about this year is that I have made resolutions(and for the most part kept them)! Yes, y'all should be very shocked. Anybody who knows me understands what I mean.</span></div>
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study found only 45 percent of those who regularly attend church read
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">yeah....a friend wants to come over, you want to watch the latest Netflix series, or I don't even know what. But DON'T YOU DARE! Your Heavenly Father, the one who knit you together before you were even thought of, wants to talk to you. He <b>deeply</b> loves you. My mind can barely fathom the extent of His amazing grace and astounding love. Nothing is more important than spending time with the one who never leaves you. Never. He is always there. If you are feeling sad, don't go to your friends first but turn to God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">confession time: I never drink water...EVER!! I can go about 2 and a half days without drinking a single cup of water....*yells at myself* I might wake up and drink coffee (rarely) and then I resort to fruits when I am thirsty. I know it is very unhealthy and I am honestly trying!! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't want it to become a distraction but I have enjoyed blogging and just being able to put my thoughts out where other people can see them. I could totally post more often *looks through my 8 rough drafts* but time is a fleeting thing. And family is important and there are many precious moments.</span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></span></i></span></span> </span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">the light in her eyes, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">a little gasp, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">a mysterious smile</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">her hands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">tenderly touch </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">black and white</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">and old outdated maps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">as her thoughts start to churn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">she is transported to a different world </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">where the voices </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><i>inspired by going to antique shops</i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-57868227619364868222016-11-26T15:17:00.000-08:002016-11-26T15:17:52.538-08:00Grim ↠ Grandeur <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>inspired by my neighbors barn about 2 years ago</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Once there was a woman. She made many choices that she thought would only end up affecting her. But no. She became pregnant. With a baby girl. The father wasn't even in their world. In fact the baby girl never met her birth father. She was born. Into poverty. They never had a house. In fact they lived in a truck. Ate out of cans. Traveled around. There was fighting. Crying. Often the baby girl and her sister were left. Alone. On a doorstep of a house. With people they didn't know. Told to wait there until the fighting was over. At a very young age her innocence was stripped from her. Eventually they started to rent a upper part of a house. The baby girl obeyed everything she was told. She sat in the corner. Had to breathe the smoke of cigarettes. If she was told to go to bed she went. Even if it was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r</span>ight after lunch. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One day the drugs took a hold. The baby girl couldn't do anything to make the woman happy. She was the brunt of the attacks. Too young to understand, too young to know when to hide. The neighbors below heard her screams and cries. Rescue came moments before death <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">might have</span> st<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o</span>len her away. Confusion overwhelmed her. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>No wait!! Don't take me away! </i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The baby girl saw her mother being led away<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">S</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was lifte<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d into the </span></span></span></span>ambulance. Sister was getting in a car, but then it was all lost in a blur. EMT's t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">old</span> her not to stir. Then it was hospital lights and strange faces. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Baby girl's life was all changed that day. She was taken away from all she knew.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Placed in a foster home with Sister. It was almost surreal..a place with no fights. No crying. The<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y were <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">never alone.</span></span> There was laughter, smiling, food, and she had her own bed. She felt loved, cherished.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Most of all she felt a peace inside. Adopti<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on came <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and then baby <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">girl had a family. She ove<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rcame what happened to her. Sh<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e ha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d scars, not just <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">physically<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, but mentally</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Forgiveness was hard but the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">baby girl forgave the woman. The w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oman was confused, lost<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and hurting. She just turned to all the wrong<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> things. But she <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">chose to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">give the girl life and not end it<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And that baby girl is me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm writing this because <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I want to put a face on "a woman's right to choose". Mine.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">P</span>eopl<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">said</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">children</span> like me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> would be better off dead</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. From a recent <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">discussion </span>to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a post</span> on Instagram:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> ** </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>"Why do you think so many young black women want to get abortions?
These women couldn't survive while also taking care of a child...These
women need help getting back on their feet, not a <b>huge responsibility</b>
and <b>financial burden</b>. How is a single mother supposed to simultaneously
be around for her child and work two jobs to pay for <b>its</b> food and the
cost of living? By limiting access to abortion in these cases you are
worsening the <b>quality of the life of the mother</b> as well as setting the
child up for<b> failure, poverty</b>, and<b> suffering</b>.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> ** </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have been told that I'd be better off dead because people <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">don't easily rise up from poverty. Another comment:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">** </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<b>Very, very few children</b>
born into poverty succeed in advancing through the socioeconomic
hierarchy throughout their lives, and even less in the case of
minorities."**</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">am</span> a minority<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and I know how abortion providers have targeted p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, minority communities with their death centers<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, but</span> </span>I have been told that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the slaughter of 15 million black bab<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ies in this country was <b>actually an </b></span></span></span><b>act of mercy</b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> because cases like mine only cause poor minorit<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ies only suffe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r</span>.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">** <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Obviously minorities are not the only people afflicted by
these modern societal ailments, but they are hit the hardest. While the
reasons I have outlined are a large part of why I am <b>pro-choice in all
cases</b>.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">..</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Who needs yet another mouth</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> to </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">feed...another body to clothe...a person to have to watch</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">?</span>"**</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> And in response to my Instagram comment that although "African American<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s are o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nly 14% of the population, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">40% of abortions are performed on black women", <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t</span></span></span></span>h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is is what I was told<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by the friend of a friend on Instagram:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">**</span> "<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">There is no shortage of children</span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">."**</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is no shortage of chil<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dren. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What does this even mean? Black children? Poor children? Disadvan<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">taged children? <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All children? Is anyone <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">else dist<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">urbed by th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ese</span> casual comments from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">smart, wealthy, well<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>educate<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d future voters?</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, these comments w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ere made <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n social media</span></span> by <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">teenagers who may not<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> have fully thought out their</span></span></span></span> </span>arguments, but their ideas come f<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rom somewhere, and to me they are meaningful and terrifying because they are so common<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> these days</span>.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, I came at a time when I could not be fully lo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">v</span>ed, cheri<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">shed<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. But that wasn't my fault. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Look into my eyes. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tell me my life has less value than yours bec<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ause your mom wanted you and mine didn't<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tell me it would have been <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">OK to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">kill me </span>bec<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ause I wasn't convenient or planned and you were. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tell me how it would be better for me to be dead because my life started out hard, hard.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hard. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>H<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ARD</span></i></b> gets to say which of us ends up in a crib and which one gets sucked into a trash bin?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are we<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> really to th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at point? Because HARD also covers kids who <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">happen to show up in the womb with birth defects. And kids who<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">se parents are ri<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ch, but too busy. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And kids who are the wrong gender. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">also covers old people and<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> really sick people and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">people who are annoying. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How far are you willing to go with your theor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ies?</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No doubt life would have been much easier for my birth mom if I had not come along, but <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">would that fact hav<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e made it right for her to kill me? Are we reall<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y to the point where we can casually say that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my </span>right to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">exist (and yours) depends on how well<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> we</span> fit into <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a bigger and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">more powerful person's schedule<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or finances?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The scary thing is, we are there. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I wrote on Instagram that I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">could never morally <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">te for a wom<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an or a party platform which had "actively cheered over and promoted the legal murder of a small nation of strong, beautiful, talented, valuable people like me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">," I was jeered.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wrote</span>, "I was once a black fetus in the womb of a desperate single mother. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thank GOD no one got to her before I drew my first breath<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">," <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and in response a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">person</span> sent me a link to some sob story written by a wo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">man who was so thankf<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ul for legal a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bortion because it meant she was able to kill her kid at 32 weeks when she found out he had club feet. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Wow. Because no one <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with club feet has ever had a decent life, nor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> do they have the right to give it a shot. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Like that level of selfishness was supposed to convince me that I should stop fighting <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for the right of small, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">helpless, disadvantaged, precious<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">one-of-a-kind people like me to walk the planet. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was the r<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">esult of a choice. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had a hard beginning. The odds were against me. </span>But where th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ere is life, </span>there is always hope<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. And mine was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a</span>doption. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whenever I smell the smoke of cigarettes, I flash back to si<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tting in timeout<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> in the corner with the smoke stinging my eyes.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> will<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> still</span></span> flinch and get the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">feeling of being scared a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd trap<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ped </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">if somebody starts get<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ting</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">angry <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or if I see violent images</span></span>. I <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">feel like I have been kicked in the gut when<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I see the lights and hear the screams of an ambulance<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> But even with all that<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, a</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">doption gave me a hope. Love. An eternal love. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If I had never been adopted I might have never heard the Gospel and seen that there is no darkness that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cannot be redeemed</span>. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There have been times w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">here d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">espair seemed overwhelming<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and I used to wish <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sometimes that I had<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> died<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> because m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y</span> struggles were real and I had mountains to climb. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">looking ba<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ck on those time<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s I can see <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Darkness</span></span> calling out to me<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Just as surely as there is <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">good, there is evil. And Evil never stops talking about death. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Please don't believe it.</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s ha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd is always there to run to<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...there He can hold you and will never leave you. I t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rust in that unfailing hope. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whenever I get bogged down in my past<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I think about the distance between <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">where I have been and where I am going. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The struggle is worth it. The past darkness makes the light of the future shine brighter. </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I </span>love this quote<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> from Gloria Gaither: "When I look back at where I've been, I see that what I am <b><i>becoming</i></b> is a whole lot further down the road from where I <b><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was.</span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> 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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am so grateful that my birth mom<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, even with all her own problems, chose to give me the chan<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ce to struggle<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. H</span>urt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W</span>onder.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> G</span>row<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">O</span></span>vercome<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Find love. H</span>eal.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> To e</span>xperience all the good and bad that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">LIFE <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">has to offer. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am more than <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">someone<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"choice". I am a person. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And I am using my past of "failure<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, poverty, and suffering" to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">speak hope to others like me, as well as to beg the rest of you to take <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">your</span> bullseye off our backs</span></span></span></span></span> and start bringing us justice instead of death. </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I came across this wonderful devotion in Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"What is a believer to do in times of darkness -- a darkness of perplexities and confusion -- a darkness not of the heart but of the mind? These times of darkness come to a faithful and believing disciple who is walking obediently in the will of God. They come as seasons when he does not know what to do or which way to turn. His sky becomes overcast with clouds, and the clear light of heaven does not shine on his path, so that he feels as if he were groping his way through complete darkness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dear believer,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>does this describe you? What should you do in times of darkness? Listen to God's Word: "Let him...trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God." Actually, the first thing to do is NOTHING. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is a difficult thing for our lowly human nature to do. There is a saying, "When you're rattled, don't rush." In other words,"When you <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">are <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">confused and do no<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t know what to do<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, do nothing." When <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">you find yourself in a spiritual fog, do not run ahead, but slow the pace of your life. And if necessar<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, keep you<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r life's ship anchored or tied to the dock. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> The right thing is simply to trust God, for while we trust<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, He can work. Worrying, however, prevents Him from doing a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nything for us. Wor<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rying, howeve<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r, prevents Him from doing anything for <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">us. If the darkness covering us strikes terror in our heart and we run back <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span> forth<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, seeking in vain to find a way of escape from the dark trial where God's providence has placed us, the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the</span> Lord cannot work on our behalf. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We mus<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t place our hand in His as a little child and allow Him to lead us into the bright <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">unshine of His love. He know<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s the way out of the dense, dark forest, so <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">may we climb into <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">His arms, trusting Him to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rescue us by showing us the shortest and most reliable road. <i>D<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r. Pardington</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Remember<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, we are never without a pilot--even when we do not kno<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">w which way to steer." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hold on, my heart<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, in your believing ---</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Only the steadfast wins the crown;</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He who, when stormy winds are heaving, </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Parts with his anchor, will go down;</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But he who Jesus holds through all,</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Will stand, though Heaven and earth should fall<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hold on! An<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> end will come to sorrow;</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hope from the dust will conquering rise;</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The storm foretells a summer<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s morrow;</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Cross points on to Paradise;</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Father reigns! So cease all doubt;</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hold on<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, my h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ear<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t. Ho<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ld on, hold out.</span></span></span></span> </span> </span> </span> </span></i> </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i walked into the pizza place. gently greeted by the scent of dough and hard stares of the cashier. quickly i ordered. not my kind of people. flashes of color in hair, black ink in unforgiving blazes across skin. metal dripping off ears. painfully i saw a nose ring being tugged. but what saddened me most were the raised flesh marks on her arm. elbow down to wrist. ragged. desperate. hopeless. i grimaced at the thought of the pain. <b><i>why</i>? </b>i silently wondered. all sorts of questions popped into my head. eager to leave i bolted with food in tow. it wasn't till later when i regretted my decision. who was to say she wasn't my kind of person? aren't we all the same inside? looks don't make the celestial books. i should've said something. given hope. kind words. joy. she is beautiful in God's eyes. with Him in me i should see the way He does. everyone is special. and we all have the same struggles. so next time, look past the hard eyes and see the person inside. they want to be known and to have answers for the question, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm watching the green give into gold<br />
As summer becomes October's cold<br />
Gravity begs<br />
For one final kiss<br />
She drops it to him, as she gives in</span>
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Traces of light, linger around<br />
As laces of white fall to the ground<br />
The softest of sounds for the heaviest things<br />
And the pain that it brings</span>
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As she falls I try to catch her<br />
For one last touch of warmth from summer<br />
As one thing leaves to becomes another again<br />
I remember when</span>
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Don't remember the day, she started to fade<br />
The ground felt a chill as she gave it away<br />
A whisper - a sigh, for the time that she passed<br />
But this winter won't last</span>
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As she falls I try to catch her<br />
For one last touch of warmth from summer<br />
As one thing leaves to becomes another again<br />
I remember when<br />
Oh to be with summer again</span>
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The days were warm and we wore them like skin<br />
Now I feel the effects of October again</span>
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As she falls I try to catch her<br />
For one last touch of warmth from summer<br />
As one thing leaves to becomes another again<br />
I remember when<br />
Oh to be with summer again</span>
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I'm watching the green give in to gold<br />
As summer becomes Octobers cold</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've decided to start waking up early...*blech* but trust me, I'm not waking up to see the sunrise. Haha no. I'm trying to get a regular pattern for devotions. Interesting how one of the most important things in life <i>we tend to forget</i>. *sigh* or purposely choose to ignore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So anyways, I opened up my devotions book (Streams In the Desert) yesterday at 7 in THE MORNING! I am a night owl. Sorry, I get sidetracked very easily. The first sentence was "Christ Jesus, in His humanity, felt the need of complete solitude -- to be entirely by Himself, alone with Himself." <i>yeah okay...hmmm this seems to be what I was going for by waking up earlier... </i>*keeps reading* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"As a child of God, how much more do we need times of complete solitude -- times to deal with the spiritual realities of life and to be alone with God the Father." <i>God....how did you?? like what?...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then it gives me the reference Matthew 6:6 *grabs bible* </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." <i>OK God. I see..you want me..this is what I am doing right now! And now my devotions are about what I was already thinking. Wow! *blinks* Slightly overwhelming </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I am going to end with a part of a Meditation by George Matheson.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"</i>O my soul, practice that solitude! Practice dismissing the crowd! Practice the stillness of your heart! Practice the majestic song "God and I! God and I!" Let no one come between you and your wrestling angel. You will recieve conviction yet pardon, when you meet Jesus alone!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So all of my friends, I encourage you to take some time and just be alone...with God and with His Holy Bible. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-30855572546764617312016-10-22T20:45:00.000-07:002016-11-17T08:14:00.497-08:0011:11 ↠ Late Night Musings <span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: cyan;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: cyan;"> </span> </span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>comes swiftly<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> a</span>nd </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>takes the leaves on its back... </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>one day you are running with the wind...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>but then you grow up. or at least you are told to.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Out with the old and in with the new...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>the change isn't all bad however...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>you grow up and things all change</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>but you can still be the same...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>you don't have to change...</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>but it's often for the best. </i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-39522849147129210612016-10-15T17:52:00.000-07:002016-11-17T08:14:16.864-08:00Work for a friend ↠ Become a Babysitter<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I have a job *smiles and waves*. Ok, actually I have 4 jobs *bows*....I work at a horse farm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It has been a blast and I am generally alone when I work so lots of time to think *will there be fishing in heaven?* *or hunting* *why did God create mares*<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>*starts to cry*<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Yes, I am a country gi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rl...no way out anymore. :) I mean, my job involves scooping poop. Ain't done in heels<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, I'll t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ell you that. So a couple weeks ago I was filling in for my friend and it turned out to be a <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cra<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">aazzzzy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">yyy </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">day. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sit back and get ready to read my struggles<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. The<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y are</span> real<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> folks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My boss was do<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wn at the barn already...*<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gulps and keeps walking<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">* She <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is great<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, nothing against her<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Just pressure you know<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">? <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A owner of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ne of the horses was in the tack room. W<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e int<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">roduced and all that jazz a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd then I realized we were weari<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ng the same <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sweatshirt......*gasps* *keeps a straight face<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">* </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Oh hey, we have the same sweatshirt!" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">*smiles and i<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">gnores the fact about how <i>creepy </i>it was* <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">*shivers*</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So my boss said to me, "I k<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">now that you are supposed to be worki<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ng<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> *quickly starts mucking stalls* but would you mind babysitting our cat (Tigger<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span> for us?" *blinks<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">* </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sure. What do you want me to do?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(my resume <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is going to be so<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">oooo <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>weird</b>....babysits cats, climbs on combines, mows fields with windrower, packs a killer punch and can look 12 while being 18, *sighs*)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Oh just call this number if you hear a cat figh<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sheba has tried to kill Tigger 2x now."<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"okkkkaaayyyy......*unexperienced cat breaker upper against<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">experienced killer cat* *GREAT* I'll kee<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">p m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y ears peeled." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Went back to mucking stalls. Everything was fine until I heard a cat meow<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Awww, Tigger is meowin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.....wait a minute<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. I should go and check on him.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I ran outside and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">there streaking towards little gray <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tigger was Sheba. All black mass floating over the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ground<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> towards him. "<b>SHEBA!!!!! S<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">TTOOOOPPPP!!!</span>! NOOOOO!!</b>" I ran over t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o the black and gray mes<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s and quickly contemplated what to do<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. *looked at my hands* <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">*nope<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">* So I jumped up and down and yelled a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t Sheba. It worked!!! I grabbed Tigger<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and he l<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">et out the loudest<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, longe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">st and deepest growl<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Gah<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">! So cute! I ran back into the barn and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">used the phone in the tack room. *<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">whaaattttt?....it has a cord???<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> wonders never cease* </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They came do<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wn<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, brought Queen Sheba back to the house<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lets just say I was hig<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">hly praised. *grins smugly* </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Anyways<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, I finally finished everything in the barn and it was time to bring the horses in<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Always exciting....*little sarcasm little excitement* ok<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, confession....I almost got sto<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ped on by a mare (don't ask how) a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd then got bitt<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">en by her when I tried to move<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> her. #ihatemares They are <i><b>really really really extrem<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ely </span></b></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">messy. no joke. So<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, I brought one mare into the barn. She successfully slammed me into the door and kno<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cking the wind out of me...<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and I didn't give<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> her an apple<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. *sticks out tongue and runs* <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And everything we<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nt well despite the fact th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">p<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ony didn't fit into the halter<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. I could feel his disgust...*sighs* </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I was down t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o the last horse to bring in......drumro<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ll please<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">....b<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bbbrrrrrrr. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her name <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is Tac<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">it<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Bea<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">utiful<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> horse<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, messy stall. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She wasn't coming when <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I called her *grrrrr* I st<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ormed out into her pasture<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. "TACIT!!!! COME ON!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!!! (I have a short temper<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">) Picked her head up and kept eating<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">....dragged mys<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">elf over <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to her a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nd tugged her to the gate. *yay* She starts to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">freak out! *<i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I super hate you right now</span></b></i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">* *cries* She bolts down the path and ba<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ck out to her field<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Running ar<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ound and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">neighin<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Mood swing? Eventually she came back and let me put the halter o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n her. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This job has been fun...*smiles* but I still <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">can't get up the manure hill to dump th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e whe<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">elbarrow....*covers eyes and moans* <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It will be more exciting in the winter. Th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is was all to say...this wouldn't have <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">happened to me if I had filled in<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. But I did. And I a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">m </span>fi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ll<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ing</span> in again th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is upcoming week again!! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span 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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-54439707636095222582016-09-15T15:11:00.001-07:002016-09-15T15:11:51.378-07:00Back from the Dead // Testing 1,2,3 <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hello....*testing* Is this working? Yes! I see words being splashed across the screen...*wait..that's me?* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Victory!! :) Haha! You can't get rid of me that fast! *ducks a hook and trips* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh, I should clarify. Me is Christina. And I am very rando<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">m<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Ju<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">st thought I should warn you *gets distracted by my brother opening something loud and crunchy<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">... oh<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span>just crystal light* </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span> I was knocked off my feet literally *coughing, brushes off and sheepishly grins* by life and school. I am proud to say that I, yes I, *glares at the doubtful glances* finished high school!!! *bows and then remembers I still have math* Oh well. It was a totally crazy time. I mean I had an open house, an actual graduation ceremony and lots of other stuff. So crazy *still reeling around feeling clueless with life*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am not going to college this school year. *gasp* Yeah, I know! Shocking. No, I just needed to wait and let God point me in the direction I need to go. *sitting waiting patiently...sorta* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have so many ideas of what I want to do but not sure of where to go yet. So while I am sitting around at home doing nothing *coughs..just as busy as when I was in high school* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have decided to blog again. Yay!! I want to bore you with my simple, country girl life. *trying to think of what to write about next and failing* Well, ideas don't come immediately but I know they will flood me in my bed. *sigh* </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But anyways, life is good. *sitting here smiling* I am truly blessed. I will be back with thrilling adventures! Until then, keep up the good work and enjoy your school *sits back while eating grapes and reading Ben Hur*-- great movie btw go and see it!!!</span><br />
<br />Birmingham Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021758923167296928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-6268927665301306942014-09-07T19:21:00.000-07:002014-09-07T19:21:27.272-07:00Even Though School's Started, I'm Still Alive!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Hey y'all! Just thought I'd update you on my 2014-15 school year! I'm sorry if all you get is my school, but hey, admit it. Challenge III is interesting!! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are two of the poems that I wrote this past week. For the first one, all I was required to do was go through the dictionary and find words that sounded neat. It didn't matter what they meant. Then I had to assemble them into a poem that didn't need to make sense. Fun! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The Hullabaloo of Junket</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Disparity sighs and sashimi swims. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Quarrys of bees swarm while shoals lightly shimmer.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Puckish people selling blurbs, yammering all the while.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Senile boats rest on small pit-a-pats. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Mizzen smoke over fires.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The sun chases the rubellas.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Heigh-ho, as the junket is off to go garbling. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This next poem is based off of a childhood memory. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">--GRACE</span>-- </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was 2003, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was my sister and me. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Getting ready for church, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Not wanting to be late.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Doing the usual routine,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Brush your hair and brush your teeth.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Don't forget your Bible"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We sparkled and shone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">She was heading out the door,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was begging her to wait.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Shoving my feet into shiny, black shoes,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">While racing to the car.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">To my left stood our neighbor's house,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Quiet. Still. Waiting.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Their truck sitting patiently in their drive</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Told me they hadn't left for church.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Two hours later</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My sister and I were chattering about the play.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We were finally in the cast</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And choosing who we'd invite.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When speed bumps told me</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We were almost home. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I saw a sight that made me hush...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A big, black pickup, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Wishing he'd been driven today.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">At that moment I'd made up my mind, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I was going to follow through.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A few short days later,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I found my feet running next door.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My little hand reached up.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3 rapid knocks and the door creaked open. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Silence fell. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Mr. and Mrs. Ihlenburg,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">will you come to church to see my play?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">All it took was a question</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And the Holy Ghost to change 2 hearts.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">They became family to us,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And we called them from then on</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Uncle" Andy and "Aunt" Rhonda.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Soon after his change of heart,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Uncle Andy met his Savior.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We were crestfallen at his departure,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But exulted in his new life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">God makes glory through little things. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed those!! I (hopefully) will be posting more often.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~Christina J. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span>Birmingham Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021758923167296928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-65548041416252281042014-06-08T14:21:00.002-07:002014-06-08T14:21:24.969-07:00My composition <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello, this is Rebekah posting! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know it's been a while; I had a very busy freshman year, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but now summer is finally here! Last semester, I pushed myself out of my comfort zone a little bit and took</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> an online class in Music Theory. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of our final projects was to create an original composition and perform it. I had attempted this previously and either ran out of musical ideas or grew bored of my song. But in this online course, we had a professional composer help us out along the way; giving us tips and ideas. The task was frustrating at times but gave me a new love of music and composing. And I had the satisfaction of seeing a piece through to the end! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to write a piece for harp and viola so Christina and I could play together. I gave it the title "Valley in the Mountains." It was actually inspired by a location in a story that I am currently writing but you'll have to wait much longer before you get that creation! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope this works... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoQnl-Sq5MU&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoQnl-Sq5MU&feature=youtu.be</a> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoQnl-Sq5MU&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"></a> Birmingham Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021758923167296928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-66724192081515533742014-01-30T13:48:00.000-08:002014-01-30T13:49:19.596-08:00What Do You Think...Here is another one of my school papers. I hope I'm not boring y'all. I have something more interesting that I could post very soon. :) Keep waiting.<br />
~Christina<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The book </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Born Again</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, written by Chuck Colson, is a very good book. It contains a lot about politics, which interested me. He also wrote about his own personal life, which was absorbing. Chuck Colson was able to put his point across without making it too difficult to understand. There were many questions that popped up along the way. But the one that was chosen for the topic of this paper was: which is more important, the individual or the whole group? And what does our culture say about it? I am going to give you my personal opinion in this essay.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In the book, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Born Again</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, Chuck Colson touches on this topic briefly. He quotes from C.S. Lewis’ book, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mere Christianity</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If individuals live only seventy years, then a state, or a nation, or a civilization, which may last for a thousand years, is more important than an individual. But if Christianity is true, then the individual is not only more important but incomparably more important, for he is everlasting and the life of a state or a civilization, compared with his, is only a moment.” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Colson was shocked at hearing that the lowliest individual is more important than the state or the whole nation. He had previously believed that the state exists only to serve the individual, created and maintained only with the individual’s consent, but over time, politics had changed him. What had happened to him was that when a person spends time in gdovernment, he or she becomes absolutely intent on preserving the institution of the state. In my opinion, if you don’t believe in God then you are pushed to 1 of 2 extremes. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Many godless dictators and totalitarian regimes believe that the individual is more important than the whole group. In the beginning of the quote, from C.S. Lewis’ book, it says, “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If individuals live only seventy years, then a state, or a nation, or a civilization, which may last for a thousand years, is more important than an individual.” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The dictators care more about the country. Why? Well, they don’t believe that people have an afterlife, in heaven or hell, so they don’t care about the individual. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Recently, there have been several songs that American music artists have written that seem to point to the other extreme. In our culture, self is the only thing that matters -- almost like nobody else exists. A lot of the songs that have come out also are telling teens that they are more important than other people. Everything is about you, you, you. It is almost like some people can’t live without the reassurance of knowing that they are important. But this view is selfish. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I think that both the individual and the group are important. I should live my life for others -- my family, my church, my country because that is what Christ did for us. John 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” However, I am, as an individual, also infinitely important. The King of the Universe died for ME! And He did it for you too! I know I focus on the individual more because I have more of a chance of witnessing to a person one on one. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In conclusion, I think that our country is focusing too much on the individual and many other countries focus too much on the group. Christ brings balance. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please feel free to leave a comment (I want to hear other people's opinions also) and tell me what you think whether the individual or the whole group more important? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">This is another school paper that I wanted to post. We were allowed to pick any topic that interested us. I had some other ideas (e.g. Mini-Coopers, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">Love them!! </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">etc ) </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">Post it
on Facebook! Email me soon! Text me as soon as you know! Wonderful tweet done
by…! Is this all our generation will hear? What ever happened to what is now
known as “snail mail”? Technology has become too good. It distracts people from
the real world. Some people do just fine with having an email, Facebook,
Twitter, cell-phone without becoming obsessed. Some people can't do it. Here
are four ways technology can be bad:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span>1)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 200%;">You can
find yourself addicted. How you know that your addicted is when you are sitting
in front of your computer waiting for a new post on Facebook to come up because
you have spent the past 30 minutes memorizing what people have posted from
today and days previous. Or when you get a text message and you reply and find
yourself checking your phone every 15 seconds to see if they responded. You get
very frustrated when you see that they haven’t answered so you lose all hope.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span>2)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 200%;">Discontentment.
What!! I’m not discontent I just really like the house I built on a game. It’s
just my dream house. Discontentment is when you find yourself looking at
pictures on Facebook of your friend and her family and saying, “I wished I
looked like her. How does she get her hair to stay so flat? I wish my family
was as happy as hers.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span>3)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 200%;">Distracts
from the real world. Your telling your best friend about how awful your day was
and all of a sudden you hear her cell-phone beep saying that she had a text
message. She whips out her phone, breaks eye contact, says she just has to
answer this real quick. You excuse her this one time and when she is done she
gives you her whole attention. You quickly end that conversation since you
can’t stand not being listened to. You go over and talk to your other friend.
You feel your phone vibrate in your pocket. You say you just have to answer it
real quick. The real world has more to do than just you texting, facebooking,
etc. The real world has people dying all over it, thousands of babies being
killed each day, murders, suicides. All of that is happening while you are
texting your friend about your day.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
</span></span><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span>4)<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 200%;">The
more you are on your tech. the less time you are spending with God. You wake up
in the morning and designate time when you can spend time with God. However you
pull out your phone just to see if you got an email. You can get easily
distracted that way.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">However technology is a good
thing. Used in the right way. You could use your email, Facebook, phone to
minister to people in a way that you might not feel comfortable doing with
talking. You can post verses on Facebook to encourage all your friends that
day. I challenge you all to only use your email, Facebook, Twitter, cellphone
for positive things this week. If you can’t do it you know your addicted. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">~Christina (I posted last time too) </span></span></span></div>
Birmingham Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09021758923167296928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231736733381562222.post-74073555138730112562013-09-10T18:35:00.000-07:002013-09-10T18:35:46.491-07:00Hello... <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Can you believe it! I have NOT fallen off the face of the earth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here is a story I wrote for school. Enjoy! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Charlotte’s
Dead</span></u></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Where’s
Papa going with that ax?” Fern asked her mother as she was washing dishes.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Out to the pig-pen,” Mrs. Arable answered.
“Some pigs were born last night.” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“But why does he need an ax, Mama?”
Fern worriedly queried. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Well dear, um, one of the babies is
not quite up to average.” Seeing the look in Fern’s eyes she decided to just
tell her the truth. “He is going to have to kill it because it is too weak,
small, and won’t amount…” Mrs. Arable said.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fern made
a small shout, grabbed a dish rag, dropping it on the way out of the screen
door. The screen door shut with a loud crack. Mrs. Arable sighed and picked up
the dishtowel. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fern
grabbed onto the back of her Papa’s shirt. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“No
Papa!! Don’t kill the innocent pig! It’s done nothing to you.” Her father came
to a stop. Slowly he turned around and looked into her eyes. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Darling
it’s the best for it.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Death
isn’t the best for anything.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’m
doing what I know is right.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“But
Papa you...” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Go
inside now Fern.”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A few
moments later Papa walked into the kitchen with a defeated look on his face. “Okay
Fern, you win.” Fern squealed in excitement. “But we will be selling him to
your Uncle Homer.” Fern’s face dropped. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“What’s
the down face for? At least I let him live!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Thank you Papa.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Shortly
after breakfast Papa called up Homer Zuckerman and asked him if he would like a
pig for only six dollars. Homer agreed and came by to pick him up later that
afternoon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“My! That shore is a tiny pig. Maybe
I can fatten him up.” Zuckerman said. Fern’s face glowed at the thought of the
pig being a normal size. What she didn’t hear was, “I doubt he’ll live long.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Oh I almost forgot to tell you. His
name is Wilbur,” Fern announced with a grin on her face. Homer knew that it was
bad to name an animal, especially when it was a runt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Um...okay. Are you sure you want to
name it?” Zuckerman cautiously asked. Fern looked sternly at him. Homer turned
around, picked up the pig and put it gently into a basket; all the while Fern
was scrutinizing him with her stare. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Well, I guess I’ll see you later,”
Homer called out of the window of his truck. When he got home he put Wilbur
into a little corner of the barn, where there was fresh hay and a trough so
Wilbur could eat. Wilbur was next to the goose pen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Weeks went
by in Wilbur’s pen without any company and he was not improving at all. He
spent most days moping in the corner and was prone to coughing fits. Homer was
considering just doing away with him. The decision was getting more urgent
because the slop put into Wilbur’s trough would rot and stink and attract rats.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Three
weeks into owning Wilbur, Zuckerman decided to go on and get it over with. Stepping
outside, the porch door creaked. Letting it slam shut, Homer breathed in the
fresh air. He noticed that the barnyard was eerily quiet. With the sun rising,
the rays of light made the lightly dewed grass sparkle. Any moment now a horse
would start neighing, a cow would moo in almost perfect harmony, and Wilbur
would be standing with his feet spread apart and start coughing. Whistling a
tune, he strolled toward the barn. He fed all the other animals before he fed
Wilbur. “Here piggy-iggy-iggy!” Homer shouted. Peering into the dark enclosure Homer
had to blink a few times in order for his eyes to adjust. A cold pink lump lay
in the far corner not moving or breathing. A rancid, half-eaten rutabaga lay
near his left ear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Oh
man. Fern is not going to be happy. Well, might as well and go get my shovel,”
Homer muttered to himself. Walking out of the barn to get the shovel, he walked
into a spider-web. A large gray spider fell to the ground and Homer promptly
squished it with his boot. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Moral: Rotten rutabagas can alter your destiny.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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