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- Katherine said...
Hi Lorena! Love this dress. You really wear it well :)
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Sadly, it was expected :( Hugs for your friend.
- Jun 25, 2014, 8:00:00 PM
- Allie said...
Ulgh - it's always the worst when you just have a FEELING - but no one will listen. Sorry to your friend :(
- Jun 26, 2014, 1:10:00 PM
- Closet Fashionista said...
Ugh ! How horrible for your friend, that really sucks. Why are men so stupid?!
(on the plus side, love that dress)
- Jun 26, 2014, 1:14:00 PM
- Mica T said...
Oh no, what a horrible man! your poor friend, I can't believe he would do that to her! :(
It's good she has friends like you to support her though, she will really be hurting.
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- Jun 26, 2014, 5:52:00 PM
- LyddieGal said...
Wow, that is horrible. Normally it's nice feeling when someone admits you were right, I can't imagine this was nice at all.
- Jun 27, 2014, 3:38:00 PM
- Jessica Cangiano said...
That sounds like the kick-in-gut teaser line they'd use in a romcom movie in which the star eventually finds true love in the end. Of course, this is real life and that is so incredibly cold and callous it sends shivers up the spine just reading it. I'm sorry that your friend is going through this and that she didn't heed your warning about this guy. How very different her life might be right now, had she in fact done so.
♥ Jessica
- Jun 29, 2014, 6:01:00 AM


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Bonmarche profits hit by collapse of pound
WOMENSWEAR retailer Bonmarche has reported a slump in full year profits as a combination of Brexit pressures and unseasonal weather contributed to a "challenging" retail market.
The group said that pre-tax profits tumbled 39.4 per cent to £5.8 million in the year to April, with like for like sales falling 4.3 per cent.
The company said: "The apparel market has been in decline, with demand affected by consumers' response to factors such as inflation, the referendum on Brexit, and unseasonal weather patterns, which, as we have noted in the past, significantly influence our customers' shopping habits."
The collapse in the value of the pound following the decision to quit the European Union has hammered British businesses and consumers, ramping up import costs and, as a result, shop prices.
Total revenue at Bonmarche nudged up 1 per cent to £190.1 million and chief executive Helen Connolly, who took up her role last year, said the business is now "well positioned" for growth.
She said: "A combination of internal and external factors over the past year prevented us from improving at the rate we had aimed for.
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Frank S. McJunkin, 84, of Parkdale, Ore., passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore.
Frank was born Nov. 27, 1929, in Albany, Ore., to William Samuel Charles McJunkin and Mary E. (Derrick) McJunkin.
After receiving his general education through the Albany School District, Frank proudly served our country in the U.S. Army. He then married Maribel E. Starr in Salem, Ore. Frank lived in both Alaska and Oregon and was employed for many years as a mechanic and welder with the Union Local 701. He really enjoyed hunting, fishing, chopping wood, and providing maintenance for his church in Parkdale.
Frank is survived by his daughter, Theresa Smith, of Mt. Airy, Md., and sons Roy S. McJunkin, of Eugene, Ore., and William C. McJunkin, of the U.S.A.; his sister, Doris Lyons, of South Carolina; and his grandson, Jerome B. McJunkin, of Portland, Ore. He is also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Frank was preceded in death by his loving wife Maribel, daughter, Mary M. McJunkin, sister, Ethel Bradburn, and brothers, Arthur McJunkin and Albert McJunkin.
Services are planned for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Parkdale Baptist Church, 6310 Dee Highway, Parkdale, OR 97041, with Pastor Bobby Beauchamp officiating. Private inurnment at Haysville Historical Cemetery of Salem, Ore., will take place at a later date.
The family suggests memorials be made in Frank's name to either the Parkdale Baptist Church or The Boys and Girls Club sent in care of Anderson's Tribute Center.
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FACT Wins the Lever Prize!
13 January 2016
The Museum of Science and Industry has won the prestigious Lever Prize 2016 for a joint project with FACT, exploring the interaction between arts and science.
Now entering its eleventh year, the Lever Prize is judged by the North West Business Leadership Team (NWBLT) in partnership with Arts & Business. The prize includes £10,000 cash and the opportunity of collaborating with some of the region's most influential business leaders.
The Lever Prize is an annual award given to arts organisations in North West England who are judged to be regionally distinctive with international or potentially international significance, and who show a high calibre existing work and can demonstrate exciting future developments.
The collaboration between Museum of Science and Industry and FACT will have an educational focus, and provide both formal and informal learning opportunities for young people, exploring physical and digital making, and the interaction between arts and science.
The project will build on FACT's existing work with Minecraft that has been carried out in FACTLab, FACT's workshop space for Research & Innovation. FACTLab was launched in June 2015 in partnership with Liverpool School of Art and Design at Liverpool John Moores University, and invites visitors to try out new technologies and work with artists and creative technologist. New Minecraft content will be developed and tailored to Museum of Science and Industry, its objects, artefacts and themes, and integrated into Museum of Science and Industry's events and schools programmes in order to access new audiences and partners.
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Born on November 24, 1978, Katherine Marie Heigl is an American actress and producer, probably best known to audiences for her role as Dr. Stevens on "Grey's Anatomy." She is a mix of German and Irish heritage, and her nickname is Katie. She described herself on Twitter in 2013 as "Actress/producer/animal advocate. Mother of two beautiful girls and wife to one sexy musician."
Though born in Washington, D.C., her family moved often before settling in Connecticut when she was five years old. Katherine Heigl's older brother, Jason, died in 1986 from a car accident when Katherine was only seven years old. Afterwards, her family converted to Mormonism, finding comfort in the tenets of the faith. Katherine Heigl has an adopted sister, Meg, originally from Korea. (Inspired by her sister, Katherine later adopted a baby girl from Korea named Naleigh.)
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Katherine Heigl said of her role in "My Father The Hero," "Oh God – I look back now, and it seems so gross. At just 14 years old, I had to wear a thong bikini. And then they used that scene in the trailer, so my entire school saw it! There are still men who come up to me today and say, 'You were really hot in that film!' I was 14, for God's sake!" (FHM, 2000).
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In high school, she played the cello and graduated from New Canann High in 1996. Afterwards, she moved with her mother to Malibu Canyon to focus on her acting career. Katherine said of her ample breasts, "Yeah, I have giant breasts – in a bra. It's so disconcerting – there are so many women now with fake breasts that that's the standard; that's what you're supposed to look like. But real boobs don't look like that, and a lot of working out won't make them look like that" (Allure, 2007).
Katherine Heigl has appeared in other films, including "New Year's Eve," "The Ugly Truth," "27 Dresses" and "Knocked Up," among other projects. In 2007, she partnered with her mother to form the production company Abishag, and has since served as executive producer on "One For The Money" and "Life As We Know It."
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RightSignature Acquired by Citrix
By: Daryl Bernstein / Monday, October 20, 2014
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Current members of the Planning Commission:
Matt Caudle, Chairman
Term: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2018
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I'm my own worst problem
I'm going on five months at my LTC job, new nurse, no prior LTC experience. I have yet to leave on time- usually about an hour late- this past weekend it was an hour and a half because my floor was legitimately crazy (even according to other staff). However, last night half way through the shift another nurse informed me "You'll never get out on time, you're too nice" (she did it in a very nice, constructive feedback way, that's not my issue). The rest of the night I was really disappointed to learn that she's right. I had a confused resident in someone's room, it took me 5 minutes to walk him back to his room, another resident was yelling in the dining room that he needed water- I listened to this for 10 minutes while I was down the hall with my med pass, then got him water when I was going by. When residents come up and talk to me, I respond, if they want cookies when I bring their meds, I'll go get cookies. I guess right there I found my hour. I understand the nurses that are able to do what they need to with more focus, I don't think I'm a better person than they are, I just can't do it (at least not yet). I want to leave knowing that not only did my residents get their meds and treatments, I want them to feel like I cared for them. Fortunately, I get paid if I'm over- I'm only part time and nowhere near overtime pay, so I don't think they care. But, if someday I'm told it's an issue, I don't know what I'll do. How do you find the balance?
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Joined: Jun '09; Posts: 549; Likes: 1,129Apr 30, '13Quite honestly, based on my limited 10 month experience in LTC and the hundreds of posts that I've read in this section of AN, it seems like leaving late is just part of the LTC culture. We have a lot of work to do in 8 hours. Period. LOL
I consider myself pretty efficient, and I work the 11-7 shift, but I still leave late maybe 2-3x per week. Really any small break in routine means you're staying.
At least you get paid to stay. LOLApr 30, '13I work overnight so it is different but my suggestion is to delegate. Nobody is gonna die if they don't get their cookies now (unless they're hypoglycemic)
Another suggestion would be to carry extra things on your cart that you know people might end up needing.
Of course there are times where you have to help now but if someone is sitting quietly in their chair and says, "I have to go to the bathroom" have them put their call light on for an aide. The only exception I can see to this is if the person is a fall risk and is getting up independently.
As far as chatty people, say "I wish I could stay and talk but I have to keep moving down the hall. I'll talk to you later, Mrs. X."Apr 30, '13Cookies and water are something the CNA's can fetch and I would delegate that. We do keep pudding packs and a few things in the med cart, not only because we use pudding and applesauce for crushed meds, but I will hand those out if the snack cart isn't in the vicinity. One of the aides usually takes the snack cart room to room about mid afternoon and another passes fresh ice and water. For people who drink high amounts of water, we typically give them two pitchers of ice and water to help tide them through the shift.Apr 30, '13We all need to decide how to balance what we do. You certainly can delegate cookies, but it's more than the cookies...it's the time you give to the residents that matters. When you have more experience and can complete the tasks in a more timely matter, you will have time to spend with the residents. I had 3 reports to write today. I also had a resident who hardly ever comes out of her room. She came out today and all she wanted was to sit outside for a while in the warm sun. All the CNAs were busy so I said "come on...let's go". We spent 30 minutes outside....just sitting. She loved it. I stayed late to finish my reports and all was well.May 1, '13Thanks to everyone for the feedback. I certainly have delegated stuff like cookies, that might have been a bad example, it's just that usually everyone is so busy that when I ask, the CNAs never get to the "little things" (like cookies) either because they forget or get sidetracked. I did start keeping some stuff, like cookies, on my cart so I don't have to walk so far, but I've also started making a list of other things that might seem small, but will make the task part go faster. CapeCodMermaid, you hit exactly what I was trying to say- I want to spend the time with residents, and until my tasks are faster, things like that will slow me down. But, I'm okay with that for now- it will get better.
Thanks to you all, this LTC world is still so new to me, I'm trying to get a handle on how to do it best.May 2, '13You know, I'm not sure how this fits in, but I'm going to talk about it anyway. One of the most touching things I have seen was during my first clinical rotation (which was in LTC). There was an RN there who was gruff and abrupt with students. We were all afraid of her. She was definitely all business, all the time. She was rather short with other staff as well.
One day, I wandered into my patient's room to find this same RN attempting to give meds to an (almost) obtunded older woman who was a fall risk. Her bed was all the way on the floor and one had to kneel on a mat to care for her. That nurse was doing just that, kneeling at her side, speaking in kind, soft tones to the patient, encouraging her in a calm voice, and generally, well, loving her and encouraging her along.
It definitely seemed to me that although she could be short with other staff, she was making, by far, the best use of her time in patient care. And she was doing it because she cared about those patients. Because there was nobody around to observe during those moments. To me, she was doing the things that REALLY matter in the world of nursing. I was touched and the thing is, I don't even think she saw me observing this. But I respected her immensely after that. I thought that she had her priorities straight.May 6, '13I do this as well. when I'm on a floor where I know the resident's and their meds and how they like them, I can do those extras. When I'm working on the floor with faster turn around and residents with higher accutiy needs, I still feel like I need to do them. But I get so behind when I do. The residents' don't understand or even care that you are doing a med pass when they need someone to do something for them and there's no aide around. I feel guilty as hell when I'm doing a med pass and a resident tells me they need to use the bathroom. I have to tell them I'll go get their aide, who is often taking someone else to the toilet so they can't run right in there. I do what I can for people, and then feel guilty about what I can't do.
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text: Indiana Hillel Responds to Anti-Jewish Incidents by Anonymous |Dec 02, 2010|Comments Buildings and objects related to the Jewish community have been attacked in the last week at Indiana University in Bloomington (JTA Article). IU Hillel Executive Director Rabbi Sue Laikin Silberberg wrote the following letter to the community outlining Hillel's response. Dear Students, Parents and Alumni: I write to you as we begin our Hanukkah celebrations at Hillel. Tonight we light our first candle as we remember the victory of the Macabees. King Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 215-164 BCE) became the ruler of the Seleucid Empire in 175 BCE. Traditional Jewish religious practices were banned. In 167 BCE Jewish sacrifice was forbidden, sabbaths and feasts were banned and circumcision was outlawed. Altars to Greek gods were set up in the Holy Temple and animals prohibited to Jews were sacrificed on them. The Maccabees rose up and fought for religious freedom for the Jewish people. They triumphed over Antiochus and were able to win the right to practice Judaism. They cleansed and purified the Temple. During Hanukkah we celebrate the rededication of the Temple and the victory over oppression and anti-Semitism. It is ironic that as we begin our Hanukkah celebrations, anti-Semitism has reared its ugly head in Bloomington. Last week a rock was thrown through a window at the Chabad House. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, a rock was thrown through a window here at Hillel. On Monday, sacred Hebrew books were thrown into the toilets on several different floors of the main IU Wells Library. Yesterday (Tuesday) another rock was thrown through a window at the Chabad House and the glass case listing the Jewish Studies faculty was smashed in Goodbody Hall. While these acts are frightening and meant to intimidate, we can take great comfort in the fact that unlike the times of the Maccabees, the Indiana University and Bloomington community stand strongly in support of the Jewish community. There has been an outpouring of concern about these acts and support for the Jewish community. This type of behavior will NOT be tolerated on the IU campus or in Bloomington. The IU Police and Bloomington Police are working tirelessly to capture the perpetrator of these acts. He will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I have been in constant contact with the IU Police Department, and they have stepped up patrols and are doing all that they can do to support us, ensure our safety, and to apprehend this criminal. The IU Provost, Karen Hanson, has issued a statement (which can be found at …) that includes the words, "The anti-Semitic significance of these targeted and malicious acts is beyond any serious doubt and cannot be minimized. There is no place for anti-Semitism at Indiana University or anywhere else." In addition, Bloomington United (a grassroots campus and community partnership dedicated to promoting diversity and responding to incidents of hatred) is organizing a powerful response to these horrible incidents. To show his support, the IU Dean of Students will be joining us at our Shabbat and Hanukkah celebration on Friday night. As the Rabbi and Director of Hillel and as the parent of two current IU students, I feel safe at Indiana University. I believe that the University is doing everything possible to ensure our safety and the safety of the Jewish community. I am grateful for the outpouring of support, kindness and caring that we have received. The Jewish community is thriving at Indiana University Hillel as we celebrate Jewish life on the campus through candle lightings, programming, and Hanukkah celebrations. May the light of the Hanukkah menorah brighten the path that will lead us out of the darkness of this hatred. B'shalom, Rabbi Sue Laikin Silberberg Back to Top Tags: Campus Life {{Title}} [x] Add or, Select from existing Opening existing... Close existing Most popular tags Click to select: Show all2440Tags Show only most popular Opening all... {{Title}} ({{ItemsCount}})


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Although babkas are traditionally yeast-risen breads, this one is more similar to a sweet quick bread or cake.
This is no babka...it's only a chocolate coffeecake. A true babka is fashioned from a yeast-leavened dough, rich with eggs. After rushing to the recipe, eagerly anticipating a real babka that I might make and finding only a typical quick-bread type coffeecake, I'm a bit disappointed. - 10 Dec 2003 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
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Molecule of the Month: Aconitase and Iron Regulatory Protein 1
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Aconitase is an essential enzyme in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and iron regulatory protein 1 interacts with messenger RNA to control the levels of iron inside cells. You might ask: what do these two proteins have in common? They were discovered and studied by different researchers, who gave them names that described their two very different functions. But surprisingly, when they looked at the amino acid sequence of these proteins, they turned out to be identical. The same protein is performing two very different jobs.
The enzyme aconitase is a key player in the central pathway of energy production. As part of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, it converts citrate into isocitrate. There is one form of aconitase in our mitochondria, which performs most of the conversion for the citric acid cycle, and a similar form in the cytoplasm that creates isocitrate for other synthetic tasks. The cytosolic form is shown here at the top, from PDB entry 2b3y. It is composed of a single protein chain that folds into several domains (the domains are colored slightly different shades of blue here). The domains close like a nutcracker around the active site, which contains an iron-sulfur cluster that assists with the reaction.
The cytosolic form of aconitase also acts as iron regulatory protein 1. The lower structure, from PDB entry 2ipy, shows how it performs this entirely different function. The iron-sulfur cluster in aconitase is unstable and must be replaced occasionally when it falls out. When iron levels in the cell get low, there isn't enough iron to regenerate the cluster, and the protein shifts to its second function. The protein opens up and grips hairpin loops in a few specific messenger RNA molecules. These include a hairpin at the start of the messenger RNA for ferritin, and five similar hairpins at the end of messenger RNA for the transferrin receptor. When the iron regulatory protein 1 binds, it inhibits the formation of ferritin, so that less iron is locked up in storage, and it enhances construction of the transferrin receptor, so the cell can pick up more transferrin out of the blood, and with it, more iron.
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Local company develops tablet for older adults
A tech company in Houston that specializes in mobile apps for the oil and gas industry now is at work on a tablet designed to appeal to older adults.
Mobisoft Infotech recently announced plans to launch the Savi tablet in conjunction with Charlotte, N.C.-based Sei-Tek, which specializes in "senior-friendly" technology. The tablet has a larger screen and fewer but larger icons for the apps, a high-contrast color scheme and easy-to-use interface.
The apps themselves are designed for people who are older and may not have been active with technology. For example, some applications may offer guidance with social media.
"Seniors often feel isolated from friends and family," Stan Ciepcielinski, founder of Sei-Tek and the inventor of the Savi, said in a statement announcing the project. "Simple, easy, intuitive technology is our mission. We believe technology should be accessible to people of all ages."
Also under development are apps to monitor blood pressure, heart rate and even home security.
Mobisoft CEO Shail Sinhasane said the Savi will be the company's first full tablet project. Typically, it develops mobile applications for companies. He said he was impressed by Sei-Tek's concept.
"We thought this client had a unique perspective for this product," Sinhasane said.
The developers launched a Kickstarter campaign last month to raise $100,000 to complete the applications for the Savi. So far, they have raised about $4,400.The developers hope to launch the tablet by next summer.
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The Savi tablets are part of a broader trend that has seen mobile and software companies target older consumers venturing into new technologies, industry analysts say.
Katy Fike, of a San Franciso-based group that advises startups that are working on services for people 50 and older, said more developers are creating both new tablets and apps for older adults.
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Good morning (at least for me) Externalizing strings I run into the next problem: >From maven's POV *.properties files belongs to the src/main/resources folder. The problem is that Eclipse doesn't finds the properties files there. When opening the 'Externalize String' wizard on a file with already externalized strings you'll see just on the right side the string tags, but the left side (containing the values from the messages.properties files) stays empty until I move the messages.properties file from the resources folder over to the java folder next to the java class. As I couldn't find any settings allowing me to configure the Externalize wizard I suggest moving the messages_*.properties files over into the src/main/java folder to make life easier when editing the externalized strings via the wizard. This will also affect some changes in the pom.xml to make sure that the properties files are also taken from the src/main/java folders ... WDYT? Regards Felix
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Personal Reflection: The Way It Used to Be.
Reflection and introspection. There is the way it was and the way it ought to be. Check yourself in the mirror... are you honest enough to do a personal inventory?Have you ever judged yourself by that standard? Have you
really taken a good look at your "man in the glass"? What does the reflection
show you? Remember, reflection is the way it used to be. Reflection leads to the way it can be.
When I look in a mirror today, I see a totally different person than I did two years ago. Today, I see more than a reproduction of my appearance. Today, the man in the glass looks back out at me and asks me to contemplate, imagine, meditate, reflect and consider.
The world is a big place. There are more than 6.8 billion people in the world today. How significant am I? The answer is very significant. The reason is that the world I live in does not contain anywhere near 6 billion people. My world has my wife, three children, a son-in-law, daughter-in-law, two grand-children, my Mom, two brothers, four brother-in-laws, four sister-in-laws, five nephews, five nieces, an Aunt and Uncle, some cousins and some friends. They probably all don't think about me every day, but they know I'm alive. These are the people that make up my world, so under those conditions, my existence does take on more significance. And the people that really care about me the most are within that small group, so the significance of me as a person becomes even greater.
The reason I even write this tonight, is that how I see myself is going to become my basis for my thoughts, which leads to my actions, which leads to how I behave, which impacts the people that are in my world. Yet the former me did not take any of this into account.
I was too selfish and self absorbed. I meant well, but was blind to my faults and how my actions caused pain to those closest to me. Thank God I am different today.
The reflection I see in the glass today is self reflection. I realize that on my own, I am less than I need to be. I do not mean this in a self–defeating manner. I realized I needed direction and found the answer in my heart. I discovered that having faith in God was the way for me to become the person I wanted to be. I believe that faith in Him was the basis for believing in myself. I found that by becoming ever so dependent on Him, that I had more independence and freedom from worry. I found by weakening my ability to tackle life's trouble on my own, actually gave me a strength I never knew was possible. Today, I know I am not alone. He is there for me every day. All I have to do is accept Him and try to do what He would want me to do.
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I remember what it was like, being terrifyingly, nightmarishly depressed. I remember one morning in college in particular. I was 19, and had just fallen for someone, call him M., harder than I've ever fallen for anyone before or since. I remember waking up, and feeling the freedom of that split second before you remember everything, before the heaviness settles down. I remember thinking: This can't go on. And then feeling it go on.
It sounds melodramatic now. Certainly, it was. A little unrequited love, and here I'm walking around like the firing squad is arriving at dawn. A well-meaning friend, playing the comforter, told me I needed to just "get over this pseudo-obsession with M." and move on.1
Score 10 for common sense and 0 for compassion. I couldn't get over it. I knew M. didn't have SSA, and I knew he would never be my boyfriend. But we could be friends! Not just any friends: epic friends, Biblical friends, Gilgamesh and Enkidu, David and Jonathan. You who've been there, you know what I mean. It was the dream of the Best Friend, my soul's twin, who would understand everything, fill every hole in my heart.
It's not that he wasn't interested in me; it's that he wasn't obsessed with me. There was no reason we should have been friends, we were nothing alike, but I was ready to remake my whole personality, like what he liked and laugh at what he laughed at. Seeing him talking and laughing with other guys hurt me almost physically. Not knowing where he was for a night put me in a panic, because he might be secretly be becoming Best Friends with somebody else.
That was hell. Melodramatic or not, it's the truth. I've never hurt worse, or for longer.
I wish I could tell you exactly how I got out. Every time I pray Psalm 86 in Compline, I think of that time:
I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart
and glorify your name for ever;
for your love to me has been great:
you have saved me from the depths of the grave.
At the time it felt like I was carrying the heaviest of it. I was the one who had to decide to let go of my David-and-Jonathan ideal, to acknowledge that no man (or woman!) could ever fit that God-shaped hole.2 I was the one who had to decide not to see him every chance I got; not to avoid him, but not to seek him out either. I had to let the friendship die. It never was one anyway.
But there was Father T alongside me, on the phone or in person, helping me not to give up, and there was Jesus in the chapel, with words of healing if I could stop my clamoring long enough to hear them.
So the hurt died down, day by day, until it was gone, and peace came. It didn't come easy and it didn't come quick, but it came. The year after that I met Sal. The only reason I knew how to be friends with him, without trying to make him my everything, without destroying myself, was what I had learned from M.
Will you believe me if I say I'm grateful for every second of it? The Lord heals, and sometimes only fire will do the trick.
2 q.v. "Mofo", from when U2 still made music that anybody cared about. Still a freaking great song, even if (Thank God) it isn't me anymore.
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Can't believe you're rolling out the "q.v."—that's hardcore. Respect.
This is some ruthless honesty. I admire you Steven. And will remember you in prayer.
Thank you steve,I have a similar story,I had to be indofferent to him before we became platonic friends.for many years I called him my best friend without understanding why.
I completely understand what you mean about being grateful. My heart was absolutely ripped to shreds when the man I loved (and who, incidentally, loved me) joined the seminary. It hurt like nothing I've ever felt before, but it made me who I am now, and let me learn how to love with caution and not rely too heavily on another person. For that, and for many more things I learned from that experience, I'm grateful.
I'm not sure if I know what you mean. I was like that for a while with the person who is now my best friend. I would freak out when I found out he was somewhere without me, be jealous, all that stuff. But we're best friends now… and I never think I actually was in love with him, or even attracted to him sexually… I don't know. I'm not sure if I've ever really fallen for a guy, or just been sexually attracted to them?
SO been there and oh SO done that…it is hell to go through and the deseration so deep that one even "reinvents" himself to please another who, perhaps and most often, couldn't even care less. Its like that OTHER is a god and we remake oursleves into the image and likeness of that god.
But I think that this phenomenon, which is quite common among us, is typical of the early stages of dsicovering who and what we are. We mature, move on and become more used to being the men we are.
@Dante — I agree. And, as I think you're implying, I don't think it's something confined to people with SSA.
@SD — I didn't really mean anything by "falling for him" besides what I described — the infatuation, the jealousy, etc.
Man! I totally know how you feel. I think if anything it teaches resiliency. Learning to be resilient and strong. It's hard to have relationships and not want something more. But thats love for you! Uncontainable. I'll be praying for you, brother. We all need to stick together. I've been so inspired by your blog that I started my own own. Wishing you well Steve. My heart and prayers are with you.
Yeah this happened to me with my homophobic housemate. Talk about awkward. I called it infatuation, although I wasn't sure it wasn't "falling in love". But it couldn't happen with a better person — one of the holiest people I've ever met. I feel really bad what I put him through but it wasn't like I was malicious. I've concluded that while it worked in college, living with a man just isn't a risk I want to take anymore. (I started to fall for another housemate but he moved out for other reasons before it could really gel. I even started to fall for a close friend after only spending frequent time with him for a period.) So I know how you feel, brother. You are not alone.
It's always amazing to me how God brings good out of evil if we let Him! My only real relationship with a guy ended in raging flames of disaster after three years and the next closest thing came to a screeching halt when he found out he had cancer. Relationships and me just don't seem to get along! But its stories like yours that remind me all over again that God allows us to go through some awful stuff to make us more ready for the things to come so I'm just gonna be patient and wait for the good stuff!
I just wanted to add how inspiring you are! You may not know it, but the Holy Spirit is working in you and through you in powerful ways, and its a great blessing to all of us that you are sharing your journey with us!
I agree with Aggie…you are very brave. I was a ridiculous idiot at 19, and never could have processed something so well.
Thank so much for sharing your story. Coming from a guy carrying the same cross as you – it's very encouraging. God bless you!
Thank you so much for writing this. Even though my situation is not the same as yours, I have learned so much from reading your posts. I'm currently in a similar situation right now as you were with M., but I'm slowly getting better. It's still extremely hard sometimes. This post made a lot of sense to me and I thank you sincerely for writing it.
"The year after that I met Sal. The only reason I knew how to be friends with him, without trying to make him my everything, without destroying myself, was what I had learned from M.
Will you believe me if I say I'm grateful for every second of it? The Lord heals, and sometimes only fire will do the trick."
Exactly. God is our Teacher; the Potter, the shaper of our souls. He uses real life experience, for He is incarnational, to do this for us. I thank God for similar times, and for crucibles and crucifixions, because only those things can really teach us and change us.
Hmmmm – I want to be taught and molded so much more.


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