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For some reason, sometime over the past few months I have lost my voice. I have written several posts only to be discouraged by my own words, thus not allowing myself to share my thoughts. I could provide several reasons for this. Sometimes, life simply beats you down. I know in my heart it is time for things to turn.
My heart, my head and my body are all screaming that three years is enough and that I have to find a way to move forward. The grief however, does not come to an end. My children are reminders each and every morning. Their thoughts, their feelings and their sorrows lead me to a daily mental struggle. I am not embarrassed to admit that sometimes I feel that it is all too much. Sometimes, I feel that I cannot continue on at this pace.
But then these two amazing creatures that Daniel and I created together sing off key in the car, dance through the living room with wild abandon and crawl into my bed at night to provide comfort. Their laughter and their joy are constant reminders that they are the reason I carry on each day.
I believe good things are coming. I have to. Sometimes, when it's dark, I simply need some small reminders. Small reminders, and possibly, a bit of compassion.
"I don't remember daddy's voice anymore," Lucas said on the way home from school about two weeks ago. "Do you want to hear Daddy's voice? I have it." "Yeah, I do."
Riding home from school we jump from jamming to the Cupid Shuffle to searching for "Daniel Shomate" on YouTube. His voice fills the car. Tears spring to my eyes. I feel Lucas staring at me from his booster seat that is quickly getting too small. Where is the time going I wonder as I stare at his long legs. The exact replicas of his fathers. Tears pour from my cheeks.
"Is that Daddy," he asks?
"Yes, these are videos Daddy left for us."
"Can I see your phone?"
"Sure, buddy."
"Is that daddy too?"
"Yes, these are pictures of us and of Daddy when he was little. We can watch these together too."
"I want to go to heaven," chimes Reed.
"I don't want to go to heaven states Lucas. I just want Daddy to come back here."
"Me too Lucas, me too."
Cognitively, my six year old is coming to many realizations about the permanency of our situation. Literature regarding his developmental stage in relation to his understanding of death states that he is "able to understand the finality of death and that he may have numerous questions." We have moved from the stage of this being temporary or reversible to recognizing and understanding the finality.
Lucas understands the finality all too well. He understands that his dad is absent when 11 teammates line up on the baseball field and 10 dads are present.
Reed understands his dad's absence when his baseball coach makes a loud announcement inviting fathers to come out and help on the field.
Lucas feels his dad's absence to his core when his school holds a "Donuts with Dad" event during the school day. Yes, I would just skip the event if it were after school, however as we all know life is not that simple. He feels the absence at school each and every morning this event is announced on the school news leading up to the event.
They both understand the absence of their father at all family events and each and every day in seeing all the other kids at school and on the fields and in the community interacting with their fathers. They understand. And honestly, so do all the other kids.
We as a society must embrace that families are changing. The traditional family structure in the United States that has been considered the "nuclear" family consists of two parent and two kid households. However, this two-parent, nuclear family is becoming less and less prevalent, and alternative family forms are becoming more and more common. Over time, divorce, single-parent families, teenage pregnancy, same- sex marriage, and increased interest in adoption has changed the once traditional structure. Over 25% of children are currently being raised by single parents.
"Is Daddy coming back from heaven?"
"No Reed, Daddy is not coming back. People can't come back from heaven."
"But some people do."
"No, baby, people don't come back from heaven."
The three of us get up every day. We go to school. We go to work. We smile. We play. We contribute, because that is who we are. We are a unit. We ask that you please just think. And not just about us but think about the person next to you at the grocery. The neighbor. The person sitting next to you at church. The mom who's kid is wearing pajamas in public. Think and be aware.
We are all fighting our own internal battles. Think beyond yourself.
A little compassion goes a very long way.
Suck it up Buttercup
Ten weeks of reruns begin this Friday. Anniversaries of bad news after bad news. The beginning and sometimes what I feel like was the end. I know and understand logically that I am still here on Earth. That I am still breathing and participating in life. What I know at the same time however is that part of my soul was taken almost three years ago. A part of me died that day too.
I started this blog post several weeks ago and it was so negative that I didn't feel like I could post it. So I have patiently waited and waited for everything to fall into place. Waited for things to align.
"You are so weird." A colleague referred to me this week after asking about a part of my life that has become uncomfortable and difficult. I find no offense in the comment. In fact I responded "I know."
I know that all of you extroverts out there find my "private nature" to be odd or weird as I was referred to this week. As a general rule I'm an extremely private person and yes, I realize this is contradictory to what this blog presents. I'm stunted in my verbal communication abilities and thus writing works for me. I am a better listener than a talker and when asked a question I am direct and straight forward.
I remember walking into a classroom not that long ago and making an off hand comment about my children driving me crazy. It was not necessarily negative, simply indicative of the morning we had. Who knows now what happened that particular day. It could have been spilled milk as we were walking out the door or it could have been the ultimate throw down over pants with buttons. (Yes, the struggle is real. They simply do not like pants with buttons.)
Anyhow, the point is that as I complained about my amazing children, the teacher in front of me simply smiled. Little did I know she and her husband had been trying for some time to have children. My one simple comment that I didn't think twice about probably made her cringe. The same way that the person who told me a few days ago that it was easier to deal with her kids when her husband wasn't around. That she wishes he just stayed away made me inhale sharply.
Last week I met with my grandmother at a McDonald's to say hi as I passed through her town while traveling home from Kentucky. An older man (87 to be exact) approached our table and asked her how long she'd been married. She responded with 30 years. "Huh," he huffed. "My wife and I have been married 64." He turns to me, "These the only two you have? "Yes." "Huh," he replies again.
Like me, my grandmother is widowed as well. I'm sure she would have liked to say she was married 60 years however life doesn't always give us the choice. Sometimes things happen outside of our control. Would I have had more children? I'm not sure. I'd like to think maybe, but that was not a choice I was given.
I always circle back to the friend who told me right after Daniel died that only I could handle this. I often wonder what she saw in me that I am missing right now. I have suffered through as many "I miss daddy's" as my heart can handle. I have fought as many battles on my own as I can. I am trying my damndest to "handle this" but I can admit that I am not doing it with grace. I am doing it by then skin of my teeth.
"Suck it up buttercup," comes to mind from another friend. She doesn't use it with me but I can hear her voice now. I agree. I gain nothing from wallowing. I will get up tomorrow, put on my heels and find this strength that others believe I have. I will continue to move forward. I will persevere.
"It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself." Muhammad Ali
Back Woods Roads
That's what I've been on this week. A lot of "back woods roads." For those of you who've spent your life in the city and don't know what these are, I apologize. Growing up in Kentucky, you learn to drive on back woods roads. You cross town to visit friends' homes and you travel these curvy winding roads full of hair pin turns. You think; I could get there in about a quarter of the time if the engineers would have just straightened these out. Roads that are lacking full pavement. Roads that are often dark, possibly a bit scary and occasionally may cause your skin to crawl. No I don't want to be out here alone, but that's how it's felt this week. I've been stuck on these back woods roads.
"Do you want to get in it?" "No, thanks. I'm good." A blank stare, a bit of a challenge. "Well, maybe I do. Sure, I will." "You never know when you might want photos with you in them."
Oh lady, if you only knew who you were talking to. I do in fact know that I should be in the photos with my kids. I know to move out from behind the camera. I know how important each of these memories is to record, because following her line of thinking; yes I in fact do know that in the blink of an eye one of us may be absent in the future.
Driving home from the Riverbanks Zoo I scan the photo of the three of us and I'm glad I jumped in. I'm glad I was present and active. After a week in which I've felt I've been lost on those back wood roads all alone this simple night out brought everything up in one quick moment.
Tis the season for flying elves, gingerbread houses, presents, Rudolph, magic and difficult days and nights for many. Several "you look tired" comments have flown my way. Yes, as I've said before I see my own lines each morning. I know when I cry myself to sleep that I age ten years over night. I've got it folks, but feel free to keep pointing it out. If you look closer you can even see the tracks of my tears.
Why the angst? Why the difficulty? Why now? Talk to me, don't shut me out. It's not that simple friends. Do you ever talk to someone about work? About your kids? About your family your interests, your own trauma and angst? Do you ever share something with someone and you think they just don't get it? They can't possibly understand? I'm glad you don't understand, I'm ecstatic but it doesn't change fact and fact is I'm in these back woods alone. I am lost on these roads turning left and right and squeezing the steering until my knuckles are white and my palms red.
I left my in-laws; I guess they are still my in-laws, home this week after celebrating Christmas together. We had a great visit, couldn't have gone better. The boys are so fun and bring such light to any and all situations. There's simply heaviness in the air. The absence is so prominent. It's no one's fault. It really was a great night, but on the drive home my mind just spins and won't stop.
Your mom gave me this photo of you and my heart melted. This would have been right around the time we met fifteen years ago. I drove home and early memories flooded. I cried. I listened to the Rod Stewart CD you bought me a million years ago and I yearned to share with you, to laugh, to annoy you with my off key singing. To get on you about your erratic driving that your grandma and I talked about tonight. To reminisce. To process. To love.
I'm on these back wood roads Daniel and I need a little help getting off.
Whack, whack, whack.... whack, whack, whack... whack, whack, whack
Driving my usual way, like a bat out of hell, quizzing Lucas for his sight word test, and feeding Reed his breakfast, we squeal up to the curb in front of the elementary school this morning with mere minutes to spare.
"Have a great day, I love you, nail those words, and go!" I frantically yell.
He flings open the door and jumps from the car. The guidance counselor is standing at the curb to greet him as she usually does in the mornings. She looks at me, smiles and says, "Hey Rachel, you have a charger cord hanging out your car door."
I look down and instantaneously burst out laughing- "THAT." I holler through the back seat, "is my life right now." My manic laughter sends the boys into giggles as well. They don't know what they are laughing at; they just know that mommy thinks something is hilarious so it must be hilarious.
"Whack, whack, whack" mirrors the hamster wheel we are caught on. Frantically running from one thing to the next, not really sure whether any of us are accomplishing anything. Not really sure whether or not we are moving forward, just that we are moving.
Am I running from something? Probably. Am I running to something? Doubtful. I'm just running.
Lucas brought home a drawing from school today that said "My family. I love you. I am sorry that dad died. Together we will be okay."
Wow, I thought. Maybe I am doing something right.
Whack, whack, whack. That's us. And that's ok. It's more than ok because according to Lucas "Together we will be ok."
When you see a woman driving down the road like a bat out of hell, with some inanimate object hanging from her door, beating the heck out of her car, simply smile. Grab the laugh where you can. I'm not embarrassed in the least. I'm human. And frankly, the three of us will always have something hanging out our car doors.
This Is Hard
"Your memories from this week four years ago" came across my email today. I saw the headline in my inbox and knew better than to look at it at that moment. A day filled with high emotions, hardships and a few of my own stressors, I knew immediately this needed to be viewed later while in private. I didn't know exactly what would be there but a pretty good assumption was that Daniel would be front and center.
Already feeling as though I may not survive the afternoon, I waited until I got home. I allowed the boys to have some iPad time because frankly I needed some me time. I sat down and hesitantly opened the email. The top photo was Daniel with Lucas, then almost 2, and newborn Reed on a hay ride. That day marked the first time we visited this Charlotte area farm that has now become an annual tradition. Seeing him doesn't always make me cry but damn did I need him today, and that very thing is what opens the flood gates. A void that cannot be filled by someone else, an alcoholic beverage or even a long run.
This is simply part of life. I know. I know. I KNOW.
Some days I just want to quit. Don't ask me what that looks like. I don't even know. I simply know that this is hard.
I do recognize that I am not alone. I live other people's traumas every day. I listen to the parent who feels at the end of their rope with their child's behavior. I empathize because I am right there with you. I listen to the woman who can't get pregnant and can't understand why. I can't empathize with your situation but I promise I know what unfairness in life feels like. I listen to the friend who says her marriage is over. I can't empathize with you but I know loss. I listen to the friend who's parent was just diagnosed with cancer. I empathize with you because I know cancer. I listen to my son as he asks a stranger if he will be his dad. I can't possibly empathize but I know more than anything how desperately we both yearn for the same person to return to our lives.
What do you say? What the hell was I supposed to say when a man we've known for a short period of time as a coach simply stares back at me? I said nothing. For someone who usually has a comeback for everything, I was once again speechless. I hung my head and climbed in the car.
I am plagued with daily morning questions: Where is dad? Does he have a headstone? Was he a good driver? Did he like this song? Can we send him this flower? It's constant right now from not one but from both. I love talking about their dad but sometimes it is so hard.
I'm telling you. If you want to quit, I empathize. I know how it feels to be drowning. I know how it feels to muddle through quicksand. I know how it feels when the weight compressing your chest won't let up. I promise I know how it feels when you think it will never get better. I can't promise you it will. What I can promise you is that you must keep going. You have to keep getting up and pushing through. There will be a time that you look back and think "wow, I made it." I don't know when it will happen, but it has to. And it will.
do you think you are over IT?
That question was posed to me today by an acquaintance. What a question. A pretty typical question for someone who hasn't experienced loss. Am I over it? What is it exactly? What exactly do you believe I should be getting over? His death? Absence of the person? Hurt? Anger? Feelings of injustice? Daily loneliness? The recognition that I'm chasing someone and something I can never have? That sometimes I feel his presence? That sometimes I still reach for him at night?
And what does over mean? A sense of moving on? Forgetfulness? Pushing forward? No longer curling up in the fetal position in the back of my closet? No longer feeling like I can't possibly breathe one more day? No longer feeling like I'm drowning? I ask myself time and time again how can it be that I am breathing but don't feel as though I am living?
No. I am NOT OVER IT.
Sometime over the course of the last week I wrote the darkest blog I have thus far. I chose not to share it then but will share some of it today. I woke in the middle of the night because sleepless nights have resurrected themselves again. I awoke with a start and realized I was crying. I'm not exactly sure what prompted this bout, but I knew I needed to get these feelings off my chest. I grabbed my phone and began vomiting these words of hurt and injustice and sorrow. Crying and shaking, finding my voice, releasing the loss, the hurt, the struggle.
My husband died two years ago and part of me died too. I can't get that part of me back. I live through my kids. I run them from point a to point b and I don't stop. I have no me. They are me. I am their mom. Period. I meet someone and I feel so guilty. I make unfair comparisons. I can't imagine life with them because I can't imagine life without Daniel. I feel like I'm crazy. I'm no longer the counselor but the client. I try to do things for me and someone refers to me as being self-centered. My breath catches, I want to scream the most profane thing I can think of at them, but I can't because they have kicked me when I am down. They have stolen my breath.
I get up every day. I work my ass off to function every day. I keep it together when my kid tells me he wants to take the last family picture we have to school to show his friends his dad. I hold it together day in and day out when my kids ask me about spirits being in heaven and what their dad is doing when he's there. I hold it together when all they want is to share something with him and him alone. I hold it together when our youngest climbs into bed and unprompted says I love you daddy.
I hold IT together.
All I want is a day where I can feel normal again. I want me back. I want to find myself. I want to move forward but my feet are stuck in cement. Life does that sometimes. We get stuck. We all have our own shit. We all struggle for breath at times. We go through phases where our faith is tested, periods of internment with our spouse, days when our feelings get stripped by our loved ones, times when the person on the other end of the phone is rude, times when we feel unbalanced, struggles that we don't understand, times when we want to give up. I know that the cement is not permanent. I know that I am simply leaving an impression. I may even leave my cutest pair of high heels in that cement but one day the light will shine again and one day I will no longer be in those shoes. I will look back and sigh with relief. I will recognize that the cement was part of the bigger picture. I will get through this. I will use my strength to continue to hold IT together and so will you.
Secondary Trauma
I recently read a chapter on secondary trauma. This occurs when professionals experience stress or symptoms of trauma when working with traumatized children and families. I experience this often as a therapist, and today I experienced it as a friend.
A very good friend of mine's family member is dying. She is currently at the same hospital that Daniel received his hernia surgery in. Today I sported Kentucky blue high heels instead of the black and white stripes that I wore the morning I was told my husband was dying. I passed the waiting room and ominously glanced toward the chair that I sat in that morning, slowly watching the clock continue to tick past the time I was promised he would be done. I rode in the large elevator silently upstairs to the fifth floor instead of the fourth. The fifth floor does in fact however mirror the fourth. I passed the chair in that lobby where I curled up and called his boss. Where I called my boss and struggled to get the words out.
The smells that assaulted my nostrils were the same. Nurses continuously went in and out to check the vitals and administer the medications, not allowing her to rest. This was the very same way we spent our night together on the fourth floor before being released into the next ten weeks of trauma. I offered a suggestion for hospice as the nurse for palliative care entered the room. I held my tears at bay knowing instinctively that tears would not help this situation, as they rarely do.
I left this afternoon holding onto every ounce of strength I possessed and walked past the very chairs where I sat with my friend who brought me dinner and clothes that first fateful night. I remember her questions. I remember her blank expression. I remember stating that things were "not good." What an understatement. Little did I know at the time, that evening would begin a tornado that I often still feel trapped inside of.
Secondary trauma shook my shoulders today. I teleported back to that life altering day and the weeks following. The emotions claimed my mood and my physical being. The same thing happened earlier this week as I met a new widow. Her husband died 30 years ago at the age of 26. I asked her if she remembered the details. She said of course, just like it was yesterday. She said she still feels the anger inside. Anger for herself and for her three children. We stared at each other longingly, not with pity but with awe. We were bonded together by our loss. Neither of us chose this.
Today was important for me on so many levels. It was about giving back. It was about being vulnerable. It was about sharing, connecting. It was about recognizing someone else's pain and suffering and acknowledging the continuation of my own. It was about telling myself it is ok to still feel sad. It is ok to still miss the father of my children. It is ok.
I was not asked to come to the hospital and honestly I don't think I spoke ten words while there. That shouldn't surprise most. Sometimes we have to do the uncomfortable. We support those around us because that's who we are. We do what we know is right. This will be a long road for this family, and their course will never be the same. My own personal feelings and emotions, a swirling mess inside me came back full force. But it is ok. We will all come together and lift each other up. That is simply what we do.
Provide Some to You
I'm curled up in the corner of my couch. Earbuds in my ears, music turned up loud mentally reviewing the past few weeks. Celebrating the successes. Worrying about the failures. Stressing with self-doubt. Doubting some of my choices. Doubting if I'm enough. Preparing for change. Telling myself to let go. Encouraging myself to not be so judgmental; not of others but of myself. To stop self-doubting and over thinking. Just be.
What a simple demand, but yet so difficult for me personally. I have come across this one word a lot lately in conversation. In what I've been reading. On people's social media accounts and even in a course I'm currently tackling. Today I was reminded to use this very word myself when a man walked up to me and stated very directly, "I met your husband this week. He was so nice." I was simply stupefied for a moment before stating my husband was deceased. The stupefied expression quickly transferred from my face to his. A stammer of apology followed and an explanation of whom he thought I was. Its fine I assured him. A statement that I often use without even thinking about it. How many of us say we aren't "fine" when asked?
We are all one in the same. None of us set out to offend others. No one sets out to ruin people's days. No one sets out to fail as parents. To fail in our marriages or with our partners. To make choices that may look differently that very next day or even a week later. To slack at work. To be a crappy friend. To let our family members down. I don't believe any of us wake up each morning and say, "Yes, today my goal is to fail. Today my goal is to make someone else feel bad. Actually, I just want to disappoint myself." No, none of us do that but we are all plagued by these feelings.
I've been feeling a little down. I've been working on several things lately that just don't seem to be coming together as smoothly as I hoped. I have no one to blame but myself. The big part of that though is why lay blame at all? How about cutting yourself some slack? Letting go. So easy to type yet so difficult for me to feel and do. So, here I am curled in the corner of this couch and am thinking about this word that keeps gracing my presence. I have cycled through my usual "writing" songs through my earbuds and this word just keeps hanging out there waiting for me to reach out, acknowledge and grab it.
Definitions from Merriam-Webster:
· unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification
· a virtue coming from God
· approval, favor stayed in his good graces
· mercy, pardon
· a special favor
· disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency
· a temporary exemption : reprieve
Per usual, Webster has given us an abundance of definitions for this one word, and honestly I didn't even include statutes 3-8 as I felt one and two were plenty. I know that other people have shown me personally as well as my family an abundance of Grace over the past two years. I am so very grateful. I look at this word and really try to determine what it means. Its fine to list the definition here but different to use it. To live it. I could have easily felt offended today. I assure you it did take my breath away. As he described the man he met I did think you could be describing my husband. You would have enjoyed a conversation with him as well. However, it wasn't and I said nothing. I tried to provide a little grace to this man that was obviously embarrassed and made an honest mistake.
Showing others kindness even if they don't deserve it is giving grace. Letting go of those idiosyncrasies that your spouse engages in that drives you absolutely crazy. Having a little extra patience with your children even when they are talking back or throwing tantrums. Having a little extra patience with your aging parents. Assisting your co-worker, even though you feel that they don't pull their own weight. Reaching out to others. Being present. Offering forgiveness and forgiving others.
Now I would gently say, provide some to you. Show and give to others but also provide a little grace to yourself now and again. Give yourself a break. Recognize that it's ok to doubt. It's ok to get bogged down but know that you are worth it. That you are more than you even realize. That these feelings are temporary. And that this too will pass.
Thank you for providing us with Grace. And showing us the meaning behind it.
Use the Button
I am fortunate to have a friend that resides with her family in D.C. We have been friends now for 30 years. We don't talk weekly or even monthly but we pick up each time we get together right where we left off.
The boys and I were fortunate enough to get to visit her and her family this past week. The week was full of so many rich experiences.
I didn't anticipate what the city would entail for Lucas or how much he would quickly fall in love with the history. Every day he exhibits more and more of his dad. At every Smithsonian he wanted me to read every plaque. If you've been to a Smithsonian you know that is simply not possible. I strolled along with him laughing inside my head. The last time I was in D.C. was with Daniel and I can remember dragging him onward. He wanted to read everything! Enthusiasm is great but come on?!
We walked over to the Lincoln memorial and Lucas wanted to know why Abraham Lincoln was a statue. I thought, not for the first time, your dad would be so much better at answering these questions than I am. I stumbled through an answer about the 16th president and his role with the Civil War and then proceeded to explain that we would read the plaques! The question following was why doesn't daddy have a statue if he's dead too? People who are statues have done really important things for America. Hmm- really, that's what I came up with?
Our first stop on our last day in D.C. was to Arlington. This was an interesting experience for the boys but one that I believed was important. I always enjoy going and wanted to share that with them. The conversation generated from that trip however was one of graves and markers and the newly introduced topic of cremation. Lucas and Reed have seen Daniel's urn. They have asked what's in the beautifully carves box however I have glossed over the topic feeling that we weren't ready to address it. This week however was a different story as Daniel chose to be cremated. I answered Lucas's questions as directly as I could. It was another of those moments when I thought, Am I adding more traumas to them? Was this the right decision?
I over analyze myself and my actions so much I drive myself a little crazy. It's unnecessary. "Only you know what you can handle," was advice given to me recently.
Sometimes generic thoughts such as these frustrate the hell out of me. Do I really know what I can handle? I believe that implies that you have hit the mother lode, that at some point you have broken down and all of a sudden you know you can't take anymore.
While I teeter on that edge much more often than not, I'm not sure that I am aware of that limit. I continue to add to my plate as though I have not eaten in weeks.
What's the alternative? To say no? What if I like saying yes? What if I enjoy taking it on? What does it say about me if I like to pile it on? That I cannot relax? That I've forgotten to enjoy things?
Possibly, more likely, probably.
Life is a series of choices as my mother would say. And she's correct- it's all about choices. A series of choices and actions that are often guided by a desire to do well, progress and provide but with little direction. I frequently read the signs but are they suggestions provided to us or are they factual?
I think we are all driven by these like minded goals. Trying to make choices for ourselves and our families and trying to achieve goals. Sometimes, and yes I'm talking to myself, we need to take a breath. We need to stop chasing what is in front of us and enjoy the moment.
Hit the reset button.
I am. I'm releasing my mommy guilt. I'm releasing my I ate chocolate chip cookies last night guilt. I am releasing the I work too much guilt. Thank you for the advice of me only knowing what I can handle. You are right. And life is all about choices. I think the important thing here is that even when you make the wrong choices or feel as though you are lead astray hit the reset button.
I do and I am.
Turning the Page
On my morning jaunt today Bob Seger came on. The saxophone intro of "Turn the Page" vibrated off my apartment walls. I couldn't hide my smile.
I am in fact ready to turn my own page. I am ready. I have my big girl pants on and I am ready to do this. What in the world am I referring to? The unknown. The wild and exciting world of dating. A world that I haven't been a part of since the early 2000's. I can hardly compare my college dating days, if you would even qualify them as that, with dating in my 30's as a widowed single parent of two.
I've debated sharing this part of my life through my blog, going back and forth with the pros and cons, however if you follow my column on Bizwomen you are already aware that the journey has indeed begun.
Because Daniel was sick and his death was not sudden this was something we were able to talk about. I won't share his words, because those were between us but I know that he wanted this for me and for us as a family. I feel as though it has taken two years to climb out of the abyss. Two years to get my shit together and figure out how to move forward with life. To recognize that I can indeed dance on my own, but really who wants to do that?
I sat down to look at Daniel's third video blog and posted it on Weebly today under "Daniel's journey". It is worth ten minutes of your time. Daniel was so grateful in life. He was absolutely gracious to everyone. I watched and I didn't cry today. From his words, I'm about out of them. I yearned a bit for him but what I took away, what my biggest lesson was is that life is not a dress rehearsal and I can no longer be sad.
I am learning to regain control and grab hold. Grab hold of what I want. This is not however happening without faltering steps. Dating is like learning to ride a bike all over again. Actually, it's more basic than that. It's like learning to walk.
I've been on a few dates. I've toddled those first few steps, fallen down, gotten frustrated, felt like crying, and wanted to throw in the towel. A few awkward moments, a few bizarre men, however are not enough to make me give up on the male species in general. Meeting new people has made me feel alive again. Made me recognize that I am ok alone but not fulfilled. The flip side is that I've felt as though I was cheating on Daniel. How can I cheat on someone who's not here though? I can't and I'm not. I'm simply living again.
A friend of mine recently told me you only have one great love. Really? Are you telling me my great love has come and gone? I can't possibly believe that. We as human beings are capable of loving many in a lifetime. We already share love with our children and families, our friends. Why not with more than one partner? Those who's marriages end for whatever reason should not be told that they must be alone for the rest of their lives. One of life's greatest joys is walking alongside someone else. Sharing all those moments, big and small, together. I simply do not believe we only have one person to do that with.
Someone else told me not to share my blog with men I may decide to date. Why? Why would I not want to share my life with someone new? There will be a confident man out there who is not afraid of my past, of my first husband, regardless of how much we all canonize him today. We cannot change our pasts. This was not something I chose in life but it is a large part of who I am and who my children are. We cannot predict the future. We can however choose to do now. I can choose life. I choose happiness. I choose to love again. I may to toddling at the moment, but I have no doubt that I will soon be off and running again.
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Vernon T. Hontz, 74, of 871 Church St., Stroudsburg, former assistant principal and science teacher at Stroudsburg Area High School, died Tuesday in Sacred Heart Hospital. He was the husband of Ruth (Boyd) Hontz.
He also taught at Summit Hill High School for 21 years, having coached football, basketball and track, before joining the faculty at Stroudsburg. He taught there for 26 years before retiring in 1973.


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As one of the first Italian wines brought into the US, Chianti has become a household name and few have not tried it. Chianti has changed a lot over the years, evolving from an easy drinking table wine, to a symbol of Tuscany and Italy. Although man-made, Chianti reminds us of Italy's natural beauty; of rolling hills covered in vineyards and roads lined with cypress trees. It carries forth tradition and pairs with any Italian meal. But what exactly does a Chianti taste like? It is the most famous of Italian reds, but few really know what it tastes like. On April 28th at the Standard in NYC, the Consorzio di Chianti invited us to taste a variety of Chianti to show us just how different these wines can be and just how Cool Chianti has become. #ChiantiCool
In the past, Chianti, although a good wine, was an easy drinking red, found in a straw flask. As the popularity of Chianti grew, the cheapest were imported and the quality dropped. A bottle of the stuff could be found on any red and white checkered table cloth in any Italian restaurant or pizzeria. As Americans started to learn more about wine, these 'cheap' Chiantis began to lose their appeal and the American public stopped drinking it. The Italians, who are proud of their food, wine, customs and culture, knew that something was wrong. They worked together to bring back the quality of Chianti and created laws guaranteeing so. The Chianti DOC is the first regulated wine in Italy and the verification today consists of grape selection, testing for chemical and physical properties and aging.
For a Chianti to be considered a Chianti, it must be made from at least 85% Sangiovese grapes. Traditionally, for the other 15%, grapes like Colorino, Canaiolo and even whites like Trebbiano were used. In years past, farmers planted what grapes were available, and when a vine died, they would have to replace it, often mixing the grape types. Recently, the idea of using the 'old grapes' has come back into style, creating a lighter bodied, interesting fusion of tastes unlike the more modern blends of Chianti. Today, we can find more international grapes like Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot mixed into the Chianti wines. Here, the tastes are bolder, sometimes spicier and can often be aged longer in wood or bottle. With any grape chosen for the mixture of Chianti, they must also be grown within the demarcated provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato or Siena. These hills create the perfect atmosphere for growing grapes and offer sub-zones with specific geographical qualities that make each wine different and characteristic to that area.
Whats great about Chianti, and one of things I learned in this seminar, is the variety of this wine. Some Chianti are best consumed young and others only get better with age. Some absorb nicely the flavors of the oak barrels they are aged in, like that of Fattoria Poggio Capponi in Montespertoli. Their 'Petriccio' Chianti DOCG is leathery and full of dark fruit flavors. Another vineyard, Az. Agr. Pietraserena-Arrigoni, located in the famous city of San Gimignano, has two Chianti that stand out. 'Poggio al Vento' which is sweet and spicy with hints of raspberry and cinnamon is made from 100% Sangiovese grape. The other, 'Caulio,' has a more earthy, metallic and mineral quality, made with 10% syrah. This proves that even within the same vineyard, a slight change of grape and different exposure to sun, rain and terrain can create a completely different wine.
The variety of this wine means that it can pair with just about any kind of food. But, if you really want to feel like an Italian, it's best had with other traditional Tuscan treats. Besides the famous extra virgin olive oil, whose olives grow alongside the vines, the 'Fiorentina,' Florence's hefty version of the T-bone, reigns supreme. The light tannins of the wine dry our palate to prepare us for the next bite, while the sweet fruit flavors like cherry and prune bring out the best of this juicy steak. Salami, pecorino cheese, artichokes, wild boar and my favorite truffles, can all be found in the Chianti region and a glass of this wonderful red will always be offered exalting the food's flavors.
So what is it that makes Chianti cool? Maybe it's the vision of Italy it puts in our head. Maybe it's the passion of the winemaker and his work that shines through in the wine. The relaxed sensation we get sitting with friends, sharing a bottle and chatting about life. Whatever your mood may be, Chianti can make it even better. Whether light and crisp or strong and tannic, with food or all alone, this wine's greatness has come along way to becoming the quality bottle we look forward to drinking.


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When it comes to libido, everyone wants it at the highest levels. But, most people don't want to deal with the side effects from drugs or unnatural methods. Luckily, there are several foods you can eat to boost your sex drive without any harmful side effects. These super foods that increase your libido and prowess are amazing. Best of all, they may already be in your refrigerator or home. They will give you that added boost you need to get your sex life going into full swing.
Remember all those times your parents told you to eat your broccoli because it was good for you? Turns out they were right. Not only is broccoli good for your diet and health, it is also great for increasing your blood circulation. In turn, that has a positive effect on your sexual prowess. The Vitamin C found in broccoli is good for both male and female when it comes to being a great sex booster.
Many have called watermelon the liquid Viagra. That's because of their high content of citruline. There have been several studies which shown that watermelon juice or watermelon can be a libido booster. That's because it improves blood circulation to the male's penis area. In addition, it has a great deal of other vitamins which are good for you such as vitamin C, A and B6. And watermelon is also fat free.
Pomegranate Juice:
Besides helping you with your libido, pomegranate juice can also help reduce some health problems. The power juice can decrease heart disease and high blood pressure. Recent studies have also shown that it can help with ED or erectile dysfunction. In the study, the people who drank pomegranate juice had a significant improvement in sexual drive. That was when compared to others that did not. If you are worried about side effects, the only ones may be itching or a runny nose. Others include allergic reactions or trouble breathing. Yet most of the people that drank it, hardly ever showed any negative side effects.
Irrespective of how you like your eggs, they will help increase your sexual prowess. You can eat them deviled, fried, poached or scrambled as a way to boost your libido. They can be awesome for improving your stamina because of their high protein count. Also, eggs are packed with L-arginine and amino acid. Both of which have been found to be effectual when it comes to problems with erectile dysfunctions. Lastly, they can aid in treating several different kind of heart ailments.
Women can also get in on the act of increasing their sex boost by taking ginseng. Recent studies where women took ginseng supplements delivered an increase for those that who took it. Within a month, more than 68% of them said their sex lives and drive had improved. Men can also enjoy the power of ginseng since it works great as an energy drink too.
People eat lettuce as part of their salad to help them with weight problems. But, lettuce can also aid in boosting the sex drives of individuals. There is an opiate in lettuce which sets off sexual hormones in the body. Just add a bit of vinegar and oil to help you increase your sex drive.


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Glenn saw a commercial that the circus was in town. I was not excited. He was. Typical. He thought Brady would really love it and but we both agreed it would be a great reward to a good start on potty training.
We asked him if he wanted to go and he said yes to see the clowns.
He told us all week that he wanted to see the clowns with the funny faces.
I was more excited that we were going to get an afternoon with our first born because I think it is important to give him some individual attention and Cate was content to stay with her nana and papa (my in-laws). So, off we went.
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It was a quick trip from our house.
We bought a sword, two soft drinks, some popcorn, cotton candy and a slushy when all was said and done for $75. Criminal prices I tell you especially if you consider he didn't even like the cotton candy and the slushy was a nightmare to eat in its clown cup.
But it was worth it.
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He was mesmerized. And he danced in his seat. And he watched with anticipation, waiting, smiling and staring. There were clowns and elephants and lions and tigers and guys on motorcycles on a wire. That was plenty for him. And for me.
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Fascinating home based Business Facts
Think you understand everything there's to learn about the home business world? You might be surprised. If you are considering learning a couple fun and fascinating home based business facts, we've got some that may surprise you.
The typical Home Business Owner
If I were to ask you for a description of the average home business owner, what would you say? Now let us look at exactly what the common home business owner really is.
Based on studies, the common home business owner is certainly not twenty-five to thirty years of age. Rather a difference involving the myth age as well as the age that is real, isn't it? As far as the typical home business owner having little instruction, precisely the same studies reveal that home business owners are in fact highly trained on average with many having post-graduate degrees. However, the average home business makes about $60,000 per year.
Oh, and in case you have preconceived notions as to whether there are more male home business owners compared to female home based business owners, you might be surprised to find out the equation is in fact close.
Girls, Home Businesses and Kids
Lots of people believe a girl begins a home business so she is able to stay together with her children and others believe there is absolutely no way a home business would be started by a lady if she'd online business ideas kids in the home. Screaming children and business -centered attention usually do not just go hand in hand. So who is correct? Actually, they're both appropriate and they are both wrong. Studies have demonstrated that the percent of moms working from the house and mothers working outside of your home is pretty much equal.
The common Home Business
When most people think of the average home business, they think of a small business generating enough income to support a tiny family and many believe that while small businesses are hardly unusual, home businesses are the exception and not the rule.
If you believe there are just a few-hundred-thousand home businesses booming in the United States, you had better think twice.
That only isn't true. Most home business owners are lucky when they could get in the initial couple of years out of the reddish. The truth is, many home businesses fail within the first five years on account of lack of revenue. But should you intend properly and stick it out, there's nothing stopping you from becoming among the home business success stories.
Home Business Internet Growth
A misconception is running around that Internet-based home businesses have hit the glass ceiling of gain opportunities. According to many, industry is drenched and there are currently one-hundred companies for each Internet need. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
There are currently about one billion Internet users worldwide. That total is anticipated to increase to two-billion users by the year 2015. That means there will be about one-billion new consumers hitting on the Web in the next 7 years. That's quite a lot of prospects to market to and by no means does that look as a glass ceiling. Hopefully, you've found these home business facts to be inspiring!


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We're very happy, it's what we were hoping for so that Jane and the baby can share a room.
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We only have one: Sara
After my great grandma (and the middle name I never had.)
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'Children's doctor Eden Caplan has steeled herself to return to her home town of Sydney, but nothing can prepare her for the sight of Dr David Montgomery. They once shared a soul-searing kiss, and now he's even more breathtakingly handsome than she remembers...!
'Paediatrician David has never forgotten Eden. But seeing how brilliant she is with her young patients on the children's ward is a daily reminder that he can never make Eden's dream of a family come true. He does his best to keep his distance, but it's not long before this gorgeous doctor decides he wants more than just one kiss–he wants a lifetime, with Eden as his bride!'
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FrenEmmy Awards: Supporting Actress in a ComedyMatt Richenthal at . Comments
Let's run it back one more time, shall we, TV Fanatics?
Over the past couple weeks, since the Emmy nominations were revealed on July 19, we've been singling out various actors, actresses and television shows in the first-ever FrenEmmys, our answer to TV's biggest night and a chance to recognize stars that have never been nominated by that ceremony.
Go ahead and sort through our nominees for Best Drama Series, Lead Actor in a Drama, Lead Actress in a Drama, Supporting Actor in a Drama and Supporting Actress in a Drama, Best Comedy Series, Lead Actor in a Comedy, Lead Actress in a Comedy and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
And now let's turn our attention to some of the funniest women on the small screen.
The following actresses crack us up on a weekly basis... yet none has ever received any Emmy love.
Vote now on who is most deserving of the FrenEmmy for Supporting Actress in a Comedy:
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First of all, some history: We've had cartel problems in Mexico since Prohibition times. It started with small family beer cartels smuggling alcohol to the U.S. When America flip-flopped on that whole booze thing, these bootleggers were thrown into disarray... until the United States banned marijuana. It's been a pretty straight shot from there to running m*** and beheading people. The players have changed, but the basic story stays the same: America bans drugs and people in Mexico start shooting each other for a slice of a black market pie worth tens of billions of dollars.
But then, in 2006, everything exploded. That's when President Felipe Calderon decided to, as we said earlier, make the war on drugs a literal war. So, he invaded the nation of Drugs with soldiers and tanks, despite the fact that history says cartels will never go away as long there's still money to be made. At least 80,000 people have died since then, making the war on drugs significantly bloodier for Mexico than the war in Vietnam was for the United States.
The drug war affects every part of life in the northern cities and towns dominated by cartels. In the towns where the factions still compete, gunfights are treated like crappy weather and gridlock in a normal city. The cartels even post warnings so people know not to go out after 7 or 8 p.m., or whenever they decide it's murdering time. Yes, it sounds almost nice of them. But things would be a whole lot nicer if, you know, they weren't constantly doing things like murdering random road workers just to send a message.
Citizens rose up and formed groups called autodefensas, using weapons taken off dead cartel members. After a year, they've cleaned up about 5 percent of Mexico, but obviously the government doesn't exactly approve of a vigilante army operating outside the law (it doesn't help that the cartels have money and influence -- they own a significant chunk of Mexico's government and police forces, even while the president talks tough).
As incredible as the achievements of this Batman-esque army seem, it's entirely possible the government will swoop in with tanks and helicopters to "disarm" them all. And then the cartels will flood back in, high-five their buddies with badges, and prove that mass murder, like riding a bicycle, is a skill you never forget.
Benswann.com called Crittenton FFA, which is located in Orange County and provides services for Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, and found that for those willing to a take in a child under the age of 16, you can receive up to $854.00 tax free per month. For those taking in a child over 16, the total is $1,008.00 per month in reimbursement. If you have a 5 bedroom house and can take in as many as 6 children, you can receive reimbursement of up to $6,054.00 per month tax free.
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Frank Ross
Age: 40
Occupation:Analytical Supervisor
Number of Cruises: 2
Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean
Ship: Adventure of the Seas
Sailing Date: May 25th, 2004
Itinerary: Eastern Caribbean
This is a family oriented review of our cruise on Adventure of the Seas. I will make some comparisons to the Cruise that we took last year on Voyager of the Seas.
For our May 2004 cruise we booked a Family Stateroom 6500. This sleeps six comfortably, especially when four are children. The room is not overly large and privacy can be a problem as the only doors are the main cabin door and bathroom door. A large curtain partitions the main cabin separating the sofa bed and queen bed. Another curtain closes off the small room with the bunk beds. There is no DVD player, but programming on the standard size TV was entertaining for the kids. Storage was OK, but not great.
Last year we had booked a Family Suite. This had tons of room and was very comfortable (not luxurious). This Suite has two bathrooms and doors that close the Master Bedroom off from the rest of the cabin. It also had a DVD player hooked up to the standard size TV in the Lounge/Dining area. This cabin easily had enough storage for its capacity of eight people. For our five it seemed spacious.
One item about the Family Staterooms forward on deck six. They are located just above an area for crew recreation (sunning). There are metal gates on either side of this area and metal hatches opening into the ship. These gates and hatches slammed all day and night at odd times. Loudly.
We also had problems getting the curtains on the windows to close all the way. This bothered my wife, who needs darkness to "sleep in" properly.
Adventure Ocean is popular with the 10 and under crowd. I highly recommend this program for the kids. On both Formal Nights the kids can be signed up to eat at Johnny Rockets supervised by the Adventure Ocean Staff. My 7 and 9 year olds always wanted to stay as late as possible. Note: you pay for "Late Night", but it is great for the parents and kids.
For the older kids the program is poor. My son is 13 and did not feel comfortable in the Teen Disco. The activities that the Staff organized for young Teenagers never inspired or entertained him. I think the idea is to encourage Teens to stay in the arcade and spend money. I firmly told my kids that I was not paying one cent for the Arcade. Optix should have Play Stations or Game Cubes, in addition to the Disco. Cabin TVs should be compatible with these game systems, too. Heck, if RCCL wants to make money they could rent these systems out. The arcade could be more for adults, of which there were always a few. I am not surprised that teenagers are often an annoyance on these cruises. Teenagers should be entertained, too.
Last year we took Voyager of the seas to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozemel. My older son, at twelve was bored out of his skull until we started hitting the beach and doing tours. We rode horses in Jamaica, including in the water, swam with stingrays in Cayman and snorkeled in Mexico.
In May 2004 we did SCUBA at St. Johns (Coki Beach Dive Club for kids 8 and older), America's Cup Regatta at St. Maarten, sailed on the Unicorn and climbed up to Fort Rodney at St Lucia and snorkeled with Turtles at Barbados. Lots of activities to keep the teenagers busy and happy. I also bought the Laptop for games and DVDs.
Overall, I highly recommend the Voyager Class of ships for a family vacation.
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Beginning to Look Like Christmas Postcard
My husband decided to trim the porches with lights yesterday. It involved loud swearing, wire clippers, duct tape, a metal ladder, barking dogs, and cold hands. At dinner I did not say that the string of lights on the garage is a few feet short, and perhaps could be centered better, since he did such a good job on the porches, and he cut a nice tree while I was at a library board meeting, too. He did say at dinner, that we should have measured the length of light strings and then built the house to fit them. Anyway, here's a Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas Postcard:
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Can anyone help with this request???
Darcy Lees
From: Reis, Elizabeth
Dear Safe Schools members and friends ...
We've had a request for recommendations. Maybe you can help.
Someone is looking for a Hollywood-type or made-for-TV movie about
coming-of-age issues, with some sexual identity content, but not a focus on
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The Stamas Family, Scottsdale, Arizona
Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - Scottsdale, AZ
I just got out of school for the day and my mom gave me a box that came in the mail! I was sooo excited when I opened it, because it was RUFUS! I had been waiting for days. Right now, we are driving to rehearsal for a play I am in called Southwest Tails. I just got back from rehearsal...Rufus met a friend of mine that also has diabetes! He met a lot of other friends too, but they didn't have diabetes. Awhile after we got there we checked our blood sugar. We were 55, so we ate some Chex Mix. Then Rufus watched the rest of rehearsal. Now we are driving home to go eat dinner and then go to bed!
Thursday, May 24, 2001
We just woke up. We are going to my class party today. We are at the class party. We are making water balloons. Now we are doing some relay races. Now we are having snow cones. After we ate our snow cones, we went swimming. Then we gave my teacher her present. Then we went to rehearsal for Southwest Tails. Then we came homw and ate dinner and went to sleep.
Friday, May 25, 2001
We just woke up. I was HIGH! Then we got ready for school. Then we went to school. At school we opened our time capsule from the beginning of the year and then we played some games. Then we prayed. Then we went to the gym to count down the last 10 seconds till the end of the school year! Then we went to eat lunch. Then we went home and I packed to go to my friend's house to spend the night. When we got there we went swimming. Then we ate our dinner. Then we went on the computer. Then we made up some Mad Libs. Then we had a snack. Then we went swimming again! Then we went to sleep.
Saturday, May 26, 2001
My best friend and I were the first to wake up. When I checked my blood sugar I was a little low, so I had breakfast! Then we went on the trampoline. Then my mom picked us up. Then we went to record the songs for the play I am in. Then we went home, had some lunch and watched TV. Then we went swimming. Then we saw a play called Jesus Christ Superstar at the theatre. Then we went to a graduation party for a friend who was in the play. Then we came home and went to sleep.
Sunday, May 27, 2001
Today we woke up. Then we watched TV. Then we went to my dad's friend's house for a Memorial Day party. We went swimming. Then we had lunch. Then we played HORSE with the basketball in the pool with my dad. Then we went home. Then we watched TV and had dinner and went to sleep.
Monday, May 28, 2001 - Memorial Day
We just woke up. Now we are reading. Now we are watching TV. When I woke up I had a very bad rash on my face from the lotion my mom have me. It itched very badly. We called the doctor. She said to put cold compresses on my face, take benadryl every 6 hours, and put on some cortizone cream. Then we went to rehearsal. We had a good time, but my face really itches. Then we went home, ate dinner, and went to bed.
Tuesday, May 29, 2001
We just woke up. We ate breakfast. Now we are watching TV. We have to send Rufus to the Reed family today. We will miss him! We decided to send Rufus off with a present so he will remember us. We bought an Arizona key chain and attached it to a miniature backpack that Rufus can use to collect small items from other friends he visits! (Mom is writing now) Rufus also bought Stephanie a gift for us to give her the opening night of her play, Southwest Tails, which opens this Friday (this will be a surprise for her)! It is the TY Beanie Baby named Rufus, which is a dog that looks just like the character Stephie plays in the show! Bye Rufus ... have a great trip!
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Planned Parenthood Sharpens their Scalpels in Delight at Obama's Budget
Good news! President Obama wants to cut spending. Yay!...on abstinence education.
So utterly predictable, isn't it?
CNS News:
President Barack Obama wants to eliminate funding for abstinence education funding in his 2015 budget, which he sent to Congress on Tuesday.This, from the guy who didn't want his daughters punished with a baby.
In the "Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings" portion of the budget, it shows that the $5 million funding to Health and Human Services (HHS) through its Title V Maternal and Child Health Program that was included in the 2014 budget is not part of Obama's latest budget.
Something tells me Planned Parenthood is very very happy about this and is sharpening their scalpels as we speak.


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The Coalition's War
This deva-populated island nation is a tropical paradise, and it boasts what may be the world's most powerful naval force. It is a magocracy, ruled by a the seven most powerful deva mages on the island, whose combined might is formidable enough to stand against even empowered artifacts. It is represented on the Coalition by Bejam, who has pledged the service of his country's resourceful arcanists and formidable flying craft to countering the githyanki threat.
It was not easy to convince the devas to join the fight – before the war, they had long become used to their practice of isolationism. Only by removing Chillreaver's threat to their home convinced them to return the favor, a task which cost the Champions most dearly.
Nefelese society is highly enlightened, blessed by bounteous lands and an era of peace. Its inhabitants have created in its capital city a kind of utopia where crime and poverty are all but unknown. There are few visitors to the island, even since the alliance; more than nine-tenths of the population is deva, and it is said that all devas reincarnate upon its shores. Of all the devas known to the Champions, only Amyria and Jayne are not natives.
The most prominent feature of Nefelus is its Great Library, an opulent dome which crowns the highest cliff of the tiered city. It acts as the seat of its government, its largest repository of knowledge both arcane and historical, its university, and even as a temple dedicated to both Ioun and Corellon.


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As the world's first 24-hour all-sports radio station, WFAN remains the premier sports talk radio station in the business. Since its debut on July 1, 1987, dozens of stations have copied the all sports format, but none have achieved the success and the popularity of the FAN.
WFAN is the flagship station of four Tri-State area professional sports franchises: the New York Giants, New Jersey Devils, Brooklyn Nets and New York Yankees beginning in 2014.


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Once there lived a little girl,she was ignored by her family, but she couldn't bare to watch her little brother to be loved more than anything. So one day she took herself down to a wishing well, it was so deep you could throw a stone down there and it would at least take a minute or two to hear the sound of it landing on the floor.
As she got there, she thought of all the bad things of her stepmother and father would do. They would go to exciting places without her, Leave her and buy new clothes but they never bought her any.
A few minutes later, she could hear a ringing down the well, she was about to look down it until......a black shadow appeared and pushed her down it. She landed head first and died.
Her parents didn't seem to care all they did was carry on in life.And from that day on that little girl haunted the deep,dark well with bells around her neck.


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The third home of the Normal School, constructed between 1883 and 1885, was located on Willett Street. The building stood opposite Albany's Washington Park, which provided open space that students could use as a campus. The building included chemistry and physics laboratories, an assembly hall that could seat over 600, and living quarters for the President.
The image above is from a post card, and that below is from a presentation drawing by the architects, Ogden and Wright.


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Sr. Attracta of the Annunciation celebrates
25th Anniversary of Vows as a Carmelite
Recently, in the Dublin Carmel,
Sr. Attracta of the Annunciation (Hand)
celebrated the 25th Anniversary of her Vows as a Carmelite. Sr. Attracta celebrated with her Carmelite family,
joined by members of her family
and several FCJ Sisters.
Before joining the Carmelites on 15 August 1976,
Sr. Attracta had spent many years in the FCJ Society.
Congratulations, Attracta!


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Mid lane week ended last night in Europe and we got some spectacular games that played out on the two stages of the LCS. Ties were the flavor of the European teams this week as we are getting close to the middle of the split. Here are the two matchups that defined this week of the European LCS.
Origen – Fnatic: Tie
What a crazy best of two which used to be defined as one of the classics of the European LCS. Although Origen has not performed to its standards since the beginning of summer, the matchup was still very much anticipated. In true Origen fashion, the team lost the first game of the series. Picking a composition based on team fights, Fnatic controlled the Rift during the entire game. Spirit and Febiven were able to put a lot of pressure on Origen and allowed their team to snowball on objectives such as turrets and dragons.
Although Fnatic were ahead in the entire game, they still had troubles to close out the match and had to secure 2 barons in order to overcome Origen's defenses.
Source: Riot eSports Flickr
The second game was quite a different story. An 81 minutes game, the two team clashed it out in one of the longest games in the history of the LCS. Starting off quite well, Origen was able to obtain a gold lead for most of the game. They traded objectives well and managed to keep up with Fnatic's rotations on the map. Origen had a lot of trouble to close out the game, smashing inhibitors over and over again. In the game, there were seven Barons taken, nine dragons all of that for only a total of 35 kills. Rekkles and Febiven also broke LCS creep score records with a respective CS count of 858 and 848.
Source: Riot eSports Flickr
Team Vitality – G2 Esports: Tie
It was not a very good week for G2 Esports. Although they came into the scene at the beginning of the season as the underdogs, they are certainly one of the favorites to win the current split. Scoring two series ties this week, their Friday series against Team Vitality was particularly interesting.
In the first game of the series, the two teams were ready to clash. The match was very even until G2 managed to find a great skirmish at the 22 minute mark. Trading badly, Team Vitality lost the control of the map and couldn't manage to play from behind. G2 Esports won the first map and came into the second very confidently.
Source: Riot eSports Flickr
It was clearly not the same story in the second game. Another long back and forth game from both teams, G2 managed to find a small advantage in the early game after the two teams traded turrets. But a few minutes later, Team Vitality came in strong and managed to find first blood as well as another kill on the members of G2 Esports. From there on out, the team secured two dragons as well as 2 turrets and a Baron after a great team fight where they took down three members of G2. A long phase of farming then happened and Vitality secured a dragon. Unfortunately for them, they lost the following team fight, which allowed G2 to secure a Baron and take back the control of the map. The team even took a plethora of kills and also ended the game, if it weren't for Police's Ashe play. On a final teamfight, Vitality aced G2 Esports and managed to destroy their Nexus, ending the series in a tie.
Source: Riot eSports Flickr
A crazy week ended for the European LCS, but the actions starts up again next Thrusday at 5pm CET.
Cover image by: Josh Rigg


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Vegetarian and Vegans in KL? +Salsa dancing (Kuala Lumpur)
My husband and I arrived to KL 18 days ago. We are still settling down but I started to looking for new friends. I am very interested on meeting people, but mostly, I want to meet vegetarians and vegans in KL, I want to know all about the best veg places to go =) I am also into salsa dancing, and I would also like to meet people into salsa!!!
So far KL is very nice and I like it so much!!!


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Sold by Amazon, pretty good deal for those who already lost their cradles and/or charge set or would just like a spare. These usually are priced at the ~$10 range (It comes bundled with your original Wii U if you bought it brand new.)
Update: Currently Sold out By Amazon


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Jumeirah Beit Al Bahar
Relax and unwind at Jumeirah Beit Al Bahar, offering luxury Arabian-styled villas with views of the Arabian Gulf and Burj Al Arab.
The five star plus Beit Al Bahar offers luxury villa accommodation part of Jumeirah Beach Hotel and its long, winding streets, manicured gardens and quaint villas make you feel a part of an Arabian village. Arabic for 'house of the sea', Beit Al Bahar's 19 one and two bedroom villas each offer their own plunge pool and 24 hour butler service.


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I have a huge love of the Myrtaceae family and they are one of the many reasons that I started the Herboretum.
I have found that many gardeners know Myrtles but not Lumas and many are confused as to which is which. What is great about Lumas is that, whereas the Mediterranean Myrtle can be a little tender, the Chilean Luma is very hardy and has even adapted to my clay soil. Even though this year they have been crushed by snow, when everything else is taking time to recover, they are now looking lovely.
Another plus that is, similar to Myrtle, if a branch does get broken or the tips do get scorched you simply have to cut back and the new growth will come from the old wood.
The Luma apiculata has the most attractive cinnamon bark as it matures and makes an ideal specimen evergreen plant within the herb garden.
Luma apiculata 'Nanum', the dwarf luma, makes an ideal low hedge as it is very slow growing, it prefers a well drained slightly acidic soil but will adapt to a well drained loam.
All Luma's can be grown by the sea as their foliage is not damaged by salty water.
Luma chequen, is the most robust of the Luma's. It makes and ideal tall edging, hedging plant as it can be cut hard to keep it in shape.
In the kitchen the leaves can be used to flavour soups and stews, but should be used sparingly. After flowering the Luma has a black fruit which, when cooked, makes a very interesting conserve, jelly, which is extremely good with game dishes.
At our Herb Friday on the 19th April we will be offering 20% discount on all Luma plants.


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Finally for this quick burst of ATNIX updates to inaugurate the new column, let's move on to week 36 – frankly, a pretty average week, as we'll see in a minute. In fact, as overall patterns go, you'd be hard-pressed to see any significant differences between the news sharing patterns for this week and the previous one!
ATNIX Week 36: 3-9 Sep. 2012
Week 36 is also a very quiet one – only some 128,000 links to Australian news sites were shared on Twitter this week, compared to the 142,000 in week 35 and the whopping 160,000 the week before that. Towards the end of the year, we'll have a look at the weekly cycles of activity, I think – and I wouldn't be at all surprised if we'd see some longer-term ebbs and flows in news attention over that timeframe. The distribution of attention across our major sites also matches that from last week almost exactly, give or take a rounded percentage point here or there – the top ten sites are placed exactly as they were.
The amount of links to opinion and commentary sites and sections has also shrunken (from 18,800 to 15,700), and at least here there's a bit more movement on the leaderboard. The Conversation regains its customary second place, leapfrogging The Age's opinion section, and New Matilda has an especially good week (in fifth place); ABC The Drum (or more precisely, abc.net.au/unleashed URLs) drops well out of the top five, by contrast.
On to the daily results, then. For the news sites, there's nothing much to see here: much as last week, a clear illustration of the standard attention patterns (strong at the start of the week, then steadily dropping off towards the weekend), though it's notable that the Sydney Morning Herald hasn't been able to maintain its somewhat stronger weekend position (boosted by the weekend magazine's feature articles, I'd wager) this time around.
Amidst the overall steady-as-she-goes patterns, there is a smallish spike in numbers for The Age, though: its piece on the latest salvo in the Australian 'Christian' Lobby's ugly campaign against same-sex marriage was shared some 530 times. Looking at the comments made by users sharing the Age article, let's just say that this particular demonstration of fundamentalist rhetoric did not find many supporters on Twitter. At all.
As far as the daily opinion and commentary sharing patterns are concerned, it's difficult to speak of spikes in activity when for the most part, that activity remained at or below the long-term average.
But for what it's worth, the small rise in activity around the Sydney Moring Herald opinion section is due largely to an article about Malcolm Turnbull's call for more honesty in Australian politics, which received some 165 tweets sharing it during 5 and 6 Sep.; another piece, on the question of whether the Prime Minister should attend an ACL function after the organisation's repeated outbursts against homosexuality, received another 50-odd links.
Finally – not pictured on the graph above (as it's not normally a leading opinion site on Twitter), New Matilda scored a major hit (by its standards) with an interview with Noam Chomsky about Julian Assange that was shared nearly 200 times on 4 Sep. (accounting for more than half of all links to New Matilda being shared on Twitter that day). We're back in very familiar territory here, of course – stories about Assange have regularly generated large spikes in Twitter sharing for Australian news and opinion sites in the past, as the international WikiLeaks and Assange supporter community picks them up and passes them on. That day, New Matilda briefly became the second most shared Australian opinion site on Twitter, thanks to this single story.
But we should note, again, that that's against the backdrop of a very slow news week. Let's see if next week picks up a bit…
Standard background information: this analysis is based on tracking all tweets which contain links pointing to the URLs of a large selection of leading Australian news and opinion sites. For technical reasons, it does not contain 'button' retweets, but manual retweets ("RT @user …") are included. Datasets for those sites which cover more than just news and opinion (abc.net.au, sbs.com.au, ninemsn.com.au) are filtered to exclude irrelevant sections of those sites (e.g. abc.net.au/tv, catchup.ninemsn.com.au). For our analysis of 'opinion' link sharing, we include only those sub-sections of mainstream sites which contain opinion and commentary (e.g. abc.net.au/unleashed, articles on theaustralian.com.au which include '/opinion' in the URL), and compare them with dedicated opinion and commentary sites.
See the posts tagged 'ATNIX' at Mapping Online Publics for a full collection of previous results.


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On a fairly regular basis I get offers from law firms seeking to have me ghost-write their blog articles for them. I get it why attorneys want to outsource blogging. Law practice can be a real grind. And to adequately represent your client's interest it simply takes time – a lot of time. This leaves little time for anything else. In fact, this is why many lawyers shy away from content marketing is because of the fear of the time commitment involved.
If you decide to start a blog you need to commit to writing it yourself. This is something that shouldn't be outsourced. Here are my main two reasons why:
#1 – Your Blog Will Humanize Your Law Firm
People hire lawyers, not law firms. When someone comes into your office and decides to hire you as their attorney it is because they have made some type of connection with you as a person and feel comfortable in trusting you to do the job.
Blogging provides you a platform to show what kind of person you are before clients ever even step foot into your law firm. Your articles should not only show your knowledge of the law but should shed some light on your personality. People who visit your website or read your blog should leave feeling like that have some insight as to who you really are.
If you outsource your blogging you will end up with a bunch of articles that will contain all of the relevant terms for the search engines, and they may even help propel you to the top of the rankings in Google, but once you get clients to your website you will struggle to get people to take action and make the call to your office. On numerous occasions I have people come into my office and tell me they chose me as their lawyer because of the tone of my website.
Tone seems a strange reason to hire a lawyer, but people want to feel comfortable with who you are as a person before they pay you a bunch of money to be their lawyer. There are a lot of lawyers out there that practice in your area of law and do it just as well or better than you do. If you want to stand out from the crowd, show people who you are as a person in your blog posts. Most lawyers don't do this and it will immediately separate you from the pack.
#2- Become the Authority in Your Area of Law
The second reason you should write your own blog articles is blogging provides you the opportunity to become the authority in your area of law. If you are outsourcing your blogging you may get articles that are legally correct (or may not), but if you are writing your own stuff you will be able to share your legal knowledge and the nuances of the law that you have acquired from years of law practice.
Further, blogging on a consistent basis requires that you come up with new topics – and usually requires that you do some of your own research. This regular research keeps you on top of the most current trends in your area of the law and truly helps you to become the go to authority in your area of law. This is true even though there are undoubtedly attorneys that are more experienced than you may be. You can be the authority – you just have to let people know about it.
It is tempting to hire a person or company to ghost-write your blog, pay them the money, flip the switch, and hope the clients pour in. However, if you are serious about using a blog to market your practice, write it yourself. The legal world doesn't need another generic boring blog. It needs to hear from you.


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The 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that the City of Miramar acted legally when it refused to allow development of a shopping center near a residential area.
The Development Corporation of America has been seeking to build the center on 17 acres at Douglas Road and Miramar Parkway for six years.
The city, however, classified the property as residential instead of commercial, and Broward Circuit Judge Miette K. Burnstein upheld the city`s decision in March. The appeals court affirmed her ruling.


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