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worry
one of my friends on thoughts.com was talking about worry in one of their last posts i read. it fascinates me that folks put grades on themselves. "joy is a good emotion. i shall give it an 'A'. worry is a bad emotion. it gets an 'F' and we will try to rid ourselves of......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-01 07:52:39 | Rating:

| Views: 72 | Comments: 3 | Tags: emotions radar integrity

ever fart in church?
i used to drive by the girl of my dreams' house on my way to church. her name was Faye, which doesn't seem as much like a name as a condition. "oh, she's feeling rather faye ... " anyway, she would see my car on thursday nights and one day asked me where i was going. i......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-01 13:58:05 | Rating:

| Views: 61 | Comments: 1 | Tags: moments of immortality

this is where the dreams are
it's never easy. it seems like it's gonna be, and then, wham! all of a sudden with no warning whatsoever "easy" evolves into dang near impossible rested evolves into exhaustion simple understanding evolves into absolute confusion and you realize that......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-02 15:10:33 | Rating:

| Views: 78 | Comments: 2 | Tags: community

zombie cats from beyond and thoughts friends
seven. i have seven cats. seven is the number of completion. i just came around a corner after unloading my groceries and there are two, at least, who have apparently concluded that seven is not, in fact, enough. they are noisy. they yowl right in the middle of good......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-03 14:56:10 | Rating:

| Views: 49 | Comments: 2 | Tags: cats friends stuff

broken people, beautiful hearts
her name was beth. she was very broken. she had a skeleton bending disease and had been treated viciously before she was taken from her home and put in our facility. she could neither talk nor hear. when we got her she gave no indication that she had any awareness of time, any......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-04 14:03:49 | Rating:

| Views: 71 | Comments: 2 | Tags: surprised by love

lesson from an addict
i had used my outside voice to protest admissions at our adolescent unit. (i promise. the story is worth it.) they only wanted kids who had insurance. i told them i would protest in every place i could ever raise my voice. they were using the twelve steps, a program made......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-04 20:11:06 | Rating:

| Views: 59 | Comments: 4 | Tags: whole lotta heart

embracing your inner weirdness
sometimes i believe in fate. i mean, there are definite statements about how God guides our steps. i am cool with that, especially because there are also statements like, "I am silently planning for you in love." but i mean that other people seem to understand that we......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-05 08:55:40 | Rating:

| Views: 61 | Comments: 2 | Tags: you're in charge

kittens from hell and ostrich answers
having one kitten is fun. they are cute and cuddly and play with twist ties on the floor. having two kittens is HELL. they break everything. they climb things to jump on one another, and those things tumble to the floor. they poop on everything. i truly think that if i don't......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-06 23:46:52 | Rating:

| Views: 57 | Comments: 0 | Tags: dating kitten sacrifices to the gods

when butt-cheeks attack
if you turned on all the shower nozzles at the same time in the junior high showers, the drains couldn't drain it fast enough. so we ended up with a few inches of water on the floor of the shower. at this point we would lather up our butts with soap suds. sitting on the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-08 14:55:30 | Rating:

| Views: 151 | Comments: 0 | Tags: adolescence

more on the art of positve parenting
i was as addicted to solitude as a child as i am as an adult. and my dad wondered what was "wrong" with me. i was many years into adulthood and doing my chalk talk called "blue is for boys." it is a talk that brings grown men to tears because it confronts how......Read More