Erin Kelly Girl

Bucket List

erin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:20:22 +0000

Copy and paste the list below and let me know what you have done.

These are mine:

(X) Shot a gun - Oh yeah baby!!

(X) Gone on a blind date - Wouldn't do that again!!

(X) Skipped school - Yes I have done that before, but shh don't tell my mom :)

(X) Watched someone die

(X) Visited Canada

(X) Fell in love with someone you could never have - Ain't life a bitch?

(X) Visited Hawaii

( ) Visited Cuba - Even if I had I couldn't tell you, I don't want to get in trouble.

(X) Visited Europe - 3 months traveling by myself, I love solo travel!!

(X) Visited South America

(X) Visited Las Vegas - Not for me

(X) Visited Mexico

(X) Visited Florida

(X) Seen the Grand Canyon

(X) Flown on a plane

( ) Served on a jury

(X) Been lost

(X) Traveled to the opposite side of the country

(X) Visited Washington, D.C.

(X) Recently colored with crayons - Uhhhh yeah! Doesn't everyone do this?

(X) Sang Karaoke - Worst experience EVER!!!

(X) Sang a solo or duet in church (A long, long time ago!)

(X) Paid for a meal with coins only

(X) Made prank phone calls... (A long, long time ago!)

(X) Laughed until some beverage came out of your nose - I have also laughed until I peed!

(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue

(X) Had a pet

(X) Been skinny-dipping outdoors (Um, skinny dipping indoors is called a bath!)

(X) Been fishing - Makes me cry, I can't do it.

(X) Been boating - OH YES!!

(X) Been downhill skiing/Snowboarding

(X) Been water skiing/wake boarding

(X) Been camping in a trailer/RV

(X) Been camping in a tent

(X) Flown in a small 4-seater air-plane

( ) Flown in a helicopter

( ) Flown in a hot air balloon - I would love to do this!!

( ) Walked on a glacier - I would also love to do this!!

(X) Been a motorcycle passenger

( ) Been bungee-jumping - No thank you.

(X) Gone to a drive-in movie

(X) Done something that could have killed you-but not bungee jumping - Yes, and I tend to take others on these adventures with me.

(X) Done something that you will regret - Haven't we all?

(X ) Rode an elephant - And I have a photo

(X) Eaten just cookies, cake or donuts for dinner - I've done that with ice cream too.

(X) Been on TV

(X) Stolen any traffic signs - Hehe yes I have.

(X) Been in a car accident

( ) Been in a serious car accident

( ) Donated blood - I don't weigh enough, they won't let me.

(X) Bailed out of Helicopter/Plane -

( ) Gone Curling ... what is that?

(X) Been in a fist fight - Yes I have.

(X) Made something out of clay - Im a waldorf kid, I can also knit and make a drum

(X) Made something out of wood - Oh yes a drum, along with many other things.

(X) Climbed a mountain (Stone Mountain doesn't count) - Uhhh Im from Colorado, thats a given.

(X) Went mountain biking

(X) Rode a skateboard

(X) Recently hand wrote a letter (Yes, a real pen & paper)

(X) Written a story

Anything else we should add to this list?

It’s Never Too Late…

erin — Mon, 16 May 2011 23:34:54 +0000

I am a very active reader. In the sense where I read all the time and in the sense that I am quite active as I read. I have a multi color underlining and circling code as well as different ways to fold, tare and mark pager for later reference purposes. On top of this I am very good at following directions (as long as they are not coming from my high school math teacher, German teacher, or anyone I have ever dated). Because of this I will usually try whatever the book is telling me to try. (The down side to this is commercials... Commercials for example are designed for people like me. As you may know, I have never owned a TV, however on the occasion I am at a friends house watching it I am a sucker for commercials. If I see a commercial for Pizza... 5 minutes later I am ordering a Pizza. If I see a commercial with chocolate... I am running to the kitchen to find some. If I see a commercial advertising Duritos I am suddenly jonesing for a duritos, and I don't even eat stuff like that or know if I even spelled it right!!!)

What does this have to do with being an active reader? Ill tell you. I am reading a delightful book by Martha Beck called Finding Your North Star. Its full of fun exorcising that I have been loving! One of the pieces of homework from this book gave me a stork of inspiration to start blogging again! THANK YOU MARTHA BECK!!!! Before I tell you my blogging plan, let me tell you how I got there... Somewhere in the book Martha gives the homework to go to a bookstore (which I love going to anyway) and simply walk around and see where and what you are pulled to. Gather a stack of books and bring them over to a corner and take stock of what you have. As you browse you are not supposed look for anything in particular, but rather you are to let your "north star" as Martha calls it, guide you.

I sort of went into a zone as I was walking around. The first book I grabbed I liked the size and colors of the cover. And it had a bike on it that I liked. The second was beautiful and I had to pick it up. The third had a 50's style painting of a women who looked sassy, the 4th I could tell was flash cards and that excited me. The fifth had the face of an actress I love on the cover. With books in arm I found a small patch of carpet and snuggled in to see what I picked up. The first book I grabbed was called "Its Never Too Late... 172 simple acts to change your life" by Patrick Lindsay. The second actually turned out not to be a book at all, but a treasure box that was camouflaged to look like a book. The third was flash cards for nursing school. The fourth was a book of dirty post cards you are supposed to send to x lovers of things you always wanted to tell them. And the last was the Biography of Judy Dench. All around, not so surprising, maybe the dirty postcards, but I could do with a bit more humor in my life.

So, what now to do with these five pieces of insight? I opened up "Its never too late" and discovered that its 172 words of wisdom like, "say what you mean," "make a difference" "be fair," , etc. As soon as I opened this book I knew it was a gem for the world of EKG. I have been struggling with inspiration (and a lack of time) for months on what to blog about and here it is: I am going to do 172 blogs of "Its never too late". Are you with me? Go out and buy the book if you like, or follow along here. If you start doing it too please share what you're doing.

Day 1:

"Its never too late to make plans...

Looking ahead takes you out of the daily grind. Planning ahead brings hope. Small plans first, with realistic goals. Build confidence. Then make bigger plans with bigger goals. Always have plans."

~Patrick Lindsay

"You are young at any age if you are planning for tomorrow." ~Anonymous

So, what am I going to plan? Well, I think I already told you, but Ill say it again. I am going to 172 "Its never too late" things and write about them here, thats it, that is my plan. Let's see how it goes...

Imagine A Woman

erin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:26:00 +0000

The Poem that inspired the book Imagine a Woman in Love with Herself.

Imagine a women who believes it is right and and good she is a woman.

A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories.

Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life.

Imagine a woman who believes she is good.

A woman who trusts and respects herself.

Who listens to her needs and desires and meets them with tenderness and grace.

Imagine a woman who has acknowledged the past's influence on the present.

A woman who has walked through her past.

Who has healed into the present.

Imagine a woman who authors her own life.

A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf.

Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and to her wisest voice.

Imagine a woman who names her own goods.

A woman who imagines the divine in her image and likeness.

Who designs her own spirituality and allows it to inform her daily life.

Imagine a woman in love wiht her own body.

A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is.

Who celebrates her body and its rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.

Imagine a woman who honors the face of the Goddess in her changing face.

A woman who celebrates the accumulation of her years and her wisdom.

Who refuses to use her precious life energy disguising the changes in her body and life.

Imagine a woman who values the women in her life.

A woman who sits in circles of women.

Who is reminded of the truth about herself when she forgets.

Imagine yourself as this woman.

~By Patricia Lynn Reilly M. Div.

Do you have any poems you would like to share on being a woman?

Starting with good

amie — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:16:31 +0000

Children. The children of now are our future. If children are our future what kind of future do we hope to have? As parents what are we parenting? As teachers what are we teaching? As society what are we providing as an example? Do we want more of the same? Can we envision something better? Do we expect things to get worse?

If children primarily learn by example, how can we expect our future to be any different than our present unless we start providing a different — read better — example? If as whole we can envision where we want to be in the future, then as individuals we can begin to practice as we preach to those children around us. Then perhaps one day our children will pick up and guide us to that better future.

One possible start is to offer them them good news of life. Disregard the bad, often it’s not worth repeating anyway. But spread the joy, spread the good. Another place to start is teaching our children to do good deeds as our first good news story.

• Tiny Superheroes Don Capes and Do Good Preschoolers at Missoula Community School in Missoula, Mont., perform weekly acts of kindness dressed as caped superheroes. The acts these "superheroes of kindness" do include cleaning school windows and delivering paper flowers to residents of an assisted living. "They're not too small to make a difference. That's been a really neat outcome of this. They're just being their kind selves, and people are so thankful,” said their teacher. www.aolnews.com/2011/01/28/tiny-preschool-superheroes-of-kindness-don-capes-and-do-good/

• Mother Meets Recipient of Son's Donated Heart After her son, Anthony, was killed by a drunk driver, Renee Varela decided to donate his organs. Now, she is meeting the man who was given a second chance by receiving her son's heart. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/41275769#41275769

• Firefighters Come Through for Toddler In the midst of a blizzard, firefighters came through and removed a tree from a family's driveway so that they could get to Boston for a vital leukemia chemo treatment. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/41058827#41058827

• Boy Saved by Cord Blood Transplant Nic Volker spent almost two years of his young life in the hospital and was down to just 17 pounds. Thanks to a cord blood transplant, he's possibly cured. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/40749450#40749450

• Kids Wish Network Grants Lacrosse Wish to Teen with Cancer Lacrosse isn’t a sport that most 18-year-old girls are interested in. But Maygen is not your average girl. In 2009 she was diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma and started chemotherapy. When asked what wish Kids Wish Network could fulfill for her, she chose season tickets to Colorado Mammoth games. She says she is motivated to feel good when she has games to attend. www.kidswishnetwork.org

• White Lioness Bears 3 Cubs in Argentina Zookeepers in Buenos Aires showed off triplets Wednesday — three white cubs born to a pair of white lions imported from South Africa. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40933414

• Rabbit and Chicken Share Parenting Duties A chicken and rabbit are co-parenting newborn rabbits in New Zealand. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/21/pkg.nz.cross.species.parents.tvnz

I invite you to read the rest of the introductory piece entitled "Knowing the end" at www.thistle-glow.com. Hope you enjoy good news and a good life, Amie

Good news is collected from several online sources, for more google: good news or see list below.

More places to get good news:

www.jurn.org

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

www.happynews.com

www.goodnewsdaily.com

http://www.aolnews.com/category/goodnews/

http://www.only-positive-news.com/

http://www.dailygood.org/

My special group of girls…..

erin — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:08:00 +0000

I received an email from a dear friend today that I wanted to share with you. Its one of those emails you are supposed to forward which I don't love, so I have made a few changes.

My Room of Women,

I am supposed to pick 6 women who have touched my life and who I think might participate. Rather then settle for only 6 women, I would like to open it up to anyone who wants to participate, anyone who wants to show up for themselves and for others. I think that if this group of women were ever to be in a room together, there is nothing that would be impossible. I know the women who show up here are the right women. Please send comment back if you are inspired.

Before you read the quote below, think about your goals, your vision, your affirmation, the thing you are desiring and moving towards in your life right now and for this year. Choose one that you feel really passionate about achieving. Make a wish, set an attention about achieving that. That's all you have to do. Did you make a wish yet? Did you set your intention? If you don't know where you are going, there is no way you can get there... This is your last chance to set your goal.... Now with that strong in your mind read the following:

"May today there be peace within you. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith and belief in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. For you are perfect, just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us, every moment of our lives."

If this inspires you send this link to other women and let me know that they are part of your special group of women.

Here is my intention, goal, dream that I am striving for. By sharing it with you, you become the witness:

Living and speaking truth even with its hard to do.

Learning how to make decisions with my heart rather then my head and following though.

Taking care of my mind and body through regular workout, healthy eating, deep breathing, and joyful thinking.

Book Review: Room, A Novel by Emma Donoghue

erin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:52:38 +0000

Wow, where will I begin on this one? I guess I should start with how I selected the book. Room came with a big two thumbs up from two of my bibliophilic friends, Julie and Vicki, whose tastes in books, and subsequent recommendations, I value. That, along with the fact that Michael Cunningham who authored The Hours which I loved, also praised Room highly. It's always a bit difficult to review a book without divulging the meat of a story, so know that especially with this novel, I am making every effort to write a review without unraveling the plot, or disclosing too many of the circumstances of the tale.

One of the first things the reader will notice as the scene is set in this novel, is that the saga is narrated from the perspective of a 5-year-old boy named Jack. So a heads-up to the reader... be prepared to read 321 pages of a 5-year-old's thinking process, naming conventions, and emotional development. Combine this with the fact that the characters in the book are living in what could easily be labelled an extreme situation, and you are reading a uniquely-staged and written book.

Again I feel as though I can't say too much here about the situations in this novel because it is so tightly woven to the story itself, so I'll step into one of the fundamental questions posed by the story... the question of freedom, what it means to be free, and what is the cost of freedom. Donoghue cleverly weaves analogies and cites excerpts from various children's books throughout the novel as she addresses these basic questions. In the following example she cites an excerpt from the book Alice in Wonderland:

"If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free Exactly as we were."

Jack's mother also addresses the issue of freedom when she attends a press conference and becomes irritated by the thoughtless, accusatory questions and comments of the interviewer. Her poignant rebuttal, referencing freedom, shuts down the interviewer when she states, "People are locked up in all sorts of ways... everybody's damaged by something."

This novel is also a great study in child development and child psychology. The question of what a child sees as "safe" and "normal" and what a child's needs really are, versus what society defines as "needs", are all questions posed here for discussion. Young Jack voices his perspective when he corrects a doctor caring for him, poignantly stating, "Actually he's (the doctor) got it backwards. In Room I was safe and Outside is the scary."

Throughout the story, Jack continues to endear himself to the reader as he continues his innocent questioning with, "How can enjoying be too much?"; and his simplistic descriptions, such as a skylight that he sees as "a square of not so dark."

Needless to say, this novel is ripe with book club discussion material. A quick sampling of possible discussion topics include... how do people control others?; what extremes are people capable of enduring?; what does "normal" mean?; how do creativity and ritual play a role in survival?; and in what ways do people judge others? Room is certainly a book that will trigger some lively debate.

And now some background about Room's author, Emma Donoghue. A contemporary writer, she was born in 1969 in Ireland and boasts a PhD in English from the University of Cambridge. Her versatility in writing is apparent by the variety of genres in which she composes: novels, short stories, historical fiction, screenplays, and drama for both stage and radio. Her list of awards, which is also impressive, includes Hood, 1995 winner of the American Library Association's Gay and Lesbian Book Award; Kissing the Witch, 1997 shortlisted for the James L. Tiptree Award; Slammerkin, 2000, winner of the Ferr-Grumley Award and a finalist in the 2001 Irish Times Irish Fiction Prize.

More recently, Room has won the Rogers Writer's Trust Fiction Prize (Canada), as well as the Novel of the Year prize from the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2010. Emma Donoghue currently resides in Canada with her partner and their two children.

And finally, a bit of a pre-New-Years resolution. After reading Room, I've made a decision to no longer review recently published, best seller, not-yet-out-in-paperback books. Why? For two reasons. One, because the hype is too much to hide from; and two, once a book makes it to Oprah's list of recommended books, such as Room, there's really no need for me to review it. At that point I'm not bringing anything new to the table. So I'll try and take a "road-less-travelled approach" with selections in the future.

With that said, the next book I'll be reviewing is entitled The School of Essential Ingredients, Erica Bauermeister's debut novel. I hope you'll read along with me! by Theresa Bedal

FLAGS: Music Review

erin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:26:12 +0000

FLAGS

Album by Brooke Fraser

Discovering Brooke Fraser did nothing short of change my life. I know it sounds dramatic, but listening to “C.S. Lewis Song” affirmed the beliefs I carried in my chest that I had a hard time coming to voice: that there is something bigger than me, than all of us, something that I want to connect to and be a part of. “Flags” is Brooke's third album, one I've been anticipating for awhile.

Not only is Brooke an incredible woman, she is a beautiful, humble soul. Her Junior album is less overtly spiritual, and more subtle with the stories she chooses to illustrate. The album begins with the song “Something in the Water” in which she illustrates how loving someone brings a cleansing, simple feeling: that when we love, we don't need much more. Love is like a cool sip of water: clean and refreshing.

Another story Fraser tells is that of Betty, the girl with a Canadian Secret. Betty is the girl inside of all of us who chooses to hide behind masks in order to stay safe: you've got a quick snap lock on your cold cold heart/ you got your wide sail kicks and a red birth mark in the shape of canada/ that you try to keep a secret who has a heart with walls built around it, unreceptive to love or warmth of any kind. The message Brooke gives to the Betty's in all of us:

you've got your secrets

you've got your regrets

darlin' we all do

Finally another favorite: in her song “Orphans, Kingdoms”, Fraser finds the essence of our souls: they are wild, they long to be free: in each one of us, an orphan. Longing for parents, longing for love. Also: a kingdom, infinite possibility, the entire world in the expanses of our heart.

in me, in you

orphans, kingdoms

wide eyes and paper crowns

time will hold us

time erode us

we're inkling children now

we are wandering

where the wild wind blows

we are happy here

cause the wild wind knows

what we are

orphans, kingdoms

The rest of the album is just as good. I highly recommend checking out her music videos as well, especially “Shadowfeet”. And if Brooke is playing in a city near you—it's worth the trek and the money. I guarantee and experience that will lift you out of this world for a few hours!

Happy New Year Resolutions

amie — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:55:55 +0000

Tomorrow begins a new year. This is a time for looking back at the past and looking forward to the coming year. This is a time for feeling gratitude for where your life is and setting goals for where you want your life to go. For many this is a time of sadness in seeing they didn’t fulfill their goals from the past year. For others this is a time of excitement for what’s to come. What is it for you?

In looking back over the past year, there are many things to be grateful for, here are some...

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• Doctors donate time to perform life-saving surgery for child advocate Physicians and surgeons at Providence in Portland donated their time to perform life-saving heart surgery on Francesca Salindeho, an Indonesian woman who helps exploited children overseas through Compassion First. www.kgw.com/news/local/Free-heart-surgery-for-child-sex-trafficking-case-worker-111821884

• Fire victims experience Christmas thanks to community Residents of one Pennsylvania community donated everyday necessities, toys, clothing and cash to a family who lost everything in a fire. With the home in ruins, the trailer park community of Maple Manor even allowed the family to stay in another trailer, giving them a home for the holidays. pahomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=165886

• Ailing five-year-old brings toys to hospitalized children Simon Fieler, a five-year-old with aplastic anemia, and his younger brother bought toys with their own money to give to children at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. The community rallied around the cause. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40796989

• Firefighter rescues stranded mother and son Christopher Weir discovered stranded Heather Manolas, a 33-year-old Orlando nurse, and her 2-year-old son, inside her broken-down car and stopped to help. After unsuccessful attempts to jump-start the dead battery and learning Manolas didn’t have anyone nearby to help or the money for a new battery, Weir headed to a store and returned with a new $85 battery. www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2010/12/23

• Nonprofits turn foreclosures into first homes In a market hot with speculators snapping up cheap foreclosures, a program called Rebuilding Together is one of many that give a leg up to nonprofits trying to stabilize neighborhoods dotted with vacant houses. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40822152

• Brothers rescue man from sinking car Tony and Andrew Swedberg were driving by when they saw a car in a retention pond. They jumped in the frigid water, managed to finally break open a window and pull the driver to safety just as the car was nearly immersed. www2.tbo.com/content/2010/dec/13/131245/strangers-save-tampa-man-from-sinking-car-in-pond

• Stranger gifts two-year-old with kidney Nathan Saavedra, who suffers from "Prune Belly Syndrome," celebrated Christmas with a new, healthy kidney — thanks to Chris Doing, who read about Nathan in the newspaper back in April. After several tests determined he was an eligible donor match, doctors removed one of Doing’s kidneys and gave it to Nathan in late October. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40533741

• A $5 doctor visit Small town doctor has charged they same price since 1955, a mere $5 for a visit. In that time he’s delivered 3,500 babies, having never taken a day off. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40661756/ns/today-today_people/

• One woman fills soldiers book requests A 54-year-old mother from Georgia feeds her two major passions: books and volunteering. She has become the unheralded star of a project called Books for Soldiers, fulfilling requests for books and DVDs from nearly 700 deployed soldiers. http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-holiday-guide/year-in-review/holiday-heroes-marietta-woman-780359.html

So many positive things go on in our world. Oftentimes we miss them, they are covered over by all the negative the for some reason “sells” better. I’ve never understood that, even when I was a newspaper reporter, which also is why that career was short lived for me.

The end of the year is a good time to look back and reflect with gratitude. Even if things didn’t go your way, you can be thankful for the lessons challenges brought. If you take those lessons into the new year, you can start building a new life, reach new goals, feel new emotions, find new loves.

So if you look back on your year and see you haven’t realized your goals, what can you do differently this year that will help you see your goals come true?

Goal setting 101. Many people make goals or as they are strategically called this time of year, New Year’s resolutions. But how many actually realize those goals? Often times it’s not a lack of desire or willpower, though having those two does probably help.

One concept that helps fulfilling goals are “if, then” statements. It’s kind of like anticipating challenges and already having solutions. Say your goal is to lose weight, your “if, then” would be something like: If I crave a donut at the office, then I will reach in my desk drawer and pull out the bag veggies to snack on.

That’s just one method that could help you reach you goals. I’ll be writing more about the subject on my blog... www.thistle-glow.com. If you’re interested come on by.

And just for fun, here’s one more good news story to enjoy.

• Traditional New Year’s kiss can set course for whole requests It's not magic - it's chemistry and neuroscience. And no matter how painstakingly you set the scene, in the end chemistry trumps mood music. From a scientific perspective, a kiss is a natural litmus test to help us identify a good partner. Start the first moments of 2011 with the right one, and you're beginning the year on a natural high. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/23/AR2010122302203.html

Hope you enjoy good news and a good life, Amie

Good news is collected from several online sources, for more google: good news or see list below.

More places to get good news:

www.happynews.com

www.jurn.org

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

www.goodnewsdaily.com

http://www.aolnews.com/category/goodnews/

http://www.only-positive-news.com/

http://www.dailygood.org/

I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE by Eve Ensler – I Love love love being a girl

erin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:19:22 +0000

I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE

by Eve Ensler

I love being a girl.

I can feel what you're feeling

as you're feeling it inside

the feeling

before.

I am an emotional creature.

Things do not come to me

as intellectual theories or hard-shaped ideas.

They pulse through my organs and legs

and burn up my ears.

I know when your girlfriend's really pissed off

even though she appears to give you what

you want.

I know when a storm is coming.

I can feel the invisible stirrings in the air.

I can tell you he won't call back.

It's a vibe I share.

I am an emotional creature.

I love that I do not take things lightly.

Everything is intense to me.

The way I walk in the street.

The way my mother wakes me up.

The way I hear bad news.

The way it's unbearable when I lose.

I am an emotional creature.

I am connected to everything and everyone.

I was born like that.

Don't you dare say all negative that it's a

teenage thing

or it's only only because I'm a girl.

These feelings make me better.

They make me ready.

They make me present.

They make me strong.

I am an emotional creature.

There is a particular way of knowing.

It's like the older women somehow forgot.

I rejoice that it's still in my body.

I know when the coconut's about to fall.

I know that we've pushed the earth too far.

I know my father isn't coming back.

That no one's prepared for the fire.

I know that lipstick means

more than show.

I know that boys feel super-insecure

and so-called terrorists are made, not born.

I know that one kiss can take

away all my decision-making ability

and sometimes, you know, it should.

This is not extreme.

It's a girl thing.

What we would all be

if the big door inside us flew open.

Don't tell me not to cry.

To calm it down

Not to be so extreme

To be reasonable.

I am an emotional creature.

It's how the earth got made.

How the wind continues to pollinate.

You don't tell the Atlantic ocean

to behave.

I am an emotional creature.

Why would you want to shut me down

or turn me off?

I am your remaining memory.

I am connecting you to your source.

Nothing's been diluted.

Nothing's leaked out.

I can take you back.

I love that I can feel the inside

of the feelings in you,

even if it stops my life

even if it hurts too much

or takes me off track

even if it breaks my heart.

It makes me responsible.

I am an emotional

I am an emotional, devotional,

incandotional, creature.

And I love, hear me,

love love love

being a girl.

This applies to finding a good man or a good women

erin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:01:28 +0000

In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question:

'What kind of man are you looking for?'

She sat quietly for a moment before looking him in the eye & asking,

'Do you really want to know?'

Reluctantly, he said, 'Yes.'

She began to expound,

'As a woman in this day & age, I am in a position to ask a man, 'what can you do for me that I can't do for myself?'  I pay my own bills. I take care of my household without the help of any man... or woman for that matter. I am in the position to ask, 'What can you bring to the table?'

The man looked at her. Clearly he thought that she was referring to money.

She quickly corrected his thought & stated, 'I am not referring to money. I need something more.  I need someone who is striving for excellence in every aspect of life.’

He sat back in his chair, folded his arms, & asked her to explain.

She said, 'I am looking for someone who is striving for excellence mentally because I need conversation & mental stimulation. I don't need a simple-minded person.  I am looking for someone who is striving for excellence spiritually because I don't need to be unequally yoked...believers mixed with unbelievers is a recipe for disaster. I need someone who is striving for excellence financially because I don't need a financial burden. I am looking for someone who is sensitive enough to understand what I go through as a woman, but strong enough to keep me grounded.  I am looking for someone who has integrity in dealing with relationships. Lies and game-playing are not my idea of a strong person.   I am looking for someone whom I can respect. In order to be submissive, I must respect them.   I cannot be submissive to someone who isn't taking care of their business. I have no problem being submissive...they just has to be worthy.   God made woman to be a help-mate. I can't help someone if they can't help themselves.

When she finished her spill, she looked at him. He sat there with a puzzled look on his face. He said, 'You are asking a lot.'

She replied, "I'm worth a lot".