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once upon a time, there was a teenage girl and a teenage boy
they got pregnant by accident
the teenage girl was convinced she would birth a brown haired, brown eyed little boy
the baby sensed her first victory, as she was born a girl with green eyes and red hair.
this was the beginning of her life










I sometimes post a lot. If you don't like it, don't add me.

I'm married, I'm a step momma, I can't wait to have babies of my own to add to our family, I am from Vancouver Island but I left my Island, my country, my family, my friends to be with this guy I love, who I met on LJ in 2004. Edited to add, going to be a mom in July! ETA, I have a son! He's such a blessing to us.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea

There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they
were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest. Anais Nin




I saw the tears of the oppressed -
and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors -
and they have no comforter.

And I declared that the dead,
who had already died,
are happier than the living,
who are still alive.

But better than both
is who has not yet been,
who has not seen the evil
that is done under the sun.

And I saw that all labour and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbour. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil
and chasing after the wind.

Again I saw something meaningless under the sun;

There was a man all alone; he had neither son or brother.
there was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.

"For whom am I toiling," he asked, "and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?"

This too is meaningless - a miserable business!

Two are better than one, because they have good return for their work:
If one falls down, his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!





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somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
e. e. cummings

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look will easily unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose

or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands

favourite quotes:
skip_ Well I'm posting again thanks to mellybrelly who posts so much I feel like I live next door to her. XO

the_fatalist re: favourite lj friends.. "and well, number 3 spot is a toss up between mellybrelly & peachycream. I love reading both of their thoughts etc...so it's a tie. mel's post whoring is admirable and angela's honesty is inspiring."

notodette re: which fairy tale creature I am... "You're the king's horses and men. No matter how broken some things in the past are, you are right there with your loving touch trying this way and that forever and a day to put them back together again so that all can move finally forward. I hope those around you appreciate that."

Everything You Need In LJ Land





since Dec 21, 2003


You live you learn
You love you learn
You cry you learn
You lose you learn
You bleed you learn
You scream you learn

You grieve you learn
You choke you learn
You laugh you learn
You choose you learn
You pray you learn
You ask you learn
You live you learn

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