…. to two empty arms longing to hold a sweet baby girl with beautiful brown eyes.
Whose smile gave great clarity to the true meaning of my life
…. and whose tiny fingers clinging to mine, held me up when I thought I would falter.
You are no longer a child now, you have become a young woman before I could prepare myself for that
Inevitability
Shy, though confident in your own way….I watch you grow .…apart from me…but
happy still…I hope.
Over time, it is you …

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Reviewed on Tuesday, 13 Nov, 2007
Until last night, I was convinced that the best movie to watch when you’re feeling blue is a comedy. I’m beginning to think that I was wrong. Movies that inspire and encourage you seem to be the antidote for a troubled heart. After the laughs from a comedic movie have subsided, there is still a longing, a void in the spirit that isn’t quite filled.
August Rush is a magical blend of the type of …

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Apparently, I never got the memo. Surely, my face must be plastered all over our local post office or perhaps I’m the featured attraction on the board of my county sheriff’s office. Odd thing is…..no one ever told me. The only hint that I have that this must be the case is when I’m out to do a little retail therapy. You know….that orgasmic release women get when they enter the doors of retail establishments to …

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Commuters who leave the driving to a municipal employee, usually gets the best of both worlds. Not only do they not have to contend with negotiating road hazards and reckless drivers, but they get to view their commute from a totally different angle. They get to see the world from a 180 degree perspective; a snapshot of the world through a 45 mph prism.
Life events become clearer as a passenger. You begin to take note of things …

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**Note** This is something that I wrote as an homage as to how the elderly are sometimes forgotten and disregarded. It is not about me, personally, although one day I aspire to become old and gray. Thanks for reading.
As I toil in my garden, I look for a friendly smile from passersby, hoping that they’ll take a moment from each other’s glance to notice an old lady waving hello,
But their lively conversation is too compelling for them to …

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Not everyone who came here wanted to forget the past. Some simply wanted a support system for whatever decision that they eventually made because there was nothing or no one at home to give it to them. They needed someplace to go to think about why they believed what HE said. And why they were so easily swayed to disregard the way that their mama had brought them up.
There were others who believed that they were in …

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Reviewed on Tuesday, 20 Nov, 2007
This movie absolutely lived up to it’s name!! It was fantastic……what started out as your typical Disney animated fairytale translated beautifully into a ‘real life’ scenario after the lovely Gisele is condemned to a hellish life by the jealous Queen in fear of losing her throne.
In short order, her prince sets out to rescue his fair maiden who was doomed to the bowels of hell (aka New York City). There, they are both in …

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I was six when I first learned that I was different. None of my classmates seemed to want to talk to me much or play with me during recess. I didn’t exactly understand the giggles and the pointing. My innocence made me believe that the pointing meant that they were choosing me; that I was special and being singled out to be their very best friend. I learned that I was wrong when the pointing abruptly …

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She had already resolved to forgive him, but the universe had conspired against that probability. It was the first time that she’d seen him so vulnerable, so repentant. It was almost enough to make her forget how his hands probably touched her in the way that she knew so well. She remembered his confession and how he promised that it meant nothing to him. She was just a distraction, a piece that meant nothing to him …

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Reviewed on Friday, 31 Aug, 2007
Rob Zombie’s take on the original Halloween
My first thought while leaving was “Was there a 2 for 1 sale at the local bloodbank?” Talk about overkill…..yes, it is a horror movie and given who the director was, that was to be expected….but I found myself unable to watch any of the killing scenes….it was pretty tough to take. It was even difficult to listen to the sound effects as Michael plunged his knife into the …

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