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Comment from schatzling
I cannot do this again.
I just got done pouring my heart out to you. Writing what seemed like a book....sharing things I have never shared before...telling stories I never told and they all just disappeared right in front of my eyes. I don't know whether to scream and toss this computer out the window or simply sit here and cry. There is no way I can repeat all that I have written. Why does this happen. I am so angry. I tried everything in my power to get it back but it is gone forever. I don't curse, but right now I feel like saying every word I can think of.
WHY does this happen? ARGH......I need to sit back, take a deep breath and regroup.
SHEESH....and it is not your fault this happened and I should not punish you so to speak by not sharing all I did share.....burt I will...it probably was way too much to read anyway.....Maybe I just had to see it on screen as a coping mechanism for myself. Who the heck knows.....
Anyway, I just will say one comment....isn't it amazing how much we let others control how we feel. My mother used to be good at that. I can cry very easily because I am extra sensitive, but when others say something, I am like you, it would let them get inside of me and I would cry. It doesn't happen as frequently as it used to but enough still that it affect me..
Throughout my life, I have collected snippets of things I wanted to remember. I would write them down on anything close by which usually was napkins, a torn piece of newspaper, gum wrappers, toilet paper and sometimes the palm of my hand with hopes I make it home in time to be able to still read it and write it down on a piece of paper AND quotes that I liked.
I want to share some with you today, if that is alright.
DO NOT LET ANYONE RENT A SPACE IN YOUR HEAD, UNLESS THEY ARE A GOOD TENANT.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GIVING UP AND KNOWING WHEN YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
STOP LETTING PEOPLE WHO DO SO LITTLE FOR YOU CONTROL SO MUCH OF YOUR MIND, FEELINGS, AND EMOTIONS.
This one is from Johnny Depp PEOPLE CRY, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE WEAK. IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN STRONG TOO LONG.
BE HAPPY IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIKE YOU, IT KILLS THEM.
NOT EVERYONE DESERVES TO KNOW THE REAL YOU. LET THEM CRITICIZE WHO THEY THINK YOU ARE.
I AM NOT CRYING BECAUSE OF YOU; YOU ARE NOT WORTH IT. I AM CRYING BECAUSE MY DELUSION OF WHO YOU WERE WAS SHATTERED BY THE TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE.
LIVING A GOOD LIFE REALLY IS THE BEST REVENGE. ONCE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY CANNOT RUIN YOUR HAPPINESS, THEY LOSE THEIR POWER.
DO NOT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE ME. YOU ONLY SEE WHAT I CHOOSE TO SHOW YOU.
DO NOT JUDGE ME BY MY PAST. I DO NOT LIVE THERE ANYMORE.
KNOWING WHEN TO WALK AWAY IS WISDOM. BEING ABLE TO IS COURAGE. WALKING AWAY, WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH IS DIGNITY.
FEAR HAS TWO MEANINGS. Forget Everything And Run OR Face Everything And Rise. THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
HE WHO ANGERS YOU CONTROLS YOU.
WHOEVER IS TRYING TO BRING YOU DOWN, IS ALREADY BELOW YOU.
WE MATURE WITH DAMAGE, NOT WITH YEARS.
THE PAST CANNOT BE CHANGED, FORGOTTEN, EDITED OR ERASED; IT CAN ONLY BE ACCEPTED.
DO NOT JUDGE ME. YUO CANNOT HANDLE HALF OF WHT I HAVE DEALT WITH. THERE IS A REASON I DO THE THINGS I DO, THERE IS A REASON I AM WHO I AM.
DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THOSE WHO TALK BEHIND YOUR BACK, THEY ARE BEHIND YOU FOR A REASON.
SOMETIMES THE STRONGEST AMONG US ARE THE ONES WHO SMILE THROUGH SILENT PAIN, CRY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AND FIGHT BATTLES NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO START YOUR DAY WITH BROKEN PIECES OF YESTERDAY, IT WILL DEFINITELY DESTROY YOUR WONDERFUL TODAY AND RUIN YOUR GREAT TOMORROW.
WHAT DEFINES US IS HOW WELL WE RISE AFTER FALLING.
THE BEST REVENGE IS JUST MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER IT. DO NOT GIVE SOMEONE THE SATISFACTION OF WATCHING YOU SUFFER.
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT HOLDING ON AND HANGING IN THERE ARE SIGN OF STRENGTH. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE IN WHICH IT TAKES MUCH MORE STRENGTH TO JUST LET GO.
SOMETIMES WHAT YOU ARE MOST AFRAID OF DOING IS THE VERY THING THAT WILL SET YOU FREE.
STRENGTH DOES NOT COME FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO. IT COMES FROM OVERCOMING THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULD NOT.
and from a writer's perspective.....THERE WILL BE MANY CHAPTERS IN YHOUR LIFE. DO NOT GET LOST IN THE ONE YOU ARE IN.
IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN THE WRONG STORY, L E A V E.
AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAY: THIS IS NOT HOW THE STORY IS GOING TO END.
and one of my favorites.....SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BURN BRIDGES TO STOP YOURSELF FROM CROSSING THEM AGAIN.
There I have said way too much again. So sorry......Enjoy the rest of your Sunday....9/11 15 years ago.....I still get goose bumps.
reply by the author on 11-Sep-2016
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I cannot do this again.
I just got done pouring my heart out to you. Writing what seemed like a book....sharing things I have never shared before...telling stories I never told and they all just disappeared right in front of my eyes. I don't know whether to scream and toss this computer out the window or simply sit here and cry. There is no way I can repeat all that I have written. Why does this happen. I am so angry. I tried everything in my power to get it back but it is gone forever. I don't curse, but right now I feel like saying every word I can think of.
WHY does this happen? ARGH......I need to sit back, take a deep breath and regroup.
SHEESH....and it is not your fault this happened and I should not punish you so to speak by not sharing all I did share.....burt I will...it probably was way too much to read anyway.....Maybe I just had to see it on screen as a coping mechanism for myself. Who the heck knows.....
Anyway, I just will say one comment....isn't it amazing how much we let others control how we feel. My mother used to be good at that. I can cry very easily because I am extra sensitive, but when others say something, I am like you, it would let them get inside of me and I would cry. It doesn't happen as frequently as it used to but enough still that it affect me..
Throughout my life, I have collected snippets of things I wanted to remember. I would write them down on anything close by which usually was napkins, a torn piece of newspaper, gum wrappers, toilet paper and sometimes the palm of my hand with hopes I make it home in time to be able to still read it and write it down on a piece of paper AND quotes that I liked.
I want to share some with you today, if that is alright.
DO NOT LET ANYONE RENT A SPACE IN YOUR HEAD, UNLESS THEY ARE A GOOD TENANT.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GIVING UP AND KNOWING WHEN YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
STOP LETTING PEOPLE WHO DO SO LITTLE FOR YOU CONTROL SO MUCH OF YOUR MIND, FEELINGS, AND EMOTIONS.
This one is from Johnny Depp PEOPLE CRY, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE WEAK. IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN STRONG TOO LONG.
BE HAPPY IN FRONT OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIKE YOU, IT KILLS THEM.
NOT EVERYONE DESERVES TO KNOW THE REAL YOU. LET THEM CRITICIZE WHO THEY THINK YOU ARE.
I AM NOT CRYING BECAUSE OF YOU; YOU ARE NOT WORTH IT. I AM CRYING BECAUSE MY DELUSION OF WHO YOU WERE WAS SHATTERED BY THE TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE.
LIVING A GOOD LIFE REALLY IS THE BEST REVENGE. ONCE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY CANNOT RUIN YOUR HAPPINESS, THEY LOSE THEIR POWER.
DO NOT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE ME. YOU ONLY SEE WHAT I CHOOSE TO SHOW YOU.
DO NOT JUDGE ME BY MY PAST. I DO NOT LIVE THERE ANYMORE.
KNOWING WHEN TO WALK AWAY IS WISDOM. BEING ABLE TO IS COURAGE. WALKING AWAY, WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH IS DIGNITY.
FEAR HAS TWO MEANINGS. Forget Everything And Run OR Face Everything And Rise. THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
HE WHO ANGERS YOU CONTROLS YOU.
WHOEVER IS TRYING TO BRING YOU DOWN, IS ALREADY BELOW YOU.
WE MATURE WITH DAMAGE, NOT WITH YEARS.
THE PAST CANNOT BE CHANGED, FORGOTTEN, EDITED OR ERASED; IT CAN ONLY BE ACCEPTED.
DO NOT JUDGE ME. YUO CANNOT HANDLE HALF OF WHT I HAVE DEALT WITH. THERE IS A REASON I DO THE THINGS I DO, THERE IS A REASON I AM WHO I AM.
DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THOSE WHO TALK BEHIND YOUR BACK, THEY ARE BEHIND YOU FOR A REASON.
SOMETIMES THE STRONGEST AMONG US ARE THE ONES WHO SMILE THROUGH SILENT PAIN, CRY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, AND FIGHT BATTLES NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO START YOUR DAY WITH BROKEN PIECES OF YESTERDAY, IT WILL DEFINITELY DESTROY YOUR WONDERFUL TODAY AND RUIN YOUR GREAT TOMORROW.
WHAT DEFINES US IS HOW WELL WE RISE AFTER FALLING.
THE BEST REVENGE IS JUST MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER IT. DO NOT GIVE SOMEONE THE SATISFACTION OF WATCHING YOU SUFFER.
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT HOLDING ON AND HANGING IN THERE ARE SIGN OF STRENGTH. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE IN WHICH IT TAKES MUCH MORE STRENGTH TO JUST LET GO.
SOMETIMES WHAT YOU ARE MOST AFRAID OF DOING IS THE VERY THING THAT WILL SET YOU FREE.
STRENGTH DOES NOT COME FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO. IT COMES FROM OVERCOMING THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULD NOT.
and from a writer's perspective.....THERE WILL BE MANY CHAPTERS IN YHOUR LIFE. DO NOT GET LOST IN THE ONE YOU ARE IN.
IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN THE WRONG STORY, L E A V E.
AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAY: THIS IS NOT HOW THE STORY IS GOING TO END.
and one of my favorites.....SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BURN BRIDGES TO STOP YOURSELF FROM CROSSING THEM AGAIN.
There I have said way too much again. So sorry......Enjoy the rest of your Sunday....9/11 15 years ago.....I still get goose bumps.
Comment Written 11-Sep-2016
reply by the author on 11-Sep-2016
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No you could never say too much. I am going to print this out and use these sayings in my life. There is so much truth in those words. I absolutely love them. Put yourself out there. Start submitting some of your stories. You will be amazed at how much you can help the world. Simply by letting yourself love Burnt Orange.
Comment from Stephanie Kastner
This is a great poem with a great message. People shouldn't be so quick to .. None of us is perfect, and we are all trying our best! I love the tradition of dyeing Easter eggs, and we still do it every year. Sometimes, the mistakes turn out the prettiest!! I hope you had a wonderful Easter, and it sounds like Bailey is lucky to have you as her unofficial granddaughter!
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2016
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This is a great poem with a great message. People shouldn't be so quick to .. None of us is perfect, and we are all trying our best! I love the tradition of dyeing Easter eggs, and we still do it every year. Sometimes, the mistakes turn out the prettiest!! I hope you had a wonderful Easter, and it sounds like Bailey is lucky to have you as her unofficial granddaughter!
Comment Written 07-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2016
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Thank you so much. I truly love her. I so agree with your message.
Comment from William Ross
Just wonderful free style on your wonderful step granddaughter. great write thanks for sharing and have a great evening.
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2016
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Just wonderful free style on your wonderful step granddaughter. great write thanks for sharing and have a great evening.
Comment Written 07-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2016
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Thank you so much. I truly love her so much.
Comment from Serendipity!
I would have never made the decisions you made! Ha famous last words is what I like to call statements like that. A person has no idea how they would react until they end up in the EXACTLY the same situation.
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2016
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I would have never made the decisions you made! Ha famous last words is what I like to call statements like that. A person has no idea how they would react until they end up in the EXACTLY the same situation.
Comment Written 07-Apr-2016
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2016
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So true, I can't believe today that I even listened to that woman. But life does have a way of making you grow up Thank you
Comment from C.J. 16
Bailee is very lucky to have you as her unofficial grandmother. You did a great job telling your story in this poem. I enjoyed reading it. Best wishes to you and your family.
reply by the author on 28-Mar-2016
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Bailee is very lucky to have you as her unofficial grandmother. You did a great job telling your story in this poem. I enjoyed reading it. Best wishes to you and your family.
Comment Written 28-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 28-Mar-2016
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Thank you so much for understanding and caring. I truly need this.
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You're very welcome.
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You're very welcome.
Comment from foxangie123
The font is way too light showers it is so so so very hard to read. It is great so please change it to a darker color so everybody can enjoy. Like Black. Great job...
reply by the author on 28-Mar-2016
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The font is way too light showers it is so so so very hard to read. It is great so please change it to a darker color so everybody can enjoy. Like Black. Great job...
Comment Written 27-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 28-Mar-2016
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Thank you I will try to make it more readable.
i appreciate you.
Comment from misscookie
This is a lovely Easter story.
You told it so well. How those little things mean a lot. And how to keep the faith when people try to put you down.
Have a blessed and Happy Easter.
Cookie
reply by the author on 28-Mar-2016
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This is a lovely Easter story.
You told it so well. How those little things mean a lot. And how to keep the faith when people try to put you down.
Have a blessed and Happy Easter.
Cookie
Comment Written 27-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 28-Mar-2016
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Now that I am in my 60's it is so much easier to not let others hurt me. Thank you so much for your review. I am happy to say I won the contest. This is a first for me.
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First before I forget... Congratulation on the win.
you had my vote.
People say they like your write but if they don't vote we don't have a chance to win. You're very welcome.
Cookie
Have a nice day
Comment from Phoenix Rysing
This is beautiful. It's a story within a story and its absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful. There is no 'unofficial' about it. Family is family by blood or by sheer love. Well Well done
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2016
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This is beautiful. It's a story within a story and its absolutely heartbreakingly beautiful. There is no 'unofficial' about it. Family is family by blood or by sheer love. Well Well done
Comment Written 26-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2016
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Thank you so much. Writing it helped me realize just how far I have truly come. I know longer let others words destroy me> I am too colorful and hard boiled for that.
Comment from Sandisan
A heartfelt poem that reflects the love that you share for your step-grandchild. I love the way you equated yourself to an undyed egg and after years of growing you are now colored & hard boiled! Love the analogy, well written.
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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A heartfelt poem that reflects the love that you share for your step-grandchild. I love the way you equated yourself to an undyed egg and after years of growing you are now colored & hard boiled! Love the analogy, well written.
Comment Written 26-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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Thank you so much. I truly appreciate your words. You make me feel even brighter.
Comment from GWHARGIS
Whatever her reason for saying that, I bet it was only said because she thought you were weaker than her. I love that strong self assured people don't get attacked. But the best thing about it is it helped you learn your strengths. You sound like a strong woman to me. I have an unofficial granddaughter too. She is one of 3 bright spots who are my grandchildren. I wouldn't change it for the world. Your poem resonated with me. Gretchen
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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Whatever her reason for saying that, I bet it was only said because she thought you were weaker than her. I love that strong self assured people don't get attacked. But the best thing about it is it helped you learn your strengths. You sound like a strong woman to me. I have an unofficial granddaughter too. She is one of 3 bright spots who are my grandchildren. I wouldn't change it for the world. Your poem resonated with me. Gretchen
Comment Written 26-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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What a beautiful reply and I bet you are right about her. It did help me grow. Thank you so much for your kind words they truly help me.
