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oconfessionario 40, Female, North Carolina, USA - 8 entries

Jan 2007
9:02 PM EDT

Well, this is a good place to write this amazing story that happened tonight! When I was a little girl, about 12 years ago, a neighbor of my family's took care of me and my little sister until my third little sister was born and then she went to work at a bakery. She was a very important part of my childhood as I remember it. She was an amazing chef and a diehard Christian and I have many fond memories of staying at her house, being babysat by her 16 year old daughter Robin and the many delicious recipes she would cook for us. Then she moved out to Colorado and we moved out to Michigan. We lived in the same neighborhood in Maryland. Somehow we got the wrong address, and have been out of touch unfortunately for several years. Still, every year, my parents send a Christmas card to the CO address they gave us, just hoping against hope it might not be returned. But it always does get sent back. In particular, there are three things we remember about Mrs. R's culinary talents: French toast, this wonderful stuff called Spaghetti Pizza that is to die for and my mom's favorite, an almond raspberry layer cake. Since then, we've tried in vain, so many times to recreate those recipes. So anyway, back to the AMAZING story. Last we heard of the R's, they were in CO and we had no way of telling them when my dad found a job in NC almost 8 years ago. Now I go to school four hours away from home in the mountains of NC and just this past fall, I took a part time job working a grocery store on the opposite side of town from where I live. All of these things culminate into the experience I'm about to tell you! Meanwhile, Robin, the daughter, has married, had two little girls and is 9 months pregnant with her third baby girl. Her husband was offered, and accepted a job teaching math at a small private school in the mountains of NC, moving from their previous home in Pennsylvania. Mrs. R comes to stay with Robin to see her third grandchild born, and the little family I once knew and very much loved decides to go grocery shopping, at least 45 minutes out of the way, at the very same grocery store that I happened to still be employed at (which is miraculous in and of itself since I very much wanted to quit at the end of last year). Had Mrs. R not been visiting and been with Robin at that moment though, I never would have recognized Robin, since she was so pregnant and so different seeming from the teenager who took me the pool and the grocery store to get pints of pistachio ice cream. Surely my babysitter couldn't be pregnant, and with a family! Thats just how memory works. But no, Mrs. R was with her. And the reason I even noticed was because there was a woman standing near the register I was working at talking on her cell phone. And as I happened to look over and notice this woman, I thought, WOW she looks JUST like Mrs. R! But No, couldnt possibly be her, that was over a decade in Germantown MD. My mind is just playing tricks. But she stood there for a while, just talking on her cell phone, 10 feet from where I was working and the more I tried to prove to myself that it wasn't her, the more I picked up on the phrases she used to say (Well, frankly...) and then as she walked off, I smelled her perfume, and although I never would have guessed I still remembered that, the scent itself was exactly Mrs. R's! IT IS HER! By the time they got up to my register, I was shaking, I was so excited to meet my beloved Mrs. R again!!! Long story short, it was a dramatic reuniting filled with lots of laughter, a few tears of joy and whole lot of hugging, in the middle of the grocery store!!! I called my family, including my younger sister to tell them the news right after I got off work tonight. They just couldn't believe it either. Part of the reason this experience was so amazing is because just recently, I came to believe, for several reasons, that God does exist, and only in the last few weeks have I started to realize certain things through a lot of different epiphanies I've had which have culminated in the gift of faith, I believe. I had a lot of holes of doubt throughout high school and into college, until the fragile blanket of belief I had lovingly treasured became like a child's favorite, tattered and torn until there was absolutely nothing left. And then for some reason, very recently after I started talking to a counselor, convinced that my life was falling apart, I had three seperate epiphanies that restitched that blanket to something tangible, and now that blanket of faith not only exists again, but is embellished with a miracle. When I saw Mrs. R tonight, it was like God saying, 'See, Caley?? I really am here, watching out for you.' And although God doesn't provide miracles everyday, he helps us along while our faith is still weak as long as we're willing to pay attention. And I am ready and willing to pay attention. But he always leaves it up to us from there. It's just a preliminary push, so we can be absolutely certain that we're not crazy for believing in angels and glory and the Cross and Satan. Thank you, God. This was beyond anything I could ever think to ask for. God, you've not only blessed my life, but my whole family's as well. HALLELUJAH!

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Timtacious 36, Male, California, USA - 8 entries

Jan 2007
4:24 AM PST

Lonliness has found me I've heard as much as i complain. IM lovin it.And i only mention it so that i can rub it in. Wake up to the sunlike shake off last night.Chekc what's left and try to get the rest right decision splitting headache lifting symptoms matching mamma was afraid of it knowledge ofself ain't as evil as they made it callit what you if you build it they will break it....the plain truth, there's no substitute but sometimes she wears a disguise yes you fogot a story teller deals with life not hope.GIrl if we got a long better we'd be DOpe...

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purplelvr07 36, Female, California, USA - 7 entries

Jan 2007
4:21 AM PST

i am so mad that i can't get certain scholarships!! thats so stupid!!! grr that makes me so mad!!! well i think a scholarship should be given to anyone who deserves it!! i mean i have a 4.0 i made princepals honor roll, i am a peer tutor and i am doing it for community service hours!! i am in clubs and i am in cheer (mascot) and i dont get any recognition for it!! grrr!!! oh well!!

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purplelvr07 36, Female, California, USA - 7 entries

Jan 2007
4:18 AM PST

I got a cat like 3 or 4 months ago and i named her Lili. Later I found out that i had a little boy. I was so heart broken. I bought her all girly things and she had a cute little bow collar. Even though she's a boy i still consider her a girl and still call her Lili. I also still love her just as much!!!

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Timtacious 36, Male, California, USA - 8 entries

Jan 2007
4:13 AM PST

Forget the what happend i just got stuck they can peel pieces of me off the grill of her truck used to walk with luck used to hold her hand fell behind and played the role of a slower man i wanna stand on top of this mountain and yell i wanna wake up and break up this lake of hell I feel like a bitch for letting the sheet twist me up the last starfigher is wounded time to give it up on a pick it up mission kept it bitter getting in am illion memories just to forget her the difficulty in keeping emothions controlled cookies for the road took me by the soul hunger for teh drama hunger for the nurture gonna take it further the hurt feels like murder interperate the eyes read the lines on her face the sunshine is fake how much time did i waste? -SLUG

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purplelvr07 36, Female, California, USA - 7 entries

Jan 2007
4:07 AM PST

Christmas was good. My two older brothers came down with their kids and we all visited and had a good time. I hadn't seen one of them in like 4 years. We also went to Hollywood and looked at all the weird people. We went into ripley's believe it or not and in part of it in the beginning, there was a mirror and said only some people can turn their tongue upside down can you? When you get more into the maze you see a two way mirror and thats where the people would turn their tongue and it was funny to watch these people try and turn their tongue upside down and not know that people are watching them. I also went to the wax museum and i saw alot of celebrities and some of them looked very real and some not so much. I also drove out to my grandmas. I was very proud of myself because i don't ever go on the freeway. I switched like four different freeways. So all in all it was a pretty good Christmas break.

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Timtacious 36, Male, California, USA - 8 entries

Jan 2007
4:05 AM PST

She said that she still wants a friendship she can't live her life without me as a friend I can't figure out why I'd give a damn to what she wants I don't understand an hour before the then most of this garbage i write that these people seem to like is about You and how I let you infect my life and if they got to know you I doubt that they would see it they'd wonder what I showed you how you could leave it A friend in Chicago said that I should stay persistant if iI stay around, im bound to break resistance EVER since i was a young lad with a part time dad it was hard to find happiness inside of what i had i sudied my mother i digested her pain and vowed no woman on my path would have to walk the same i travel like sond across the fateladder and i travel with spoon to mix this cake batter and i travel with feels so i can deal with touch thank you very much

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icaboe 36, Male, California, USA - First entry!

Jan 2007
4:12 AM PST

i am writing about past experiences as a journal entry. people have always come and went either as a friend, a foe, or someone you just loved deeply. well the phrase nothing lasts forever is true but why? is it that you move or just dont feel anymore? i tend to think it is that you just doint care.i have left friends i have hung out for yearsa and grew up with and just are like brothers but i had no remorse when i said bye. this was it i went to live in covina and have not looked back yet. it was my greed of a better future out here that has clouded what i should feel, sadness loss and desperation of a voice that can be trusted and heard. well now im here thinking i left and i didnt care, well frankly cause i didnt care. and now that i see this i am ashamed, but i have a bright future and i will make the most of that cause in due time i will see them again.

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purplelvr07 36, Female, California, USA - 7 entries

Jan 2007
3:58 AM PST

Today we are playing San Dimas in basketball and I'm actually excited for the game because Kellie and i are performing at half time. After the game i want to go to the mountains so i can go play in the snow. I also hope to go shopping for my winter formal dress this weekend. I can 't ever find a dress that fits me so i end up trying on like 50 dresses. The library looks very different and its going to be hard to get used to. I would have painted it differently but it wasn't my choice.

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kyle 33, Male, California, USA - 9 entries

Jan 2007
4:21 AM PDT

I am bored so i am writing this so hahahahahahahazha

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