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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:11:59 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Love in Perfect Timing (The True Fairytale Story)</title>
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  <description>I DO own these characters :) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a story about hope and love...It exists, but sometimes we dont find it in our timing. There&apos;s a perfect time for everything and that&apos;s exactly what happened with this one couple &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once upon a time in a land down South lived a 16 year old girl by the name of Ana. Now Ana was a pretty girl, but not many people saw her &lt;br /&gt;as part of the &amp;quot;in crowd&amp;quot; or the most popular girl in school. She was just a regular yet smart high school girl with her group of friends whom she would hang out with every day. Also in this land lived a 16 year old boy by the name of Alex. Now Alex, is a different story. He was the most popular guy in school. Every guy wanted to be him and every girl wanted to be his girlfriend. You could say, he was a &amp;quot;heartthrob&amp;quot;, and boy was he a hottie. Ana would pass by him down the halls, while other girls gathered around him. Sure, Ana thought he was a cutie, but there was another boy that grabbed her attention and that was her boyfriend. So throughout the years in high school, Ana and Alex would pass by each other, but were just mere acquaintances. After Junior year, Alex left the school and went off into the military. Ana finally graduated from high school and was off to college to get her degree. She still had the same boyfriend, mind you, and this guy was clingy and just always had his way of weighing her down. She kept her relationship going with this guy until one day her father took her aside and told her &amp;quot;Ana, that guy is bad news. He&apos;s not good for you.&amp;quot; Ana thought her dad was crazy. A week later, her father passed away from a heart attack and within that time, her boyfriend was realizing that he wasnt getting what he needed from her so he breaks it off with her. Ana remembered all the plans she made of getting married to this guy and it was all wasted. 10 years with this guy, and it all went to waste. She regretted having him as a boyfriend because he kept her from doing so many things. She was an amazing pianist, and yet she gave that up to please this guy. She later finds out this guy gets engaged with another woman just a few months after their break up. Any girl would be hurt by that. &lt;br /&gt;One night, she was laying in her bed and for the first time she prayed to God saying &amp;quot;Lord, I know I dont talk to you often, but you know I&apos;m a good person. If I&apos;m meant to be alone, I can deal with that, but if there is a guy out there. Tell me. Let me know&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;One October afternoon, Ana&apos;s sister was having a birthday meeting with some of her friends downtown in a small cafe, and behold, Alex was sitting in the same table as them. Of course, there were girls all over him. Some things never change, huh?...but this time it was different. Ana felt something tug at her heart and Alex wouldnt stop staring at her. Could this be it?&lt;br /&gt;Later that day, Alex excused himself from the other girls and sat right next to Ana and began talking to her. All he wanted to do is steal a kiss from her. Typical male, huh? Only thinking about one thing...Finally, he asked in the most suave way &amp;quot;Baby, can I have a kiss?&amp;quot;. All Ana could do and just look at him with a serious face and say &amp;quot;Hell no!&amp;quot;. Ana figures she&apos;d play hard to get because just because he can get kisses from other girls, doesnt mean he&apos;ll get kisses from her, at least not that easily. If he&apos;s really serious, he&apos;d have to work for it. &lt;br /&gt;As the weeks went by, Alex and Ana became really good friends, then they took things to the next level and became boyfriend and girlfriend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One fine day, in Alex&apos;s apartment, Ana and him were watching Tv and Alex began to get a little nervous. He poured them both a glass of wine, but he was so nervous that he spilled her glass all over her. Of course, she was shocked and her clothes were stained, but it was soon forgotten when he pulled out a little black box and said, &amp;quot;Annie, will you marry me?&amp;quot;...She accepted his proposal and 6 months later they were married. A year later they had one child and 8 years later they had a second child. Those children are now growing up and one is almost leaving the nest to begin a life of her own. Sure, their marriage had its ups and downs, but because they were meant to be, they overcame all those obstacles and they are still married till this day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does this couple exist?...Oh yes...Ana and Alex are my parents. They have been married for 23 years. It goes to show you how everything has it&apos;s perfect timing. My parents knew each other in high school, but it just wasnt the right time for them to get together. They married when they were both 26 years old. Sounds mature enough, right?. They say a fairytale relationship doesnt exist. That&apos;s not true, look at my parents...I think their story is a fairytale....True love exists and so does forever love...It just has it&apos;s perfect timing :)</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:13:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: Name your passion</title>
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&lt;br /&gt;Singing and kids.....why I&apos;m passionate about both things?....It&apos;s my calling....I still am learning more about the &amp;quot;why&amp;quot;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:55:06 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: Cyberstalking</title>
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&lt;br /&gt;No way....My ex is a loser...I have to admit, a few years ago I added him on my myspace and it would kill me to see his profile picture because its of him and his girlfriend kissing. It&apos;s not a healthy thing...its very painful, but I&apos;m glad I&apos;m over him and I&apos;ve moved on to better things :)</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:51:30 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>A New Year...A New Chapter</title>
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  <description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;HAPPY&amp;nbsp;22!!!! Wow...I cant believe I&apos;m 22 today!!!....Its crazy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:06:45 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: RIP Michael Jackson</title>
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THRILLER!!!!!!!!, Dont Stop till You Get Enough, Billie Jean, Beat It, and Will You Be There</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:13:26 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>The Diary of a Nurse- Life in a Hospital (Series Fic)</title>
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  <description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366ff&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is just fiction people, it&apos;s not my personal life or anything, well some aspects are but not all. I&amp;nbsp;was just&amp;nbsp;inspired to write this. As most of you know, I work in a hospital and I see things happening every single time I go, so some of the scenarios written here are real, however, the characters are fictional and have absolutely no tie to any of my patients or anything (HIPPA). Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It was a beautiful Summer day. The sun was warm, the air was crisp. It was the perfect day. It was also a day of celebration. Mimi Rodriguez was finally getting her Bachelors&amp;nbsp;degree in Nursing. She couldnt believe that she has made it this far, after all of the hard work, she has finally reached her goal. As they call her name for her to receive the degree, she smiled widely as she got up and walked to the stage. In her mind she&apos;s thinking, &amp;quot;This is so surreal. It seems like only yesterday I was a Freshman working my way for my Bachelor&apos;s degree and now I&apos;m&amp;nbsp;here receiving the degree for it. &amp;nbsp;I took the&amp;nbsp;RN exam 2 weeks ago and I passed. Now I am officially a licensed Nurse.&amp;quot; She walked up the stairs and received her degree. She can hear her family cheering from a mile away and knew that they were proud. Now her career is complete. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the ceremony was over, her entire family came up to congratulate her and take a million pictures. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Mimi, we&apos;re so proud of you. You did it!&amp;quot; her mother, Angie, said to her with joyful tears in her eyes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Thanks, Ma. I still cant believe I&apos;m here. I worked so hard for this and now I&apos;m a Nurse. It&apos;s unbelieveable&amp;quot; Mimi replied&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Well, believe it, sweetie. You made it, so now what are you going to do?&amp;quot; her dad, Albert, asked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Well, I&apos;m going to work in Pediatrics. I&apos;ve been offered a job at the Children&apos;s hospital working&amp;nbsp;in the&amp;nbsp;PICU.&amp;quot; Mimi replied&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Angie and Albert looked at each other in shock, &amp;quot;How come you didnt tell us you got a job?&amp;quot; Angie asked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mimi smiled, &amp;quot;I wanted it to be a surprise. This is a great opportunity for me and I&apos;m truly blessed to get the job&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;But, sweetie, the PICU? Are you sure you can handle that?&amp;quot; her father asked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I&apos;m sure I can. You know how when I volunteered at the hospital I always dreaded to go see the kids in the PICU because it was just so emotionally draining, but after a while I opened up to it, and it&apos;s just been an amazing thing. I know that I could help kids in this ward and I can do a lot of good. This is where I need to be, dad and I know I can handle it.&amp;quot; Mimi replied&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Angie, we&apos;ve raised such a strong and successful daughter.&amp;quot; Albert said as he looked at his wife and Mimi laughed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Well sweetie, lets go home so that we could celebrate.&amp;quot; Angie said as she lead her family to the car&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;June 15, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Diary,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today was my graduation. I have finally completed 4 years at the university and I have my degree. It really seems surreal that I&apos;m finished. Well, at least the RN degree. Later I will go back to school for my Masters degree and become a licensed Nurse Practitioner, God willing. However, I am so proud that I pushed myself this far, now I can go and help as many kids as I can. I know the journey will not be easy seeing that so many kids in the PICU are severely ill and anything can happen, but I know that I have the strength to handle it. Yes, it can be emotionally draining at times, but just by being there for those kids I am helping them. I remember volunteering at the hospital as a Music Therapist, and&amp;nbsp;I used to skip the PICU because it was just too much for me, but after a while I started going often and I found myself in that ward. I sang to those kids and they were just so happy just to have someone there that cared. It&apos;s easy to turn the other way and avoid that ward because it is too hard to handle, but thats life. Not many people can do the task, but somebody has to, and by turning our backs to these kids who are severely ill with unknown diseases and whatnot, we are hurting them more. These kids need love and attention, because the key to true healing starts with the mind. I&apos;ve been a witness to it. When you&apos;re happy and your mind is not focused on the illness is when you start healing. Some kids end up dying, but that doesnt mean they werent healed. Healing comes in many different ways. It can be mental, physical, spiritual...etc. Thats why I believe I will make a great nurse in this ward. I just want to make a difference in these kids lives. &lt;br /&gt;Well, it&apos;s late and I should be headed to bed. I begin work soon. Goodnight, dear Diary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Mimi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mimi closed her diary, turned off her night lamp, and went to sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;AN: Ok this is the start...sort of a prologue before getting into the hospital life. Like I said, some of this has some aspects of my experiences, but not all. I hope you guys like it. Please Read and Review...I would love some feedback&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:25:45 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: Venting (...well, not exactly...more like laughing)</title>
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hahahaha....I made a special video with my little cousin for someone special and I was a little nervous, so what annoyed me to no end is the fact that when I&apos;m nervous I tend to not speak correctly and sound like a total retard...haha... I could have sworn I counted 7 &amp;quot;ums&amp;quot; in the video, there was a point where I didnt look at the camera and I made a slip up, I was like &amp;quot;Spanglish...Spanglish...Yup, that&apos;s where we&apos;re from..Spanglish&amp;quot;......hahahaha, I sounded like an idiot, but I&apos;m sure the person who&apos;s receiving this video is probably going to laugh at that...hahahaha&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:52:36 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: Dream On</title>
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Yes I do...and they are dreams about my little girl, Gabby, getting better and finally being able to breathe on her own and that a miracle happened that she was able to learn how to speak and that she could move</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:21:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: Rabbit Rabbit!</title>
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Go to North Carolina and not only hang out with Chris, Jordan, Mat, Mo and Michael...and do some crazy stuff. But meet a really good friend of mine for the first time face to face, Britt!! (loquita).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I honestly am sick of cruising...I want to go back to NC :(&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 02:18:57 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: Multilingual</title>
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I speak English and Spanish fluently (I am latina...lol)...I also speak Italian semi-fluently...I have to practice it more. And I&apos;ll be learning French this summer, hopefully :)</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 21:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>HAHA....I had to Post this...This YouTube Vid is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!</title>
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  <description>So...this is my little cousin, Danny...He hates the Jonas Brothers....so this is a vid of him showing how much he hates them haha....This video got sooo many hits....my cousins Jordan and Robert are sooo mean&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;lj-embed id=&quot;12&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>New Beginnings...Watch the video...Its a Beautiful song</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a long time, I havent been myself. And now I got things straightened up in my life and I feel like my old self is back for good and I feel stronger than ever and I thank the Lord for giving me a second chance to make things right in my life. And now its all about moving forward :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&apos;s a video of a awesome song that helped me throughout my tough time....the one thing that helps me is music and I came across this song and it hit my heart straight...I cried when I heard it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I AM- Nichole Nordeman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;lj-embed id=&quot;11&quot; /&gt;&lt;div lemt5=&quot;0&quot; tk5jw=&quot;89&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;kLink&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lyricsdownload.com/nichole-nordeman-i-am-lyrics.html#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot; style=&quot;position: static; text-decoration: underline! important&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ffa500&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: static&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative&quot;&gt;Pencil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; marks on a wall, I wasn&apos;t always this tall&lt;br /&gt;You scattered some monsters from beneath my bed&lt;br /&gt;You watched my team win&lt;br /&gt;You watched my team lose&lt;br /&gt;Watched when my bicycle went down again&lt;br /&gt;And when I was weak, unable to speak&lt;br /&gt;Still I could call You by name&lt;br /&gt;And I said, Elbow Healer, &lt;a class=&quot;kLink&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lyricsdownload.com/nichole-nordeman-i-am-lyrics.html#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot; style=&quot;position: static; text-decoration: underline! important&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ffa500&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: static&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative&quot;&gt;Superhero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come if You can&lt;br /&gt;You said, I Am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only sixteen, life is so mean&lt;br /&gt;What kind of curfew is at 10pm?&lt;br /&gt;You saw my mistakes&lt;br /&gt;And watched my heart break&lt;br /&gt;Heard when I swore I&apos;d never love again&lt;br /&gt;And when I was weak, unable to speak&lt;br /&gt;Still I could call You by name&lt;br /&gt;And I said Heartache Healer, Secret Keeper&lt;br /&gt;Be &lt;a class=&quot;kLink&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lyricsdownload.com/nichole-nordeman-i-am-lyrics.html#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot; style=&quot;position: static; text-decoration: underline! important&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ffa500&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: static&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative&quot;&gt;my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative&quot;&gt;best &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative&quot;&gt;friend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you said, I Am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You saw me wear white by pale candlelight&lt;br /&gt;I said forever to what lies ahead&lt;br /&gt;Two kids and a dream, with kids that can &lt;a class=&quot;kLink&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lyricsdownload.com/nichole-nordeman-i-am-lyrics.html#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot; style=&quot;position: static; text-decoration: underline! important&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ffa500&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: static&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative&quot;&gt;scream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too much it might seem when it is 2am&lt;br /&gt;And when I am weak, unable to speak&lt;br /&gt;Still I will call You by name&lt;br /&gt;Shepherd, Savior, Pasture Maker&lt;br /&gt;Hold onto my hand&lt;br /&gt;You say, I Am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winds of change and circumstance blow in and all around us&lt;br /&gt;So we find a foothold that&apos;s familiar&lt;br /&gt;And bless the moments that we feel You nearer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When life had begun, I was woven and spun&lt;br /&gt;You let the angels &lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;kLink&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lyricsdownload.com/nichole-nordeman-i-am-lyrics.html#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot; style=&quot;position: static; text-decoration: underline! important&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: static&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative&quot;&gt;dance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;around the throne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lemt5=&quot;0&quot; tk5jw=&quot;89&quot;&gt;And who can say when, but they&apos;ll &lt;a class=&quot;kLink&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lyricsdownload.com/nichole-nordeman-i-am-lyrics.html#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot; style=&quot;position: static; text-decoration: underline! important&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; color: orange! important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: static&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;kLink&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px; border-bottom: orange 1px solid; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative; background-color: transparent&quot;&gt;dance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; again&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div lemt5=&quot;0&quot; tk5jw=&quot;89&quot;&gt;When I am free and finally headed home&lt;br /&gt;I will be weak, unable to speak&lt;br /&gt;Still I will call You by name&lt;br /&gt;Creator, Maker, Life Sustainer&lt;br /&gt;Comforter, Healer, my Redeemer&lt;br /&gt;Lord and King, Beginning and the End&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Am&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I Am&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:54:58 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>I&apos;ve Had it!!!!! I&apos;m just sooo upset</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to vent....I&apos;m having such a horrible day today :(....So many things are happening and they&apos;ve been coming one right after the other. The minute a good thing happens in my life, something bad has to bring me down...I&apos;ve just had it :(&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Swine Flu....Please Take Precaution</title>
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  <description>This is serious....Everyone has to take precaution even if the disease hasnt spread to your country or state. The fact is, this disease is spreading quickly and the alert has raised to Stage 4. I&apos;m a nurse in training and from what I see, the precautions to take here to prevent this infection from getting into your system is to wash your hands consistantly...most infections begin with soiled hands because everything you touch has germs and we tend to either rub our eyes or put our fingers in our mouth without even noticing and thats how those germs enter your system and into your bloodstream...Also if you do have open wounds, be sure to clean them anyway you can because infections also enter through broken skin.&lt;br /&gt;So again, wash your hands consistantly and keep your hands away from your face or anywhere where germs can enter. Another tip is, your hands&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;are not fully sanitized until 15 seconds of washing....this is equivalent to the time&amp;nbsp;it takes to sing the ABCs or Happy Birthday.&lt;br /&gt;This is out of our control...all we can do is take these precaution and pray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you guys,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandi K.</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>R.I.P. Zo :&apos;(</title>
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  <description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My dog passed away today :(...I&apos;m soooo sad. He was so sick and so weak, I thought maybe he&apos;d get through it and ride it out, but he didnt. I wasnt ready to let him go. I&apos;ve had such a bad start of the week and not that great of a weekend, this was the last thing I needed :&apos;(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/mandikizzle/pic/0000y89t/&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/mandikizzle/pic/0000y89t/s320x240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>SHE&quot;S GOING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
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  <description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;The doctors say that Gabby is getting so much better that they&apos;re gonna let her go home on Friday, God willing. She still has to keep that oxygen mask on, but soon she wont need that and she&apos;ll be able to breathe on her own, hopefully. I&apos;m still praying for her because even though she&apos;s getting better, she still needs prayer. &lt;br /&gt;I was able to see her whole face today....she is such a beautiful kid...just beautiful. I was even talking to her and she looked at me straight in the eyes as I was telling her to fight and be strong and when I held her little hand, she wiggled her fingers a bit as if she was trying to grab my hand, reassuring me that things will be ok. &lt;br /&gt;Gabby is a fighter and a strong little girl...I am sooo sure she will pull through. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&apos;s a little pic of her...You cant really see it because I took it with my phone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/mandikizzle/pic/0000xphb/&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;width: 273px; height: 245px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/mandikizzle/pic/0000xphb/s320x240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:50:32 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>What&apos;s Your Name&apos;s Power?</title>
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  <description>&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;350&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#eeeeee&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14pt; color: black&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your Name&apos;s Power is Beauty&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#ffffff&quot;&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;100&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatsyournamespowerquiz/name.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;Your name&apos;s power is that it helps you be beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;Your name conveys both a pleasant and kind attitude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People who meet you can&apos;t help but think you are delightful.&lt;br /&gt;You try to live your life with honesty and affection.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.blogthings.com/whatsyournamespowerquiz/&quot;&gt;What&apos;s Your Name&apos;s Power?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:27:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Wanna Laugh??</title>
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  <description>&lt;br /&gt;This was taken before one of the shows...and it was just absolutely hilarious&amp;nbsp;because my friend, Pana, actually sounds like &amp;quot;Tickle Me Elmo&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;lj-embed id=&quot;9&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:48:10 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>I&apos;m sooo Sad :(</title>
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  <description>Today was our last show... :(....I was so sad because I&apos;m so used to seeing my castmates every weekend and now we&apos;re not gonna see each other that often :(&lt;br /&gt;Thank God for Myspace and Facebook :)&lt;br /&gt;So we had our cast party today and that was a lot of fun&amp;nbsp;because we were able to see our show on film. Wow, it sounds different camera. Haha......unfortunately one of my castmates was beginning to be a douchebag since yesterday, and today I confronted him and completely told him off...Go me!!!....lol&lt;br /&gt;But anyways, doing this show was a lot of fun, and I&apos;m hoping to&amp;nbsp;do more shows and actually try to make it into films because that&apos;s what I want to do...it&apos;s my dream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&apos;s a pic of me and some of my friends&amp;nbsp;(castmates...too)&amp;nbsp;after the show today&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;width: 549px; height: 390px&quot; src=&quot;http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i187/Pv31angel/P3281365.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:53:17 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>The Show is this week!!!!!!!!! EEEEEKKKKKK</title>
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  <description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium&quot;&gt;Hahaha....so the show that I&apos;m in is this week....I&apos;m sooooooo freaking excited. It&apos;s been a while since I&apos;ve been on stage. Usually I did musicals and now I&apos;m just acting in this show which is pretty cool. The show is called &amp;quot;The Illiad, The Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less&amp;quot;, so we&apos;re saying&amp;nbsp;our lines really fast...haha&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m playing two goddesses, Aphrodite and Calypso...two totally different characters. Since this play is a comedy, Aphrodite is a ditzy and very bratty character. Calypso is a very seducing temptress...lol...so yea, two different characters.&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m really having fun working with all my castmates. I had one castmate that gave me a hard time in the beginning, but he&apos;s coming around. So this week, we have night rehearsals and Friday is the opening night of the show and we&apos;re on for 6 days. &lt;br /&gt;My family already told me that they&apos;re going to embarrass me by screaming my name everytime I get offstage, mind you, my family is huge so like almost 50 family members are coming to see me, so imagine how embarrassing that would be if they were all screaming in that tiny little theater that we&apos;re in....I&apos;m soooo praying that they dont do that because I&apos;m gonna screw up my lines if they do....lol haha&lt;br /&gt;Anyways...wish me Luck, I&apos;m gonna need it.&lt;br /&gt;I still want to thank all of you who believed in me and thought I could do this, if it werent for your words of encouragement I wouldnt be here. And now after this show, its all about moving forward to the next project...The Band and other shows&lt;br /&gt;My family is filming this show, so once we get the videos, I&apos;ll post them..haha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&apos;s a pic of one of our publicity shots for the play&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i187/Pv31angel/greekgods-2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zeus (Top Left..your left), Athena (Top Right), Poseidon (Bottom left), Aphrodite (Center), Hera (Bottom right)&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:56:15 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: Passing Time</title>
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Hahahahahahahaha....I&apos;m sure many people do this...I text during class. I have 2 boring classes and what keeps me entertained and sane is texting my friends. Haha...I&apos;ll be texting Brittany (loquita) or Andrew...or Cindy...I practically text everyone...lol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One time in Stats class, me and my bandmate, Andrew were ready to die and we just started texting each other during class&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: &amp;quot;Shoot me, Now!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Andrew: &amp;quot;You first...lol&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Me: &amp;quot;Ok on the count of 3 we&apos;ll shoot together....1....2.....I&amp;nbsp;CANT!!!!! You and I have too much to live for&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Andrew: &amp;quot;I cant do it either....I feel bad for those who dont have self control&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Me: Why?&lt;br /&gt;Andrew: &amp;quot;Cuz I think the suicide rate would skyrocket for everyone taking this class&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Me: &amp;quot;Ok...what is the probability of the suicide rate in this class?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Andrew: &amp;quot;Excluding you and I, about 97.9%...haha&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:57:11 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Writer&apos;s Block: Almost Famous</title>
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Omg...I honestly cant really pin point what actress looks like me. But I&apos;ve been told countless times that I look like J.Lo, Hayden Panettiere, Julia Stiles, and Ellen Page....lol&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>News on Gabby</title>
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  <description>She is doing a whole lot better. I spoke to the mother today, the doctors still dont know what she has, but the good sign is she&apos;s getting better. The mom really has faith and believes a miracle will occur and I&apos;m sticking by her on that. When I told her that so many of my friends are praying for her, she started to cry. She truly appreciates your prayers and she wanted me to tell each of you that she says thank you and that she&apos;s praying for you and your family. &lt;br /&gt;Gabby is delayed so she cant move or speak, but today she was beginning to make noise, and her mother was telling me that she never used to make that much noise for anything, so I can definitely see that God is working and I&apos;m still praying for her healing &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still be in prayer, because the battle isnt over, but we&apos;re getting there...and so far, we are winning the fight :) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks and God Bless, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Mandi K&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.: I forgot to mention that she also has breathing problems so she&apos;s not breathing on her own she&apos;s actually hooked up to a machine and she&apos;s breathing through an oxygen mask</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:01:42 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>I&apos;m soooooo Incredibly Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
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  <description>A lot of things have been happening all at once. Well, for starters, the little girl, Gaby, is doing ok...she still has a few complications, but I have faith that she&apos;ll make it out ok, and if not, she&apos;ll be ok anyways. &lt;br /&gt;The band is doing soooooo well, we just finished rehearsing our first song and now its on to two new songs, one which I wrote myself, and my bandmates wanted me to sing that song as a solo at our first concert. &lt;br /&gt;The next thing is I have a huuuuuuuuggggggge crush on one of my bandmates and lately we&apos;ve been texting each other...practically every day and last weekend we went out, sorta a double date, with our two friends and every possible opportunity he got, he would pull me into a hug. I swear, I&apos;ve been struck by Cupid&apos;s arrow. Recently I discovered that he likes me back, and that made my heart soar. So for now, we&apos;re just talking, but it could end up being a possible relationship...God willing. Oh, and he&apos;s asked me out again...so we&apos;re going out this weekend again&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s been a loooooong time since I&apos;ve let another guy into my heart and when I first met him, it was as if walls around my heart have been lifted and he without knowing was mending the pieces of my broken heart...my last relationship didnt end well and my ex seriously broke my heart, but now Andrew and I are mending each other&apos;s hearts. I&apos;m incredibly smitten and if this doesnt end up being a relationship, that&apos;s ok...because Andrew is a great friend and I thank God for having him in my life, but if it does end up being a relationship, then so be it...either way I&apos;m happy...I&apos;ve never ever been this happy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just thought I&apos;d share that with you all, because my heart is soaring at the moment</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:11:03 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Thank You For the Prayers</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all of you who are praying for Gaby....I truly appreciate it and so does her family. The situation is tough...extremely tough and right now she&apos;s trying to fight her diseasw and she&apos;s a lot of pain. The doctors are still trying to figure out what she has and now all we can do is wait and see what God&apos;s will is in all of this....still keep praying cuz she&apos;s still not out of the woods yet and her condition is still critical&lt;br /&gt;It has been extremely hard on me, I never thought it would be, but then again, when you&apos;re attached to someone this sort of thing is bound to spark some kind of emotion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God that I&apos;m still sane after all of that, because I see a lot of things happening in the hospital, and I still keep my head up and have a smile on my face because that&apos;s what we&apos;re supposed to do, we&apos;re supposed to help the kids get better by making their day better...I wouldnt trade my experience with these kids for nothing in the world. The truth of the matter is there are kids who dont make it and there are many that do, but I&apos;m just glad to be able to show up and make their day as bright as they make mine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks again guys&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*Hugs*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Mandi K.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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