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About Me

Laughter is the best medicine. I recommend a high daily dosage. In fact, I dare you to try to make me stop laughing...
"You are a spiritual being having a human existence." "Forgiving does not mean forgetting, it means understanding... Understanding and love dissolve anger." -- Brian Weiss
The problem is, we are afraid. We are afraid to reveal ourselves, afraid to share ourselves, afraid to allow others into our hearts, minds, and souls. We are afraid to be ourselves. We are afraid that if people really knew us they wouldn't love us. That is the deepest of all human fears, lurking in the heart of every person... And although we are afraid to reveal ourselves because of the possibility of rejection, it is only by revealing ourselves that we will ever open the possibility of truly being loved. We are all flawed and we all have faults. None of us is perfect. Yet all of us go about putting our best foot forward, hiding the brokenness, pretending that we have everything under control and that all is well. ..We can't be loved for who we are if we won't reveal ourselves. Unrevealed, we never experience intimacy." -- from The Seven Levels of Intimacy by Matthew Kelly
"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." -- Alanis Morissette
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, It will be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained, To bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed. To turn, turn will be our delight, 'Til by turning, turning we come round right
'Tis the gift to be loved and that love to return, 'Tis the gift to be taught and a richer gift to learn, And when we expect of others what we try to live each day, Then we'll all live together and we'll all learn to say,
'Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be, 'Tis the gift to think of others not to only think of "me", And when we hear what others really think and really feel, Then we'll all live together with a love that is real.
Loreena McKennitt - Dante's prayer:
When the dark wood fell before me
And all the paths were overgrown
When the priests of pride say there is no other way I tilled the sorrows of stone
I did not believe because I could not see
Though you came to me in the night
When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars
Chorus:
Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me
Then the mountain rose before me
By the deep well of desire
From the fountain of forgiveness
Beyond the ice and the fire
Chorus
Though we share this humble path, alone
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars
Breathe life into this feeble heart
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares
Chorus
Please remember me
Please remember me, ...
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." -- Marianne Williamson
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My Interests

My sisters and their kids. Love 'em even when I want to kill 'em.

singing in the shower & karaoke, baking and cooking - I love food and even though I am a food snob I still enjoy Spaghetti-Os, yoga (I love www.yogatoday.com),Yahtzee!, crossword puzzles, board games, card games, movies, sharks, I think there is much to be learned through past life regression therapy & the "other side" though I haven't tried it, women's breasts - my own are just not good enough so I'm obsessed with others.

I'd like to meet:

My Fairy Godmother and My Guardian Angel.

Music:

Is it possible to list everything that I enjoy? I Love the 80's - Pat Benatar, Madonna, Bryan Adams, Def Leppard, Bonnie Tyler, Heart, and all those one-hit-wonders who's name you can't remember yet you somehow know all the words to the songs. Let's not forget: JOURNEY!!!, Fleetwood Mac, Aimee Mann, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morrissette, Colin Hay, Cold Play, John Mayer, Damien Rice, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Indigo Girls, Carole King, James Taylor, Bon Jovi, Gypsy Kings, Amos Lee, Justin Young, Nina Persson, James Blunt, Rosie Thomas, Joanie Leeds and Catherine Satterwhite... There are plenty more artists I'm forgetting...

Introduce me to someone new!

I listen to just about anything including acoustic, folk, country, pop, hard rock, musical theatre (both standard & contemporary), classical, italian art songs, ...

Movies:

The Wizard of Oz, Pretty Woman, Ever After, Casablanca, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sabrina (the original!), Lord of the Rings, 50 First Dates, Amelie, American Beauty, Boys Don't Cry, Secretary, Finding Neverland, All About Eve, March of the Penguins, Grumpy Old Men, Legally Blonde, In the Bedroom, Shawshank Redemption, Love Actually. Have you seen Waitress, yet?? If not, then run to the theatre!!!

The list could go on and on...Just use caution when taking me to see a comedy, I tend to laugh uncontrollably at times.

I don't do anything scary!!

Television:

I mostly watch tv just to keep myself company. But I love Alias, Sex & the City, Friends, America's Funniest Home Videos makes me cry from laughing (especially the clips of people falling!), Ellen is another staple along with Shear Genius, Project Runway and Top Chef. Then again, if I had cable I'd want to watch Animal Planet or the Food Network 24/7.

Books:

You've got to read Kent Haruf - he's just incredible, and ever so simple. I really enjoy John Irving, Pat Conroy, Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss. "She's Come Undone" and "A Prayer for Owen Meany" I've read numerous times. All of Brian Weiss's books have completely changed my life - "Many Lives, Many Masters" should be required reading for anyone who is literate. Just finished The Celestine Prophecy and I'm trying hard to see the beauty all around me every waking moment.

Heroes:

Still thinking...

My Blog

Go ahead, Personalize Me.

What's in a name?... Not too long ago, a friend I've known for some time inadvertently misspelled my name when sending me a very kind gift. I humorously pointed out the snafu, then proceeded to tell m...
Posted by kelly d on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:44:00 PST

Daddy's Dance

I'm not usually the blogging type, but I feel compelled to let people in on a memory that has helped to shape who I am today... Today is my sister Ruth's 9th wedding anniversary. She and her hus...
Posted by kelly d on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:59:00 PST