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Kristen ♥'s Donate Life

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About Me

♥ Organ Donation ♥ saved my Dad's :)


I have found that..
1.I have a profound respect for the older generation.
2.I like to wear flip flops year round, temperature permitting ;).
3.I like to watch the sun rise and set whenever possible and I value each passing day.
4.I try to use my time wisely.
5.I took a personality test for work and was told that as opposed to being a Relater, Ruler, or Analyzer, I am an Entertainer.
6. I find the ocean waves very tranquil.
7.I love long intriguing conversations.
8.I take pictures of just about everything that happens in my life.
9.I am aware that you are only young once. I see people everyday who's life are near the end and I wonder what they were like when they were my age. I remind myself that that will someday be me, and I appreciate my youth, family and friends to the fullest.
10.I love to shop, but mostly for things that are different, and crafty.
11.I enjoy wrapping presents and like creating gifts.
12.When I was younger I dreamed of being an artist.
13.I love being a nurse, and i want to be the best in my profession.
14. I love my life and am thankful for it :)
15. This is my Hero

I am a registered organ donor. Are you?

Please take the time to view this life changing story. It touched my life and gave me hope that my dad would someday have a chance. Click the link: The Gift of a Lifetime


Please help people like my dad, and become an organ donor today! Often, family members make the final decision for their loved ones regarding organ donation. If your wishes are to become an organ donor, please.. let your family know!
We never know when we or a family member may need someone's help with this gift of a lifetime, someday.
Start by visiting Donate Life where you can download a donor card and a family notification form .
You can officially register to become an organ donor by visiting the link, NJ Donor Registry Application or at your state's specific site.
Thank you to all that have given me support!

"Life is difficult

This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters."
~M. Scott Peck from The Road Less Traveled
My name is Kristen. I'm a 24 year old rehabilitation nurse, and i love my job.. mainly b/c i make people laugh and i get extreme satisfaction watching people get better. Most of my patients are rehabilitating from strokes, heart attacks or orthopedic surgeries such as total hip or knee replacements..
I love living close to the beach, and often walk there when i need to regroup my thoughts, or just relax. Laying on the dunes and staring up at the constellations is a perfect winter night for me. Like anyone, i have negatives and positives about myself. When i'm on my own time, I procrastinate alot.. sometimes i feel like there's so much to get done, and not enough hours in a day. I don't like being home alone at night and I often get made fun of for my driving and i'm rarely ontime, but i try! I'm good at paying my bills on time, and i love making people smile :) I feel its better to give, than receive.. and if its chirstmas or someone's birthday, its a big deal. I plan birthday suprises for weeks. I like to make scrapbooks..I've made two so far, my favorite being the one for my Dad for Father's Day 2005. I look at it everytime I go to his house, because its full of our memories and history. I always have a camera in my hand, because i love to capture memories. I know someday it may be all i have.. and if my house was about to burn down, they would be one of the only things i'd grab. I love music, and i've often said that music shapes the soul. Dancing like no one's watching me w/ my best friends by my side is ultimate fun.. and i look forward to nights like those. I love NYC, and plan on visiting more often since my younger sister attends college there. I'm a good listener.. but i talk.. ALOT, too. I'm very random and often jump from subject to subject, especially when i'm excited about something. Little things excite me.. and I can be very hyper at times, which is often comical to others. I love planning day trips, whether its to Dorney Park or the Museum of Natural History. I have nothing to hide.. and if you ask me a question, you will get an honest answer. I'm just me.. i'm not a hippy or a prep.. not punk or emo. I like too many different things to classify who or what i am. Just me. And i like who i am :)
"There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring."
-Ashley Montagu
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have."
-Margaret Mead

I want to be that person...


Don't let your dreams be dreams...


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NEVER underestimate yourself...


Follow your bliss: Indulge yourself, let yourself go, seek out pleasure.



Love lifts us up where we belong..

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ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it.

FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling

ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"

FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk..

FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.

EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.



My Wonderful Friends..



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Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville's Dirty Bahama Mamas! (as seen above. mmmm), the color pink, NURSING, smiling, poetry, fushia colored orchids, Gazing at the sky, Pensacola Beach FL, traveling,poetry, painting, photography, night sky, van gogh, "starlight at the rhone", chihuahuas, dashunds, beach, waves, cuddling, Cocoa, long intriguing conversations, smiling, laughing, memories, true love, jasmine and lavender oil, nag champa, corona, pink flowers, candles, peace, good karma, faeries, meditation, understanding, imagination, strawberry fields, john lennon, pinot grigio santa margherita, holidays, artillery lake, clouds, rhinestones, opals, art, collages, christmas lights, high hopes, euphoria, dreams, Jane magazine

I'd like to meet:

Jack Johnson. He has such a beautiful voice, and way with words..

I wish I couldve met...

Mother Theresa

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, People may Accuse you of Selfish, Ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be Honest and Frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway."

and...

Bob Marley

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. No one but ourselves can free our minds"

and...

John Lennon

"All we are saying.. is give peace a chance..."

I love my family..



Music:

if you know me, you know

I LOVE THE BEATLES!


Pink Floyd

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The Clash DAYS AWAKE Bob MARLEY John Lennon Led Zeppelin the WHO the Cure dredg Phish The Doors Smashing Pumpkins Sublime Rolling Stones Incubus Keane Coldplay U2 Days Awake Jack Johnson The Gorillaz

...and secretly
Elton John :)

Movies:

Life As A House The Butterfly Effect A Walk to Remember The Notebook Chasing Amy Big Fish Kill Bill Volume 1 + 2 Romeo+Juliet 50First Dates Along Came Polly The Witches The Beach The Girl Next Door PULSE The Wall The Day After Tomorrow Pulp Fiction The Family Man Road Trip, Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers White Oleander

Television:

i'd rather be outside..
Manasquan Beach, NJ
Pensacola Beach, FL
Cocoa Beach, FL "just you"

Books:

My absolute all time favorite is..

Other great favorites include: Janet Fitch - "While Oleander" Nicholas Sparks - "Nights in Rodanthe"
Currently reading "A Bend in the Road" by Sparks.

Heroes:

Definitely my Dad... and ofcourse any one out that who's made a positive difference in this world and has taken a stand for what they believe in..

My Blog

Springtime Life Update.

As most of my friends know, I've been taking classes towards my RN. I'm almost there! I just completed Nursing 162, a class that consists of a 5 hour lecture and two 4.5 hour hospital clinicals every ...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Sun, 13 May 2007 06:37:00 PST

A change of heart

As most of my friends know, my dad received a new heart from a donor on Friday, April 13th. Days before the transplant without even knowing what miracle was about to occur I had a very meaningful lunc...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:48:00 PST

Eight hours just isn't enough.

Because when i'm working.. there is just so much more I wish I had time to do for people. I wish during my work day, time could pause every now and again... I just got home from another normal day at ...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:17:00 PST

Donate Life

i have been through many situations throughout my lifetime it wasn't until this past weekend that i realized how hard life actually can be. and how important it is, to cherish family.   until tod...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:17:00 PST

words can sometimes be so quiet...

...with a meaning only we ourselves can hear. Hear this poem i once wrote: Reality when i'm not with you, i miss you like a pink rose misses the firey sun. when my lips aren't brushing by yours ...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:48:00 PST

money.. who needs it? / An ode to kate ;)

I think Floyd says what i'm feeling, at best..   Money, get away!Get a good job with more pay and your O.K.Money it's a gasGrab that cash with both hands and make a stashNew car, caviar, four sta...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:27:00 PST

"i forget to forget..nothing is important"

music shapes the soul.. i wish i could be exposed to even more of it than i already am. i was at the diner last night with MyBelle and started forming several poems in my head. For a while there, i w...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:01:00 PST

Free your mind

today's the day. well the first day that i have a double header.. school, then work. i feel fine (beatles tongues) about it, actually. so i sit here now in brookdale's library unwinding for a few mome...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Wed, 17 May 2006 11:17:00 PST

i want you to make love--not war... i know you've heard it before

Love is a flower, you got to let it   ...you got to let it grow - John Lennon     Yesterday i visited strawberry fields. It was such a relaxing experience to lay on a bench and be at p...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Sat, 13 May 2006 11:04:00 PST

sitting in an english garden..waiting for the sun

good day   sunshine good day sunshine, good day sunshineI need to laugh and when the sun is outI've got something i can laugh aboutI feel good in a special way. ...
Posted by Kristen ♥'s Donate Life on Thu, 11 May 2006 01:44:00 PST