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13 years ago @ inprogress - 1 in 4 · 1 reply · +1 points

they were skinny dipping in the lake the day my Dad died on the boat. they literally never grew up. the first question my sisters and I asked mom, after we all settled into the fact he was gone, was "did he have his swim trunks on when the paramedics got there?!?"

13 years ago @ inprogress - 1 in 4 · 6 replies · +1 points

My mom took an approach that made sense to me. She said sex was good and healthy... there was no shame in it... but it's meant for your husband. And by waiting, I was being faithful to my husband - the one I hadn't met yet. I knew about sex and condoms and all that stuff, but I also knew about who I wanted to be and what I wanted my marriage to be. I wanted a marriage like my parents. One of love and commitment and joy and, yes, my parents had lots of sex.

Speaking as a girl who never got married, and in turn never had sex as I waited faithfully for that man, I honestly don't have regrets. People think that's crazy. That I'm crazy. But in being faithful to the "future husband," i was also faithful to myself. I know if I ever would have had sex in any of the relationships I was in, I would have been used. And unfulfilled. And I would regret that. I'm grateful I don't have those emotions to contend with on top of all the other crap I've been dealt.

I don't know the right and wrong answers, but i know that was right for me.

13 years ago @ inprogress - I have an announcement!! · 1 reply · +1 points

beyond words proud. love you, sister. i'm ready when you're ready.

13 years ago @ inprogress - Hunger · 0 replies · +1 points

i get too afraid to be hungry or want, because i know i most often can't do anything about it. it's been weird to have to learn to tame my hunger to meet the conditions of my life.

13 years ago @ Like A Warm Cup of Coffee - Questions From a Reade... · 0 replies · +1 points

i love the part you said about your mom... i found that once i stopped concentrating on what i wanted from my parents and accepted that what i always wanted might not be what they were capable of giving, it allowed me the freedom to appreciate what they WERE giving. it's a hard lesson seeing our parents as human beings rather than the image we've created in our minds of what we need them to be.

13 years ago @ inprogress - He Loves... · 1 reply · +4 points

she's my favorite. she just is. there is no other singer out there with a cd in their pocket whose voice i love more than hers.

13 years ago @ In The Name Of Love - 100 words on memory... · 0 replies · +1 points

i think that's why i've always had an issue with "forgive and forget" ... i think we are supposed to forgive, and learn from our lives, which means we don't forget. if we truly forgive, the forgetting shouldn't matter.

13 years ago @ inprogress - Pig Tails Make Me Want... · 0 replies · +1 points

i don't take crazy photos because i look ridiculous enough in the ones where i'm trying to look good :)

13 years ago @ inprogress - Late night writing ses... · 0 replies · +1 points

YES! i'm excited for the day i start editing a certain someone's chapters. cuz i like you.

13 years ago @ In The Name Of Love - my life as a soap oper... · 0 replies · -1 points

girl, flaunt those jeans and everyone will notice the attitude instead of the denim :) i think it's great that you took a panic moment in the day and made it funny instead of stressful. God is pleased with you, B.

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