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Richard Henry Pratt
Richard Henry Pratt (December 6, 1840 in Rushford, New York – March 15, 1924 in San Francisco, California)[1] is best known as the founder and longtime superintendent of the influential Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Military career[edit]
Pratt's father moved the family to Logansport, Indiana then was murdered during the California Gold Rush. Young Pratt was left to support his mother & two younger brothers. He enlisted in the 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and later served with the 2nd Indiana Volunteer Cavalry and the 11th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry and was mustered out of the Volunteer Service in May 1865. He served the entire Civil War as a volunteer, from private to brevet major, fighting in the battles of Nashville and Chicamauga. After the war, he became a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States - a military society for officers who had served the Union during the Civil War.
After being mustered out of the army, he returned to Logansport, Indiana, and married Anna Mason (he married while home on a recruiting detail and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant eight days later) and ran a hardware store. After two years in the hardware business, he re-entered the Army in March 1867 as Second Lieutenant in the 10th United States Cavalry, an African-American regiment composed of freedman and recently freed slaves famously known as the "Buffalo Soldiers" at Fort Sill in the Oklahoma Territory.
Pratt's long and active military career included eight years in the great plains, which involved participation in some of the signal conflicts with Native Americans of the southern plains, including the Washita campaign of 1868–1869 and the Red River War of 1874–1875.
He was promoted to captain in February 1883; major in July 1898; lieutenant colonel in February 1901; and to colonel in January 1903. He retired from the Army in February 1903 and in April 1904 he was advanced to brigadier general on the Retired List.
Fort Marion and Carlisle[edit]
After the Indian wars subsided he experimented in educating Native Americans, believing that they must be taught to reject tribal culture and adapt to white society. In the 1870s at Fort Marion, Florida, he introduced classes in the English language, Christianity, art, guard duty, and craftsmanship to several dozen prisoners who had been chosen from among those who had surrendered in the Indian Territory at the end of the Red River War.[2]
On November 1, 1879, he founded the Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the first of many nonreservation boarding schools for Native Americans.
Pratt did not regard his innovations at Fort Marion as limited to Native Americans only. He developed the compulsory education paradigm that would be used for many different demographic minorities in the United States and its territories, including African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Latinos, Pacific Islanders, Asian-Americans, and Mormons.[2] He took his pedagogical inspiration from the Puritans.[3]
Cultural assimilation of Native Americans[edit]
Pratt's practice of Americanization of Native Americans by forced cultural assimilation, which he effected both at Fort Marion and Carlisle, was later regarded by some as a form of cultural genocide.[2] He believed that to claim their rightful place as American citizens, Native Americans needed to renounce their tribal way of life, convert to Christianity, abandon their reservations, and seek education and employment among the "best classes" of Americans. In his writings he described his belief that the government must "kill the Indian...to save the man".[4]
Pratt was outspoken and a leading member of what was called the "Friends of the Indian" movement at the end of the 19th century. He believed in the "noble" cause of civilizing the Indians. He said, "The Indians need the chances of participation you have had and they will just as easily become useful citizens."[5] At Fort Marion and Carlisle, he sanctioned beatings to force Native Americans to stop speaking their own respective languages. Later schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Carlisle model were marked by kidnapping and imprisonment of children at the schools, disease, sexual abuse, and suicide.
Nevertheless, Pratt's approach was forward-thinking for its time[citation needed] inasmuch as he regarded Native Americans as being worthy of respect and help, and capable of full participation in society, whereas most of his contemporaries regarded Native Americans as nearly subhuman, who could never be lifted into Anglo Saxon society.
Pratt became an outspoken opponent of tribal segregation on reservations. He believed the system as administered and encouraged by the Bureau of Indian Affairs was hindering the education and civilization of Native Americans and creating helpless wards of the state. These views led to conflicts with the Indian Bureau and the government officials who supported the reservation system. In May, 1904 Pratt denounced the Indian Bureau and the reservation system as a hindrance to the civilization and assimilation of Native Americans. This controversy, coupled with earlier disputes with the government over civil service reform, led to Pratt's forced retirement as superintendent of the Carlisle School on June 30, 1904.
This did not, however, end Pratt's support for Native American causes. A tireless speaker and letter writer, he continued his campaign for fair and humane treatment of the Native American. The legacy of Pratt's boarding school programs is felt by modern Native American tribes, where he is often remembered not as a champion for Native American rights but as leader of a cultural genocide that targeted children.[6][7]
From his home in Rochester, New York, during his retirement years, Pratt continued to lecture and argue his viewpoints, but without great success. He died on March 15, 1924, at the Letterman Army Hospital in the Presidio of San Francisco and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
In the 2005 miniseries, Into the West, produced by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks, Pratt is played by Keith Carradine. His role at the Carlisle School is addressed in the 2008 documentary, Our Spirits Don't Speak English..
See also[edit]
- ^ K.B. Kueteman. "From Warrior to Saint: The life of David Pendelton Oakerhater". Oklahoma State.
- ^ a b c Removing Classrooms from the Battlefield: Liberty, Paternalism, and the Redemptive Promise of Educational Choice, 2008 BYU Law Review 377
- ^ Quaqua Society – Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- ^ Bear, Charla. May 12, 2008, NPR, "American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many". Accessed September 2, 2014.
- ^ Pratt, Richard Henry. Battlefield & Classroom. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. p 215
- ^ Smith, Andrea. "Soul Wound: The Legacy of Native American Schools." Web. 1 Nov. 2010. http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/soulwound.html
- ^ Adams, David Wallace. "Education for Extinction". (1995). University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0838-6
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Richard Henry Pratt
- Pratt, Richard Henry (2004). Battlefield and classroom : four decades with the American Indian, 1867–1904. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3603-0.
- Eastman, Alaine Goodale (1935). Pratt, the Red Man's Moses. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. LCCN 35021899.
- Haley, James L. (1976). The Buffalo War: The History of the Red River Indian Uprising of 1874. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-06149-8.
- Richard Henry Pratt Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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- Richard Henry Pratt Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.


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949 E. 2nd Street
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Glinski, James. Above Tucson then and now. Tucson, Ariz.: JTG Enterprise. c1995.
Aerial photo guide: Tucson and vicinity. [Tucson, Ariz.] : McLain Harbers Co. [1986]
Article about the collection: "His clicking camera chronicled changing community." Arizona Daily Star. May 3, 1992. Page 3E.
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Hegemony is a concept latent in the writings of Marx, Engels and Lenin (Hoffman, 1984), but scholars agree that Italian communist Antonio Gramsci deserves credit for developing it into a sociological theory that reaches far beyond its 19th century meanings of military or economic dominance.
Some of the circumstances of Gramsci's life add insight to his development of hegemony theory. Born Jan. 22, 1891, the fourth of seven children, Antonio Gramsci never quite reached 5 feet tall--the result of a fall from the arms of a servant when he was a toddler, his family said (Rosengarten, 1999). He won a scholarship to the University of Turin, where he first came in contact with the Italian Communist Party. Gramsci joined the party in 1915, eschewing a promising career in academia to become a journalist who wrote political columns and theatre reviews with equal ferocity. His journalism career ended in 1921 when he became a member of the Italian Communist Party's central committee, and from May 1922 to November 1923 he lived in Moscow as an Italian delegate to the international communist congress. Gramsci was arrested in Rome, on Nov. 8, 1926, under laws adopted by Benito Mussolini's fascist-dominated legislature. Along with other Italian Communist Party leaders, Gramsci was sentenced to 20 years in solitary confinement.
The limitations of Gramsci's body and the bars around him, however, never confined his mind. If anything, his humble stature and forced isolation allowed him to gain perspective on how the fascists were able to subjugate the people of his homeland without continual force. Every week or so, friends and family sent him books and periodicals from across the world. In turn, Gramsci sent them the "Prison Letters" that were posthumously published along with his prison "Notebooks" (1971). Both collections alternately brim with loneliness, hope, quotidian details and deep insights into the invisible bondage he called hegemony.
Never in robust health, Gramsci suffered from years of malnourishment, squalid living conditions and nervous exhaustion during--and even before--his imprisonment. Hospitalized under the watch of a prison guard, Gramsci died from a stroke on April 27, 1937. He was 46.
Gramsci's seminal writings on hegemony were piecemeal and often obscure, sometimes intentionally so in order to get them past prison censors. But subsequent scholars have gleaned three principal components of the concept: power, culture, and ideology (Adamson, 1978) (Bocock, 1986) (Gitlin, 1978, 1980) (Williams, 1977).
I present detailed explications of each of these concepts in my dissertation (Dorsher, 1999), but space constraints here force me to summarize the concepts I rely upon by listing the working definitions I synthesized, along with my principal sources:
Power: a relative relationship in which one person or group has the ability to get others to behave in a desired way and can affect their goal accomplishment (Johnson, D., & Johnson, F., 1992, p. 401).
Culture: everything a society communicates among its members in the process of producing, maintaining, repairing, and transforming its reality (Kellner, 1995, p. 12) (Carey, 1975, p. 177).
Ideology: Culture directed by power; i.e., the culture favored and manufactured by society's dominant coalition (Gilbert, 1996, p. 7).
Hegemony: "Ideology writ large" (Hamilton, 1986, p. 7); an iterative process whereby people in power deepen their dominance by using culture to negotiate for the consent of the subjugated (Gitlin, 1980) (Williams, 1977).
Counterhegemony: an alternative process whereby people attempt to gain dominant power by countering, co‑opting, and compromising dominant culture. It is not the opposite of hegemony; it is merely someone else's hegemony — one that has not yet become dominant (Williams, 1977).
Pluralism: the sharing of power among groups in society. It is the opposite of hegemony and counterhegemony (Kweit, M., & Kweit, R., 1981, p. 93).
Cybernetics: a system that uses continuous feedback to control and progressively correct unsatisfactory actions (Wiener, 1950, 1961).
Hegemony online: a cybernetic process whereby people in power deepen their dominance by using online communication to negotiate for the consent of the subjugated (Dorsher, 1999).
The hegemonic process comprises five facets, which are graphically portrayed in Appendix A and are paralleled by the counterhegemonic process. They facets are: (a) making dominance transparent and common-sensical, (b) maintaining status quo, (c) co-opting resistance, (d) negotiating with resisting elements and (e) marginalizing any remaining resistance.
Although they represent a progression, I call them facets rather than steps because not every facet is necessary to subjugate most people most of the time. Some people, however, challenge the hegemony repeatedly, and most people resist it partially at least some of the time.
Of the five, negotiation is the most easily overlooked--yet most essential--element of hegemony. It is through negotiation that the hegemony generates a new layer of consent. Giving nondominant groups part of what they want lessens their resolve to overthrow the dominant class and ultimately strengthens the hegemony. Without negotiation, the hegemony stagnates, progressively suffers entropy, and unwittingly strengthens counterhegemonies, until one of them overthrows it.
It is at the point of negotiation that online communication surpasses all previous media in utility for hegemony. This may not be immediately apparent, because the utopians focus on how the Internet--unlike one-way, mass media--allows its users to easily communicate their concerns and questions to the establishment powers in the media, government, and even business. Also, users have greater control over how they spend their time with this medium than any other. And as a result, the powers that wish to strengthen their hegemony by dominating online media are forced to negotiate with the medium's users.
But just as every other medium was lionized as a liberating force when it was new--only to soon be subtly subjugated as a force for control (Beniger, 1991)--online communication gives established powers the upper hand in their negotiations with the medium's users. The established powers have quickly come to control the vast majority of Web content, using their vast advantages in staffing and technology to, in effect, buy their digital ink by the barrel. Just as importantly, all the direct communication from Internet users yields valuable feedback for Internet publishers, who can quickly implement those suggestions that seem most likely to increase user loyality--and ignore the rest, because they still remain faceless and protected behind the technological veil.
Most uniquely, the Internet's networked architecture lets online publishers silently and cheaply gather a vast stream of passive feedback about the interests and predilections of their sites' users. Through the use of "cookies" and other Web page tracking software, every online move a user makes potentially becomes another bit of data that can be sold directly to advertisers or used to tailor the site's content in ways that attract the biggest or best-attuned audience for advertisers. And in true hegemonic fashion, all of this takes place with the active consent of online users, who are either unconscious of this process, are negotiating for their short-term gains without thinking of the long-term consequences, or are resigned to the outcome.
In answer, then, to my theoretical research question, I conclude that: (a) hegemony is at the nexus of power and culture; and (b) online communication reflects and reinforces the off-line hegemony found in society, better than any medium before it.


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Behind every abortion is a real woman's life and her story. Here are some stories that women have shared. Please consider sharing your own experience by using the form below. Feel free to include your name or share your story anonymously.
"I was 16 years old when I found out I was pregnant. I had been having unprotected sex with my boyfriend for quite awhile and I never really thought I would get pregnant. I was in such a twisted situation, my mind was going crazy. My boyfriend wanted me to have the baby, as well as my mom. Everyone else in my family felt an abortion would be best for me. At the time I was living with my father, so no matter what he had the last word. I had so many mixed emotions about having an abortion and I honesty didn't know what to do. I went to HeartLine Pregnancy Center and got an ultrasound, but I wasn't even five weeks pregnant, so I didn't even actually see a heartbeat. My father was set on me having an abortion so I thought that would be best for me. I started detaching myself from the pregnancy and everything seemed like a dream. I had to wait until I was at least eight weeks pregnant to get my abortion, and the time had come. I was so nervous waiting in that room. I had no clue what to expect. I went into the procedure room and got medicine that made me feel wheezy and out of the world. Laying down on the flat bed was the last thing I remembered. Honestly, the abortion isn't the worst part, it's the thoughts that follow it. I am on the right track now and I am going to be a Junior in high school. Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been like if I had my baby, but at the same time I know I did what was right for me and I am okay with that. I will always have an angel waiting for me." --anonymous
"I just recently found out that I'm pregnant and as a recently single mother of a two year old boy and a one year old boy I've decided that it would be in my (and my boys) best interests to get an abortion. I'm not really sure how I'll feel emotionally afterwards and I think if I never have a girl I'll end up wondering for the rest of my life, but I've just been accepted to college for nursing and I'm trying to get back on my feet. I was dating a guy for about 2 months but after we broke up I slept with my ex which makes the whole thing even more confusing. I know that this is the right decision for me and I plan on having more children eventually but for now its not the right thing for my family. I am aware I may regret it someday but I need to do what's best for myself and my boys. Also, with my last two I had c-sections and am not a good candidate for vbac so there could be a possibility that they would say I couldn't have anymore after this because my babies were so close together and delivered by surgery." --Emma
"I had an abortion two years ago which would make me 20 years old. i had an extremely violent boyfriend who wouldnt let me leave the house well after a certain amount of time. i started getting really sick throwing up all the time couldnt eat but i still had what i thought was a period so i didnt look into it until my friend suggested i take a test and sure enough i was pregnant and i knew right away what i wanted to do. i could never of had that baby. i hated him so much so i had the abortion at 10 weeks 4 days pregnant. i believe i did the right thing but i hid it from everyone. no one knows but that one friend my mom would hate me shes against abortion but it feels good to get it all out." --Kay
"I was 18 and already had a baby when I found out I was pregnant yet again. I was terribly upset and didn't know what to do I didn't think I could cope with having another baby. I had made up my mind and decided I wanted an abortion. I told my boyfriend and he supported me, I decided to tell my sister and two cousins my cousins helped me out alot which was a big help. Me and of my cousins and my son caught a bus upto auckland, we went to the hospital to get consent from the two doctors, the next day was the procedure and I was real nervous I had to go talk to the nurse who was really nice she gave me a pill to take and asked me to go wait in one of the cubicles till the doctor came to get me I then went into the operating room, hopped up on the bed and was then given anthestic. I woke up 40min later in the recovery room, I felt ok just a bit tired, we then went back to our accommodation. Two days after my abortion my breasts filled with milk and started leaking because i was 15weeks pregnant, I sometimes regret it when I see newborns but I then realise it was the best desision." --Kayla
"I had an abortion when I was 24 years old. I was living and working in Europe. I was also about to enter graduate school. I had been really careless with my birth control. The father was a man that I was with for a few years . He still remains to be my best friend and fiancee. There were too many plans we had for the future with travel school and professional life. It was not a matter of health or rape, but a matter based on finances and my mental well being. I felt there were things I needed to do before I have a child. This sounds really selfish, but I knew in my heart that if I were to bring a child into this world that I would not be the best mother I could be. I'd go into old age feeling as though I missed out on what I wanted to do and I feel the child would suffer. Many women would love to throw stones at me for this reasoning, but in my heart I think I did the right thing. I was not ready. I did not have any maternal instinct and I would have been miserable. I am now in my early 30s, have a successful career, have seen much of the world and have a masters degree . I am also going to marry my partner of almost 10 years. I now feel as though I am in a a better place and condition. I took the abortion pill at exactly 5 weeks. It was rather painful, but it only took a couple of days of rest t recover. I had this over with at a very early time. I do not regret my decision." --Heidi
"What I want to say about my abortions is this:
I am glad I had them.
That sentiment is 5 years in the making. I had two abortions in 6 months; it wasn't easy and at the time I had my doubts. But with the gift of hindsight I can say, with complete clarity, that having children would have been a huge mistake. My boyfriend at the time was not a good partner to me. He's not in my life anymore, and I am thankful for that, and aware that it wouldn't be possible if we'd had children together. I moved away from the town I was living in, where there were no jobs. If I'd had children I would be stuck in a town I didn't want to live in making sub-poverty wages. Most importantly in my mind is, I know now that I do not want children, which I wasn't sure about at the time. Getting to that realization without having kids is such a blessing.
I know that there are people out there who would call my relief selfish.
To them I say: I am not a baby making machine. I am not a joyous creator of life goddess-thing. I am a human being and my life belongs to me, not to children that never were, politicians who think it is their business, religious people who think all souls are in their care. Your ire and judgment do not change that I made the most mature decision possible. Without children I am free and sane, and I value that more than I value your opinions." --Kim
"I am a nineteen year old college student. Two months ago I was suddenly unable to eat anything without feeling nauseous; I couldn't do any task without becoming exhausted. I finally took a pregnancy test that was positive. I just knew. From the time I found out what abortion was, I always knew I would have one if I got pregnant before I was ready; so it was no question. But as soon as I found out I was pregnant, I just cried. I was overwhelmed, my body didn't belong to me anymore, I felt out of control. My appointment at planned parenthood gave me such relief. I told everyone in my life very matter-of-factly about my upcoming procedure and I felt powerful, ready, and in control, and I still do. My abortion saved my life. No not in a literal way, but had I not done this, my life would have changed for the worse. I would have a baby and no college degree and over fifty thousand dollars in student loans. It came down to my life or the existence of this parasite and I chose mine. Someone once told me that this time of my life is my time to be selfish and at first I thought I was making a selfish decision but I realized that it was selfish not to. My abortion was the best choice that I have ever made. I didn't have any regret or fear or anger. It made me feel powerful, like I was in control of my own life. Abortion allows women to live by their own terms. Because of my abortion I will be educated, I will make contributions that I could only dream of as a young, single mother. In the words of Molly Crabapple, I had an abortion. I am not sorry. I am not afraid." --Amy Johnson
"Back story: I'm 26. I'm in a steady relationship. I have three little girls, ages 3, 2, and 6 months, all from the same father who i'm in a steady relationship with. We decided not to have any more and scheduled him for a vasectomy. Four days before his vasectomy I found out I was pregnant and told him immediately. Both of our gut reactions was that we did not want another child. Which was very unlike our first three. Our first three kids were very close together and even though its difficult to manage them, abortion was not an option in our minds at any point for child 1, 2, or 3. This time it was different.
Doc visit one: I went to my regular obgyn three days after finding out I was pregnant. I went alone cuz hubby was unable to come with me. I started crying almost immediately as I entered the room. The doctor gave me an ultrasound and told me I was about 5 weeks pregnant. She asked me if we had decided and I said no (even though we had decided to abort). She explained the aspiration procedure which was not what I wanted, I wanted the pill. I expected to be able to get the pill and take it right away. That was not the case. She said the only place that administers the pill in our area is planned parenthood and she highly discouraged it because it left a lot of women with incomplete abortions and also heavy bleeding and cramping that ended them up in the ER. I trust my doctor, but an aspiration abortion was not what I had planned for. So she gave me a week to think about it then come back. Some of the nurses at the office tried to leave hints "what if this is your boy?" or gave me mean looks. Others were very supportive. I left feeling terrible.
Week of deciding: the week of deciding sucked. I woke up feeling different every day. One day I actually bought prenatals cuz I thought I was gonna go thru with keeping the baby. My husband was supportive either way. It was very stressful. I wish I hadn't taken a week to figure it out cuz all I did was flip-flop and put off the decision. I couldnt decide. Some days I wanted it some days I didn't. Towards the end of the week I realized I didn't want either option. I didn't want a fourth child and I didn't want an abortion. I was upset I couldn't just take a magic pill and make it all go away. I was scared of the abortion procedure. But I really do not want a fourth child. Three kids, and being pregnant while juggling infants, is extremely difficult. I felt selfish for not wanting another child. But I finally feel like I have my life together and some independence and I can handle three kids financially. All of that would be up in the air with four. That made me feel guilty. Those are all feelings I had to accept and deal with. I realized that being scared of having an abortion was not worth not dealing with if I really honestly didn't not want a fourth child.
Doc visit two: I went back to the doctor, this time with hubby, to let her know my decision. This time the experience was completely different. I felt stronger having my husband by my side. She did another ultrasound to measure the size and we did not look at the ultrasound. She explained the procedure again. She told me the cost $550 to have it done at their office and she would give me two valium and two pain killers. She told me the cost of having it done at a medical facility so I could have anesthesia if I wanted ($550 doc, $700 med facility, $300 anesthesiologist). My insurance didn't cover it. I decided to go with the office/pain killer procedure. She scheduled it for as soon as she could (unfortunately I had to wait over a weekend) a total of 4 days waiting.
Four days waiting: I was worried I would change my mind. But I didn't. I felt relief that a decision had been made. Sometimes I still wondered and felt stressed about it a little, but for the most part I just felt relief.
Abortion day: I took my medicine one hour before my visit and didn't feel any different at all. My hubby drove me to the doctors office. All the nurses were super nice and one of them turned relaxing music on her phone throughout the whole procedure. My husband waited outside the room. The doctor gave me a shot of local anesthetic and started the procedure. The vacuum thing was loud but it didn't bother me. I just kept my eyes closed and felt minimal discomfort. The whole thing was over in about 20 minutes. I got up to pee afterwards and it didn't hurt at all. She said i'll have some light bleeding for a week or two and then get my regular period in one month. She sent me home with an antibiotic, pain killers, and something else, I can't remember. I walked out of there feeling just fine. Maybe a little sleepy cuz of the valium I think. We actually went to store afterwards and I walked around and felt just fine. Then I came home and napped for about four hours. Now i'm awake, I haven't taken any pain meds (yes, today was abortion day) and I feel good.
Verdict: I did what was right for me and what I think was better for my family. I came to peace with my decision and I don't think it will haunt me at all. The procedure was quicker, easier, and more pain free than I expected. The word abortion is scary and frowned upon and hard to say, and so many negative emotions are attached to it. They say one in three women have had an abortion by age 45. Two of the nurses at my doctors office told me they had them. You'd never know. It's something we suffer in silence. I kind of feel empowered that I was able to make this choice and life through it and life with it. I am happy that my children's attention will not be divided yet again by having another child. I am happy (this may sound selfish but its true) that I don't have to worry about buying a bigger car since basically only minivans can carry 6 people, or move (we have a two bedroom house) or be pregnant again while dealing with three toddlers who need lots of hugs and attention, or have to give birth, or have sore boobs and breasts to pump, or put my husband and myself through another pregnancy where i'm highly irritable and tired and feel like crap all the time. So i'm happy with my decision. I'm good with it and I was SO on the fence, and SO worried and SO scared to have an abortion. But I did it and it was right. So I hope that my story may help someone in the same position. Good luck." -- anonymous
"I have always been pro-choice but when I was put in a situation to decide what choice I had to make it was the hardest decision of my life. I had broke up with my ex before I found out I was pregnant. I was so scared I didn't know what to do, I called him and told him I was pregnant. He was so excited telling me how much he loved me and what not. The next day we went to planned parenthood and took a test, it was positive. I couldn't stop crying. He didn't have a care in the world how I felt as long as he was happy. He kept telling me not to get an abortion that it was against gods will (I'm not a religious person). I went home and all I was thinking was how was I going to raise this baby. I had a part time job at a salon, I still lived at home with my parents, my ex didn't have a job he made money selling I have no idea what. But he kept telling he was going to change he was going to treat me better and get a job to take care of me and the baby so I tried to be how we used to be when we were together. When I finally told my parents they were so hurt and disappointed in me I felt horrible. I knew I had let them down. My father told me to get rid of it, my mother wanted me to marry my ex if I was going to keep the baby. When I told my ex he some how turned the whole situation to being about him. A few days after that I realized how unhealthy my relationship was with my ex. He was going back to his old ways finding ways to make me feel bad about something starting a fight for no reason. I told my parents I wanted the abortion. I knew if I went through with the pregnancy I would be stuck in this relationship living off welfare and not moving on in life. I wanted to tell my ex I had miscarried I was scared of his reaction if I told him about my decision. The clinic I chose to go to had such a kind caring staff they put me at ease. The counseling the clinic provided helped calm my nerves and the counselor helped me realized how unhealthy my relationship was. After the procedure I felt relived I'm going to be honest there are still days where I feel sad, angry at myself, scared but I just keep telling myself I did what was best for me. I'm starting my life all over again and learning to love myself a little more." -- anonymous
"My husband and I have been married for 10 years and have 2 children, ages 6 and 4. After my first pregnancy, I was involved in a brutal car accident that fractured vertebrae and ruptured disks in my back. After undergoing therapy for months, we found ourselves expecting our second child.
We postponed corrective surgery on my spine until after the pregnancy, accepting that carrying to term could cause even more damage to my spine. After a safe delivery and 1 year of breastfeeding, I had my spine fixed, 3 disks fused and a metal support grid implanted and bolted to my spine. I was explicitly told that my back could not withstand another pregnancy, so my husband underwent a vasectomy.
However, 3 years later, I found out I was pregnant during a doctor appointment about significantly increased pain in my back. The hormone that cause your ligaments to relax during pregnancy was wreaking havoc on my implants.
The doctor sat down and explained my options. I did not want to be wheelchair bound. So we planned out a medical abortion.
I was 61 days pregnant when I took the first pill. Being almost to the 63 day mark meant the whole experience might be a little worse, combined with my anemia. This is what happened:
I took the first pill at 10am on a Saturday, and was sent home with antibiotics, painkillers, and instructions. I did not feel nausea or anything.
About noon on Sunday, I took the other 4 pills and laid down to read a book. The first cramps started about 4pm. At about 7:30pm I felt a significant pull in my uterus, then the first of the bleeding started. When I went to the toilet, I was passing lemon sized blood clots, and there was a steady stream of blood into the toilet. I started to feel dizzy, could hear a roaring in my ears, then my vision went black and I woke up on the floor.
My husband helped me to the bed and put a folded up towel between my legs. About once an hour I would feel a tremendous cramp worse then the rest accompanied by a gushing of blood into the towel then a loss of consciousness for a few mins. This lasted until 7am the next morning.
During the night, I drank about 8 bottles of gatorade and kept a steady intake of iron supplements and iron rich foods. By 9am, the bleeding was down to the equivalent of a bad period, and lasted for almost 3 weeks. I was very weak for the 2 days following the weekend, and received a blood transfusion (arranged ahead of time) to combat the blood loss and help regulate the anemia .
I have had no regrets about my decision, nor do I feel depressed. We were being responsible adults and just got thrown a kink by nature. One of his vas deferens had partially re-attached itself, allowing for a minuscule amount of sperm to join the semen. This was corrected before I took the medicine.
Looking back on the experience, I know it was made worse only because of my anemia, but we were prepared for that. I would rather be able to run around and actively participate with the 2 children I have then be confined to a wheelchair, watching my 3 children live their lives." --A.M
"In 1975 I was a virgin at 19. I was naïve. Being 19 in 1975 was like being 13 nowadays. My 43 year old chemistry professor in college seduced me. Because I didn't bleed much when we first had sex, he contended I had had sex with many others before him and told me that he "knew" it had been my father who broke my hymen. I couldn't prove to him that my father was a decent man, a man who had respected my body throughout my life. I couldn't prove to the professor that I was a virgin when I slept with him. In my innocence, I wrote the professor a letter supplicating him to believe me: he was the first. My parents intercepted the letter getting proof I was having sex. They told him they'd tell the dean… that he'd lose his job. In addition, my parents made my life miserable, calling me a whore day and night. The professor proposed. Although my parents really didn't want me to marry him, I ended up marrying him, out of rebellion, infatuation and lack of direction. Within a couple of months I was pregnant and decided to have an abortion. The professor abused me in many ways during our 4 year marriage, but the worst one was when he stole cyanide from the university's lab and poisoned my cat for biting the living room couch and leaving a tiny little hole in it. I finally got out from this nightmare: courage & grace were on my side. In the last 35+ years I have regretted many many times not protecting my cat, but I have NEVER regretted having that abortion. I am very grateful I was able to go to a place where it was done safely and with dignity. Who knows where I'd be if I would have had a child from the psychopath I married. If it wasn't for that abortion I wouldn't have been able to leave him, start my own exploration about who I am as a woman and why I was so attracted to such a hideous person. It was the abortion that opened doors for me so I could bloom and define what I really deserve in my life. 10 years after my divorce, I got everything I dreamt of: a good husband, a career, freedom and a harmonious home… thanks to Roe v Wade." -- Awilda


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His "commitment to Catholic values" does include a strong opposition to abortion, but it also includes being pro-contraception.
Judge John T. Noonan Jr., the 1984 recipient of the Laetare Medal, has accepted an invitation to deliver an address in the spirit of the award at Notre Dame's 164th University Commencement Ceremony on May 17. His speech will be in lieu of awarding the medal this year.
"In thinking about who could bring a compelling voice, a passion for dialogue, great intellectual stature, and a deep commitment to Catholic values to the speaking role of the Laetare Medalist – especially in these unusual circumstances – it quickly became clear that an ideal choice is Judge Noonan," said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of Notre Dame. "This commencement ceremony, more than anything else, is a celebration of our students and their families. Judge Noonan will join with President Obama and other speakers in that celebration, sending them from our campus and into the world with sound advice and affirmation."Since Judge Noonan is a previous winner of the Laetare Medal, we have decided, upon reflection, to not award the medal this year."
In other Obama news that concerns Catholics and abortion - a reporter decided to ask a tough question about Catholics, Notre Dame, and abortion. Obama gave the same fence-straddling answers he has recently and avoided other parts. But, kudos to the reporter who asked difficult questions.
Here is the exchange in full:
Ed Henry?
Q: Thank you, Mr. President. In a couple of weeks, you're going to be giving the commencement at Notre Dame. And, as you know, this has caused a lot of controversy among Catholics who are opposed to your position on abortion.
As a candidate, you vowed that one of the very things you wanted to do was sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which, as you know, would eliminate federal, state and local restrictions on abortion. And at one point in the campaign when asked about abortion and life, you said that it was above — quote, above my pay grade.
Now that you've been president for 100 days, obviously, your pay grade is a little higher than when you were a senator.
Do you still hope that Congress quickly sends you the Freedom of Choice Act so you can sign it?
OBAMA: You know, the — my view on — on abortion, I think, has been very consistent. I think abortion is a moral issue and an ethical issue.
I think that those who are pro-choice make a mistake when they — if they suggest — and I don't want to create straw men here, but I think there are some who suggest that this is simply an issue about women's freedom and that there's no other considerations. I think, look, this is an issue that people have to wrestle with and families and individual women have to wrestle with.
The reason I'm pro-choice is because I don't think women take that — that position casually. I think that they struggle with these decisions each and every day. And I think they are in a better position to make these decisions ultimately than members of Congress or a president of the United States, in consultation with their families, with their doctors, with their clergy.
So — so that has been my consistent position. The other thing that I said consistently during the campaign is I would like to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies that result in women feeling compelled to get an abortion, or at least considering getting an abortion, particularly if we can reduce the number of teen pregnancies, which has started to spike up again.
And so I've got a task force within the Domestic Policy Council in the West Wing of the White House that is working with groups both in the pro-choice camp and in the pro-life camp, to see if we can arrive at some consensus on that.
Now, the Freedom of Choice Act is not highest legislative priority. I believe that women should have the right to choose. But I think that the most important thing we can do to tamp down some of the anger surrounding this issue is to focus on those areas that we can agree on. And that's — that's where I'm going to focus.
Pray for our President.


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I made this shirt for my sister as a Christmas gift. It took a lot of work, but it worth it, because she enjoyed to wear it :) I hoped she liked it, but I wasn't sure untill Christmas eve.
I chose this design, because it isn't very fitted (she couldn't try it), and I remembered some similar items in her wardrobe. I took the Emily pattern as a basic, then I altered it completely. I added a front placket with pintucks and shirring to the front, a mandarin collar, and made gethered, 3/4 sleeves. I added a tiny bow to the sleeve cuffs, because my sister always wears a bow. For doing the alterations I used the steps of making the Stella blouse in Cal Patch's book. With her permission I show you how I did it.
I cut out of the originally white fabric the front bib part, then dyed the other piece to be blue – azzurro, how it's called in italian. This colour looks good on my sister, and good for the office, too.
The inside is very neat, too, for the sides, sleeves, shoulders I used french seams.
I had this thin, tightly wowen white fabric in my stash. I guess it's cotton, nice for shirts and blouses.
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Though lacking in prestige and personality, the 2009 Acura RL is still luxurious and technology-packed. It's a smart choice for value-conscious luxury sedan shoppers.
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Excellent all-weather handling, wealth of standard features, handsome interior, excellent build quality, superb stereo, seamless integration of complex technologies, top-notch crash test scores.
No V8 engine offered in status-conscious class, same power and size as the less expensive '09 TL, so-so fuel economy.
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What's New for 2009
The 2009 Acura RL has been heavily updated. Highlights include a more powerful engine, freshened styling, a revised suspension and new features.
Almost two decades ago, a golden-mulleted Andre Agassi (he wasn't always bald, you know) used his bad-boy tennis image to hawk Canon EOS Rebel cameras. "Image is everything," a smug Mr. Agassi said. This is a lesson Acura's executives should have learned, for around the same time, they decided to rename their flagship sedan from Legend to RL and (unknowingly) send it down a path of increasing anonymity.
While image actually has little to do with a tennis star's skills, it does mean a great deal for the average luxury sedan buyer. The first-generation Acura RL was competent but bland to look at and even less exciting to drive. The second-generation RL that came out for 2005 was a step in the right direction, thanks to a more sporting personality. But even with a trick all-wheel-drive system and wealth of high-tech features, it was still seen more as a dour Pete Sampras than a mullet-man Agassi.
For 2009, Acura is trying again with a heavily revised version of the RL. On the docket is freshened styling, including completely new front and rear ends, a more powerful engine, revised suspension tuning, a quicker-responding AWD system and new features such as traffic rerouting for the navigation system, a USB port for the excellent Bose audio system, improved voice recognition capability and active front head restraints.
The new styling, which Acura says is meant to give the car a more aggressive look, hasn't been much of a hit with our staff. But if you can get past the bagel-slicer grille and bustle-back trunk lid, the new RL has a lot to offer. The new, larger (3.7-liter vs. 3.5-liter) V6 now hits the 300-horsepower mark, and it comes matched to a quicker-responding five-speed automatic transmission with manual shift control, the latter done via steering-wheel-mounted paddles. Acura's Super-Handling All-Wheel-Drive (SH-AWD) system, which enhances handling by sending more power to the outside rear wheel to push the car around a turn, has also been modified for quicker reflexes. There's also a slightly freshened cabin, firmer suspension tuning and bigger tires (18-inch versus the previous 17-inchers).
All told, the 2009 Acura RL continues to be a very smart choice for luxury sport sedan consumers focused on value. We're fond of it, especially since similarly equipped competitors from Audi, BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz can cost upwards of $10,000 more than the Acura. But even with this year's changes, the RL still lags behind much of the competition in terms of prestige. A V8 engine isn't available, and this Acura is going to have a hard time displacing something like a 550i when it comes time to valet. Image isn't actually everything, but for many buyers, it certainly comes close.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options
The 2009 Acura RL is a midsize luxury sedan available in three trim levels: RL, RL Technology Package and the eloquently named RL Technology Package with CMBS. The base RL comes very well stocked, with 18-inch alloy wheels, xenon headlights, 10-way power and heated front seats with driver memory settings, leather upholstery, a sunroof, a keyless ignition, Bluetooth connectivity, steering-wheel-mounted audio controls and a 10-speaker Bose surround-sound system with a six-disc CD/DVD-audio changer, satellite radio and both a USB port and an auxiliary audio jack.
The Technology Package adds adaptive headlights, a rearview camera, a GPS-linked and solar-sensing climate-control system, AcuraLink real-time weather reporting, a navigation system (with real-time traffic and traffic rerouting capabilities), ventilated front seats and voice-command functionality for climate, audio and navigation functions. The CMBS package adds adaptive cruise control, real wood instrument-panel trim and Acura's Collision Mitigation Braking System technology (hence its name).
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The sole engine available in the RL is a 3.7-liter V6 that produces 300 hp and 271 pound-feet of torque. This allows a 0-60 time in the 6-second range, just above par for six-cylinder large luxury sedans. A five-speed automatic transmission with manual shift control sends power to the SH-AWD system. That system has the ability to send varying degrees of torque to each individual wheel to improve handling and wet-weather traction. In terms of fuel economy, the RL has an EPA rating of 16 mpg city/22 mpg highway and 18 mpg combined, which is a little below average for the V6-powered luxury sedan segment.
Standard safety features include antilock disc brakes with brake assist, front-seat side airbags, full-length side curtain airbags, active front head restraints and a stability control system. The optional CMBS can help prevent or minimize a frontal accident by providing warnings to the driver or actually applying emergency braking if a collision seems unavoidable.
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|Fri, 07-05-2013 - 11:53am
Today I am getting a little taste of what it would be like if I were to SAH rather than WOH. I am off work and DH is working.
I am getting the errands done that I usually do Friday evening/weekends. Really enjoyed doing my grocery shopping when the stores were fairly empty. In a bit I am going out for lunch with DD3.
I do realize that it is just a small taste. If I were home full time I would not be doing laundry, grocery shopping or going out for lunch every day and there are some things that I would be doing that I am not today.
|Sat, 07-06-2013 - 10:05am
Evidently having a day off in the middle of the workweek is pretty novel for Empty and gave HER a glimpse of what HER life would be like if SHE were a SAH. Why the need to tear down her perspective about her own life? I don't work a lot of set hours, so being alone and able to run errands or do housework or whatever in the middle of the typical workweek isn't novel for me, either. But it is for a lot of folks who are usually tied to the workplace during typical working hours.
We just found it odd for someone to NEVER have a day off by themselves. Even when you ARE a SAHM (as she said she was), your kids go to school or other places and you have the opportunity to be alone.
|Sat, 07-06-2013 - 11:25am
Are you never off when your dh is working? Just asking because even when I had kids at home (they were in school) I have had days off at home alone to run errands and just be home alone so to me this is not a foreign concept. </strong></p>
Empty didn't indicate that this was the first or only time this has ever happened. Just that it was happening now.
|Sat, 07-06-2013 - 11:35am
|Sat, 07-06-2013 - 11:36am
Empty didn't indicate that this was the first or only time this has ever happened. Just that it was happening now.
To me, "getting a taste" sounds like it never really happened before.
|Sat, 07-06-2013 - 11:37am
Some people do work jobs and hours where a day off in the middle of the work week, with not much to do, by yourself, is rare. One of my sisters has a job like that. I've had things return to me that I mailed to her because she can't have time off to go down to the post office to pick them up.
Understood but Empty has said in the past that some days she doesn't even work a full day.
|Sat, 07-06-2013 - 11:43am
|Sat, 07-06-2013 - 11:47am
Well, clearly she just wrote this post to confuse and confound those who struggle with the concept of other people living realities that are different from their own. Well played, Empty, Well played.
Ummm...no...I am going by what the poster has said in the past. I know many people who work many hours that never get much time to themselves on days that would be working. I wouldn't even had said a word if she had not said in the past she WAS a SAH before AND that she sometimes only works a few hours a day.
It just makes no sense to say that you are getting a "taste" of something that surely sounds like you have had before. Shrug.


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We can all agree on this!on March 14, 2014 @ 10:13 am (Updated: 10:29 am - 3/14/14 )
What's surprising is who else supports this.
Like Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has said, "Texas is a tough on crime state."
The problem began when politicians, eager to be seen as tough on crime began agitating from mandatory sentences, sometimes really mandatory sentences: do the crime, do the time.
Well now, we've learned two things, it doesn't reduce crime, it costs a heck of a lot of money and I guess a third thing too: It can turn a non-violent drug user into a permanently unemployable burden on the taxpayer - or even a ticking time bomb by the time they're released.
So the Attorney General is officially endorsing an idea now supported by the Independent U.S. Sentencing Commission to cut penalties for non-violent offenders.
That's actually nothing new for Holder himself, but what may surprise you is who else endorses the idea.
"We're not a soft on crime state. I hope we get the reputation of being a smart on crime state," said Perry, endorsing an end to mandatory sentencing.
And look who else! Legendary anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist, "This is not some moderate liberal thing, this is getting to punishing real criminals and keeping the cost down so we don't have to loot the American tax payers to fill prisons with people who aren't a threat to other people. But if you leave them in prison long enough, you get additional problems that cost money and cost lives."
Makes sense.
So then you have two bona fide conservatives on the same page as the ACLU which means these changes ought to be adopted anytime now.
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I thought the story on the front page of your Aug. 1 Western Queens edition was deplorable, as it showed protesters trying to influence the government to pass the legislation creating a path to citizenship for about 11 million (or more) immigrants living in the United States illegally ("The elephant in the room / Inside and out: two views on immigration").
Doesn't anyone understand what the word "illegal" means? It's "contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law." How can illegal aliens demand anything? What about foreigners who want to become American citizens and do everything required of them to become citizens legally? Why would anyone want to go through the process of applying for citizenship when they can come here illegally and get the same benefits?
Most of these 11 million illegal aliens (if not all) are receiving free benefits paid for by the tax dollars of American citizens. They receive free food, free prescriptions, free doctor and hospital visits, free eyeglasses, free hearing aids, etc. And all of it is paid for with my tax dollars and the tax dollars of all American citizens.
I am 84 years old and worked at the same job for over 40 years and always paid taxes and I continue to pay taxes. These illegal aliens are receiving free benefits paid for with my tax dollars and since they are undocumented, most do not pay income taxes. What are they giving to this country? Nothing! And yet they are taking everything they can — for free. And they have the audacity to make demands and expect to receive more benefits than American citizens.
I have to pay for my food, prescriptions and doctor/hospital visits. I was told recently that I needed a hearing aid and it would cost $4,000. And yet, an illegal alien can get a hearing aid and pay nothing for it. My taxes will be used to pay for that hearing aid. Where is the justice in that?
Something must be done about this travesty of justice, as this country is suffering from its financial position. What would happen if 10 million more aliens wanted to come here illegally? Should we also allow them to do so and automatically make them legal American citizens? When is it going to stop? Illegal aliens want to change this country to be like their own and yet they do not want to stay in their own countries.
The politicians know what is going on but are afraid to say or do anything about it. Such a shame.


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My first date is a nice movie then a dinner after that a nice walk in the park just to get to know you
I'd love to cuddle or just hold a deep intellectual conversation.
To get to know each other and have fun, it doesn't matter what we do
First date idea. I will like to be a public place , probably park, movies, restaurant for dinner. Just the two of us getting to know each other. And probably end it with a kiss
I believe a first really depends on what you and your date are interested in. Anywhere that you can converse comfortably is the best.
I prefer to let my date make the decision
Hunting, fishing, going to the movies and out to eat! I really like to cook so I could make dinner and we could watch a movie at the house.
I'm not really an outdoors or sports lover....but I'm open to enjoying anything as long as I am enjoying the company I'm in.
Well we all have our fantasy date scenarios but the best date is the one which you don't plan but which just happens .
Drinks and conversation then FUN!
Depends I'm kinda random. But some where fun we can talk
Open to new ideas..
Long drive somewhere..
Dinner and a walk..
Whatever we would come up with!! Dinner and a movie with a little fun in the movie!!
have a bike to travel no matter where or when
it is romantic I think
Beach walks
Private fun? ;)
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major breaktrugh had happened, with the help of several key books and authors. For Wour Own Good, Your Own Worst Enemy, Learned Optimism, Emotional Inteligence, New Earth, Stroke of Insight… all of them together finally got the message trough.
the message is simple yet revelation to me: i make my own climate so i better make it good; i can switch my focus for the better; character chan be built; it is O.K. to have more gifts than be able to express; today is another day!
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major breaktrugh had happened, with the help of several key books and authors. For Wour Own Good, Your Own Worst Enemy, Learned Optimism, Emotional Inteligence, New Earth, Stroke of Insight… all of them together finally got the message trough.
That is Selgman's book… I had some hopes until I realised that it all boils down to changing my internal monologue.
New twist from this book is that there is no need to deeg deep, to discover layers and all that stuff, and that depression is no more than sum of its symptoms. So according to the book, there is no need to heal my adulthood by healing my childhood and past traumas and yada yada.
Will see. For now, I discovered aporia in its full glory. It hit me hard like 35 years ago. And realised I was in ilusion when I had thought I was on my path towards somewhere. There is no road, hence no aporia. Nowhere to go, besides where I already were before, so it is in me already; no need for salvation. It is already done, all that. Full circle. Full stop.
Waiting for my horoscope to change, to catch new wind (or new illusion of) since life is envitable anyway.
This morning after I watched Jacqui in Extreme Makeover: Weighloss Ed. (I am huge fan of Chris Powel and I watch this show to witness the miracle of transformation is possible), it occured to me that all my clutter is no different from the excess weight, the only difference being I not carry it around on my body but instead I surround myself with it in my home, that is my outer body sort of, too.
I allways beleived how liberating would it be to let go all that clutter and than I would be able to do all that wonderfull stuff that I am prevented from doing by all that clutter and by my all decluttering efforts that prevent me from even leaving the house, except for work.
This morning it struck me that it is actually the other way around: I built this walls in purpose, to prevent me from doing all that!!!
Now I even can't find my decluttering goal to post this, so I am posting it here.
It was dream that helped me realise that issues I thought I had solved, are only supressed.
Some strange releif, though. Knowing there is a reason behind all this challenging times. Solves nothing but for me, knowing the reason means a lot. Gives illusion of control, puts me into drivers seat again. Now I can regroup and rethink what can I do regarding this. Planning phase is allways uplifting. It is afterwards, when expectation and pressure to follow-trough increase, that is… ugh… not so uplifting.
It was what I had perceived as betrayal, I have managed to let it go e.g. let go the hope that my past could had been different(as Oprah says), and got that person out of my head. At least it was what I had thought. In fact that person become "my head" e.g. my behaviour towards myself become one huge betrayal. Since my most inner self is mirror image of that person… apple don't fall far from the tree and stuff… it was so easy to slip into that rut. To receive the torch and continue the neglect.
I interviewed 4 of my archetypes following questionarre from the book and it was very intresting. This is very intresting work but it looks as very advanced. I would be better off by regular meditation, EFT, clearing samskaras. Those few times when I did it, it made profound impact.
There is no sence wallowing in all same all same. Maybe I could put some of it behind. I need to be able visualise my goals instead of being intimidated. I need to be in command of my moods. A little bit of breathing and discreating and EFT that I did, helped.
And, I noticed this: whatever I do, it feels hard to stop. Be it working or surfing or switching channels, I tend to beat the dead horse. But that is only the obsessive feeling – it has no substance. I can breathe, wake up from it, and do something else. It is weard. It is like I use present moment activity to hide from present moment. What is in present moment to hide from?
Not depressed but obsessed. That is really different animal. Not that depression is gone, it is more that I switched attention to other things. Now I realize doing stuff is no better that not doing stuff, it is underlying feeling that changes it all.
Was it this morning, I payed attention to The Observer and got stunned of her condition. Gee I was oblivious to myself most of my life (exactly as adults in my life were oblivious to myself). Sometimes it was good, it developed to save me from pain and it worked. But it saved me from my life, too. I want to relax my shoulders. I want to start doing what is my purpose, at least to the extend I am aware what it is. I need to unlearn so many things. Like a dog in that experiment that learned to avoid striped floor, I learned to avoid activities that I enjoy and to be scared instead. Nobody will came and yell at me any more, what is this fear about? I want to change gears and jump right into it, and I know what it is. It is good that my inner workaholic still rocks, haven't seen her for quite a while. Now I only need to gently turn her into direction that is the most important now, that I fear the most, and could enjoy the most.
This is not it.
Yesterday I managed to feel better, until I discovered I lost my earring that is precious to me. There are losses in life, I can't base my happines on lack of losses. This is simply too much after everything that had happened.
I want to stop suffering for things that are out of my control. I need totaly differend paradigm of living.
I need to focus on my strenghts instead of weaknesses.
And, I want to stop suffering for things that are in my control, too.
Until that happens, I need to start doing everything that would help me. There are many tools I just need to use them.
I know I have a good life. I don't necesserily have to feel that too, if I don't. I love how the girl in X-factor, when she didn't pass, said "This wasn't my day."
There are good and bad days (months… years….). Oh my. So be it.
I become aware that service provider (for instance medical doctor) knows what I want based on her expertise. But she can't! That beleif caused things that happened. I am the only one who knows what do I want. It is my responsibility to make others known with it.


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[nickki swift] - Miss you Scott Mckay Y.N.W.A xxxx
[marion thompson] - my last words to my daughter see you soon sweetheart.... 5 years today...<3
[monica carolina padilla] - My last words. To my mother ...7/4/09
[sarah treweeks] - I never said goodbye to my Mom or Dad either - I said 'see you later', and I will <3
[carl spate] - words do help lol
[holly tanguay-wall] - Miss you Danny wall. It's been 9months feels like a lifetime.
[janine balou] - Never got to say goodbye to my mom 01/06/2013 :'( I miss you so much MoM
[myriam el hayek] - It was never a good bye .....
[julie fernandez] - RIP Raymond Villarreal <3 <3
[melissa faulk mccullough] - The last thing I said to My Brother was I love you,he said I love you to girl ,Wish I knew it was going to be the last time we ever talked.
[pamela snow-pingel] - The last words I said to you Michelle Lewis Steinkruger..were similar to these...I will see you again dear daughter..and I too will join you among the angels..love you always and forever....Mother :) !
[mary webb] - Oh my goodness... so close to home for me! Yes, pops, until we meet again, big guy. <3
[linda salvail sheleretis noriega] - I only got to say goodbye to my little sister. Wish I had been able to say I Love you to my Nana, Mom And Dad. I Love and miss you all. <3
[darlene anderson coleman] - i love you dearly my beloved husband eddie .i know i will see you again and will be you again!till we meet again!!
[tracey fleming] - What a lovely verse. Goodbye is so final, but if you believe you'll be together again there's no need to say goodbye. I believe it's a cheerio for the time being xox
[wanda myers gann] - RIP mother and Dad ❤
[jo telfer triffitt] - beautiful words and how true .... I'll see you both again Mum and Dad ... keep having fun together <3 xox
[barbara guidry] - So true! MISS my mom and sister so much, but yes, we will be together again!
[connie leach] - Yep, thats how it was. So very true.
[velma perez] - MISS U SON......in mommy's heart forever my J.J
[risa lombardi] - I held your hand til the end , I miss you D
[mary owens] - True for me, I didn't say "Goodbye" to my brother Butch. I said "I Love You," and held him and kissed him, then he took his last breath saying "Sis." I will NEVER say "Goodbye"! Sis loves you and misses you so much little brother. :'( <3
[jamie bianchi] - I Love you mom and dad....until we are together again...
[robyn figarelli vogt] - happy birthday mom!
[tammy davis reichling] - Someone once told me never say good-bye say see ya later...<3
[louise dole] - Aww that's so lovely!! Xx
[connie stroud crist] - Mary Ann love you sis.<3
[susie hernandez] - tio the day i saw u in the hospital i told u i wanted to see u dancing again because thats how i remember u always happy singing dancing and i told u i loved u
[billy huckaby] - Never goodbye not even farewell;JUST LATER........
[jeanette serna] - Lacie...death and missing someone ...there is nothing humorous about that...
[jeanette serna] - Till we meet again" Dad"
[marguerite jones] - Amen>see you later my dear.....
[kimberly iverson] - See You Again Amie...Love You My Daughter My Angel <3
[melanie sacco] - Mom and Dad. Love and miss you so much. <3
[jemma lea lane] - Love u granny,granda,big bro ad darren until we meet agean xxx
[belinda lambert harwood] - Beautiful for my daddy!!! <3
[denise williams] - I told you I Love You from when I met you until death do us part and now when I think of I still say I Love You. Bert you are alwas in my heart and We will alwas say I Love You.
[debbie chase] - Love you my son Subby
[julie jones was roberts] - This is for my dad. Love you xxxxx
[debbie smith] - Love you my son Jamie....
[clarene allgaier] - I told my daughter "Close your eyes...when you open them, we'll all be together again in Heaven". We're told it will be in the blink of an eye. I LOVE you Kristina.
[lori marinone] - Til we meet again my Precious Mother.
[roberta dias] - Beautifully scripted! One never says Good-bye, only We will meet again in Paradise! "Love Is, Never Having To say Good-bye!"
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only for now
Cuz there is no end
Don't know how, but
I KNOW that somehow...
[ceci gabel] - That's exactly what I dId when my husband took his last breath. That's beautiful.
[jenny bourland] - THAT'S JUST WHAT I DID
[melanie koslow] - THis is exactly what happened that night. Dad. Miss you.
[sharon surplice] - My dad an 2 bros miss u all
[amy jo flora grabowski] - Wow Greg that is making cry... I miss my mom
[cameliaandchristy mcdonagh] - ill c u again hun <3Missing Loved Ones: "I Never Said Goodbye" ♥ Please SHARE ♥ - 50th Comments
[keith ray blakley] - My dad And all family who have went home to god in heaven amen
[cheryl sharp] - I will see you again joe
[cindie gifford] - I did this 25 yrs ago tomorrow for my dad. Than 20 yrs ago today for my mom
[susan white fisher] - Missing my Glenny
[shirley baird-bolton] - No I didn't get to say good-bu
[shirley baird-bolton] - bye, you left suddenly. But now I know why.
[barbara reidy] - Wait for me at the Pearly Gates, Larry. We will be back together one day and then we'll stay together for eternity. I love and miss you soooo much!
[ellie baltzer] - Miss my mom soooo much !!!!! :(
[mary welsh] - I just this exact same thing with my Grandma last night she passed away early this morning when I went home to shower, my uncles were with her and told her its okay you can go.
[anita lira-hall] - So true...Dad will be gone 1yr soon...i know i'll see him again!
[pam brown] - That is so true. The last me and my dad said to each other was I love you. So glad it happened that way.
[denise watkins] - The last words Mac said was " I love you" to my mother
[gaurav thakkar] - still waiting for u n never said goodbye. see u soon my child.
[betty arambula] - That's exactly what I did when my daughter took her last breath. I miss you so very much & I know one day we will be together. I also miss & the rest of my family. Love you so very much.
[margie zornes hopkins] - I love my Family so very much
[cheryl trulove] - That was the last thing I got to say to my son, he was murdered later that nite. But I know that one day the circle will be closed when the whole Family will be reunited in Heaven. Thank you Father for the Grace you have given me that lets me make it through every day. <3
[peggy belline] - good bye daddy i know you knew i was there love ya
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[kate banton] - thankyou so much for this site. its really helped me and my family to communicate our feelings and bring us together after our daddio died xxxx
[barbie kaeder] - Nor do I have any intentions to....
[soumitra mondal] - I also loved my family & i parry my family alowas happy.
[anita delisle] - Kristen ...it's hard to believe its almost been a year since you left us. Love you always...til we meet again.
[joan dorothy evans] - i'lll never say goodbye only till we meet again