YAAAAH!! LUCKY 13!!! Hell yeah!

BTW I hope everyone saw the moon tonight cause it was super awesome! (Thanks Rachel and Justin for pointing it out to me! I really should have learned by now to look to the stars much more often! I will try to remember this time!)

ANYWAYS!! My DZ sister Rachel and her old roommate and I all went and got pierced. Well me and Rachel got our tongues done and I got another earring. So I got everything I wanted and I will be done with piercings. I really am out of things to pierce. LOL. But thank you sooo mcuh Rachel for an awesome night!! I really enjoyed driving around and talking with you!! It really was great!

And Tara and the other sisters that have spoke to me, THANK YOU! Also a THANK YOU to the girls who let me know what I missed from class today! I was so sick with a migraine, I could barely walk back to my apt to go to bed! It shows you have true caring and are compassionate, and words cannot express how much I truly appreciate it. Its comforting to be reminded that even in the turmoil of a tornadoI still have a safe haven to rely on.

ALSO: THANK YOU to everyone who came to FLAME TO FIRE to support me or help out, and even those who went cause they had to! And I have to give a huge standing ovation to those who spoke and shared their stories. If everyone in this world was as couregous and as strong as you all were we would literally astound ourselves. YOU are the ones making the difference. You are not the drop in the water, you are the flame lighting the other candles to form our fire of resistance. You all are so inspiring. It is amazing to see a rose grow out of the concrete. Not only grow but florish more beautifully and radiant than any garden flower would ever be. Thank you for your strength.

And for anyone else who has expirienced violence or knows someone who has, there are many places here to help. I have all the contacts and I would love to do ANYTHING I can. Just let me know, or leave a note and I can post information. No one has the right to make you feel that you do not deserve what you want. I wish you the best of luck and strength. My prayers and thoughts are always with you, even if I may not know who you are.

If my last entry was out of line, it is only because I was incredibly hurt and angry. However, I make no apologizes for what I said, not will I. I know that two wrongs do not make a right. But my response is what it is, and I will stand by it. Just the same, I do not have the time, interest, or patience for such petty quarrels. Nor has it ever made sense to me to register wrongs or nurse anomosities. Even through my frustrations, hurt feelings, and anger I will TRY remember my patience and disapline to not do either. I say over and over LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY WITHOUT JUDGEMENT IN YOUR HEART. Compassion and love must always be formost in your mind. When you hate those who have wronged you, only destroy yourself. And I refuse to allow anger and hate in my heart.

-kln-

"People can take everything away from you. But they can never take away your truth. But the question is... can you handle mine?"
"There will come a time in your life when you have to stand up for what you believe in. And sometimes you have to stand alone."
"It has never made sense to nurse anomosities or register wrongs."