I assure you though of this, finding good friends, whether you see sparkles or not, you'll never regret the joy and even the little times you may have fraught will pass. For in you, my friend, a gem I have found. The following poem in the picture is featured twice in the lord of the rings. If I missed a portion, my apologies but the above poem is all me to a friend who constantly inspires me. Read more...

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Christian Hommel and I met through an exchange program. He came and visited America from Germany well over a decade ago as an exchange student. He didn't live with my family, although we did host multiple exchange students, but we became long time friends. We where much closer pen pals in my early pre-teens and some what lost touch in my college years but Facebook recently reconnected us. He and I have traveled similar paths in life over vast...

I've wondered from time to time if some people follow me just to put up hate mail, or comment every time I do something they don't like. I don't intentionally go out into the world to piss people off. It doesn't stop people from complaining about my occasional typos or bad grammar. Nor does it stop someone from telling me they hate my design skills. On occasion I've been told I'm everything from pretty, to ugly, to stupid or that I just look...

Would you be interested in writing a post for my site or for AgencyCouture.com? If you are you'll be allowed to also add a two sentence paragraph at the end of the post promoting yourself and/or services. This wouldn't cost anything and would benefit both of us. Make sure your post is between 200-1000 words. Please get in touch with me first to discuss topics. You also need to review the post thoroughly for spelling and grammar. Would you...

I wrote the following post to Elizabeth Gilbert and was originally posted on the Eat, Pray, Love Facebook page. Just thought anyone following my trip may also be inspired by it: This movie is incredibly inspirational. I saw it in theaters in September when it first came out. Was at Icon VIP theater, so got to sit in comfy chairs with a bottle wine with my best friend. Loved the movie. Walked out of there with a bigger outlook. Two...

au·then·tic adj \ə-ˈthen-tik, ȯ-\ a : worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact <paints an authentic picture of our society> b : conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features <an authentic reproduction of a colonial farmhouse> Definition of AUTHENTIC 1 obsolete : authoritative I've become addicted to Emily's blog, InLivingCulture.com, her writing is simple and genuine....

Well I guess I've already started this post off on the wrong foot being that I fully intend to be the jackass in this post. I get a lot of nice tweets, comments and emails but every so often I get someone who hates the material, medium, my grammar or just wants to be a jerk. Today I got this: jon (email address removed to protect the uninnocent) gave private feedback from ...

Let me preface this post by saying I love Listia.com it is a fun place to visit and find freebies. I just think people today have become a little rude, picky and bitter. Some of these people are the online trolls wondering around YouTube who degrade other people's work. Other people are the ones who nit pick blog articles, but never take the chance by writing their own posts. I understand it's important to hold people to high standards,...

This post is in response to a post from Invisible Children: Discuss: putting Band-Aids on the developing world…literally photo credit:  Dave Chidley In this article from the Guardian’s Katine Chronicles, the author raises a question that is constantly on the minds of IC Uganda staff:  Who is (and is not) qualified to help people in the developing world?  Gulu is a hub for development in northern Uganda.  As such, it attracts a...