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	<description>My motley identities are giving me a wedgie</description>
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		<title>By: One Female Canuck</title>
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		<description>4 Comments:
 Mo said... 
I too have walked through the valley of the shadow of myself. Thank God I had good friends to keep my spirits up or I wouldn&#039;t have come through the other side with my sanity intact.

I love your smile.

Sat Dec 17, 01:30:00 AM   
 just a girl said... 
Mo -- It&#039;s strange isn&#039;t it...what small experiences and our minds can do to our spirits. I find that the more creative people are much more inclined to this sort of sadness...

And depending on the situation, you can be completely filled with sadness - as was the case with me - leaving me lethargic &amp; crying for absolutely no reason, none... I didn&#039;t understand it, and I still sort of don&#039;t, but I&#039;m dealing, slowly, slowly, slowly, and at least the sadness is nearly gone. There was what felt like a pit in my stomach for the past maybe month, just completely filled with this emptiness and I had to remind myself to breathe. 

I don&#039;t know, I guess the bottom line is that even when people we love and cherish die, we eventually move on; and so the solace in that is our minds are capable of immense things. And regardless of what the trauma / tragedy is that brings on the sadness and want for isolation, it too eventually becomes a memory...hopefully, even a good one.

I love your smile too, darlin&#039; :)

m xo

Sat Dec 17, 09:56:00 AM   
 just a girl said... 
leaving me lethargic &amp; crying for absolutely no reason, none... 

Actually...that&#039;s not quite true. I knew exactly why I was crying. I think it&#039;s more clear to write: I couldn&#039;t stop crying, no matter what I did. I just couldn&#039;t stop, and I would start crying at the strangest moments. But, I knew exactly why I was crying; there was a definite cause.

&amp; yes...thank God for girlfriends. Thank GOD for &#039;em.
m xo

Sat Dec 17, 10:02:00 AM   
 Lisa said... 
Awww, *huggles* girl. Been there too. I describe it as &#039;someone hip-chucked my aura&#039;.
Friends, chocolate, flannel jammies, and trashy B movies help...and making funny faces at yourself in the mirror.
Sorry you had to wade through the sludge for a month or so. Let me know next time. I&#039;ll lend you my hip-waders. ;)
L

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class='eg-image' style='float:right; margin-left:10px; display:block; width:80px' ><img alt='' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8716605c4feb9e729062fa335bb1d492?s=80&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2Fuse.perl.org%2Fimages%2Fpix.gif%3Fs%3D80&amp;r=X' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' /></span>4 Comments:<br />
 Mo said&#8230;<br />
I too have walked through the valley of the shadow of myself. Thank God I had good friends to keep my spirits up or I wouldn&#8217;t have come through the other side with my sanity intact.</p>
<p>I love your smile.</p>
<p>Sat Dec 17, 01:30:00 AM<br />
 just a girl said&#8230;<br />
Mo &#8212; It&#8217;s strange isn&#8217;t it&#8230;what small experiences and our minds can do to our spirits. I find that the more creative people are much more inclined to this sort of sadness&#8230;</p>
<p>And depending on the situation, you can be completely filled with sadness &#8211; as was the case with me &#8211; leaving me lethargic &#038; crying for absolutely no reason, none&#8230; I didn&#8217;t understand it, and I still sort of don&#8217;t, but I&#8217;m dealing, slowly, slowly, slowly, and at least the sadness is nearly gone. There was what felt like a pit in my stomach for the past maybe month, just completely filled with this emptiness and I had to remind myself to breathe. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know, I guess the bottom line is that even when people we love and cherish die, we eventually move on; and so the solace in that is our minds are capable of immense things. And regardless of what the trauma / tragedy is that brings on the sadness and want for isolation, it too eventually becomes a memory&#8230;hopefully, even a good one.</p>
<p>I love your smile too, darlin&#8217; <img src='http://www.onefemalecanuck.com/content/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>m xo</p>
<p>Sat Dec 17, 09:56:00 AM<br />
 just a girl said&#8230;<br />
leaving me lethargic &#038; crying for absolutely no reason, none&#8230; </p>
<p>Actually&#8230;that&#8217;s not quite true. I knew exactly why I was crying. I think it&#8217;s more clear to write: I couldn&#8217;t stop crying, no matter what I did. I just couldn&#8217;t stop, and I would start crying at the strangest moments. But, I knew exactly why I was crying; there was a definite cause.</p>
<p>&#038; yes&#8230;thank God for girlfriends. Thank GOD for &#8216;em.<br />
m xo</p>
<p>Sat Dec 17, 10:02:00 AM<br />
 Lisa said&#8230;<br />
Awww, *huggles* girl. Been there too. I describe it as &#8216;someone hip-chucked my aura&#8217;.<br />
Friends, chocolate, flannel jammies, and trashy B movies help&#8230;and making funny faces at yourself in the mirror.<br />
Sorry you had to wade through the sludge for a month or so. Let me know next time. I&#8217;ll lend you my hip-waders. <img src='http://www.onefemalecanuck.com/content/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
L</p>
<p>Sun Jan 01, 12:16:00 PM</p>
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