tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23673714974239024002024-02-19T01:40:03.545-08:00Miss HollywoodMiss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-65357729749464487112023-12-31T13:37:00.000-08:002023-12-31T13:40:51.368-08:00Nourish<p> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 29th Anniversary of My Motherโs passing was more difficult at times this year than recent years. Maybe it was because this was the second year in a row of not traveling to see my family for Christmas. Still, we headed out to the Village Inn for an early morning Christmas breakfast. They sat us on the near empty side of the diner where the rising sun was blazing through the windows despite some lightweight shades. I almost wanted to move. But I just squinted a bit and </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">noticed a couple of single diners in the booths by the kitchen. A middle-aged man wearing a Santa hat smiled at me in the distance. We settled in, and I started taking selfies with my coffee cup. โ๏ธ</span></i></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i>The sun kept bothering my eyes, so I put on my sunglasses for a bit. Then it dawned at me that the bright sun was a sign from Mama. The sunโs rays were fiercely bright when she left us that sunny Christmas Day. Remembering that memory, I took a picture of the sun blazing through the window at the diner.</i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i>We ordered off the senior menu to save a few bucks and get lighter portions. But the portions turned out to be very generous! <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">๐ฅ</span></i><i>My pancakes were big and fluffy, so I only ate half of one pancake plus my scrambled egg. All the while, the man with Santa hat kept catching my eye and smiling. I smiled back. <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">๐ ๐ผ</span></i><i><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i><span>I started telling Steve Christmas stories when he complimented me on my vintage Christmas pins on my coat and top. One lapel pin was a beautifully lit candle</span><span> with holly at the base. I began telling Steve how Randy and I had a pact that the first one to wake up in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve or the wee hours of Christmas morning would wake the other one up to head downstairs to peek at the presents. We would pretend to be just like the father in the โThe Night Before Christmasโ book and each carry one of Mamaโs vintage candlestick holders with cream-colored candles down the stairs. The site of the Christmas tree with all the presents filled us with such excitement and happiness and Pure Magic! A Warm & Fuzzy feeling only felt at Christmas! ๐๐๐๐๐ </span></i></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i><span>We would carefully move all the packages around, jiggle the contents, and try to guess what was inside then delicately put everything back the way we thought it originally looked. </span></i><i><span></span><span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i><span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i>Suddenly, I burst into tears sharing this story with Steve, rapidly glanced around, and hoped no one else noticed. It took me a bit to regain my composure, but dabbing my eyes, I finished my breakfast then inspected the bill. Not too bad ordering off the Senior Menu! ๐ When the server brought me my To Go box for my heaping portions, she told us the bill had been paid by the man by the back booth next to the kitchen. The same man with the Santa Hat who kept smiling at me knowingly. Once again, I burst into tears! <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ</span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i><span> </span><span>But the mysterious man was no where in sight! ๐ ๐ผ</span></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i><span>โ</span><span>He has a YouTube channel,โ she said. We asked the name of the channel, and she did not know. </span></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i>We asked other servers if he was a regular, and no one recognized him. </i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><i><span>My tears continued. I wanted to blurt out to them about how much this meant to me since my mother had passed on Christmas Day, but</span><span> I did not want to make any of the staff sad. So instead I added that the year was tough, and his generosity was so appreciated. We took some pictures by the tree then headed outside.</span></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A</span><span style="color: #050505;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">homeless man draped in a blanket immediately approached me in the parking lot ~ I handed him the box, gently adding, โMerry Christmas ~ God Bless You!โ <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">๐๐๐๐ฅ</span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #2b00fe; 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outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Feed</a></span> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ง๐ปโ๐๐ฅ๐ณโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span><i style="color: #ff00fe;">โWe </i><i style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;">are the music makers,</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: times;"><i> and we are the dreamers of dreams." </i></span></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span><span style="color: #ff00fe;"> -Willy Wonka</span><span style="color: #050505;"> </span></span><span style="color: #050505;"> </span></i></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5PPwxbIuM8SX2bnPbu8zUewkP8ZX8tIXfXuW2yugnpI-ZCSHLa9TEg2V7Dqc27cdTVGPQEBxTerE5_Z-3ID_Ls7NfzkWhhjOJggEWwHR4hLILpHeIEHkFY2lWpvQCdQNu8ZSQYGtj-oe535QVQ8MPxY4KSnoDWVajI0ovQgz1DRkv7gPkFM2JI1HUNU7/s830/4E10E6E0-B3BA-4D84-A7E2-E798E5893470.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="830" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5PPwxbIuM8SX2bnPbu8zUewkP8ZX8tIXfXuW2yugnpI-ZCSHLa9TEg2V7Dqc27cdTVGPQEBxTerE5_Z-3ID_Ls7NfzkWhhjOJggEWwHR4hLILpHeIEHkFY2lWpvQCdQNu8ZSQYGtj-oe535QVQ8MPxY4KSnoDWVajI0ovQgz1DRkv7gPkFM2JI1HUNU7/s320/4E10E6E0-B3BA-4D84-A7E2-E798E5893470.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: times;"><b><i>I Remember Mama</i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: times;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: times;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: times;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: times;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: times;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: times;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div></div>Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-62904120892364248042022-03-30T16:51:00.005-07:002022-03-31T09:00:49.571-07:00I Always Wondered How I Would Feel<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"> I always wondered how I would feel.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">To receive the news.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">That he was gone.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">She said she thought I should know.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">He was sick, and he was dying.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">The Bad Man is dying.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">My life flashed before me in that moment in time. My four years of terror, my four years of fear, my four years of pain ~ A Sad Existence ~ The Atrocity that was once my life.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">I felt void of feeling in that moment in time. Then a twinge of pre-tears. And then nothing all over again.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Eventually relief of some sort. He will never be able to find me now.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">For eight months, I googled the obituaries of the Sierra Foothills.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">For eight months, I wondered if she would tell me he was gone.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">I did not want to ask.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">I travelled very far to clear out the storage over and over again these past two months. The process was slow, and I am still not finished. For I found journal after journal with such horrifying, raw incidents of abuse. I found microcassette tape after microcassette tape documenting the abuse from harassing voicemails to my own live audio journal. This time I could not listen. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">The rusted edge of my gray spiral notebook reminded me of how long ago I endured this terror ~ this travesty ~ the crisp pages from 21 years ago documenting the stalking, the abuse, the reconcilation, the break-up ~ over and over again. I tried so hard in those early days to get free. I prepared privately with the advocates for three more years after that first year together ~ as the abuse escalated each year like clockwork ~ an annual upgrade to all the pain ~ all the humiliation ~ all the degradation endured by me.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">The horrific examples of cheating followed by the first physical violence actually being inflicted by her ~ the other woman who suddenly wanted him back after he had his hold on me. The terrifying memories of those pages built the foundation of my blog, and the stories typed up in a frenzy were practically an exact duplicate of those words unseen in 21 years. I was horrified to read that he told me his male friends wanted to drag me down the driveway by my pony tail after that violent incident with the other woman. For I was to blame for being kicked so hard on my leg ~ blow after blow after blow ~ that the bruises were there for weeks ~ from ripe purple to banana yellow ~ all documented by the Walnut Ave Womenโs Center with an old polaroid camera ~ faded images in a dusty file in an attic somewhere now.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">The purging, the packing ~ reliving the horror of those days ~ led to vivid nightmares at night. The Bad Man came calling in my dreams. I sensed the time was near.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">I googled the obituaries today. And there it was. Born October 4, 1948. Died March 14, 2022.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">He was finally gone. Out of my life forever. The terror is over. He can never find me now.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQINSjgz02ZbrJHp8PL6IvsTIJ2qG9qrmWwvb93oNuA6shquCp6AEtwV_wPkePYmbm4b65UyA0mmzFRkYSjeS3kQYUjq1lczZqfYUA1qpaE3qIljvCZT54DhxLnTeaimxURuzH6nnSP8uhprCj1ppKwphgHqZIPZ4hqQuafCAZSFsymnBa2lNkLHC65g/s121/FB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="115" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQINSjgz02ZbrJHp8PL6IvsTIJ2qG9qrmWwvb93oNuA6shquCp6AEtwV_wPkePYmbm4b65UyA0mmzFRkYSjeS3kQYUjq1lczZqfYUA1qpaE3qIljvCZT54DhxLnTeaimxURuzH6nnSP8uhprCj1ppKwphgHqZIPZ4hqQuafCAZSFsymnBa2lNkLHC65g/s1600/FB.jpg" width="115" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #800180;"><b><i> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span><b><i><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times;">Uncensored</span></i></b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></div><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></p>Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-51162296063690381832021-01-30T19:45:00.014-08:002021-01-31T15:09:07.971-08:00Age Progression<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">There was one other time I saw him again.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">It did not dawn on me at first that it could be him.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">All I remember was driving up to a taqueria on Mission Street and jumping out of the car only to see an old man flipping me off. There a haggard old man sat next to a rusty metal table flipping me off. I dashed over to Steve on the other side of the car to warn him about what had just happened.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">โWe have to go,โ I whispered. I then blurted out what I had witnessed.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">Steve took immediate action and confronted the man instead. He questioned him over and over as to why he did this to me. Threw in an assortment of swear words that were only met with a bowed head. Then a mere nod. A very smug nod at that.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">I just wanted to get out of there. But we went inside and told the staff what had happened. And again we were met with silence. At this point, I think the staff was more scared of us than of him. They thought we were the ones becoming unhinged.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Yet it still did not dawn on me that it could be him. The man I coined The Bad Man. I never did like to say his name.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">We abruptly left and skirted quickly back to the safety of our car. And then it hit me. I looked back through the smudged windshield and figured it all out.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">The startling images flashed before me like a scene out of CSI.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">I zeroed in on the hands I suddenly remembered so vividly. These huge hands. Those huge fists. These huge hands he use to bash my head into a wall. Those huge fists he use to bash into my head.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">There he was all cloaked in leather from head to toe. Just like he used to wear as he swaggered around town both on and off his motorcycle. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">And there were his Vacant Eyes. Devoid of any feeling. Any kindness. Any compassion. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">No amount of Age Progression could hide these truths.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">There he was in all of His Abusive Glory. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Flipping me off twelve years later.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">In front of a taqueria.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">He always wanted to have the last word.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLnLfV1eamfhA4-xSgZ3dqsWLLOLv0rJ1uQn3JsgMdFVUzGLnX7mybmXXn9IMRp543BKai8dIT8mPEDOarBsioN9EoFpuf9eCgEwpcBD53NRUdl2GpRHQrIwa4dy64nFI3KPPWSu7h0nF/s121/FB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLnLfV1eamfhA4-xSgZ3dqsWLLOLv0rJ1uQn3JsgMdFVUzGLnX7mybmXXn9IMRp543BKai8dIT8mPEDOarBsioN9EoFpuf9eCgEwpcBD53NRUdl2GpRHQrIwa4dy64nFI3KPPWSu7h0nF/s0/FB.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times;"><b><i>Uncensored</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-60663905201100812042021-01-19T19:48:00.014-08:002021-11-15T14:13:48.660-08:00Vicious: The End of An Abusive Relationship is Never Clean<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">It began and ended exactly the same way. Triggers. Flashbacks. High Anxiety.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">The Post Traumatic Stress of Donald J. Trump.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">We never thought he would win.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">I remember dancing around the office on Election Night just imagining the first woman president. Even though a lot of us were rooting for Bernie in the Primaries, we still were ecstatic. This was history-making.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Some ladies wore colorful pantsuits In Solidarity. I wrote giddily on Facebook that if Hillary won, Steve was going to buy me a purple pantsuit and a Rachel Maddow haircut the next day. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">When Steve turned to me half way through Election Night, and said, โRobin, heโs winning,โ I knew it was over. There would be no First Female President. No Historical Moment. No Purple Pantsuits. No Rachel Maddow Haircuit. No dancing at work the next day.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Instead there would be A Wave of Fear for the next four years.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">A Sleepless Night full of flashbacks and nightmares of the man who reminded me of Donald Trump.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">We all knew it would end this way in absolute total chaos. The End of An Abusive Relationship is Never Clean.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">I absolutely lost it when I saw live footage of a police officer being chased and cornered in a hallway by twenty rioters. I flashed back to my abuser chasing me down hallways, cornering me in rooms, banging my head on walls.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">I ran out of the room, screaming and sobbing hysterically. I thought they were going to kill him on live T.V. I have been shaking ever since.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">I am not going to watch the Inauguration tomorrow. Instead, I am going to meditate and pray that our new president and vice president will not be assassinated; that there will not be mass violence; that the Trump supporters will back off, surrender, and finally accept the results of the election.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;">The last four years had taken its toll on me. From the flashbacks and nightmares of my abuser on Election Night to my sheer terror watching the Insurrection unfold, I am Tired. Weary. Anxious. And Achingly Sad.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Four Years of Lies.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Four Years of Hate.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Four Years of Crazy-Making.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Four Years of Gaslighting.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Distorting reality, denying reality, an alternative reality they both wanted me to believe.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">My abuser was a lot like Trump ~ from A Smooth-Talking Salesman to A Man Full of Rage, the similarities were endless. I stopped using Twitter during the Trump Era. His angry Tweets reminded me of my abusersโs vicious emails and voicemails ~ all saved and documented in case I ever needed them for the police.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">But I could never really get away from Donald Trumpโs viciousness. Twitter would send me emails highlighting his Tweets, and the nightly news posted screenshots every night. It seemed like I always knew what he was doing no matter what time of day. I always knew how he was lashing out. The World was talking about Donald Trump.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">It took four years to get away from my abuser, and it took four years of my nightmare of Donald Trump to finally end.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">The mocking, the finger-pointing, the blaming, the shaming.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">The degradation of women, the physically-challenged, the immigrants and asylum seekers, the people of color and different faiths. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">These are my last four years.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Today, I saw a glimmer of hope. A man shedding a tear over leaving his homestate. Our New President. He reminded me of my father in that moment. A man not afraid to shed a tear.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Hope and Faith got me through my four years of domestic violence. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">Hope and Faith got me through my four years of the Trump Presidency. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;">The flashbacks will lessen, and the nightmares will turn to dreams.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCk5hlRYqui5LMA0QylmblciXoyJ4GXmbZ6SJeoqvY3Oy0wZLIGLLYS51YsBQ2_nOf9KlocloMb61jdl9iAEodW1LMfN4Lx34WRfxRlu06OZ0xbOr5dsRynHGPDt8TzYdJKdkoIQyrXzcX/s113/F842309B-3536-4596-BDE1-96BAFD1F353D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCk5hlRYqui5LMA0QylmblciXoyJ4GXmbZ6SJeoqvY3Oy0wZLIGLLYS51YsBQ2_nOf9KlocloMb61jdl9iAEodW1LMfN4Lx34WRfxRlu06OZ0xbOr5dsRynHGPDt8TzYdJKdkoIQyrXzcX/s0/F842309B-3536-4596-BDE1-96BAFD1F353D.jpeg" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: times;"> </span></span><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-family: times;"> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-43424054134948221262020-12-31T20:24:00.004-08:002020-12-31T20:24:59.729-08:00Shutting Me Down<p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>It all started with mutual admiration.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Sharing.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Trust.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Compassion.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Then it quickly turned to the telling of the humiliating kind.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Revealing to him all that I had written. </i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>I remembered those days when I realized tonight how much my writing had drifted off ~ faded away ~ to a place of almost nonexistence.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>I kept at for for one more year. 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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>And now they are so far away.</i></span><br />
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Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-61238849764535905112018-12-06T16:31:00.001-08:002018-12-06T16:34:45.097-08:00Just Grateful<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Just grateful to be surrounded by kind people in our lives.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>No more hateful emails. Spiteful messages. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>The People of New Mexico are much kinder than any other region I have known.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>No matter how kind, how helpful I was, I usually got treated terribly in the end.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In a soothing, melodic voice ~ she calmly revealed the bad news to me as I wailed helplessly over a raspy cell phone connection late night on Christmas Eve.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sweet Katey is gone. But the hundreds of memories remain. The memories of a little girl who put a little dog first and gave a rescue a second chance at life.</i></span></div>
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Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-8064168648602107352016-12-04T15:44:00.001-08:002016-12-04T16:02:03.285-08:00#22Years<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Maybe it's because I finally cried my final tear ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Maybe it's because I see her cherubic face in my little grandniece and grandnephew ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I can finally walk into a store and not run right back out at the sight of the decorations ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I can finally buy a gift for my father f<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ar<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in adv<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ance ~</span></span></span> </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I don't have to turn off the radio when I hear those familiar songs we played</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">By Her Bedside</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">During Those 3 1/2 days leading up to Christmas Day</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">So I turn the volume up now on those magical songs that take me back to my childhood</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">With <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">H</span>er and Dad ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">With Randy and Rhonda ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">And Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">The Christmas Songs are playing in my head, and I am back in the kitchen on Olive Oak Way</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Mom has begun her 3<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span>day project of creating Gingerbread Men ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I am 15, and we are recording a silly tape of our conversation ~ a tape we long ago sent to her friend in Texas ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">But I can still hear our voices, and I can still hear the album we kept playing over and over again ~<br /> </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">A Frank Sinatra/Bing Crosby album with a dream-like instrumental sequence in the middle ~<br /><br />Bright lights, warm oven, cold gingerbread dough...and Mom<br /><br />Mom in All Her Glory ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Alive, vibrate, warm and fuzzy all over again ~<br /><br />She shares the Season with Me<br /><br />This time with Smiles not Tears ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I Remember Mama, and I Remember Christmas ~<br /><br />I remember The Love, The Laughter ~</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I remember 1980, the cream-colored tiled kitchen ~ and Gingerbread Men ~<br /><br />I remember Christmas Day 1994 when we lost her at 2:07 p.m. ~<br /><br />And I remember the 21 Christmases without her ~ </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I remember each tear I shed each of those 21 Christmases<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and just how I felt in the moment that I shed them ~</span> </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Maybe it's because it's been 22 years ~<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Maybe it's because I feel he<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">r even more close by this Tender <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ti</span>me of <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Y</span>ear ~</span></span></span><br /><br />That the 22nd Christmas will be Joyful ~</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">30 years here until I met you</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Three decades ~</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Waiting ~</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Weaving ~</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />in and out of each other lives</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Without even knowing it</span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Perhaps you passed me on the beach on the way to the cement ship or yielded the right of way to me on Clubhouse Drive ~</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />We know you were there on those Sunny Spring Days of โ95</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />At Harvey West Park ~ cheering on the White Sox ~ Little Josh ~ playing baseball along side with your dear friendโs son</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Those Frosty Nights of โ98</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Clapping for Josh ~ โThe Freshmanโ ~ slam dunking the ball in the Santa Cruz High gym</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Listening to Rhonda screech, โDefense, Defense!!!โ</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />And there you were when we both searched for our future dog sons</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />The Capitola Mall ~ The Little Adoption Center</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />I petted Little Beacon ~ now Satchel ~ and his fur brothers and sisters ~ </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />But I had yet to meet his future Furdaddy</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />So it took a couple of dogs and an SPCA hoodie to finally bring us together</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Route 10 ~ April 2012 ~ This Time I Remember You</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />And your Magical Smile ~</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">"Do you work for the SPCA?โ you asked jovially.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />โNo, but I just adopted a little dog there!โ I answered with a grin.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />I remember your kindness, your enthusiasm, your ability to listen and ask questions</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Two Little Dogs and a Little Dog Beach ~</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />And Countless Joy Rides in between</span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Youโve graced my life with goodness, sweetness, happiness ~</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Love, Kindness, Compassion</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Youโve changed my life with your tender ways, your wacky humor, your solid presence</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />Your complete acceptance of me ~ Your Goofy Girl ~ now 50 years old and counting</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">A little girl waits and dreams ~ giving up so many of those dreams
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">then reaches out ~ </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">fearlessly ~</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Grasping onto that one last dream ~</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">finally realizing that the dream was there all along ~</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">just waiting to be found ~ </span></i></span><br />
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<i>July 2, 2014 ~ July 2, 2015 ~ "The Year of The Now"<br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
My life changed in a heartbeat in the early dawn of July 2, 2014 ~ this
past year has been one incredible Joy Ride ~ winding fearlessly through
the most unexpected twists and turns ~ full of the purest joy and
mostly happy tears ~ so today I celebrate the hope I held onto all year
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Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-45484548987949285152015-05-24T17:18:00.001-07:002015-05-24T17:18:37.889-07:00More Than You Know<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-58749170229937473942015-04-14T09:26:00.000-07:002015-04-14T09:26:01.119-07:00Reflections<br />
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Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-62693560815498833602015-04-01T11:32:00.002-07:002015-04-01T11:32:48.238-07:00 Celebrating Ceci-My Silly Little April Fool<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #993399;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Sweet Little <span style="color: #ff99ff;">Ceci</span>, you came into my life on <span style="color: #33cc00;">April Fool's Day 2007</span>. I adopted you on a <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Sunday</span>. <span style="color: #3366ff;">I remember it all as if it were yesterday</span>.
I just had to have you. I was not looking for you. I spotted you
over the railing at the shelter the week before--another <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Sunday</span>.
You side-glanced at me with those big beautiful eyes--showing the
extra whites of your eyes--and you thumped your little tail so
excitedly. I found out you had just been surrendered that day. You
had lived the first twelve years of your life with two different members
of the same extended family--a mother and then her son--or vice
versa--somehow they gave you up--and somehow you and I both knew that
you would now be mine to love and to hold--to care for until the rest of
your life, dear <span style="color: #ff99ff;">Ceci Girl</span>--to
make those golden years so much more special for you. Now it was your
turn to be taken for walks. No more reports to a shelter that you
were never walked much. Oh, I listened carefully to what they told me
as I signed your adoption papers--they said you had not been walked
much--and I knew that was all going to change for you, dear heart. So
they gave me a <span style="color: #ff99ff;">pink collar</span> and a <span style="color: #6600cc;">purple leash</span>.
And I brought a camera, and the ladies were so happy to take our
pictures. I have never had human children, so I equate this<span style="color: #000066;"> magical experience </span>to
what it must feel like to see one's newborn child for the first time or
to witness the arrival of an adopted child. I was simply on <span style="color: #3333ff;">Cloud Nine</span>! <span style="color: #00cccc;">My very first doggie</span>.
One that would not be separated from me by any kind of relationship
break up. One that would join my family and be a part of my very own
fur family. Thank you God, for my precious little <span style="color: #ff99ff;">Ceci Girl</span>. <span style="color: #33ccff;">My silly little <span style="color: #ff99ff;">April Fool</span></span>.</span><br /></span></span></span><br />
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Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-25288137401407906282015-03-05T17:12:00.003-08:002015-03-16T14:39:55.739-07:00Voices<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I laugh at my first "thigh gap" in thirty years and remember how a man I once dated made fun of the sound of my jeans rubbing together when I walked.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I recently told my cousin (who knows very little about my domestic violence story) that my abuser would insert the word "fat" before the b word, the w word, and the c word.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I remember another ex who did not want me to take a break during our work together ~ oh, I had enough fat on reserves, he said. I went without lunch that day.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I like my body now. I may have even liked my curvy body even more six months ago. But I have returned to a body that held my soul before 14 years of back-to-back unhealthy relationships finally took their toll on me. I revel in the memories of how I once was before verbal, mental, emotional, and physical abuse became a daily part of my life.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>So there it is. And here I am. Four sizes smaller. </i></span><br />
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Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-12189451178746245162015-03-01T22:09:00.004-08:002015-03-02T06:28:46.349-08:00February was Enchanting<br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My Mama always said, "Good things come to those who wait."</i></span><br />
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<br />Miss Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564268186347764581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367371497423902400.post-41377164846935105282015-02-28T12:38:00.002-08:002015-02-28T14:34:39.036-08:00Contentment<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>At Peace in My Life ~ Because of My Sanctuary ~ and All of The Goodness that came to me from the moment I stepped on the sand and let my little doggie off leash ~ We both became truly Free that Glorious Summer Day ~ I weep Tears of Joy now ~ and am so very, very grateful for all of the Blessings God has given me ~</i></span><br />
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