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Wizzy’s Wackyweed.....HELL ON WHEELS

I have thought long and hard about sharing this with the whole world to see, but my motto is ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL.... and well Shadylady is just that. I have to say I wasn’t too nice*see the ending* (pissed off is more the word I should use here!) about this when I found out she was doin a ramble like this one below.... I am not one to share neither my emotions nor friendships with people I don’t know. But I had to stop and think about it, you read our ramblings and our stories every chance you get, and as some have told me there’s a little bit of us in each word we type into those stories.....I don’t honestly buy into that but hey what the hell it sounded good didn’t it? Opps I got derailed there.

So with this posting I am off to enjoy a wonderful week with T.Stratton and Shadylady for not only my B-day but to celebrate our long lasting friendship! So as of this posting I bow humbly at your feet Shady and ask you to forgive my stubborn streak that’s a country mile wide or is that as nig as my ass?!  You can take the girl out of the country but you cant take the country out of the girl! I am deeply honored to call you my friend, my Amazon sister at arms, my cohort in crime and my comrade in the struggle to build us a home to call our own. But most of all, my sister in every sense of the word! How old am I this year? I’m telling everyone 12 n a half....tis MY story Ill write it anyway I wanna so there ( anyone seen my pencil and eraser?) ....oh and one last thing...WHATEVER!!!!!!!

 Take it away Shady...

My dear, dear friend,

It is hard to believe that it has been barely more than a year since I met you on line and was invited to come to know you more by way of our conversations on Yahoo.  It is a miracle that has enriched my life beyond belief.  You have brought all sorts of emotions from within me that I tampered down so tightly over the years.  Together we have experienced tears and sadness, anger and madness, laughter and gladness and of course love.  I chuckle when I write that because I can already guess what people would say when they read it.  Only you and I, and now the world, know it is the strong love of close friends. 

As individuals, we are strong.  United we are undefeatable against our enemies.  I speak that word harshly but you know what I mean.  It is you that have made me a believer in One for All, All for One.  We have weathered some very hard times, which have left scars on us both but for many different reasons.  Each time we preach to one another, ‘don’t let this turn you sour’, but we seldom heed our own advice.  Heart pain and betrayal last a lifetime and it is up to us as individuals to learn how to turn that pain into joy again.  Friends can help. 

Talking about friends…through you, I have met many wonderful women and men.  Your charismatic personality draws people to you like a magnet.  Whether it is your bold, brash ways or the genuine caring they feel from you, I can only speculate.  I know it is the spontaneous laughter and giggling that adds to your whole being.  When I think of you, my friend, I think of laughter and joy.  I see your eyes crinkle and glow with poorly concealed hilarity before your rolling laugh fills the air around us.  Your true inner beauty and your amazing joy for life can be heard in the very sounds of the rollicking laughter that pour from within you. 

You have been present through long, long nights of sleeplessness and self-doubt, standing beside any friend that needs you.  You are the first to look for ways to help a friend, whether it is by a private one-line message, a text or simply a word, “DOING?”  I always know regardless how tough the day, you are in the wings, waiting to listen and sympathize with me when I start my long ass whining.  I know should I ever really need your support; it is there just waiting for me to say, “Hey there.”  You have given me encouragement beyond what anyone could expect in life but because of it, I have dared do things I never would have entertained doing before.  Writing is just one example. 

You are the sun that shines when I look at the sky.  You are the rain that falls softly against my face.  You are the thunder that bellows loudly across the clouds.  You are the soft blackness of night that embraces me.  You are the friend that is there whenever I need one.  FRIEND....friend....friend. 

I borrowed this to help reinforce what I have tried to convey in my bumbling way. 

You're Just Like a Sister to Me

The best kinds of friendships are the
lasting, warm and wonderful kind
that you and I have always shared...

Friendships like ours are the kind where the caring never
goes away, the understanding is deep and sweet and sincere,
and the two friends are so near in their hearts that they'll
stay close forever.

I really cherish having you for a friend. You're the very best
kind there is, and it's a privilege to know you as well as I do.
But there's something more I need to tell you: you and I have
a trust, honesty, and a history together that makes me think of you as so much more than a friend. You're someone who is at the center of the circle of my life. Someone essential to me.

And I know you'll always stay that way, because when a friend is as close as you are, they're just like family. I can barely even begin to tell you how much you touch my soul, raise my hopes, and inspire my smiles. Maybe the best way to convey it is to lovingly try and say that you've always been and you always will be

      ...just like a sister to me.

               - Emilia Larson 

This is where I must make a correction.  I have three sisters and with true heartfelt conviction, I can say without a doubt you, my dear, dear friend, are more of a sister to me than any one of them. 

May your birthday be happy and filled with love and joy! Let the year open with a renewed look at life.  The past is behind us, the future in front.  We really have only this moment of time in which we are standing that belongs to us.  So make the most of it and smile, for your smile is worth more than all the wealth in the world. 

Happy Birthday, 

Shadylady