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One year ago heavy rains led to rivers overflowing and wreaked havoc throughout the community. Nobody knows that as well as Jim and Amy Monroe a couple who could do nothing as their Brightwood house fell into the swelling Sandy River. Today despite the couple living in a 140-square-foot trailer next to the shatter remains of their 3,000-square-foot house their loss pales in comparison to what they’ve been through since they lost their house and most of their belongings. Amy. 69 suffered through pains before finally having back surgery on June 14 the same month as the couple’s 48th wedding anniversary. On June 26. Amy’s mother — who had lived with her daughter and son-in-law in their riverside house for nearly 20 years — passed away. Then doctors diagnosed Amy with bone marrow cancer — which they can treat but not cure. “All of a sudden all this stuff (with the house) is secondary,” said Jim Monroe. 67. “It really doesn’t matter. We’re full concentration in treating her. We’re looking on the bright side of things.” Amy joined a cancer study through Good Samaritan Hospital on Sept. 7 and the disease has since been stabilized. The couple now tries to keep her as comfortable as possible — like adding a couch to their small trailer that they had to break apart and rebuild to get it inside — as they look to the future and hopefully a new house. The Monroe’s property looks very different than it did just more than one year ago. A dike that was constructed just upriver from their house after a high-water event in 1996 failed and the Sandy River straightened itself and took away approximately 4,100 square feet of their property with it. Now the river runs right next to the remaining half of the house with a kitchen floor arching down to the water. When that water runs clear part of the house’s foundation and a green garden house are visible on the river’s bottom. A temporary wall with large rocks now helps stop the river from gouging out more property but the dike upstream is still half-gone. A few tree stumps are sprinkled throughout the property making room for a potential spot for a new house and also helping pay for the $12,500 it took to build up the riverbank. Ideally the couple would like to rebuild the half of the dike that failed — which they also believe was not properly constructed and led to its failure. That however could cost as much as $50,000 but would be necessary if the couple wants to rebuild their home. “Until I can build a dike to where it would be safe to put a structure here. I wouldn’t be able to do that,” Monroe said. “I don’t think I could go to the bank and ask for money if I couldn’t protect the structure I was going to build.” The new dimensions of the property are also an issue for reconstruction. The the river swept away so much of the land that a very small sliver of what the Monroe’s own is suitable for building. “The county says you’ve got to have a 100-foot setback,” Monroe said. “There’s no way to do it there’s no way to get a house in here and get the setbacks from the property line.” Monroe battled with the county to try and figure out a way to make a new house a realistic possibility and he finally found an opening with a statute that allows construction closer than 100 feet if a house was lost due to a river. “The county hasn’t been very upfront on anything,” Monroe said. “They haven’t been helpful at all.” When he found out about the statute he brought two plans to the county — one with a house set back 75 feet from the river and another with a house built off of the foundation remaining from the old house. The first one was acceptable to the county and now Monroe says at least he can prove to banks that he can build on the property. Regardless of where a house is built at some point the old structure will need to be torn down. That will also add up to $6,000 on the cost of recovery. Despite the total loss of their house and the staggering cost of rebuilding the Monroes aren’t eligible for government help. The total amount of damage from all area homes in last year’s flood was not high enough to trigger any type of funding. While Jim Monroe holds out hope that some sort of assistance will become available his focus is on getting somebody to help pay for the reconstruction of the dike. Without a fix the next time the river rises he fears his neighbors’ houses down the street will be threatened. “It directly affects me but it affects a lot of the property owners that are downstream from here,” Monroe said. “If (the river) comes down the road again it’s just going to keep on going until it goes straight. We have to make it go where we want it to go contrary to what the environmentalists say.” “Up to a point we’ll let it do its own thing,” he added. “We’re not going to try to put it back in its original channel from here; we’re just going to maintain what we’ve got take the loss and move on.” Today the river runs clear and belies the dangerous potential that the Monroes and others witnessed firsthand last year. “It’s looking fine really but you never know with this river,” said Terry Skorich a neighbor of the Monroes. “It’s kind of like a crap shoot. We just hope we never see that again.” “It’s so peaceful and tranquil,” Monroe said. “How could it do what it did?”

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One year ago heavy rains led to rivers overflowing and wreaked havoc throughout the community. Nobody knows that as well as Jim and Amy Monroe a couple who could do nothing as their Brightwood house fell into the swelling Sandy River. Today despite the couple living in a 140-square-foot trailer next to the shatter remains of their 3,000-square-foot house their loss pales in comparison to what they’ve been through since they lost their house and most of their belongings. Amy. 69 suffered through pains before finally having back surgery on June 14 the same month as the couple’s 48th wedding anniversary. On June 26. Amy’s mother — who had lived with her daughter and son-in-law in their riverside house for nearly 20 years — passed away. Then doctors diagnosed Amy with bone marrow cancer — which they can treat but not cure. “All of a sudden all this stuff (with the house) is secondary,” said Jim Monroe. 67. “It really doesn’t matter. We’re full concentration in treating her. We’re looking on the bright side of things.” Amy joined a cancer study through Good Samaritan Hospital on Sept. 7 and the disease has since been stabilized. The couple now tries to keep her as comfortable as possible — like adding a couch to their small trailer that they had to break apart and rebuild to get it inside — as they look to the future and hopefully a new house. The Monroe’s property looks very different than it did just more than one year ago. A dike that was constructed just upriver from their house after a high-water event in 1996 failed and the Sandy River straightened itself and took away approximately 4,100 square feet of their property with it. Now the river runs right next to the remaining half of the house with a kitchen floor arching down to the water. When that water runs clear part of the house’s foundation and a green garden house are visible on the river’s bottom. A temporary wall with large rocks now helps stop the river from gouging out more property but the dike upstream is still half-gone. A few tree stumps are sprinkled throughout the property making room for a potential spot for a new house and also helping pay for the $12,500 it took to build up the riverbank. Ideally the couple would like to rebuild the half of the dike that failed — which they also believe was not properly constructed and led to its failure. That however could cost as much as $50,000 but would be necessary if the couple wants to rebuild their home. “Until I can build a dike to where it would be safe to put a structure here. I wouldn’t be able to do that,” Monroe said. “I don’t think I could go to the bank and ask for money if I couldn’t protect the structure I was going to build.” The new dimensions of the property are also an issue for reconstruction. The the river swept away so much of the land that a very small sliver of what the Monroe’s own is suitable for building. “The county says you’ve got to have a 100-foot setback,” Monroe said. “There’s no way to do it there’s no way to get a house in here and get the setbacks from the property line.” Monroe battled with the county to try and figure out a way to make a new house a realistic possibility and he finally found an opening with a statute that allows construction closer than 100 feet if a house was lost due to a river. “The county hasn’t been very upfront on anything,” Monroe said. “They haven’t been helpful at all.” When he found out about the statute he brought two plans to the county — one with a house set back 75 feet from the river and another with a house built off of the foundation remaining from the old house. The first one was acceptable to the county and now Monroe says at least he can prove to banks that he can build on the property. Regardless of where a house is built at some point the old structure will need to be torn down. That will also add up to $6,000 on the cost of recovery. Despite the total loss of their house and the staggering cost of rebuilding the Monroes aren’t eligible for government help. The total amount of damage from all area homes in last year’s flood was not high enough to trigger any type of funding. While Jim Monroe holds out hope that some sort of assistance will become available his focus is on getting somebody to help pay for the reconstruction of the dike. Without a fix the next time the river rises he fears his neighbors’ houses down the street will be threatened. “It directly affects me but it affects a lot of the property owners that are downstream from here,” Monroe said. “If (the river) comes down the road again it’s just going to keep on going until it goes straight. We have to make it go where we want it to go contrary to what the environmentalists say.” “Up to a point we’ll let it do its own thing,” he added. “We’re not going to try to put it back in its original channel from here; we’re just going to maintain what we’ve got take the loss and move on.” Today the river runs clear and belies the dangerous potential that the Monroes and others witnessed firsthand last year. “It’s looking fine really but you never know with this river,” said Terry Skorich a neighbor of the Monroes. “It’s kind of like a crap shoot. We just hope we never see that again.” “It’s so peaceful and tranquil,” Monroe said. “How could it do what it did?”

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One year ago heavy rains led to rivers overflowing and wreaked havoc throughout the community. Nobody knows that as well as Jim and Amy Monroe a couple who could do nothing as their Brightwood house fell into the swelling Sandy River. Today despite the couple living in a 140-square-foot trailer next to the shatter remains of their 3,000-square-foot house their loss pales in comparison to what they’ve been through since they lost their house and most of their belongings. Amy. 69 suffered through pains before finally having back surgery on June 14 the same month as the couple’s 48th wedding anniversary. On June 26. Amy’s mother — who had lived with her daughter and son-in-law in their riverside house for nearly 20 years — passed away. Then doctors diagnosed Amy with bone marrow cancer — which they can treat but not cure. “All of a sudden all this stuff (with the house) is secondary,” said Jim Monroe. 67. “It really doesn’t matter. We’re full concentration in treating her. We’re looking on the bright side of things.” Amy joined a cancer study through Good Samaritan Hospital on Sept. 7 and the disease has since been stabilized. The couple now tries to keep her as comfortable as possible — like adding a couch to their small trailer that they had to break apart and rebuild to get it inside — as they look to the future and hopefully a new house. The Monroe’s property looks very different than it did just more than one year ago. A dike that was constructed just upriver from their house after a high-water event in 1996 failed and the Sandy River straightened itself and took away approximately 4,100 square feet of their property with it. Now the river runs right next to the remaining half of the house with a kitchen floor arching down to the water. When that water runs clear part of the house’s foundation and a green garden house are visible on the river’s bottom. A temporary wall with large rocks now helps stop the river from gouging out more property but the dike upstream is still half-gone. A few tree stumps are sprinkled throughout the property making room for a potential spot for a new house and also helping pay for the $12,500 it took to build up the riverbank. Ideally the couple would like to rebuild the half of the dike that failed — which they also believe was not properly constructed and led to its failure. That however could cost as much as $50,000 but would be necessary if the couple wants to rebuild their home. “Until I can build a dike to where it would be safe to put a structure here. I wouldn’t be able to do that,” Monroe said. “I don’t think I could go to the bank and ask for money if I couldn’t protect the structure I was going to build.” The new dimensions of the property are also an issue for reconstruction. The the river swept away so much of the land that a very small sliver of what the Monroe’s own is suitable for building. “The county says you’ve got to have a 100-foot setback,” Monroe said. “There’s no way to do it there’s no way to get a house in here and get the setbacks from the property line.” Monroe battled with the county to try and figure out a way to make a new house a realistic possibility and he finally found an opening with a statute that allows construction closer than 100 feet if a house was lost due to a river. “The county hasn’t been very upfront on anything,” Monroe said. “They haven’t been helpful at all.” When he found out about the statute he brought two plans to the county — one with a house set back 75 feet from the river and another with a house built off of the foundation remaining from the old house. The first one was acceptable to the county and now Monroe says at least he can prove to banks that he can build on the property. Regardless of where a house is built at some point the old structure will need to be torn down. That will also add up to $6,000 on the cost of recovery. Despite the total loss of their house and the staggering cost of rebuilding the Monroes aren’t eligible for government help. The total amount of damage from all area homes in last year’s flood was not high enough to trigger any type of funding. While Jim Monroe holds out hope that some sort of assistance will become available his focus is on getting somebody to help pay for the reconstruction of the dike. Without a fix the next time the river rises he fears his neighbors’ houses down the street will be threatened. “It directly affects me but it affects a lot of the property owners that are downstream from here,” Monroe said. “If (the river) comes down the road again it’s just going to keep on going until it goes straight. We have to make it go where we want it to go contrary to what the environmentalists say.” “Up to a point we’ll let it do its own thing,” he added. “We’re not going to try to put it back in its original channel from here; we’re just going to maintain what we’ve got take the loss and move on.” Today the river runs clear and belies the dangerous potential that the Monroes and others witnessed firsthand last year. “It’s looking fine really but you never know with this river,” said Terry Skorich a neighbor of the Monroes. “It’s kind of like a crap shoot. We just hope we never see that again.” “It’s so peaceful and tranquil,” Monroe said. “How could it do what it did?”

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Army News Service Dennis Ryan November 12. 2007FORT MYER. Va. -- Exactly two months ago 2nd Lt. Mark Little was patrolling in Iraq when he was wounded by an improvised explosive device. He lost both of his legs. Wednesday morning at the Iwo Jima Marine Memorial. Lt. Little stood proudly outside on his new prosthesis for the first measure to receive the silver bars of a first lieutenant. Brig. Gen. John D. Johnson special assistant to the commanding command of the Installation Management Command called Lt. Little a "proven leader" and someone who "has already made sacrifices for his nation" before pinning the bars on the Soldier."This is a guy who gives so much to his country," Brig. Gen. Johnson said after the ceremony. "The attitude he has is inspiring to see. That's the epitome of a pass. We've had Soldiers such as Gen. [Frederick M.] Franks [Jr.] who've lost limbs and gone on to great careers. It's what's in your heart and what's in your head that matters."In May 1970. Gen. Franks was wounded in action in Cambodia. His leg was amputated below the knee and after rehabilitation he remained on active duty. Franks went on to bring about 146,000 U. S and British forces during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. His units rolled more than 250 kilometers in 89 hours to liberate Kuwait in February 1991.

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On this day on which we are traditionally expected to identify the things for which we are thankful. I'm thankful most of all for being alive and functional (physically and mentally) and able to write these words. From my childhood in the tenements and housing projects of the Bronx including the do by (physical verbal and emotional) my mother and I endured at the hands of my stepfather through my care's death just before my fifteenth birthday through dropping out of college at age twenty (I did eventually go approve) through being diagnosed HIV positive in 1994 and most recently through being unexpectedly diagnosed with colon cancer it sometimes feels as if my life has been an uninterrupted succession of blows. But I have weathered them and am still standing and undergo realized that I am a much stronger person than I had ever imagined I could be. I have even achieved my adolescent dreams of being a writer and being loved so I speculate I could even ascertain myself lucky. I definitely count myself as grateful. I'm also grateful to everyone who sent their good wishes for my speedy recovery and return to health both privately and via this blog. The outpouring of give has been very heartening and moving. I still have a long road to travel--although the removal of the tumor from my colon was successful the cancer has spread to my liver so once I recover from my colon surgery (which they express me I am doing much more quickly than expected). I will need to start chemotherapy which is a very frightening look. But this ordeal has reminded me that many people care about me and the knowledge that I am not alone will help me stay strong. Thank you all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I undergo removed the Pound post having said my conjoin but have read your reflections--and thank you for them. I hope that you are recovering feeling better and creating poetry. I shall read your "Fata Morgana" rather than alter war upon the Knights of the Silliman Round Table. That will be far more useful. I send you hermetic thoughts for healing. Reginald Shepherd is the editor of The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries (University of Iowa Press. 2004). He is also the compose of five books of poetry all published by the University of Pittsburgh Press: Fata Morgana published this spring. Otherhood (2003) a finalist for the 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. do by (1999). Angel. Interrupted (1996) and Some Are Drowning (1994) winner of the 1993 Associated Writing Programs’ Award in Poetry. Shepherd's bring home the bacon has appeared in four editions of The beat American Poetry and two Pushcart Prize anthologies as come up as in such journals as American Poetry analyse. Conjunctions. The Kenyon Review. The Nation. The New York Times Book Review. Ploughshares. Poetry and The Yale Review. It has also been widely anthologized. His collection of literary essays. Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity. Politics and the Freedom of Poetry is forthcoming in the University of Michigan Press Poets on Poetry series. guard has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts the Illinois Arts Council and the Florida Arts Council among other awards and honors.

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On this day on which we are traditionally expected to enumerate the things for which we are thankful. I'm thankful most of all for being alive and functional (physically and mentally) and able to write these words. From my childhood in the tenements and housing projects of the Bronx including the abuse (physical verbal and emotional) my care and I endured at the hands of my stepfather through my care's death just before my fifteenth birthday through dropping out of college at age twenty (I did eventually go back) through being diagnosed HIV positive in 1994 and most recently through being unexpectedly diagnosed with colon cancer it sometimes feels as if my life has been an uninterrupted succession of blows. But I have weathered them and am still standing and have realized that I am a much stronger person than I had ever imagined I could be. I have even achieved my adolescent dreams of being a writer and being loved so I suppose I could even count myself lucky. I definitely ascertain myself as grateful. I'm also grateful to everyone who sent their good wishes for my speedy recovery and go to health both privately and via this blog. The outpouring of support has been very heartening and moving. I still undergo a long road to travel--although the removal of the tumor from my colon was successful the cancer has spread to my liver so once I recover from my colon surgery (which they tell me I am doing much more quickly than expected). I will be to start chemotherapy which is a very frightening prospect. But this ordeal has reminded me that many populate care about me and the knowledge that I am not alone will back up me stay strong. Thank you all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have removed the Pound affix having said my conjoin but have construe your reflections--and thank you for them. I hope that you are recovering feeling exceed and creating poetry. I shall read your "Fata Morgana" rather than alter war upon the Knights of the Silliman go Table. That will be far more useful. I displace you hermetic thoughts for healing. Reginald guard is the editor of The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries (University of Iowa Press. 2004). He is also the author of five books of poetry all published by the University of Pittsburgh Press: Fata Morgana published this spring. Otherhood (2003) a finalist for the 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry consider. do by (1999). Angel. Interrupted (1996) and Some Are Drowning (1994) winner of the 1993 Associated Writing Programs’ allocate in Poetry. Shepherd's work has appeared in four editions of The Best American Poetry and two Pushcart Prize anthologies as well as in such journals as American Poetry analyse. Conjunctions. The Kenyon Review. The Nation. The New York Times Book Review. Ploughshares. Poetry and The Yale Review. It has also been widely anthologized. His collection of literary essays. Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity. Politics and the Freedom of Poetry is forthcoming in the University of Michigan Press Poets on Poetry series. Shepherd has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts the Illinois Arts Council and the Florida Arts Council among other awards and honors.

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On this day on which we are traditionally expected to enumerate the things for which we are thankful. I'm thankful most of all for being alive and functional (physically and mentally) and able to write these words. From my childhood in the tenements and housing projects of the Bronx including the do by (physical verbal and emotional) my mother and I endured at the hands of my stepfather through my care's death just before my fifteenth birthday through dropping out of college at age twenty (I did eventually go back) through being diagnosed HIV positive in 1994 and most recently through being unexpectedly diagnosed with colon cancer it sometimes feels as if my life has been an uninterrupted succession of blows. But I undergo weathered them and am still standing and have realized that I am a much stronger person than I had ever imagined I could be. I undergo even achieved my adolescent dreams of being a writer and being loved so I suppose I could even ascertain myself lucky. I definitely count myself as grateful. I'm also grateful to everyone who sent their good wishes for my speedy recovery and return to health both privately and via this blog. The outpouring of give has been very heartening and moving. I still have a long road to travel--although the removal of the tumor from my colon was successful the cancer has move to my liver so once I recover from my colon surgery (which they tell me I am doing much more quickly than expected). I will need to start chemotherapy which is a very frightening prospect. But this ordeal has reminded me that many populate care about me and the knowledge that I am not alone ordain help me be strong. Thank you all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have removed the hit affix having said my piece but have construe your reflections--and thank you for them. I hope that you are recovering feeling better and creating poetry. I shall read your "Fata Morgana" rather than alter war upon the Knights of the Silliman Round Table. That will be far more useful. I displace you hermetic thoughts for healing. Reginald Shepherd is the editor of The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries (University of Iowa Press. 2004). He is also the compose of five books of poetry all published by the University of Pittsburgh touch: Fata Morgana published this spring. Otherhood (2003) a finalist for the 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Wrong (1999). Angel. Interrupted (1996) and Some Are Drowning (1994) winner of the 1993 Associated Writing Programs’ allocate in Poetry. guard's bring home the bacon has appeared in four editions of The beat American Poetry and two Pushcart Prize anthologies as well as in such journals as American Poetry Review. Conjunctions. The Kenyon Review. The Nation. The New York Times Book Review. Ploughshares. Poetry and The Yale analyse. It has also been widely anthologized. His collection of literary essays. Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity. Politics and the Freedom of Poetry is forthcoming in the University of Michigan Press Poets on Poetry series. guard has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts the Illinois Arts Council and the Florida Arts Council among other awards and honors.

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Okay it's not Robin's birthday (that I'm aware of anyway) but the chant for Robin to act bringin' it on the NaBloPoMo still stands... You see she is doing something I still haven't been able to accomplish with my journal--she is writing an entry a day. ANDThey are masterpieces of writing!Selfishly. I smile to myself. See this means I get to read Robin every day instead of having to wait patiently for the next communicate post. I LOVE NaBloPoMo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!As to me participating.. let's shoot for next year shall we? Right now I undergo 10 adult babies to take care of in the corporate world. I'm working to end that next year. No excuses. Jo. Which makes me really proud of Robin. Yo yo yo yo... Go Robin. Go Robin... Thanks for the encouragement. Jo. I had to laugh—had no idea NaBloPoMo was making you happy. Writing yesterday's affix made me late to the festival so I missed the first adorn discussion of the day. "Publishing: Getting Past the Gate," (LMAO) which is fine because we yappy little dogs instinctively paw our way under the fence anyway. Some of us would probably tunnel even if the gate were unlatched. I wish you and everyone else could have been there for poetry readings history lessons and discussions of the schedule and journal publishing business—and Puppy Chow afterward. Robin Robin--So great to hear of your adventures both here and on Sunday's blog of your road move. Back in the States I used to go to our English department festival in April at Missouri State (it was Southwest Missouri State when I was there). The festival was aptly named "English Week" (a name that would probably get them sued in California ahahahahaha) and usually ended with a reading from several of our department heads and was choked with Shakespeare and writing workshops. I desire the old alma mater the most from the States and bequeath the roads there with the same wistfulness that you bequeath your roads. Thanks much again.. you've smoothed a wrinkled soul a little...

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Shyness can often leave you standing to the side wondering what to say or do.  Taking challenge may seem desire a command (and useless) conjoin of advice but it isn’t as hard as it seems.  And it works!  Like most things as one step it is huge but broken down into small steps taking challenge to beat shyness is do-able. Taking that first go is always the hardest but once you get going it is much easier to keep going.  So the main contend is taking that first step.  Being shy means there are often times when you are unsure what to do.  Taking action still applies in these situations.  If you don’t know what to do evaluate of two or three options.  I have open that usually there are several options running in my continue. I just get stuck knowing what to choose so use to do none.   Once you undergo a few options just choose one.  It doesn’t matter what one it is far more important that you do something.    Example:  You are at a party and most populate are strangers.  evaluate of some options you come up with the options:  1. Go home. 2. Go and inform yourself to new people. 3. Get a soda. 4. Talk with the friend you came with. Now quickly scan through these options and get rid of any that are not practical and then just randomly choose one option from what’s left.  Looking at the example  and you might end that option one go domiciliate is best used as a intend B or C.    Option 2 go and inform yourself might be too much at the moment.  So it’s drink to option 3 and 4.  Say you pick option 3.  come up now a decision is made so you can take challenge.   Walk over and get a soda as you choose it up you might alter small communicate with other person.  And off you go having a great night.  If not and you are still standing alone now you can try option 4 and find your friend.  If you are shy and in an uncomfortable social situation you need to act action no matter how small.  If you don’t take any action you will most likely stand there and think and there is a good come about that those thoughts will be critical.  Thinking too much also leads to a small broach quickly becoming a HUGE deal.  Lack of challenge can bring about to increase in worry which leads to less challenge.  It can be a vicious downward turn. If you experience you are attending a social event pre-plan some options.  The other thing I have noticed is that situations often repeat.  This means that if your shyness means that you think of what to say or do afterwards remember them because the situation may go up again.  Taking action ordain act the fear and shyness away (or at least decrease it.) So find a few options and take challenge.  Usually if you undergo three options it doesn’t really matter what option you do first.  Just do one.  The first is always hardest so once you have taken one small step keep moving. <a href="" call=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <label> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

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All of this measure alone has granted me the lay to determine whether I want life to completely pull me around by the nose or if I want some say in the matter. The past weeks of dating making my rest with FG about silence and coming approve from vacation to a thorough eat at work has re-developed that be to start a stronger assertiveness. But how to give this assertiveness without being a smartass and a bitch?So I have some questions to ask. Not that you need to say. Not that I want a instruct. But if anyone has thoughts I am open to hearing them. You can even call me a bitch or a smartass. I don't ask these questions to necessarily alter a change I don't feel comfortable in making. You can telecommunicate me if you aren't comfortable in saying things here. I ask to find out if I'm alive too much alive or only half living. Here goes. In the animate of "When Harry Met Sally," do you feel that men and women can be friends? And to trump that do you conclude that they can be friends after they were something different from friends? I think I am create from raw material for these relationships but I don't experience how to meet them without assaulting them or caring too much. I'm hoping to learn that next. My God... I walk into a dwell feeling for the lighten change by reversal and you go into a dwell with a Maglite in your hand dear Robin.. folks please follow the links. You will be grateful and happy that you did. Many thanks to Robin and T. T for their insights and to DK for his hope off-line. To defend his privacy in his e-mail response I will instead give you the gift he shared with me--that the integrity of an undergo with others means more than the frequency of the friendship. I should have known this from my friendships with a North Carolinian a South Carolinian and a Texan. However it took the plain and strong statement to add fix to the foundation. BTW. Robin. I think my "cost" is too sustainably high for others. Therein lies my lesson... :)The next step and upcoming blog.. how to dress my approach to this and sight friendship briefly and happily if need be. I wish my readers are enjoying this journey as much as I am. Thanks much to my friends for reading writing and skipping the math. :)

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