tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216361222011-04-21T16:27:50.054-04:00Some of the writings that I post may be of a controversial nature. They are simply my opinion, and I do not expect everyone to agree with me. I reserve the right to change my opinion at any time, given new information that I may come across.Shannon L. Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728669438969050360noreply@blogger.comBlogger641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21636122.post-80410723330893236812008-01-28T20:34:00.000-05:002008-01-28T20:36:25.346-05:00

Here are some prompts for February 2008. I hope that they get your minds working. Feel free to email your writings to me at slb725writer@aol.com. I will choose up to three stories to post on A Journey into Writing, credited to the author.GUIDELINES: Send your name, state, website (writing) if you have one, and the name of the prompt that you use. Please send only 1 story per email. Send *final*

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A Viking’s Prayer is a book of poetry written by Aidan Lucid, owner of The Lucid Review. His recently completed book deals with many real life issues, including homelessness, disabilities, religion and aging. It also covers historical events in a very creative manner.Of note are some of the poems that I enjoyed the most. The first is called The Sanguine Thirst, which is a poem about a vampires’

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If you would like a free PDF workshop that will help you to fund Christmas this year, please email me at slb725writer@aol.com.

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The other day, as I looked out the window, I saw a neighbor boy (M) and his friend (L) fighting in the back yard. L had his hands around M's throat.I put on my shoes and looked out the window again, to see L on top of M again, on M's lawn this time rather than my own. L was first punching M, then slamming his head into the ground. Thank goodness it was a grassy area.So I went out and told them

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This is the second month that I will post prompts. Each month I will post a prompt for each day of that month.Here are some prompts for November 2007. I hope that they get your minds working. Feel free to email your writings to me at slb725writer@aol.com. I will choose up to three stories to post on A Journey into Writing, credited to the author.GUIDELINES: Send your name, state, website (writing

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By Shannon BuckCopyright October 2007It is such a needless shame that this is happening, and it is just another issue that is wrongly being blamed on our large population. I feel for the people in the states involved, knowing that the problem will spread.Large population is not the problem. The problem is wastefulness. Not just by individuals, but also by companies.In recent years we have had

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It seems like prices are going up on everything again. Just when I thought that we would be fine financially, everything has gone up. And prices will be rising again. I work hard for the little bit of money that I make, and it would be nice to be able to keep some of it. I find that, yet again, I will have to try to cut corners to make ends meet. How do rising prices determine what this single

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Keeping a journal can be a lot of fun. You can record what is happening in your life, what your hopes and dreams are, and so much more. Boys and girls can record their feelings, their beliefs, and their concerns. Journaling is actually helpful in sorting things out, even when you are just using a pros and cons list. I realize that some people do not enjoy the writing process. Never fear! You can

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By Shannon Buck - Copyright July 2007Well, they say that America is overweight, so this will certainly help some of us with that problem, including me. On average, each adult should be getting about 10,000 steps each and every day. How many of us actually do that? I rarely ever do. Children are supposed to be getting at least and hour of activity in every day. If you are not used to getting in

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This is the first month that I will post prompts. Each month I will post a prompt for each day of that month.Here are some prompts for October. I hope that they get your minds working. Feel free to email your stories to me at slb725writer@aol.com. I will choose up to three stories to post A Journey into Writing, credited to the author.Subject line should read: October 2007 Writing Prompt

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Contact:Tavia Stewart510-628-0327Tavia@NaNoWriMo.orgNATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH:THE LARGEST WRITING CONTEST IN THE WORLD!And kids can do it too!Oakland, Calif. — http://ywp.NaNoWriMo.org — October 1, 2007 — There are some who saywriting a novel takes awesome talent, strong language skills, academic training, and years of dedication.Not true. All it really takes is a deadline – a very, very tight

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Contact: press@NaNoWriMo.orgNATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH:THE LARGEST WRITING CONTEST IN THE WORLD!Oakland, Calif. --- www.NaNoWriMo.org --- October, 2007 --- There are some who say writing a novel takes awesome talent, strong language skills, academic training, and years of dedication.Not true. All it really takes is a deadline – a very, very tight deadline – and a whole lot of coffee.Welcome to

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Dear Reader,Are you interested in finding new creative ways to attract more prospects, customers, leads, traffic, subscribers, and rocket your sales right off the charts, without spending a dime?How do you feel when you see your competition featured in the newspaper, interviewed on TV, or hear their voice in your ears in your car, knowing the money and clients they will be raking in?Do you feel

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I don't know why, but the lack of Halloween spirit in my town is so low this year. Usually, by this time, people are all decked out. However, this year is different - even one of the houses that used to be so fun to see isn't doing much this year. They have the scary guy standing in the door like usual, and a few pumpkins, but that is it. Well, they changed the 'candle' bulbs to orange. But they

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My father passed away last year. i have been thinking about him lately, and thinking about the differences between Vietnam and the current war.My father was in Vietnam. I heard, from him as well as others, how they were treated when they came home. A lot of those men were not given their jobs back when they returned. They were treated rudely. I cannot imagine why people would do this.I was

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A political activism group that I am on for homeschooler's has quite the discussion going on. Though this topic is not being discussed on the group, another topic has put the thought into my mind yet again. I have, actually, thought of this on a few prior occasions.What if "schools" never existed?There were not always schools. When we began, we had no schools. What if there still weren't any?

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by Shannon L. Buck © September 2007Getting word out about our books does not always have to be costly. Start small and, as you begin selling more and more books, you will acquire the money that you need to do bigger promotions of your books. Here are some ideas to get you started:Before you are ready to get published, you should already have a website for your book(s). I have a few for different

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The WritingPerc Newsletter - Sunday, September 16, 2007***The author of the newsletter discusses things that she did as a child that children will never experience.***Here are my memories that my children will not likely ever experience:1. Drive-InsI used to love these. First, there was the playground, then the food and the cartoons. Then the movie! I can remember seeing Star Wars (the original)

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By Shannon Buck - Copyright March 2007I am not going to delve into specific figures in this article, I am merely going to mention the more obvious reasons why it may be better for Mom, or even Dad, to stay at home while there hubby works.There are a couple of issues to think about before both parents work outside the home. The first consideration is our children. What will happen with our

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If so, check out the links to your right. You will find a few helpful sites:The Low-Income Way of Life Living the Low-Income LifeFrugal RecipesHome Fixin' on a BudgetFeel free to check them out. They are all very helpful.I am one of those writers who is writing after work, and homeschooling, and not making much money along the way. I am hoping to pass along my knowledge to those who could use a

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By Shannon Buck ~ © September 2007As I mentioned in The Welfare Myth Part 1, it is a myth that welfare recipients have a lot of money to live off. Most welfare recipients really have little money for day to day expenses, once they have paid the bills. That is, if they can pay all of their bills at all.Part 2 of this 4 part series is going to deal with ways in which low-income families can get

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"Coach Sent Boy Home In Underwear, Mom Says."What is with people today. How dare any adult humiliate a child like that.My daughter is on the softball team at the local high school. The first year she was on the team, the coach had favorites and mostly played them. Some of them were not as good as some of the girls that she did not play as often. The coaches pets were treated better than the

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My daughter (15 years old) and I were talking about the Pope last night. Though we do not share his religion, she thinks that he is pretty cool. She loves his red Prada shoes, and she is very impressed by something else that she heard.She heard, somewhere, that he believes that both Creation and Evolution should be taught in school. He apparently thinks that they are connected. I, personally,

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Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsBy J. K. RowlingI am assuming that everyone has now had a chance to read the last book in the Harry Potter series. If not, please do not read this. Save it for after you have read the book, or you will know too much before beginning.At midnight I was at Dave's Book Store in Old Town. I walked from my home in Milford. It took me about half an hour to get there.

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by Shannon L. Buck - © July 2007It seems that there are still many people who believe that people on welfare are living it up, getting everything that they could ever want, without having to work. While on occasion, people have been known to do this, not everyone does. Everyone is not out to cheat the system. Most people are just trying to get by.I have not received anything other than food

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I am the type of person who pays ahead on bills whenever I get extra money. I would be able to pay ahead on my bills for a year, and have money left over to do something fun with my children. I would also be able to stock up on food and other needed items.I would, however, forgo the stock-ups for a nice little vacation.Shannon Buck

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While at the playground here in Milford today, we noticed a trash can that was bent in the middle and on it side. Trash was spilling out, and there was more trash around the grassy area. I put the trashcan upright and we all had a snack before the children played basketball.While they played, I went around picking up returnables and trash. I threw the trash in a can and, of course, put the

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There is a bridge that is being replaced between Milford and Old Town. The workers put up a temporary bridge for us to use until construction is completed. Last week they were replacing the plastic netting that they put over the railing to the temporary bridge.We walked by the man who was doing this twice throughout the day. The next day we noticed that there were dozens of nails on the "

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My 9 year old nephew and I ate our snack at a local playground/park area this morning. We had a nice visit and talked about presidential candidates and what we would do if we were rich.After our walk around the park, we explored the bank of the river and had a nice time, but during our walk, we kept stopping and picking up trash that others had left laying around. This is nothing new for us, as I

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What Kinds of abuse are there? I guess that all depends on how you look at things. All of the forms of abuse below are wrong.***Physical -When they punch/slap/pull your hair/push you around/grab you roughly. They promise never to do it again (and are very convincing), but this is a lie. They will do it again. They keep doing it, and they could eventually kill you if you stay. Do not believe them

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I am so tired of these soft ball games, and I have only been able to get to a few this year. Yesterday, my daughter caught the ball and her coach signalled her to hold the it. She did what her coach wanted her to do. Some man was yelling at her and swearing at her and saying that she can't play the game and shouldn't be on the team.He should take this up with the coach, who wanted my daughter to

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Okay. It is no secret that I do not believe in war. I just plain don't like it. Especially this war.I do support our troops. They are in a situation that could potentially kill them. I care about all of our troops, and I hope they return safely to us, soon.However, I have issues with selling war to children. While looking at those plastic Easter eggs in Wal*Mart, I noticed that they have

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Adventures in Organization will help you organize your homes and your lives. It also will help with your weight and well-being.I am not a born organizer, and I also have e terrible memory. I have learned that in order for me to remember to do even small daily tasks, I must write them down. I have learned other things about myself as well.Join me in my Adventures of Organization. Why should we

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The backscatter X-ray is being called a digital strip search by some, but others think it is a good idea. The X-ray is updated from and earlier version that showed a lot more than just the silhouette of the human body the the updated version shows.I do not, personally, see a problem as long as the silhouette is all that is shown, and if, as they say, the images will not be saved. The images can

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I have no doubt that they will find water on Mars, and even other planets.I also have no doubt that life will be found on any number of planets. Even if not in our own solar system. Who are we to think that we are the only intelligent life forms in this, or any other, solar system? I believe that there is some truth to our "alien visitation".

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Amnesty International works to protect human rights worldwide. I was perusing their site this morning when I came across the press release USA: War objector’s freedom of conscience must be respected. I read the article and discussed it with my daughter.I agree that if Ehren Watada, an Army Lieutenant, has objections to the war in Iraq, he should not have to be forced to go.I do not, personally,

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One has to feel bad for her: losing her husband, her son. No wonder she has been so depressed, with all of things that people have had to say about her over the years.I obviously did not know her personally, and she was not a person whom I would have chosen as a friend, but I can remember wondering why people thought it was any of their business what was going on in Anna Nicole's life. It wasn't

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When I had to live in low-income housing, we had two inspections a year. One was by the landlord who came in to see how the place was kept, and if there were any needed repairs. Then there was the people who subsidized the housing or whatever. They wanted to make sure nothing was wrong with the place either. Of course, I had an oven with holes in it that they wouldn't replace. The holes were

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R. Johns wrote a small piece on the cost of the war in Issues Magazine. This, of course, got me thinking about the war in general:* I do not believe in war, personally. I do believe that if we must have troops, they should be here in case they are needed. And I do believe in self defense, so if someone came onto my property and threatened my family, I would defend us.* It is none of our business

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The media should leave this poor girl alone. Hasn't she been through enough already?All we here about are her clothing choices and her problems with anorexia. I think that she should just be left alone. If she were left alone, maybe she wouldn't have so many problems.Even if she has had a relapse, it is none of our business. It is the concern of her family and herself, and no one else. Enough is

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I do not have any idea where this originated from, but it was in my mail box this morning. My opinions on the piece are below.Shannon********Subject: Let's Say I broke into your House!A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in ages!!!It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.Her point:Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact

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From being the mom of young girls:1. I was their hero.2. I was their best friend.3. I was good at everything, in their opinion.4. I knew everything, in their eyes.5. I couldn't do anything wrong, in their opinion.From being the mom of two teenagers:1. I not a hero to them, but their friends seem to genuinely like me.2. They have their own friends, I just have to be here on the rare occasion that

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My new (free) workshop, Before You Begin, can be found on my website at http://www.thehomeschoolmomof2.com/. I created this blog specifically for new and soon-to-be homeschoolers.The workshop will be e-mailed to you as a PDF attachment.If you would like a copy, simply e-mail me a request at slb725writer@aol.com or thehsmomof2@aol.com. Put "free homeschool workshop - Before You Begin" in the

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My daughter is 17, as is her fiance. He will turn 18 in March, she will turn 18 next November. He proposed before Christmas, and she excepted. He graduates this May, she graduates June 2008. I was perfectly happy for them. They set the date for August 2008. This is 9 months after my daughter turns 18, and 2 months after she graduates high school. The two teenagers sat down and talked, and

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Said aunt and uncle (from my last post) were being quite rude during the entire time my girls were visiting their family. The girls continued to get more and more upset with them. It is a wonder that my daughters did not voice their opinions to the aunt and uncle in the manner of their own rudeness. You know, the rudeness that teenagers seem to manage when confronted with unsatisfactory people.I

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My daughters came back from visiting with family a couple of weeks ago. They see this side of the family only once or twice a year, and some of the members even less often.My daughters were upset over a few things when they returned home. One issue they had (actually two) concerned an aunt and uncle from Mississippi. I guess that there was a discussion on music, which most likely stemmed from

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See my website for details at http://www.thelowincomewayoflife.comShannon Buck

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# 1My nephew is 9. He and a girl in his class decided to get curious - in class. They were both curious, and the teacher caught my nephew under the table. The principal told my sister that it was all my nephews fault, and that he could not go back to school until he was evaluated by a psychiatrist.My nephew is now homeschooled. He was mortified because of the way that the teacher and other adults

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I do not geneally agree with abortion. I believe that every life has a basic right to live. I tell people, even the teens that I know, "If you don't want a baby, don't have sex." I cannot stand to see people abandoning their babies, regardless of ages. It is simply wrong. There is simply no excuse for not taking care of your child. If you are old enough to have sex, you will have to deal with the

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The link above directs you to the September 13th AOL article titled Waiters Say Diners Could Use Tips on Tipping ***For me, tipping is usually directly related to the service that I receive and the quality of the meal. However, how much money I have at the time I order also dictates how much of a tip I will leave. The type of establishment is a factor as well.For instance, if I go to a buffet

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Many years ago, in the next town, a man had a drinking problem. He was also using drugs. This person, when sober, was the sweetest man in the world, and would have never thought of hurting his family. When he was drink or doing drugs, he was a diiferent person. He was struggling with quitting.This young man committed suicide, leaving his young family behind.Before long the rumors started. Some

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Rant:My daughter and her (supposed) very good friends had planned to go camping with one of the friends' parents this week. My daughter backed out when she realized that my birthday was this week, and she wanted to spend some time celebrating with me and her sister.She explained this to her supposed friends. They were apparently two very upset 14 year olds. They set up, as a nasty little prank, a

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Hello everyone. I have not posted in ages, due to a string of events beyond my control. So far this year I have lost two uncles. My daughters also had a friend that passed away. On top of all that my father, who had been suffering for quite some time, passed away. I have been busily trying to catch up on everything, and have started a list of writings to do for this blog. Come back soon to see

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This topic is rather upsetting to a homeschooler. It is assumed by many that homeschoolers are not well socialized, that they need to "go to school" to be well socialized. This simply is not the case.There are so many opportunities for homeschooled children to "socialize". They socialize at the post office, the grocery store, the library and with friends and family. They socialize at church, at 4

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This is a wonderful book. I have truly enjoyed reading it and ended up with a lot of great information when I was finished. As a homeschool mother of two high school age children, I can honestly say that HomeSchooling the High Schooler is an invaluable tool that we can use to help our children through their high school years. HomeSchooling the High Schooler is a book with an emphasis on where

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Last week, when I was sitting in the pyschologists office at the end of my daughters appointment, I was hit with "When I try to tell my mom that Sis won't get out of my room, she says 'I'm too busy!' and won't come and help." She also claimed that she never walks into her sisters room without asking. I corrected her on this one. She certainly does walk into her sisters room at times without

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Who has the right to decide what my children should and should not be doing? My family? My friends? My children’s friends parents? Strangers? Myself?My daughters have friends in a large family. I respect this family for knowing what their beliefs are, and I respect the parents of this family for raising their children according to their beliefs. They have very strong convictions. These parents

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How many children could one couple have? I know of one family that has 15 children. Our ancestors were known to have up to 20 children, and sometimes more. How could this type of situation be handled? When would it stop?When a woman’s body is done, it will not allow her to have any more children. If her body doesn’t give out on its own, menopause would prevent her from becoming pregnant again.

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She is dark,We cannot see.She is there,We know,Though we cannot see.Here she comes,A little moreEach night!More bright.More bright.On the other side,She leaves us,A little moreEach night!Less bright.Less bright.So round.So beautiful.Brighter thanAt any other time!Round.Beautiful.Watching over us.We can see.Our rituals begin.Copyright March 2004

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Wow. I have just made a submission to Chicken Soup for the Soul. I am very nervous. This is my first submission for pay. Wish me luck!***I sent in another story to Chicken Soup for the Soul. I hope at least one of them makes it, but I am not sure that they are exactly what the people are looking for. If not, I will send them to someone else.

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Organizational Tip #1How does one organize all of the papers that a writing career generates? I am in no way an expert here, but I am learning little things here and there. Mostly through trial and error.I have one of those clear plastic totes that holds hanging files. It has a cover that snaps on, and a handle so I can pick it up easily.I have the folders set up alphabetically. In here I store

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"[My stories] run up and bite me on the leg — I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off." -- Ray Bradbury*********************************"Daydreams are the fertile soil in which our imaginations flourish and reach for the Light. Daydreams incubate creativity and make possible reveries, visualization, and maybe even

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THE LOVE OF LIFE The love of life is acquiredby watching life comeinto bloom.By watching lifesrenewal,and seeing the beauty in all. Watching a child be bornis the most beautiful of all.Such an important miraclewill never be forgotten. Spring leads us to renewal,of the trees, flowers and all.Watching will take yourbreath away, andis well worth the time. Watching birthand renewalwill surely

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Love is being there when you are needed,not making the person wait.Love is taking the time to find out what makes you happy,not guessing at the last minute.Love is doing the little things,like holding hands while walking down the street.Love is paying attention to the simple things,like the new shirt the person is wearing.Love is the joy you feel,while in the presence of the person.Love is the

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