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10/  It's the girls.  Yes, in the movie Hook, Captain Hook says we are all here because we love the same woman.  In this case, we are all here because we love the same two women, Rosie and Kerran.  It is true.  Every night, I never wanted to go.  I was always too tired and just didn't want to go.  Andrew would always say he wanted to go to go support the girls.  So, we went.  It turns out it was just moral support we provided.  No financial support whatsoever.  The girls did this for ten years, despite all the frustration, all the countless hours, and literally made nothing.  Personally, I think my partner and I wouldn't last one weekend, but their relationship flourished and they got engaged last winter.  The girls made the experience for me and I know for many more.  The amount of laughs we shared was priceless.  Thank you both for being such role-models of relationship maintenance.  9.  And speak...

Toastmasters is a wonderful organization.  I experienced a great deal of success in the program.  One of the things that was the best part of the program was the nuggets of wisdom that I was able to get out of ordinary moments.  I remember speech given by an artist.  The speech was about empty spaces in painting and how important they are.  She said that great artists often figure out where the empty spaces will go first and then design there painting around this.  The empty spaces are purposeful and definitely part of the work of art.  I have been quiet lately.  Essentially, I have been focusing on the empty spaces in the my life and trying to decide how to fill my life around it.  I have received some bad news about my physical health.  I have been devoting my energy to moving forward but the seed in my mind is that my physical health needs all my attention at this time.  Once I figure out how these empty spaces are filled, I ...