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| User: | museofmyself (9574767) Making It Up as I Go Along
The Mishaps and Merriments of a Mostly Sane Single Mother |
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| Name: | Woman of Substance | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | On the coast, Washington, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bio: | My name is Tara and I'm the proud single mama of a wonderful twelve-year-old daughter named Lily and a Betta fish named California. My journal is a place for me to express my thoughts and feelings and chronicle my daily life. I write a lot about the girl and our life together as well as current events and whatever else happens to be on my (dirty) mind with an occasional meme thrown in for the fun of it. My journal is "friends only" but I love meeting new people and making new friends. So, if you're interested in adding me, just leave a comment telling me why and how you found me and I will more than likely add you back. :) Banner courtesy of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} capture_dreamsI am: ~a Southern girl at heart. I was born in Georgia and spent ten years there, six years in Texas and countless vacations in Tennessee where most of my relatives lived. ~a closet California girl. It's where my daughter was born and the place I called home for almost nine years. ~living in Washington now because my entire immediate family lives here. I couldn't beat 'em, so I joined 'em. ~a tolerant, open-minded Liberal. ~sentimental, sarcastic and silly. ~a highly sensitive person. It's not a bad thing. ~not afraid to stand up for myself, people I care about, or a cause I believe in. Don't confuse sensitivity with a lack of courage or strength. ~an ENFJ. An idealist to the core. ~an Aquarius. Virgo rising, moon in Scorpio. This means I'm friendly, independent, quirky, humanitarian, analytical, self-aware, sensual and intense. All wrapped up in one neat, little package. Well, not always neat. Not all that little, either. ~a synesthete. I associate letters, words, names and numbers with colors. I also experience other forms of synesthesia. It runs in my family. ~a lifelong night owl. Insomnia is not uncommon for me. ~struggling with bipolar II disorder. Don't let this scare you off - I don't bite. Okay, sometimes I do. But that's an entirely different subject. ;) ~an eternal optimist. Depression be damned! ~a former Christian. ~evolving in my spirituality. I claim no religion but I am also not an atheist. ~a believer in the power of positive thinking and self-affirmations. ~a follower of the the Golden Rule: "Treat others as you would like to be treated". ~working on self-acceptance and embracing all that I am. ~interested in expanding my horizons (meeting new people; learning about different ways of life, different philosophies, new ways of thinking). Divulge your knowledge, I plead! ~constantly learning and growing; trying to figure out my purpose here on earth and what this life is all about. "I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult." E. B. White "This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." Dalai Lama "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. " Maya Angelou "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells." Dr. Seuss "Be who you are and say how you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter, don't mind." Theodor Geisel “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Marianne Williamson "World peace, through individual happiness." Buddha “Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.'' Denis Waitley "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO - what a ride!" unknown "'Impossible' is a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact, it's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration, it's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing." Muhammad Ali "It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart." Anne Frank "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi "Well-behaved women rarely make history." Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
![[PDA - Progressive Democrats of America - Stand Up. Take Action. Vote.]](http://pdamerica.org/images/ads/pdalink-150x200.gif)  "People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote -- a very different thing." Walter H. Judd "...I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?" Barry Goldwater | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interests: | 150: 80's music, a good bargain, accents, antiques, astrology, autumn, basketball, beach cottages, beauty products, being goofy, being rebellious, being understood, bipolar disorder, birds in flight, board games, books, california, calvin and hobbes, canopy beds, card games, changing of seasons, children's literature, city lights, coffee, comedy, comfort, common sense, conversation, cooking, cotton sateen sheets, creative fulfillment, crossword puzzles, curiosity, dance, dictionaries, different cultures, dreams, dusk, enfj, enthusiasm, environmentalism, epiphanies, esp, family, fashion, flirting, flowers, following my own path, foreign places, forests, forgiveness, freedom, friendship, gandhi, geography, ghost stories, good karma, grammar, hammocks, happiness, hedonism, highly sensitive people, hope, human rights, idiosyncrasies, imagination, interior decorating, introspection, intuition, jeopardy!, jewelry, kindness, languages, laughter, law of attraction, learning, libraries, lighthouses, lists, little things in life, maps, men in kilts, mischief, mohawks, mosquito netting, my daughter, names, nostalgia, old houses, organization, overcoming depression, pajamas, palm trees, paranormal, party planning, passion, peace, people watching, picnics, plantation shutters, politics, porch swings, positive thinking, precocious puberty, psychology, quotes, raising children, reading, real southern barbecue, red hair, relearning french, sarcasm, savoir faire, seashells, seduction, self-confidence, sexual fantasies, silver, single parenting, sleeping naked, sly smiles, snappy comebacks, snuggling, sociology, south park, spelling, spiders, spiritual growth, spy novels, starry nights, suns and moons, tenacity, the sea, thrift stores, thunderstorms, tolerance, tree houses, tree-lined streets, unconditional love, underdogs, wanderlust, weeping willows, white oleander, wildlife conservation, wind chimes, wise old owls, words, world history, writing, wrought iron | |||||||||||||||||||
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