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Tina was a juggler.  She could juggle 4 balls at one time with some level of comfort but a fifth ball always overwhelmed her.  Tina was juggling the balls of death, depression, divorce, loneliness and low self-esteem.

Tina made friends with Kathy.  Kathy gave Tina the ball of death.  Kathy’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack.  So whenever she was in pain, she turned to Tina.  Tina was a loving person who was compassionate.  She did not mind helping Kathy.  Kathy had been through so much. 

Tina also made friends with Tim.  Tim gave Tina the ball of depression.  Tim had been suffering from depression for years.  Tina was a loving person so she was there for Tim and gave him someone to turn to when he was down.  Tim could call Tina at any time of the night.  Tina would listen as he cried.  Tina knew Tim’s depression took him to great lows.  She wanted to make sure someone was there for him.  Tim totally depended on Tina’s friendship.

Tina was able to juggle both balls at the same time.

One day Tina met Karen.  Karen gave Tina the ball of divorce.  Karen was going through her divorce.  Karen’s husband left her for another woman.  Karen was devastated.  Tina saw her pain and was there for Karen.  Karen depended on Tina to keep her life going.  She would call Tina during the day.  She would sometimes call her 10 times a day.  Tina was a good friend.

Tina was friends with Julie since middle school.  Julie gave Tina the ball of low self-esteem.  Julie was beautiful.  Unfortunately, Julie always had men in her life that made her feel horrible about herself.  Julie was physically and emotionally abused in relationship after relationship.  Julie was critical of Tina’s appearance but Tina knew that Julie just felt bad about herself.  Julie needed someone like Tina to make her feel better about her appearance.  Tina would always compliment Julie.

Tina could juggle 4 balls at one time with some level of comfort but a fifth ball always overwhelmed her.  So Tina dropped the ball of low self-esteem.  Julie was furious.  She knew that Tina was letting her down and was not there for her when she needed her.  Julie knew that Tina was like all the other men in her life and so she cursed at Tina and told her she did not want to be friends anymore.  Tina was devastated.

Tina met Tom in college.  Tom gave Tina the ball of suicide.  Tom had constant anxiety attacks.  He also thought about suicide.  He had thoughts of giving up the fight.  Tina was the person who could always distract him from those thoughts.  She always left him feeling better.  One day Tom killed himself.  Tina missed three of his calls that day.  Tina felt responsible for his death.  She let him down.

It was not long until Julie forgave Tina.  She told her she wanted to be friends again.  So Tina began once again to juggle the ball of low-self esteem.

Tina could juggle 4 balls at one time with some level of comfort but a fifth ball always overwhelmed her.

I want to take the time tonight to recognize the true American patriots. . .

Yes, that is right.  The illegal immigrants of our great nation are the true patriots.  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was speaking to a group of legal and illegal immigrants and she referred to them as “very, very patriotic.”  She also said that the current immigration laws were “un-American.”  Here is the link:  Link

I hope Nancy Pelosi and I are not alone on this issue.

I was at work last Saturday and a married couple were walking together. 

The man kissed his wife a few times.  They talked and laughed together.  It was only one moment in time but they appeared happy.  I found out they had been married for over 10 years.

The man was carrying a few things to his car that weighed about 50 pounds each.  The man started to carry the stuff out to his car.  The woman started to lift something but I told her I would carry it for her.  I told her I did not want her to hurt herself with the weight.  She smiled and said thank you.

Today a woman walked into my work and she had to carry things out to her car.  They weighed about 50 pounds each and she had 72 of them to carry.  I told her I could get it for her.  She put on gloves and told me she lifted stuff every day that weighed the same and it was no big deal.  She picked up the stuff one by one and loaded her car.

The second woman was married and I am not sure for how long.  She bought $2400 worth of stuff by herself without her husband there.  She wanted to help load the car and I knew she would be insulted if I insisted on loading it for her.

I wonder which woman lives a better life.

I received this one from AlterEgo909:

I am busy with work so I am taking a xanga break.

An Illinois sheriff is suing Craigslist saying they are promoting prostitution.

They allow classified ads for “erotic services.”  Craigslist contends they are not responsible for content posted by users.  Here is the link:  Link

Does Craigslist promote prostitution?

As I mentioned in my photoblog, I knew the pastor who was shot today at his church.  Here is the link:  Link

I was friends with him in the more general sense.  We talked a few times at conferences.  We then went to lunch a few times.  We lived in the same area when I lived in Illinois.  One of my best friends is a close friend of his.  In fact, I talked to a few of his friends today.  Everyone is trying to get information. 

I had asked him a year or two back to have his church services broadcasted on xanga TV.  He was willing to do it if I would attend his church but I was already involved in another church.

Someone walked into his church today and killed him.  You hear about church shootings and school shootings but you look at them differently when you know the victim.

A man will be charged after he killed his cow by dragging it behind his truck.

Police say he put the cow in a harness because it wondered off from home and tugged it as he drove down the road.  They “found hoof print along the road and a trail” and the blood led to his house.  Here is the link:  Link

I was reading a post of a friend who mentioned that she had a good friend who she had just performed oral sex on.

She was mentioning the issue of the possibility of remaining friends and emotionally detached now that she had performed oral sex on him twice.

The post itself brought to mind the obvious question that comes to mind when one friend performs oral sex on another friend while trying to remain emotionally detached.

Why can’t I have close friends?