Great to hear from you D!

Aww, I try with my little bears..I don't get to have them every day, so I probably spoil them a bit, but we make a good team they and I. We have fun together. Really glad you liked the link and the phoenixes and stuff. I thought they were really cool looking...

You and I are both learning to use positive ways to get the bad feelings out in positive ways....I too used to have the unhealthy ways and still fight that sometimes.. My journaling has always been the strongest source of at least figuring them out. The poetry is an outlet of pure emotions....and the music for me is the what soothes and protects me.. We can learn more together, huh? We'll figure it out together with the help of our friends and support systems...Like I said before, we can't go it alone although often we feel that way.

That's one lesson I'm learning the hard way...all the bad stuff feeds and is nurtured by fear, ignorance and assumtions, and isolation. Connections are always the answers. Connections and honesty and love! And that's what you have here in the Garden and in your support system and dearest friends...

I met one of your friends, Sunsun...she is just an 'angel in poor disguise' and I told her so...she has been so nice and supportive to me just because she heard I was sad one day. She said she was your friend too. Wow, you have some awesome friends!! And all the peoples and friends in the Garden...and the angels and fairies and Alice and all...and most of all, you are such a wise and strong young lady in your own right. I can tell that by what you write and the way that you write it and what you look for. You are on a good path...I hope you know I will support you down that path of healing and light as will ALL these other people around you...

I'm home today...my eyes got infected, and I have to stay in bed. Blech! But at least that gives me time to catch up on some homework and my notes to ya'll! Yeah!! Maybe I'll take a nap too again!! Yeah!! I hope you have a great day and we'll chat again soon!!

BTW, which HP character is your favorite and which group (like Griffendore or Slitherin) do you like the best? Which book or which movie did you like the best and no they don't have to be the same...?

You know, there is this site called TED.com ...it's all these videos or talks given by experts in their fields of study...most might be boring to you...but JK Rowling gave a talk, actually it was a commencement or graduation speech...that was like totally awesome and inspirational. I think you might be old enough to totally get it and really enjoy it. She's talking about what you can learn from failure! She had a really hard time of it. And she gave it to all those smarty pants at Harvard. I found it really awesome...let me know what you think...I'd really like to know....

http://www.ted.com/talks/jk_rowling_...f_failure.html

Have a great day, Dinah...

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