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this evening went to the mall ALONE (mom would have come with me if she could have) and i experienced a new freedom... like a person on the brink of life

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">You are on the brink of life! This is such a positive and inspiring thing to read. I am so excited for you. You will be able to do so much once you are in the new environment.

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I was smiling at everyone and just had an aura of.... KIYA around me.... i guess. =) I was even talking with the store staff - something i never do. Pretty cool what a sense of liberation can do to a person. I really HOPE this lasts. and is REAL.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">I just smile to read this. Kiya, even if it isn't there tomorrow, you have experienced it once--have confidence that it will come back, maybe the day after tomorrow! It is real!

P.S., I am so glad you get to keep your kitty.