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<title>If you could....</title>
<link>http://www.LargeFriends.com/blog_messages?blog_id=75721</link>
<pubDate>08-NOV-09</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;Greetings to all who stop by this little blog.? I was just wondering that, if you met someone special, what would be one of the most romantic things you'd do for that special someone?? For me, being in the band scene, I would take my special woman to a candle light dinner at first, just the two of us.? Then as the first set would be coming to an end, I'd put on my wireless headset mic, and ask her to join me on the dance floor.? I'd dance with her, singing to her as we danced &quot;Angel Eyes&quot; by The Jeff Healey Band.? Having the lights dancing across the floor, cascading over us as I'd sing with all ?my heart and soul just for her.?? How about you, any ideas? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>crossing......</title>
<link>http://www.LargeFriends.com/blog_messages?blog_id=75401</link>
<pubDate>30-OCT-09</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The crossing of Jordan for a loved one as it soon draws near&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;can often make one cry and shed many a tear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;but in this time of trails and despair and grief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;there sometimes is a sweet relief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;to see the suffering of a loved one end&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;and the spiritual life to begin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;this is the times that I face now today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;as the burden grows heavier and heavier like pulling a load of hay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;as more is piled on, my steps don't grow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;and at often times are really slow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;my head hangs down as a river of tears do flow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;from my eyes, through my hands, to the floor below&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;as I sit and weep at the thoughts of this time as?it seems hard to bare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;and often times my sould and heart it shreads and tare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;my shoulder may be big and broad to most who see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;this little fella you can call Tiny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;but they're sore, broken, and heavy laden with a load&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;as through this dark and often rocky stretch of road&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;but soon I know the sun will shine again after all is said and done&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;and a loved one has left and gone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;I can somehow begin anew&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;like the morning crystal dew&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;so if when you read this little blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;if you'd be so kind, if you feel led, to leave me a note on the log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;as I read every one and take your words to heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;and from my thoughts, my dear friends here never depart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;for when I'm down and feeling blue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;I think of the words of my friends left here and they carry me through&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;they give me strength to finish this chapter of my life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;and yes, and many may know, has been filled with both joy and strife&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;but in the end I'll really know&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;that my friends that I've made here really to me show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;that they care and hold me up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;and with joy has often filled my cup&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;thank you for reading this and I hope that it helps someone on the way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;and if it has, please leave me a note sometime today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;this is just another poem from the heart of some one you see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;that you can call... well... Tiny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>the road...of...</title>
<link>http://www.LargeFriends.com/blog_messages?blog_id=75101</link>
<pubDate>22-OCT-09</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Howdy to all who visit this little blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;and decides to leave a comment on the log&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;as I sat recently in a restaurant feeling depressed and all alone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;and the chills of unplesant thoughts of the things happening then chilled me to the bone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;in a room full of people in this place that day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;I was so all alone, it's sad to say&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;but then in my mind as I closed my eyes I could see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;all of the people that are my friends here on the LF site to me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;and my heart began to feel warm, and my mind felt at peace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;as this feeling of loneliness had to just release&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;at time I felt like someone, somewhere was thinking of me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;this little fella y'all know as Tiny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;I just want to say thanks to all of my freinds for their kind words of wisdom and encouragement &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;for at that time, they lifted me up out of discouragement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;and to where instead of oh woah is me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;to I know I can be all I can be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;where the next turn of life may lead me I don't know&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;but I know that with awesome friends like all of you here I can show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;the world out there that no matter what comes my way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;there is always a sun behind the clouds of every day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;and that sun to me has been all of my dear friends here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;and at that time, I had to shed a tear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;just letting you know what friendship can mean for you see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;it's happend to this little fella, signed by Tiny.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>The boulevard...</title>
<link>http://www.LargeFriends.com/blog_messages?blog_id=74721</link>
<pubDate>10-OCT-09</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;&quot;&gt;Hi there to all who may visit this little blog.? After expierencing, and still am, an emotional roller coaster, another bigger wrinkle has come my way.? In the last 2 months, I've had to become caregiver to 2 very, very close family members.? One of them is only once in a while, but the other has been for the last month almost full time along with keeping up with work.? There are times that, while in this role, I feel so all alone and desolate, like all is gone.? Is this a normal thing to happen in this role? Has someone out there in blogland expierenced this and maybe can give me advice on this, it would be a great help.? I've also heard on the cd player a song that kind of fits what I've been feeling over the last 2 weeks or so. ...? Greenday's? Boulevard of Broken Dreams.. where the chorus goes: &quot;My shadow's the only one that walks beside me.. my shadow's heart's the only things that's beating... sometimes I wish someone out there would find me... till then.. I walk alone..&quot;?? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>wondering.....</title>
<link>http://www.LargeFriends.com/blog_messages?blog_id=74161</link>
<pubDate>26-SEP-09</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Hi again to all of you who visit this little blog.  After recent turns of events, from loosing love, to gaining some back, then might be loosing it again [you get the idea of the roller coaster ride], I've come to something.  I now think I know why a lot of songwriters/artists have done certain songs over the years.  Some that express what I've been going through are:  Nazzareth &quot;Love Hurts&quot;,  Charlie Daniels &quot;Was it 26&quot;,  Eric Clapton &quot;Pretending&quot;,  Poison &quot;Every Rose Has It's Thorn&quot;, and a whole host of others too numerious to mention.  I was wondering if when others go through this, what song tells their tale or advise you find?  Right now, with all that's currently going on, I feel like a Montgomery Gentry song that our band was praticing before, &quot;Trying to Survive&quot;  the best way I know how.  Thanks for any commets that you may leave to help me out on this journey.     Tiny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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