From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=145">shayan73</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

Sati, <BR>
I love your work as well and I would be thrilled to exchange email with you. You can email me at [email-masked] or [email-masked]....I really look forward to hearing from you.<BR>
Shayan
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=145">shayan73</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

Sati,<BR>
It looks as if we are going through the very same experiences. It is a relief to know that I am not alone...That there is someone out there who can relate to my thoughts and feelings... "See Yourself " is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and feelings with me.<BR>
Shayan
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To Warrior Poet ~<BR>
Thanks for the words of encouragement.....<BR>
Oh, and by the way.... Taboo thanks you also....<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~<BR>
<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To SteveR ~<BR>
<BR>
I hope I will not be embarassing myself..... BUT  -<BR>
<BR>
What is a  "Windmill Cookie" ????<BR>
<BR>
Thanks<BR>
  ~Harem~<BR>
<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

Harem ~ I used to get windmill cookies in PA when we lived there. They are a sandwich cookie with a yummy creme center and the two outside cookies are in the subtle shape of a windmill. There was a bulk bin in the grocery store where you could pick a bag full. They are so sweet but my absolute favorite. I haven't seen them in CA. :-(
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To Arian_7777777 ~<BR>
"MoonBathing" by Jasmine - was breathtakingly beautiful... Kissing is my favorite sport, and the way you described that kiss - really tickled my fancy ~  Beautifully written and soooooo Romantic....  BRAVO ! ! !<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To SCqueen ~<BR>
Thanks for the yummy information....<BR>
Hope one day I can try one....<BR>
<BR>
.... ~Harem~  <BR>
<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To Skrible ~<BR>
"remember" - I am soaked with tears.... running down my face.... My god.... and I thought that I had it bad.....<BR>
My heart goes out to you, and what you have gone through.<BR>
It's so sad.... people always say its sad for the children,<BR>
and IT IS ! ! !,  but what some people don't realize is<BR>
that when you see your children suffer..... It hurts you<BR>
even more.... I know... I spent a good part of my life <BR>
trying to put my children close to their Dad, only to <BR>
have him keep pushing them away..... They cried.....<BR>
And I died.... for them.....<BR>
A hug for you from me....  (((( ))))))<BR>
  ~Harem~<BR>
<BR>
..ps, poignantly written with deep feelings..... <BR>
<BR>
Thank you for sharing...<BR>
<BR>
.<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To Skrible ~<BR>
About "remember",  another thing I forgot to share... I can appreciate what you were feeling when this happened to you, and when you wrote it (which is just like re-living it all over again).  You did an excellent job in conveying your feelings in words, and painting the setting of the event....<BR>
Some people like surprises - but a negative surprise like that, is horrifying ..... worse than a nightmare... I can remember, when my ex-husband and I were getting ready to celebrate our one year anniversary, (of living together) (we weren't married yet) and he called me at work<BR>
to remind me that we were going to celebrate.... It was a friday night - and he knew how much I loved to dance.... So<BR>
he told me that we were going to get dressed up (suit and tie affair ) - go to an elegant hotel - have dinner - dance till dawn - and get a room (the honeymoon suite).... I was so excited, that day at work, that I could not concentrate on my job.... everyone noticed..... I sang all the way home....<BR>
When I got home...  he wasn't there.... and all his clothes were gone - his dresser was empty ... He just up and disappeared -  Not even a message...  I collapsed in the driveway... -  It was not until months later that I found out why he disappeared,<BR>
and packed all his stuff....<BR>
Because - I had mentioned the night before that he had too much to drink, and was embarassing me in public....<BR>
And that I did not think I would marry him, because of his drinking problem..... But I did NOT say NO, to his marriage proposal - but just that I was feeling doubtful......<BR>
<BR>
What a damn awful feeling - to find someone you love - gone - without even a word -  I think a slap in the face would feel better.....<BR>
<BR>
Word of advice -  You are better off without him.... cause he would do it over and over and over....  Mine did.....<BR>
<BR>
He was just not the right one for you....<BR>
<BR>
Find a guy with guts ! ! !   giggle....  I DID ! ! !<BR>
<BR>
There's lots of them out there....<BR>
<BR>
Hope that cheers you up....<BR>
<BR>
  ~Harem~<BR>
<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=16">kevin urenda</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

Kirk-<BR>
Congratulations on the fast-approaching date!<BR>
And thank you deeply for the kind words, sir.<BR>
<BR>
B.K.-<BR>
Thank you.  Hope the blues don't stay in town too long.<BR>
<BR>
scqueen-<BR>
Thank you from the bottom of my ink pen...  Your kind words have helped me more than you know.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=103">j</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

harem,<BR>
<BR>
there are also those of us out here who are fathers that are intentionally kept from our children.  my son's mother took him 1500 miles away, so she could pursue her own interests.  i get token visitation.  it's frustrating when you're shut off like that.  so i commend you and other moms for at least trying to keep the kids' fathers involved...and shame on the fathers for not being there.  <BR>
<BR>
end soapbox.  ;)<BR>
<BR>
j<BR>
<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=103">j</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

sorry that last message sounds so fragmented...cut & paste gone awry, i guess.  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=7">Angel</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

OH MY!!! I have just returned from vacation to see my little one has made the front page:) She was estatic! She said , 'mama, I don't write a whole lot, but when one gets in there it comes out strong'...LOL. I just got back from Cincinnati (my birth place). I saw my two brothers and two sisters, numerous cousins, an aunt and uncle, went to King's Island (An amusement park there), and generally had a great time. On the way up I stopped to see my dad's grave in Crossville Tennesee and stopped in Norris to go throught the Appalachian museum there, which I highly recommend to anyone going throght that way. I wolfed down 2 Skyline cheese Coney dogs like a starving maniac, drank down a spider in my Cappacino (which I will not state where purchased due to the fact that I am a nice person and it didn't taste too bad;) I came back on 65 to avoid the Atlanta traffic we experienced on way up, but hit heavy traffic in Birmingham. We missed Graceland due to the time it was when we were passing through Memphis...did stop near Nashville at Loretta Lynn's diner. We got quit a lot of looks on each stop...could be due to the fact that one of the vehicles we were traveling in was a Hearse bought in Cincinnati on the internet and one of the reasons we went up there in the first place :) All in all we had a great time, but I am so glad to be home (there's no place like home...........)<BR>
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CONGRATULATIONS also to KEVIN......WOOOOOOOOOOW...2 hits!!! 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=7">Angel</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

Oohhhhh I also turned the big 39 on my trip...next year I start going backward:)*Happy Birthday to me* 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To J ~<BR>
Yes, there are lots of Dad's like yourself, who are very devoted to their children,,,, and I, too, have seen women use their kids to try to hurt their husbands, and that SUCKS, out loud...<BR>
The thing that hurt me most, was my kids being deprived<BR>
of their DAD.... <BR>
I would have gladly had an arm or leg amputated, rather than<BR>
see them be deprived of their DAD....<BR>
I think a man's input... and love... and touch is so important to a child....<BR>
I didn't have a DAD... (he wanted NOTHING to do with me) and I hated it... I wanted to be somebody's little girl...<BR>
I swore, that my kids would have a DAD...<BR>
or at least - a DAD's attention or something.<BR>
I failed miserably......<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To Sati ~<BR>
"Happiness" - Such Wisdom in elegant flowing form...<BR>
I loved it.... So well written ! ! !   Thanks...<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~<BR>
<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=29">~Harem~</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To Salty_Cat14 ~<BR>
"NEVER" -  WOW !!!  This was GREAT ! ! !<BR>
You gave full reign to the imagination.... but gave us <BR>
enough to whet our appetites for more...<BR>
I loved the rhythm to it also....<BR>
<BR>
~Harem~<BR>
<BR>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=164">skrible</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

To:Harem<BR>
thanks for reading what all I've writen today and believe me!! I know I know I know...how it is! 	<BR>
It's real......<BR>
thanx <BR>
:)
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=4">TJ Holland</a><BR>
Date: 5 June 2001<P>

Thank you, Kirk, for the Front Page Pick. I'm honored and pleased. All the love to you, for your marriage.<BR>
<BR>
Teej
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