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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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This is the thread for the giving of thanks not just to God but to those people and organizations that have influenced our lives for good whether momentarily or over the longer term.
All that we have comes from God, may we all be faithful in giving thanks.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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An die Freude
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I was blessed yesterday with a scholarship from my university. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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Walt Whitman
Formerly JFH
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duchess
Ship's Blue Blooded Lady
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I am thankful for my family and friends. And my job.
Happy New Year.
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Evangeline
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I am thankful that after going to A&E and spending 2 days in hospital and having CT scans and MRI etc my Dad has an inner ear problem that has been causing his lopsided vertigo. TBTG it wasn't a stroke and he should make a full recover fairly soon.
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Eigon
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Giving thanks for my neighbour, who heard me howling through the wall (in between throwing up) and called the out of hours doctor - who called the ambulance.
The ambulance man was lovely, calm and reassuring - and I'm now fine (if a bit wobbly).
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Morlader
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Really, just being here, reading threads ... and being alive.
Two years ago I didn't expect to see even the end of 2010. So, TBTG and to all the pray-ers cruising on SofF and in several churches hereabouts. Also to Morladres and all the medical people involved.
Morlader.
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
Ship's Mother and Singing Quilter
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The meds finally kicked in after almost 3 weeks. The wheezing has disappeared at night. (Darn wheezing kept me awake for nights on end). Now, if I can get my energy back, I'll be happy. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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My Dad has a place ready at the nursing home that my Mum has found for him.
It's very close to their home and Mum is so happy.
He'll leave hospital on Monday. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple."
— Woody Guthrie
http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Sarasa
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Thanks for friendship after an evening spent with some one I've known since I was 11 - that's getting on for fifty years now! Don't see her often as she is in Australia and I'm in England, but it's great when we do get to meet up.
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'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.
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Sioni Sais
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As we speak Elder Daughter still has her job but half the staff at HQ have lost theirs ![[Frown]](frown.gif) . The administrators are trying to keep the firm going as a whole as it's making a profit but burdened with colossal debt. Let's hope for a buyer who wants to keep it going as a whole.
More is that the firm Mrs Sioni works for is opening a branch where Elder Daughter lives, so if she can get her CV in, she might get a Deputy Manager position there.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Ethne Alba
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Yay! six out of the seven days are now past and gone...one to go...whooop!!!!
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chukovsky
Ship's toddler
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Well, we have some major news that is very praiseworthy - we posted on the Prayers thread that this was, hopefully about to happen - but we'd like to announce the safe arrival, and placement with us, of Baby Spouse Ferretovsky. He was obviously in a hurry to meet us, as he was born just over 3 weeks early, but he is very happy and healthy (and quiet!), and we are currently waiting to travel home with him.
Happily this waiting period should also include introducing him to his first shipmate (other than us of course!) as we are travelling to get his passport and happily to the same city as a Greenbelt regular (we'll keep the name of the city/shipmate quiet for the moment if that's OK).
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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Welcome home, Baby Spouse Ferretovsky!
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Big thanks and praise here today for 23 years without alcohol!
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Congratulations!
Welcome to Baby Spouse Ferretovsky, and well done Wodders!!
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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duchess
Ship's Blue Blooded Lady
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My dad is at home now from the adult care, healing from a broken/fixed-up femur. And KC got her stuff out of my condo yesterday. I AM SO THRILLED ABOUT THAT. (Long story short, her stuff was piled up there for over 1 year).
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♬♭ We're setting sail to the place on the map from which nobody has ever returned ♫♪♮
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Ferijen
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for the safe arrival of baby S-F
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
Ship's Mother and Singing Quilter
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Praise the Lord, I finally could get to church.
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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I am happy to be able to post an update from my friend Richard, who was arrested in Zambia, charged with stealing his own property:
today I received my discharge from the High Court as the Drug Enforcement Agency withdrew the case. Hardly a surprise as they admitted to me several times they had no evidence. That also triggered the release of my vehicles, computers etc.
He added
So just over 9 months of this nightmare have come to an end. Police cells, prison, court appearances, threats of deportation, death threats, loss of personal possessions, three robberies etc etc. but what I'll remember is the extraordinary friendship and kindness I've received from ordinary Zambians. i'll never forget what my Zambian friends did for me. I would often get stopped in Mchini compound, or in town, by people I didn't know, and they would tell me how they were praying for me. Fantastic (although I began to wonder if the prayers were the CAUSE of the problems, being an atheist!).
However, he did have this to add
But I will never forgive the people who did this to me, because it was driven by personal greed, by people who were already earning good salaries. The fact that they are all members of a small charismatic church run by a lying despot, merely aggravates the issue
So maybe I can ask for additional prayers that his view of Christianity which has been somewhat blackened by this experience might be softened...
But in general, thank God that (finally) this whole terrible unjust mess has been resolved.
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What are you doing for Lent?
40 days, 40 reflections, 40 acts of generosity. Join the #40acts challenge for #Lent and let's start a movement. www.40acts.org.uk
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Yam-pk
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For the tax refund just received from the HMRC totalling 177 quid ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Enigma
Enigma
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I'm so grateful to God that the event that happened in my church over the last couple of days went so very much better than any of us believed on the day of the 'dress rehearsal'. God knows what He's doing and I'm so grateful that we didn't give up!
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Thanks and praise that after the worst month of my life I've been thoroughly investigated and deemed healthy.
Any pain and discomfort is being put down to anxiety and IBS. So I'd like a new head please!
Breaking out the champers tonight!
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"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple."
— Woody Guthrie
http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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Sorry I'm a bit late on the congratulations, TreeBee, but I'm very glad to hear your news! (and of course, IBS can be made worse by stress...which probably didn't help the symptoms!)
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What are you doing for Lent?
40 days, 40 reflections, 40 acts of generosity. Join the #40acts challenge for #Lent and let's start a movement. www.40acts.org.uk
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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Thanks for a new boiler. Some private landlords do a really decent job.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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My sister, from whom I had been estranged for almost two years, and I have been reconciled.
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"I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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LutheranChik
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Good news on my son-in-law Billy's front: This man who, just a month ago, was literally at death's door, just walked 75 feet down the hospital corridors! He's responding well to treatment, says he's feeling much better (we can actually talk on the phone...he can actually call us, which he's been doing every single day at least once!), and may soon be going home and continuing rehab there. His bloodwork seems to be continuing in a good direction, and I think we're waiting on one more lesion biopsy, but the others have turned out to indicate benign causes. We are all so grateful for this progress.
Good news on my front: My new CPAP machine seems to be easing my sleep AND giving me more energy and mental clarity during the day. It's still an adjustment, going to bed with this contraption...but it's worth it to be healthier overall.
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birdsoftheair
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pbtg that we got some unexpected good news!
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malik3000
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I usually give thanks and praise for things on the Prayers of the Faithful thread because they usually relate to things i've been praying for. But I've got alot to be grateful for.
I'm undergoing treatment for metasticised melanoma, something that was pretty much a certain death sentence a few years ago but for which I am being treated by something the FDA only approved last year which has shown good promise. Not only that, the treatment has no noticeable side affects. I feel great and grateful to be able to plan for the future. And knowing how people suffer under cancer treatments makes me feel incredibly blessed.
And i feel greateful to have a health plean since each of the 4 treatments costs $30,000 apiece.
I am single with no genetic relative where i live, but i am blessed with a wonderful non-genetic family which is every but as much of a family as a genetic one.
I feel blessed to have found my way/to have been led to the church home where i am today -- doors have been open to me and i feel it's no coincidence that i have been led there at this point in my life.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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to all of you.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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Thank God for successful heart surgery on five-month-old Alyssa, the granddaughter of a good friend. Alyssa was born with hypoplastic right heart syndrome; the right side of her heart was so underdeveloped that it was non-functional.
It is not possible to do anything about the heart itself, but blood vessels can be re-arranged so that the blood which flows to the body is oxygenated. She had emergency surgery when she was a few weeks old; the latest surgery is half of a permanent fix. She will have another surgery in about eighteen months, but the one she just had is the biggie. She was home from the hospital in less than a week.
We are all grateful to God and to the skilled doctors and nurses who took care of her.
Moo
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daisymay
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Thank you God and those who prayed for me re colonoscopy, and my previous accident. I'm feeling OK and fine today and managed to sleep well and get up out of bed with no pain.
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harmony hope
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For the lovely people at the hospital who were so accommodating when my van wouldn't start for my daughter's appointment - first I cancelled then I managed to borrow a car so they re-booked me at the last minute on the end of surgery! For the lovely doctor who was so compassionate and honest with my daughter and for the good old NHS (which may be far from perfect but which is amazing nonetheless).
For a sense of peace in the middle of stress - thank you.
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'God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can and Wisdom to know the difference.'
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birdie
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I would very much appreciate prayers for the birdie family's current selling up/moving/finding school for the kids situation. Particularly the school bit. Because of both kids' medical needs it's potentially very complicated (although also might not be) and I'm feeling really, really overwhelmed by it all.
I posted this about an hour ago, and then went to make some phone calls I had been dreading. The phone calls went fine, and then when I put the phone down after the last one, the estate agent called, to arrange a viewing of our house this weekend. This is the first viewing since going on the market four months ago.
I know this doesn't make it all sorted, but I feel a lot more as if sorting is a realistic possibility than I did an hour ago!
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"Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this weirdness."
Captain Jack Sparrow
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Jack the Lass
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I got offered a job today! I'm so happy, and so very thankful
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"My body is a temple - it's big and doesn't move." (Jo Brand)
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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yay
Jengie
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Back to my blog
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Ags
Knocked up
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Congrats, Jack. Great news!
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I think that we are most ourselves at our best, because that is what God intended us to be. The us we really like, the us that others love to be with. Moth
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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Good job, Jackie!
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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duchess
Ship's Blue Blooded Lady
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Yay Mrs. Jackie Lass!
My prayer was posted on my blog since there I can be verbose. In a nutshell, I am highly insecure at any job due to how I was treated a few job-companies ago. I was fearing my boss was unhappy with my work and started to freak out.
I posted on the prayer thread for prayer and that prayer was soon answered. My boss yesterday took me in his office and expressed how happy he is with my work - even though we discussed my lack of Martha Stewart-ness in the booth help. He made it clear he appreciates me.
I will know make a verbose blog post. But just wanted you to know that info.
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cattyish
Wuss in Boots
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We had a most excellent Sunday School this morning, during which the children's sporting ability and spiritual wisdom far and away surpassed my own. We then had the first ever meeting of our brand new, shiny little contemporary worship group. Lovely, uplifting and tuneful.
Thank you Lord for lovely things and more to come.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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maleveque
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Thanks be to God for the safe delivery in the wee hours of this morning of my newest grand-niece! Sweet, beautiful Abigail - welcome to the world!
- Anne
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Sir Kevin
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I have been w*rking five and a half to six and a half days a week for several weeks: this is a good thing, as my wife is a graduate student and we do not wish to exhaust the moneys from her student loans before she signs a teaching contract and commences drawing a salary at the end of summer. Thankfully, I have the entire day off on Saturday: we may even go to see a film!
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
Ship's Mother and Singing Quilter
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We have wonderful, healthy children and grandchildren, and for that, Lord, we are most thankful.
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Lothlorien
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In two days it will be two weeks since son's back operation which was more extensive and complicated than foreseen.
He's just rung me. I haven't heard him so upbeat, hopeful and animated in probably a year. The agonising leg pain has gone, the operation site is sore but healing well.
He's walking around every half hour and taking three 20 minute walks outside a day which are helping loosen muscles which have been tight for 15 months. He's still being very careful with movement but at least he can move.
Best of all he's off all forms of morphine and the other medications which were clogging his brain. He takes ibuprofen if needed and at night so he can sleep.
Than you so much for prayers.
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Eigon
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I just found out that I've sold my first ever ebook on Smashwords!
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cattyish
Wuss in Boots
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Thank you God for bringing back my voice so I could make all those terrible mistakes in the act 1 run-through, not in the dress rehearsal!
Csttyish, happy days.
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