"Once upon a Sunday morning bright and fair,
There was an unrelenting spirit in the air.
Words and thoughts floating everywhere...
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Good Sunday morning, Earthlings. It's that time of the week, time for a new topic and pictures, time to share your thoughts, poems and stories with us! :)"
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Bonus Points:
(Hard, 2 points) Incorporate a Mary Poppins quote or line (such as "a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down")
(Easy, 1 point) Include two types of yellow birds in blog
Desert PrincessThere is a girl in a white dress, who beautifully strikes a pose. Very serene, very humble, very modest. While graciously the host of attention, she is not necessarily what she seems... She is an unrelenting spirit, perhaps coming from divinity, or, a calm strength after a lifetime of hardship. As a daughter of a peace keeper, she was cultured from different places near and far, expected to be a young diplomat, an ambassador of sorts, to the people her family happened to be sent to. As an outsider, ostracized, pushed away, occasionally beaten. Her parents, unrelenting, insisted she turn the other cheek, forgive, accept the mistreatment, and forced to be the house slave, if she acted out on the frustration of continuously being abused. Every move to a different spot, was the same thing all over. What this gal couldn't understand, was how her parents could put on such a good face in public, to keep peace between the nations, yet, would be so terribly the opposite way at home, behind closed doors... Even though she felt like a yellow canary being used as an experiment, she knew she was really more like an exotic yellow hoopoe.
Having a mind of her own, insisting on getting accepted as is, for who she is as an individual, it seemed as if every corner of her life, someone was trying to break her. Break her of her spirit, her independence & independent spirit, her courage, her center core... But her natural talents kept her propped up. Gifted artistically, she was awesome in her paining, sewing, and so much more, that she could escape by touring with the local acting group, so she could make the back drops, costumes, and blend in the background, where she could go unnoticed, uncriticized, blended in with the back drops, and quietly accept the awards for her hard work, since those whose faces that are promoted would accept the awards on her behalf, as part of the show. Her family, happy to get rid of her, was fine with her going out on these events. Occasionally, they'd come to the show, to make good face, about being a rock solid family with a ton of skeletons in the closet they sworn to secrecy...
Many an events, many good, many too terrible to talk about, with her talent to help huge productions, she figures, In any job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and SNAP! The job's a game! So there she goes. Off to school, and then to intern as an apprentice designer for Jane Carr. Watch out J. Lo! Move over for the premier of sheer elegance! Next thing you know, she is using her high end designs for her own store, donating proceeds to the women's shelters, child advocates, animal rescues, etc... So the story continues... Rather than being a statistic with the abuses that she endured, her passion for art kept her motivated and strong, and became her own unrelenting spirit, for the greater cause....
p.s. This is a fictional story, not real. but, for many who experience constant or multiple abuse systematically, a creative outlet where they can belong without having to worry about persecution is what keeps us from turning to drugs/alcohol, prostitution/human trafficking, etc.
Topic: Rachelle Lynette
Bonus Points: Poppy Ruth Silver & Bette Davis
Picture: Barbara K
Word/Phrase: 1) girl in a white dress 2) strike a pose 3) sheer elegance 4) Desert Princess 5) Runaway Bride 6) taking a break 7) dawn/dusk of life 8) white desert 9) apparition 10) The Weeping Woman 11) lady in white 12) the calm before a desert storm 13) silver lining in the cloud 14) woman in the wind 15) desert sunset 16) desert blossom 17) dead end
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