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Roger 3169 7333 Haslemere	Re: Some of me Poetry, from the heart 5/10/2009 3:40:51 PM
	Hello Amanda, I loved Chyna, What a sad story well written. The story comes through really well. Isn't it amazing how little things get remembered and fitted in when you need to rhyme? Roger
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Amanda 2190 2587 Lexington	Re: Some of me Poetry, from the heart 5/10/2009 5:13:58 PM
	Hello Roger, Thank you for understanding. I have come to the conclusion that it is far easier for me to write poetry to keep as a journal that I could not put down in a diary. There have been quite a few times where I have looked up words to rhyme from the online rhyming dictionary http://www.rhymer.com/ Chyna was James girl. He cried when I read him the poem and we arranged for the new owners to come and get her when he was away OTR. He is very attached to his pets, more than me probably because he did not have children of his own. The problem of her getting out was not so hard for me to mend broken electric fences - although a nuisance, then repair the boundary fence when we put the electric fence away to give them more room to roam around. It became more of a problem after I had my accident last year, I am not as able bodied as I was, and my wrists, especially my right one cannot do the work that I use to so using pliers, hammer and nails and putting in new fence standards and bashing them down into the ground with a sledge hammer type mallet is far more challenging now because my wrists cannot handle this weight, twisting and turning. When our neighbour called me to complain and threatened to call the sheriff James and I knew it was time to let her go as our fences will never be sturdy enough against Chyna for awhile. Harmony or the Llamas do not try to get out at all. Amanda

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Roger 3169 7333 Haslemere	Re: Some of me Poetry, from the heart 5/10/2009 5:38:26 PM
	That is a brilliant bit of information Amanda. I never thought of that before. I have had clients keep journals and the've failed. I've had clients write poetry as threapy but i never thought of using poetry as a journal. This could be very useful. I am about to post another forum addition to our ALL ABOUT STRESS forum. Perhaps you could call in, say tomorrow, and suggest using poetry as a stress buster, encouraging folk to keep a stress jounal via poetry.? It is horrible that we put ourselves through so much with pets. We love and enjoy them but their parting is so hard however it happens. It is their reliance upon us that makes the bond so strong. See you soon, Roger
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Amanda 2190 2587 Lexington	Re: Some of me Poetry, from the heart 5/10/2009 6:09:55 PM
	Roger, The thought and acceptance that I have been writing a journal of my life came to me last night. I have tried to keep a diary when I was back in NZ but was more afraid that a member of my family would read it so I had to be careful of what I wrote in there. Writing poetry, I can be a little obscure if I need to, whereby others reading may not completely know what I am talking about. But I do and this is what the object of me writing is for me and when others get enjoyment too that is wonderful. I will pop over to your Stress forum and share the poetry journal idea. Yes, I have been through the gristmill with my past pets. when pets have died.. I have had to choose between twin lambs to give one away. A horse having to be put down after I fed him hay and he got colic so badly - if only the people I got him from had told me. I only had him for a couple of months and I felt guilty. The many tomcats we had and could have kept longer if my Dad would have had them spayed. I started to harden my heart for quite a number of years because I did not want to let pets get to close because it hurt when something happened to them. But I have learned to be loved by a pet and to love a pet - it is better to love and lost than to never have loved at all. Animals love is unconditional, they either like you or they don't and when they do, they are all over you and it is trust. My Harmony, was so aloof when we got her that she would walk away from you when I went to get near her. After 2 years of being here with us, she comes up to us and looks for a pat and her sweetfeed grains. She has come 360o with us. I think she did not get any attention at her last home. Amanda

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Amanda 2190 2587 Lexington	Re: Some of me Poetry, from the heart 5/11/2009 2:53:30 PM
	Working in America It was such a culture shock to work in the States so far behind with their policies, they are not up to date you are on your feet for hours. break time when you sit down no wonder so many workers look drawn and wearing a frown I remember working in these conditions in NZ back in the 70s when my bosses were still in the mindset of the 'old school' it was tolerable because we received good staff discounts it was worth it and you were informed of the rules Here, no one really wants to assist the new member to fit in they make it harder and do not tell you where you can fall in I guess you have to be a mind reader and know what to do because no one is going to help, make a mistake and there is a to-do Now, as I see it, supervisors do not require you to think because if you did, then they see you as a direct threat You could replace them, then where would that leave them? why out of a job and searching the situations vacant You cannot expect to get paid for what you are worth they will only pay you, whom they can replace you first Corporate America, leading business what I have been told all Mom and Pops stores have been put out in the cold One week's paid vacation, if you are lucky paid on your yearly anniversary, now isn't that ducky? you have to save your wage's for months to take that well earned break Just so you can take your family to have fun down on the lake Many employers do not give you health insurance nor do they have a retirement fund in place so many couples have to work to make ends meet putting their children into day care centers, isn't that great? So you work like a beaver all the years long so you can put your children through college so they can have the opportunities that you did not have with their cell-phones, ipods, games, clothing, and latest fads Amanda Martin-Shaver © 11 May 2009

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