Dear Friends,

We all have our woes. Our trials, tribulations, troubles, torments, & tempests. At times we all see ourselves as less worthy or deserving. At times we all grow ill with the plague of how insufferable we see ourselves. Weeping and helpless- we all know these times.

We all get in a hurry. With our shopping carts full of conundrums, and our pocketbooks full of doubt. The easing of fears seems to be harder and harder to perform. Minds grow dense with fog; hearts are heavy with worry.

Why, of all times of the year, do these things rise up from their deep places? Having kept them stored in the sod so long, eventually they break out, root deeper, reach higher. With lumps in our throats that were once our throbbing hearts we drone on. And for what purpose?

Because it is what we do. We know, despite our seeping sewage sorrows, that we were all meant for something more. Something meaningful. Something real. Something...like magic.

We all know that there have to be the times where we feel utterly helpless and alone. We know that we can survive them, because we have all been thru them before. Collectively, and individually, our hearts & souls have been wizened by these woeful ventures. So why we feel like dirt today, we grow on, so that we might be flowers tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the national day of Giving Thanks. I urge you, please, do not fall into despair so deep you cannot see the sun or the stars. Believe that there will soon be daylight. Be thankful- not just for the good that will befall you- but for the storms that have come your way as well. Each day is a moment to give thanks. No matter where we are, be it muck or mire or field of wildflowers, there is something astounding & astonishing to behold. Just like us. All of us.

I realize that as you read this we may know next to nothing of one another. But believe me when I say that I know this one thing- You Are Nothing Short of Rapture.



Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello, Everyone!

If you are curious as to why I have added you to my friends list, don't be afraid! It is merely me, pinkotaku, in a semi-clever disguise.

And new colors.

I will be posting an entry on my pinkotaku lj as soon as I can. But if you are reading this before I've had a chance to post, the reason for my change of name as well as scenery is rather simple: privacy.

My LiveJournal has become of great interest to my family since my sophomore year of college. It is in the interest of not only myself, but of my friends, that I have elected to move on. When I started posting friends-only entries, it was mainly to try and shake certain people I didn't want reading my journal from doing so. That worked for a time, but they never stopped reading my friends page. The logic behind doing so was fine- they just wanted to see what my friends from home were up to and felt that my journal was relatively easy access to do so.

So in essence, whatever you were writing-they were reading. And even though this is the internet and anonymity is rare as is, I felt the need to protect the people I care about in the only way I knew how. Hence the reason behind the change.

I still intend to keep my pinkotaku page up and available. The only other thing that will change is that I will be deleting each of you off of my friends list as I add you onto my new one here at lucylaorange. I hope you don't mind, and I'm sorry for the trouble. You all know that I am not one to be willy-nilly about changing my livejournals around all the time. I'm hoping that this won't continue to be a problem either.


Thanks everyone, I love you all!


Yours Truly & Much Love,

OrangeLady.