The Dyke Diagnostic Manual: A U-Haul Experience! This tongue-in-cheek book is absolutely hilarious! Read the first chapter for free at: http://lnkd.in/Gc8_zH - then buy it on Amazon or Kindle. Enjoy! Deborah Cooper wrote: This is a fantastic book! It manages to be hysterically funny as well as being all too true. I am Co-President of Gaylesta, the LGBTQ Psychotherapy Association, and after reading it, I contacted Mickey about doing an event together to promote her book. We are working towards this happening in the fall. So happy to see it posted here! I can't recommend this book highly enough. It should be required reading for every aspiring therapist who works with lesbians. Or is one. www.purplebookspublishing.com lnkd.in
Amazing first chapter.I do agree with Mrs.Deborah Cooper totally.I would highly recommend to all my friends to read this book
"Tears in Heaven" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings about the pain Clapton felt following the death of his four-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment of his mother's friend, on March 20, 1991. Clapton, who arrived at the apartment shortly after the accident, was visibly distraught for months afterwards. This song is one of Clapton's most successful, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S. The song also spent three weeks at #1 on the American adult contemporary chart in 1992.
I better read between the lines In case I need it when I'm older
Now this mountain I must climb Feels like a world upon my shoulders
And through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
. I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
Aaaah woah-oh-ooh
I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me, oooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh oooh
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again I can't stop now,
I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life I wanna know what love is I want you to show me I wanna feel what love is I know you can show me I wanna know what love is I want you to show me And I wanna feel, I want to feel what love is And I know, I know you can show me Let's talk about love (I wanna know what love is) the love that you feel inside (I want you to show me) I'm feeling so much love (I wanna feel what love is) no, you just cannot hide (I know you can show me) yeah, woah-oh-ooh I wanna know what love is, let's talk about love (I want you to show me) I wanna feel it too (I wanna feel what love is) I wanna feel it too And I know, and I know, I know you can show me Show me what is real, woah (woah), yeah I know (I wanna know what love is) hey I wanna know what love (I want you to show me), I wanna know, I wanna know, want know (I wanna feel what love is), hey I wanna feel, love I know you can show me, yeah
I am an Eagle Scout. (I used to say I “was” an Eagle Scout until one of my clients admonished my use of the past tense, reminding me that you’re an Eagle Scout for life.) Eagle is the highest rank in scouting, and it’s proof that you know how to put the spirit of scouting into practice. So it was with disappointment that I learned of the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to deny membership to openly gay boys. Scouting taught me that even if we are each a little different, there is a place for us on the team, and we can work together to meet our goals. Unfortunately, the Boy Scouts of America believes that these truly American principles do not extend to everyone. As a young kid growing up in a mostly white, Judeo-Christian Staten Island, I knew I was different. I had different-color skin, had a different religion, and ate different food at home. And like so many other kids who are different, I had a choice to make—to confidently embrace my difference or to be fearful of it. Of course, I was too young to understand that choice. I was more interested in making friends, playing in the woods, and having adventures. Naturally, I signed up for the Boy Scouts. In an instant Ms. Garcia, my Cub Scout den mother, helped me understand that all of the boys in her group were equal—equally naughty and equally guilty of wreaking havoc, but still equal. At the same time, the Cub Scouts taught me to be proud of how I was different. I had a different religion, and my scout leaders encouraged me to tell my peers about it. Before long, my parents and pack leader were helping me complete my application for the newly minted “Bismillah” award for Cub Scouts. (An Islamic religious medal already existed for Boy Scouts.) I put a lot of work into it, and today I enjoy the honor of being the first Cub Scout in America to receive it. I was part of a team, but proud of being different. In my awkward teen years, scouting continued to give me the confidence I needed to celebrate my differences while building bonds of fellowship with other boys. We learned together, served the public together, grew up together, and, of course, camped together. Ultimately, my fellow scouts elected me—this skinny, brown Muslim kid—to be their Senior Patrol Leader. It was a reminder that you can be different and still belong. Which is why I’m saddened by the Boy Scouts’ decision to keep their doors closed to boys who openly identify as gay. We know all to well the bullying, subjectification, and alienation often felt by young LGBT Americans. We know about the depression and the suicides. And we know how important it is to give kids who feel different a sense of place and self-confidence. The Boy Scouts gave me that sense of confidence, and I wish it could do the same for all boys. How awesome it would be to hear a scout leader say, “Hey, I don’t care how you pray, or who you want to spend time with, I just want you to help me paint this fence.” Some have found it curious that I’m using my Muslim experience to defend gay rights. But this isn’t about religion, sexuality, or morality. It’s about recognizing the powerful role that scouting can play in acknowledging difference and building self-confidence in boys who might otherwise not understand that it’s okay to be different. While families, communities, and this entire nation continue to discuss sexual orientation, let’s not do it at the expense of building leaders out of boys. As someone who benefited deeply from scouting, I hope that the Boy Scouts of America will reconsider its decision. After all, the tenth point of Boy Scout Law is to be brave.
Written by Mr.Asim Rehman is a lawyer, father, and New York native
Lord we reach out to you today to ask you to be with our brothers and sisters in Aurora, Colorado.
That community has been shaken by an event that is as inexplicable as it is catastrophic. The hearts of the injured and the bereaved cry out for a reason why they have been so cruelly victimized. Lord, only you know the reason for the evil in the hearts of men and only you can make good come for every individual from every situation no matter how terrible it may be. We ask you, Lord, to untangle the strings of human pain and error and use them to weave your tapestry of untold blessings for the many people affected by the movie massacre. While they are now in pain and disbelief, lead them Lord to your peace that passes understanding. Bless all those who left us in this tragedy and bless all those who were injured. Bless their families and all others around them who have suffered and will suffer from this event. Be with the people who were working at the movie theater at the time this crime took place and with the policemen who responded to the horrific crime scene. Lord we also pray for the perpetrator of this crime. Whether he was intentionally evil, given over to insanity or the host of evil spirits, he was and remains your child. If it be part of your plan, lead him to an acceptance of you so that the ruin he has made of his life in the here and now will not continue into everlasting damnation.
We ask all this in the name of your Son and our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen
The beauty of a woman, isn't in the clothes she wears,
The figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman, must be seen from in her eyes,
Because that's the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman, isn't in a facial mole,
but true beauty in a woman, is reflected by her soul.
It's the caring that she cares to give, the passion that she shows.
And the beauty of a woman, with passing years, only grows.
Music By: Yanni Rainmaker
It is hard for me to talk about myself.Please,let me be the one who do not talk.The one who wants to show what she is.If I could I would dreased myself only into a love,nothing more and never less.
One day we will all see into each others heart and we will know who we were.
May Your days be for filled with love,peace and everlasting joy of living soul.
I do love You each and every one,You are my beloved friends do not ever forget that.
