I resubscribed.

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Dear Friends,

Sorry that I took my toys and went home! I get my feelings hurt easily.

You'd never guess that I really am a person with a lot of backbone, but I am

also sensitive. It means so much to me to know how many friends I have in

this group. I'd like to say thank you to each and every one of you who sent

me personal emails, and also those of you who wrote to the egroup and

expressed concern that I had left. You all have melted my heart. You've

made me feel very special. It freaked me out to know that people who have

been lurking in the background look forward to my emails. WOW! I was putty

after hearing that. (And BTW, , since we are sisters, consider

yourself given a rainbow handshake.)

And in regard to the original topic--I thought it was fairly tame, and

wouldn't have thought of it in a Christian way. I also never thought it

might get back to Blanks. And let me just crawl under a rock somewhere

and rot if that happens!

To Vivian--I consider myself to have spirituality, but I struggle with

it. I don't however, consider myself to be a very orthodox religious person.

I see spirituality, faith, and religion as being very separate and distinct

things. I think if I help the needy, and warm the heart of someone who is

hurting, that God is alive in me. If I were to cause conversation to turn

toward a man's male anatomy, Christian or not, I think if he were offended by

it, it would be as a human being, and not because he believes in God.

I went online for the first time this summer. It was great. Finally,

after all these years, I was able to spend time with my sister and nieces

every day. We installed MSN messenger, and talked A LOT!! I figured out how

to name myself before they did. I named myself Sharon, Her Royal Highness,

and Queen Sharon and Aunt Sharon The Great. They were freaking out, because

their names were only ordinary--but when I typed a message in, it always

started with Queen Sharon says: Finally, they figured it out too. So I

couldn't let them top me, and then I had what I thought was a brilliant idea.

I named myself GOD. Now my sister is religious in an all consuming

passionate way. And boy was she pissed off, or what?! And she let me know

it. So, out of respect for her beliefs and feelings, I changed my name, and

we moved on to the next crisis. Proving that I am flexible.

I really would never hurt anybody's feelings out of viscousness, but I

am a comedian, and sometimes I forget the boundaries. I was splitting a gut

laughing at the conversation yesterday, and lost sight of the fact that

others might have felt offended. I truly do apologize if I have offended

anyone, and I'll try to clean up my filthy mouth, at least until the next

tainted thought comes into my mind, and then I will rate it R, or X, or

XXXXXXXX.

And to echo my thesis statement, I feel blessed with great friends here,

and my heartfelt appreciation to all of you who missed me. ;o) Sharon