Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
-- by
Margery Williams, from The Velveteen Rabbit --
About
ME:
A
BRIEF, POINTLESS BIOGRAPHY
I was born on September 23, 1980 in Mount Kisco, NY. I lived in various parts of New York for 12 years, and then I moved to Florida. I resided in various parts of Palm Beach County, Florida, but I would have to say that I lived in West Palm Beach the longest. I left Florida when I was 24 years old and moved to Alabama. I was in pursuit of a suitable place to raise a child that I was soon to have. I moved to Palmyra, Virginia when my son was two weeks old. I now reside in Charlottesville and have two children.
I am a Certified Nursing Assistant, as well as a licensed Basic Emergency Medical Technician. I currently am attending Piedmont Virginia Community College. I am in pursuit of my Associates in Applied Science Degree in Nursing. I am currently taking my pre-requiste classes in order to apply for the nursing program. Once I complete the nursing program, I can sit for the state board and become a registered nurse. I will eventually continue my education, and climb as high as I can on the nursing ladder. There are many fields of nursing that interest me but labor and delivery, emergency, and psyciatric nursing interest me the most.
About
My FAmily:
Jaeden
Christopher Downs
Born: December 21, 2004
@ Jackson County Hospital
Scottsboro,Alabama
Occupation: Be Adorable and
Drive my Mom Crazy!
Interest: Trucks!
The Love of my Life:
Clifton
"Love is a smoke
made with the fume of sighs.
Being purged, a
fire sparkling in lovers' eyes.
Being vexed, a
sea nourished with lovers' tears.
What is it else?A
madness most discreet,
a choking gall
and a preserving sweet."
William Shakespeare
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