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I am.

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:04:53 +0100

Dream.

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:15:53 +0100

Do. It.

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:00:20 +0100

If you don't Believe, what are you celebrating for?

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:32:54 +0100

11/11/11

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:35:28 +0100

11/11/11.

Bullying Presentation.

Valley Center Middle School.

8th grade Seminar Classes.

Building Character.

MAD.

Making A Difference.

Email re: Bullying Presentation

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:53:49 +0100

Hi Lynda!

My name is Brianna Barry. I teach 8^th grade at Valley Center Middle School. I have heard some wonderful comments about your bullying presentation. My seminar class, which is like my homeroom, works on character building throughout the week. We and a couple of other classes would like to join up if you would be willing to share your story with us. Please let me know what dates you have available. This class meets every day out of the week except for Wednesday. The time is 2:20-2:45 PM. We would love to have you! J

Thanks,

Brianna Barry

Bullying Presentation, 10/7/2011

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:22:12 +0100

Link to Ark Valley News newspaper article re: my bullying presentation: http://www.arkvalleynews.com/web/isite.dll?1318522750625

Making A Difference

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:53:12 +0100

Today I presented my story,

My life,

to the 5th & 6th graders at Valley Center Intermediate School.

It's so important to me for the kids to realize some of the long-term effects of bullying.

How a word,

something that seems so simple,

so insignificant,

that we are so careless with,

can cut just like a knife,

can leave scars just as bad.

Can damage & destroy one's psyche,

one's complete sense of self-worth.

Doing my part.

Making a difference.

Allowing God To Use Me

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:41:06 +0100

Bullying.
How cowardly.
Such a horrific epidemic.
Often with tragic consequences.

As God uses me,
Uses my story,
My circumstances,
As I bear my cross for all to see.

May He use me,
Use my story,
My past,
My tragedy.

To make a positive difference to others.

May I be able to

IMPACT,

INSPIRE,

INFLUENCE,

EDUCATE,

With my story.

By The Grace Of God.

I Honestly Don't Know

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:51:58 +0100

I know so little.
I am definitely the first to ADMIT that.

Each day.
Every situation.
Every encounter.

Brings more questions for

GOD.

About what

HE

wants. About what

HIS

desires are for us. And though I know

HE

always hears me when I call out to

HIM,

The answer, the reason, is not always clear.

It's as if

HE,

in

HIS

infinite wisdom, knows we're not ready, that we wouldn't "get" it, not yet.

So

HE

keeps it to

HIMSELF

for now. One day soon, all will be revealed.

But we should keep asking questions.
We should NEVER assume we have all of the answers. We never will, not here.

I'm sure

GOD

is big enough. That

HE

can take it. That

HE

even knows our questions before we ask them.

HE

must delight in our asking, in our wondering, in our need to know,

just as a parent delights in the inquisitive mind of their child.

It's when we stop asking questions, when we think we know all,

it must be at this time that

HIS

heart hurts, that

HE

is grieved. Does

HE

ask

HIMSELF,

"How can they possibly know? How can they even act like they know? For

I

have not revealed this completely yet."

I honestly don't know. So I will keep asking

GOD

questions. Because I honestly don't know.

And neither do you.