A few weeks ago, via Facebook, my friend Brenda Varda invited me to read something at the 2.0, spoken-word gathering of her project for writers and writing, w o r d s p a c e. ... Not just because I presented to the biggest honkin' crowd I had yet600 fine and enthusiastic people, bless every last loudly appreciative one of 'embut because for the first time since I started thinking about speaking as a means of sharing information, I was talking about something I deeply ...

Becca and my mom are so wonderful with her and for that I'm very grateful, but my heart is still heavy for all that I know Lil will have to process in the days to come. Pray for a strong baby girl who will be ready for the doctors ... Very soon we will know for sure, the anatomy of her heart and have a final diagnoses and we will also know what day she will undergo surgery... Thank you - to everyone who is keeping her in their prayers - I am overwhelmed by the care and ...

The other nominees in the category were my friend E. Lynn Harris for Just Too Good to be True, Bonnie Glover for Going Down South and James McBride for Song Yet Sung. Formidable competition, to say the least. .... As we passed through the rear, a gaggle of ladies who were fans of Blair's let out appreciative, throaty hisses and calls, their voices just loud enough to be heard. Hey, sexy! Love the book! Grinning, Blair turned to Steve and said, See what happens when I ...

What I'm blessed enough to be experiencing now is a deluge of the type of comments that make me cry, blush, feel humbled and deeply appreciative for the opportunity to have worked with and developed relationships with some amazing ...

I played that conversation over and over in my mind every time my thoughts centered on him. It was the longest we ever shared. Sundar being a man of few words, and replied mostly with a nod, but on that night he was riled by his musicians ... Lyrics are bold, laced with double entendre, most are centered around the female anatomy. Men sing aboout them and women respond likewise. Lyrics are sometimes tasteless, erotic, meaningless or funny. And in few instances a song will ...

Despite her obvious pain and suffering, she was still so appreciative of everything we were doing. I can't count the number of times she said thank you. She also spoke very highly of her time on the Comfort. ... All my accounting knowledge does no good. I can cook for the masses, I can make a meal out of whatever is in the pantry or the barnyard, but I can't put a needle into a vein and hook up an IV. I can't even do my own blood pressure unless it's digital and on my ...

This week in my anatomy class we were studying all of the bones of the torso. Holy crapola are there a lot of things packed in there that all work together to make sure our lungs and internal organs don't get crushed to smithereens! Our model drawings this week focused on the rib cage, ... Now having drawn part of the internal structure of the human body makes me all the more appreciative of how well it works and how things don't generally go wrong all on their own. ...

He was gracious and appreciative when he heard the deejay explaining that he'd won a dozen roses, including shipping and handling. His surprised chuckles sounded pleasant enough, and I couldn't help but turn up the dial to hear his .... the social services department of a hospital emergency room. One might say (if they were feeling generous) that her life is a combination of "Sex & the City" and "Grey's Anatomy"...without the Manolos and McDreamys. View my complete profile.

Mani, with all the staff came out of the kitchen holding a large chocolate cake with my name written in yellow icing. The candle was lit and everyone sang to me again! I was appreciative beyond words. All of this!! For me! ...

The results include the entire range of responses one might expect from women to their own most singular parts, and respectful, appreciative study by men of the most mysterious parts of women. ... Mira Schor's Slit of Paint (1994, above) surely respond's to Jasper Johns' Painting with Two Balls and Cathy de Monchaux's I saw the past splayed with the skin of my youth (2009) to Jay de Feo's The Rose; Allyson Mitchell's Hungry Purse; The Vagina Dentata in Late Capitalism ...