Your wonderful literary work has been chosen to be featured by DLD (Daily Literature Deviations). It is featured in a news article here: news.deviantart.com/article/75… and in our journal here: dailylitdeviations.deviantart.… Song of the Wind-written

Keep writing and keep creating.

Ok, ok, breath...breath.... OK my friends, take a look and let me know what you think. I'm too busy fainting. LOL Thank you for all your support and Thank You, paintedbluerose for the nomination to be included. I'm blown away and very thankful for your support and friendship. Thanks again.

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OK, so after a few hours of sorting through information, I have come to the conclusion that I know absolutely NOTHING! That's right, NOTHING. I don't know who's right, who's wrong, who's alive, passed on, NOTHING. Oh wait, I do know something... I know this is a "Campaign for a Cause" and that cause is Suicide and Rape. No matter how it came to be birthed, this is where we are right now. Public awareness is key to getting people informed about these issues. That's what the ribbons, stamps and blinkies are for. The statistics on the News page are to jolt people into awareness of the sheer number of instances that take place. Every 8 seconds, someone else is raped!!

So go ahead and feel used, betrayed, and taken advantage of. All normal feelings that you, me and the person next to me has the right to feel. Hugs to all including myself. But, when we are done, let's remember that this may have started out as a "cause" for Samira, but ultimately we are doing this for the ones that aren't a hoax. The ones who are being raped right now as I sit here and write this. The lost ones who will take that bottle of pills, jump from that bridge or shoot themselves dead. We are a caring and compassionate race of all nationalities, if the last 7+ days tells us anything. Do not let this sour your compassion and love for someone else's pain and suffering. Next time it might not be a hoax. I will not delete my art for "Samira" as I am calling the campaign for Rape & Suicide by the name "Samira." It will help me to remember why I started them back up again. If nothing else, that is what this person did for me. Gave me the causes back and the will to continue to try and make a difference. Won't you do the same?

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"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

~Alexander Graham Bell~ Thank you Michelle, for the reminder.

You might have noticed some art and stamps of myself and together. If you haven't met him please stop by his place and say Hi. Daniel and I have a history together and have decided to continue the story *winks* forward. He's a bit shy so don't take his aloofness for snobbery, just jump in and say Hi please. This is an effort to get him to come out and socialize instead of being the rock I stand on when times and circumstances get to be to much for me. For 2 years he's been friend, confidant, pain-in-the-arse and a love for the ages. Temporally sidetracked by deception, smoke and mirrors & do I have to admit, stars in my eyes, for eight months, I'm now back where I belong. Loved, forgiven, and thriving. So please just give a shout to him. He means the world to me.

Daniel, Je t'aime, mon éternel ~ Celeste

***Ribbon Campaigns Return: Rape & Suicide***

We will be continuing on with this campaign as I've decided to call it the "Samira" campaign. Reminding me of why I decided to continue on with them in the first place.

We all have these experiences in our lives. If you haven't then you are a minority who will eventually be swallowed up by statistics. Sounds harsh but the reality is that everyone will know someone who has committed suicide or has been raped, maybe even both. Or it could be one resulted in the other. Whatever it is, the epidemic is getting worse. It's spreading as our society feels the crunch of hard times, violence is escalating and no way out scenarios become a thing of reality.

Make the public aware. That's what this is all about. Take your art account, your talent and your good intentions and turn them into a public awareness campaign. All you need do is post a stamp, a blinkie, a ribbon or maybe all of the above. Then, if you'd like, post a piece of art for the cause. Send me the link and I will post it in my journal and run the feature of it in the news article on Sunday, "The Week In Review". Whether it be poetry, art, stamps, or whatever you are good at you are welcome to contact me in regards. Thank you my friends, and thank you "Samira" for helping me to find my compassion and the strength to continue on helping others.




"Listen To What's Not Being Said"

My thanks to MistRaven for her dedication to making the stamps for the Ribbon campaigns.

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(Update) My cold came back with a vengeance and is now full blown Chronic Bronchitis. I have a breathing machine to do treatments on and this is not something unfamiliar to me. I have had this before though it's been 8 years since I had a problem. I expect it could take up to 3 weeks to start feeling normal again. If I'm slow to comment or respond to messages please know that this is the reason. Thankfully, I have a laptop with wireless internet to work from when I'm upstairs in bed.
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(Snippet from 2/28)One day at a time they say. I'm actually feeling much better and because of a lot of support from the wonderful people here I believe it's helped me to feel better even faster. Not to mention that woman with the cookies coming around all the time, grrrrrr. Bad, cookies bad. (not)

(Update)That lady with the cookies caught up with me. She brain-washed me with an Obsidian Blood Cookie. *arg, blasted woman* Now she's got me in her cult and I'm powerless to stop her. I knew I should have bit her when I had the chance.

Some lovely art dedicated to me: Thank You So Much


Ferelwing aussiesteve Teague-Drydan

The Legend of The Obsidian Blood Cookie
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I know, I know...
"Where are the pointy ears?"
"This doesn't look like an Elf Maiden..."
"What happened to the 5th stanza of the poem you've been doing?"
"Why are you so weird?"
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