to my Refuge. I am Renegade Rose, Rosie to all of my friends. I do hope you find some solace and comfort here as I being a gypsy often seek.

Perhaps I should tell you of me first? I am young by many standards yet old in others. I have become accustomed to the pain and loneliness of being alone and unwanted yet, find myself always setting myself up to be hurt again while seeking comfort from the storm.

Thus, I have built this modest sanctuary in which to find shelter from the many storms and disappointments that life brings to those such as I.

Love? Yes, I have but known true love once and I learned quickly the sting it leaves when it leaves behind. So, now I travel solitary no longer seeking the promise of forever. It's not that I haven't been in love before that, but it wasn't the love that sears your soul and destroys your mind.

Faith? Yes, I have faith that people will be what they are, no better no worse.

Hope? Yes, I have hope that one day I will wake to find all these troubles and trials were for something worthwhile, and perhaps then I can learn to love anew with no pain or fear.

This is not a place of pain, however but a place to find comfort from the pain. Therefore, I will be placing good things in my home here in hopes that others may find comfort too, and perhaps even a kinship. I will also be placing honest and sometimes sad things here to purge myself of them in my soul.

But, more than this I will be building a place of comfort for all who care to enter and just be who they are, and find a smile.

With this I shall go, please keep in mind this is just the beginning and homes take time to build. If you wish to send me any suggestions please feel free to do so at: