~facets~             Ever ask yourself that age old question... "Who am I?" Well... after much soul searching... I have come to some conclusions about myself... Welcome to the multi-faceted individual... That the world so casually refers to as "Kim"     ~facets~ I have never limited myself to a single dimension... Nor claimed to have all the answers to the questions that elude the world... I maintain that I am merely... the most complex of simple girls... I love a challenge for my mind... I love to polish the written word... Creativity is my calling, by design... And at times, My thought pattern borders on the absurd. For all my eccentricities... And daydreams dancing through my head... I do retain my sensibilities... The light in life He has chosen to shed... To guide my path... through the darkness of the unknown. The illumination of a tireless journey... turning over each and every stone... Seeking wisdom, truth, and inspiration... Yet clinging to a dream. Maintaining the illusions of innocence and hope... and wondering if all is as it seems. ~KAW January 3, 2000       "Mirror, mirror on the wall, define that which is me... Reflect the facets of my soul... for all the world to see." ~Kim                 ~Kim "Knowledgable, Incredible, Mesmerizing" This is a quote from a very dear friend, Darin :  ) (He's the first of the wise and wonderful people I'll be quoting... as we continue upon this journey depicting my "self discoveries".)         "The world to me was a secret which I desired to divine."  - Mary Shelley         ~turtledove (My Dad gave me this nick when I was about 5 years old... it was my CB handle!!*LOL* My husband says it's the nick he believes describes me the best!!*S*)     "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."  - Eleanor Roosevelt       "I dwell in possibility"  -Emily Dickenson   ~Energy "In my friend, I find a second self."  -Isabel Norton (~Energy represents half of an inseparable duo... Pure~~Energy My very close friend, Darin, is Pure~ We are pictured below... San Bernadino, CA  October 1, 1999)       "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it." -  Edith Wharton     ~Amethyst "I think immortality is the passing of a soul through many lives or experiences, and such as are truly lived, used, and learned, help on to the next, each growing richer happier and higher, carrying with it only the real memories of what has gone before. -  Louisa May Alcott ` "The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency. -  Margaret Fuller       ~MissGuidedSoul (read this nick carefully... it, in and of itself is multi-faceted. It serves me well when I am rattled or unsure... But also possesses the strength of purpose to make any and all realize, that this path isn't mine alone... sometimes this "Miss" must rely on and trust her "Guide" explicitly.)       "Ideals are like stars;  you will not succeed in touching them with your hands.  But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny." -  Carl Schurz     "All dreams reflect inborn creativity and ability to face and solve life's problems." -  Jeremy Taylor     ~Reflection~   ((((((((( Deana ))))))))) If ever I were to have a twin, it is definately you Sis!! Being "sisters" has nothing to do with blood or genes... It's the bond shared by hearts and souls that truly encompasses what "family" means. (Pic to follow, July 2000)   "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." -  Anais Nin     (I'm dedicating this section to my oldest friend... Michiell.  We've known each other since early childhood... and are really more like sisters : )   No matter how miles or years separate us, when we get back together it's like picking up your favorite book and turning to the exact page where you last left off!  This is us, at her house in Stockton, CA  October '99) "I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite which I would like." -  Coco Chanel     ~Dark Vanilla   "Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another." -  Elizabeth Cady Stanton     "I would say that you have to be a strong woman to achieve something in this world, and women are gifted with a very special kind of strength anyway, no matter who they are, just as men have their own strengths. But I am a particularly strong woman, I would say... almost frighteningly strong. I frighten even myself." -  Anne Rice   ~Cleopatra (Named so by a friend who is convinced I am the "Queen of De Nile"*L*)   Sonnet XIV Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy, But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell, Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind, Or say with princes if it shall go well, By oft predict that I in heaven find: But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive, And, constant stars, in them I read such art As truth and beauty shall together thrive, If from thyself to store thou wouldst convert; Or else of thee this I prognosticate: -  William Shakespeare         ~BdaciousTaTas "Beautiful...Tantalizing and Tremendous assets. *Smile*"  -  My Husband, James   "Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder."  - Unknown (yet oh so true!! *S*)                 Back to the Nest