Abi:original - If you aren't original, what are you?

Hello my friends, Thank you for the kindest words I've ever heard. It's so rewarding to hear how the show has impacted your life in profound and simple ways. Thank you for your good wishes. I'm bolstered and fueled by the energy of your every good thought. A week ago, I was saying good bye. Now finally away on vaca. Relaxing. Trying not to eat too much. But had 2 slices of the best pizza ever in life today. WHITE TRUFFLE! Had to stop myself. Could have eaten the whole thin sliced, home made thing. Catching up on reading: UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand I know so many of you have read already. It's as good as everybody says. 72 pgs. in, can't put it down. Will not be emailing or checking emails on vaca but didn't want you to miss SONS of PERDITION on OWN tomorrow nite. June 2. 9E Fascinating doc worth your time. About the young boys forced to leave the polygamist camps to make room for the men to marry the young girls. I love a good documentary, like a good book. H...

Hello my friends, Thank you for the kindest words I've ever heard. It's so rewarding to hear how the show has impacted your life in profound and simple ways. Thank you for your good wishes. I'm bolstered and fueled by the energy of your every good thought. A week ago, I was saying good bye. Now finally away on vaca. Relaxing. Trying not to eat too much. But had 2 slices of the best pizza ever in life today. WHITE TRUFFLE! Had to stop myself. Could have eaten the whole thin sliced, home made thing. Catching up on reading: UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand I know so many of you have read already. It's as good as everybody says. 72 pgs. in, can't put it down. Will not be emailing or checking emails on vaca but didn't want you to miss SONS of PERDITION on OWN tomorrow nite. June 2. 9E Fascinating doc worth your time. About the young boys forced to leave the polygamist camps to make room for the men to marry the young girls. I love a good documentary, like a good book. H...

Oprah Winfrey to me (2 hours ago) Got your email. Thank you for watching the finale. I could feel your beating hearts, along with mine, through the TV screen. I'm off to take a little rest, and then I'll get busy working on OWN. Take care of yourself. I'll write soon, Oprah There it is. Plain and simple. The simplest and most heartfelt reply. Sure anyone could have typed it. That's the ugly fact that's out to burst my happy bubble at this hour of night. Sure anyone could have replied to an email on Oprah's behalf but I'd like to believe that she did read my humble blog and this is her reply. However brief. I quickly did some mental maths and realised its early morning in the US. So it has to be Oprah (or her secretary/publicist) who sent an email out to little ole me. Even so, I'm feeling so happy to have made a connection. I'm willing to admit that I spent quite a few times writing to the Oprah.com website and got nothing. No reply, no make overs...

Who makes up your network? I’m not asking about the 892 friends who might make up your friend list, few of whom, may barely keep in touch on a regular basis. If you are like me, I’m sure a great part of your day is spent on Facebook and many like minded sites, but I’m not talking about that kind of network. I’m talking about your people. The ones you rely on, when life seems like its hanging by a thread. Who are those chosen few you call in a crisis, on bad hair days, when stuck in a really bad mess? When you just need someone to listen to you crib without prejudice. Chances are most people will readily say that their family, spouse and significant others are the ones that anchor them to shore when a little lost at sea. While that may be the general norm, lately I’m wondering if we are really spending too much time on social networking (SN) when we aren’t really being social at all. What happened to hand-written letters? Are they only for Mommy because she doesn’t have the time to set ...