About Choosing My New Avy

[rachel]

Thank you Isagel for starting the thread for an avy for me.
I just kept putting it off, not knowing what to put forth as representing me.
I went thru your gifts of avatar suggestions, over and over and over until I felt quite overwhelmed. Because each serious entry spoke to my heart in a different way.
In the end I have decided to print your gifts to me and put them in a gallery, all suitably framed with your name underneath, then Hasia and I can love and enjoy them all everyday.
I will choose one from those who contributed more than one, and the one given by those giving just one.
It came down to the fact that I began getting pm's and emails concerning what people had contributed from their hearts and it became painfully clear that like a mama with the dilemmna of choosing which one of her children's pictures she loves most, she must choose them ALL. you are my forum family and I could not choose one over the other.
So thank you one and all and I love you.
And because there has been a request by someone to use one of your suggestions, please, ALL of you feel free to dip into these gifts and use them along with me and Hasia. We are family after all.

On the first of June I shall put up my avy. Pendragon emailed me one day and gave me what I thought was a good idea of what I wanted to say.
I am just me, just Rachel, a face in the crowd really. And I wanted the words with the avy to reflect my life. I chose some words from a band really I don't know that much about but they had a song that was rather catchy.And although what they meant by their words is not what I mean I still want to use those words for they represent to me how I feel about life.
When you travel a road less travelled by the majority you sometimes feel very vulnerable and alone. You are often not understood, and thought too serious about life, too stiff and unyielding. And that is probably true. But my quest for the children and the broken, the disenfranchised, the angry and hopeless, to show them LOVE thru my very imperfect, small way is why I live.

So that is what my simple little avy will tell.
Thank you again to every one. You made me sit up and think and do.
I treasure you all in my hearts. That is the naked total truth.

so, please accept these from me with my gratitude.

[IrishCanadian]

Lovely roses.
Isn't it incredible how one fun thread can go so far.
Don't worry ... I will probably firgive you if you don't choose one of mine ... probably.
Hahaha, thanks for the seriousness.

... love you Rachel.

[RJbibliophil]

Rachel, I have merely been submitting ugly contestants for the contest. I hope you find one you like. Or you could be like some, and change regularly. Whatever you choose, you will still be dear Rachel. I ran accrossed your thread entitled "This is Good bye", and now somehow know you much better.
Thank you very much for the lovely roses, they smell delightful. ;)

[rachel]

aw LOVE YOU GUYS. IN SEPTEMBER , NEAR THE END, I WILL BE HAVING A PARTY AND I WILL TEACH YOU ALL SOME CHOREOGRAPHY, GRAND PARTY.......ALL INVITED. IT SHOULD BE SUCH FUN. SORT OF A THANKYOU TO YOU ALL...

"Pooh?" said Piglet."Yes Piglet?"
"Oh nothing, just making sure of you."

[Pensive]

Lovely Roses! :D

[Pendragon]

A rose from The Daughter of the Lion, like a faint kiss of spring in the mountains of home. Shalom, dear one. ;)

[rachel]

wow, Pen, publish a book of poems dearest, so I can buy one for me and one for each of my friends and family and then your sweet perfume will waft from each page, piercing our hearts with gladness.

[miss tenderness]

Rach , those roses are ss lovely as YOU.

You have the biggest heart and the most unforgettable character.

i posted an image in Cool ,that one speaks "i'm Rach"every time i look at it:)

[rachel]

ah how can you even think such kind things, just ask my children, they will say I am childlike(they hate that),cry too much, make excuses for everyone and generally make them want to empty their bellies(well, except Clayton, he thinks I am a princess, but that could be because I nursed him for over three years, we were very close.)

When I think of you Missy I always think of this tropical island with a cool misty mountain in the middle that has a castle at the very top and is shrouded in gentle always undulating clouds. Inside that castle everything is immaculate and pristine pure and there you sit, like a dream, writing, being kind to all in your household and there is something so achingly beautiful about your spirit that all the flowers in their pots about the castle weep from joy when you pass by.

[rachel]

Just to remind everyone,
tomorrow is the day that I put up my avy according to what I wrote and how I feel about life.
I am then gone for at least the summer, my street ministry, starting the next leg of my legal studies, baby Hasia.
Oh by the way, remember her if you will , her birthday is July 19.
I love each and every one of you, period.
I honor each and every one of you despite little differences we may or may not have.
And I bless this forum to be a deep well for the parched to drink from and be better off than they were before.
so...................thank you and have the best summer. :wave:

[Psycheinaboat]

Rachel, good luck and have a wonderful summer.

If you get the time, and do not mind, leave us with one last short story under 50 words before you run off. I know I always enjoy what you write so much.

[miss tenderness]

Rach i'm so excited to see your choice, I'm sure it ll be lovely as YOU.

[RJbibliophil]

Rachel! Just for you, Pooh, from me, Piglet.

Enjoy your summer. And I am thrilled to know Hasia's birthday is the day after mine! How old will she be?

[Virgil]

She will be three Piglet.

[rachel]

Well,
as I said,
I grew so weary and anxious over all your lovely pictures, so I will print them all out and put them in a gallery for baby Hasia and me. They are all so welcome and loved and appreciated .thank you.
In the end, it was Pen that said I should just be me, just put a picture of me and baby.I did not think it prudent to put Hasia on all my posts, I will leave her in the photo album and my profile.
I might post some pics of the work being done on the street(no faces shown of course) with the hope that you will be inspired to remember others during you summer.
That you would perhaps buy someone dinner, or a family in need some groceries and a few gift certificates for clothes , those that can afford this.
Or perhaps just some flowers for someone in hospital that has no one to love them or send them anything.
Kindness knows no limits.
I know you are all kind, I know you will remember them.
I love you all.

[RobinHood3000]

Yay!! Rachel has an avatar at last!!

But why isn't she smiling? :(

[rachel]

because the guy that took the pics never let me GET READY so i was a little chagrined. sorry, maybe in a month or two, when I get back. just pretend she is smiling please M'Lord?

[RobinHood3000]

Haha, fair enough, milady. It's just good to be able to see your face beneath your name.

[IrishCanadian]

Aw you look lovely Rachel! Thats definitely the best choice. You could have gone for a certain creepy looking guy with photoshopped and distorted facial featues ... but he's not quite as pretty. Hahaha.
Thanks so much for being a good sport about this and than adorning us with such an appropriate picture.

[Pendragon]

A most charming picture of one of the dearest friends I am ever likely to make. Le c'est de toute beauté , mon cher. Shalom. ;)

[kathycf]

Very nice choice,Rachel. Your kind nature shows right through the camera.

[Virgil]

It's only been three days and I already miss Rachel. :bawling: :bawling: How am I going to go three months? :brickwall

[Petrarch's Love]

I know, she'll have a whole flood of tears to mop up when she returns. :bawling: