In Response:

I guess my little blog stirred up quite a response aye? We've already seen the comments left here on blogger haven't we all? Now I'd like to post some comments from the myspace blog and also a few emails I received. Personally thanking me

The first two are from my goood friend Ms. Hilary. One was a comment left on myspace.com the other was an email...

Comment:
So well written! Sort of reminds me of the "stalker" situation. Never were true friends - Ashley had to behave or respond just the way they "wanted". Now, they just can't let go!
The band was great Friday night but the best part for me was seeing Josh and Ashley surrounded with a sea of genuine friends - you, Abby, Caitlyn, Amanda, Rachel, Brooke, Katie, Andrew, Kevin, Dustin, Joel, Liz etc.. made me grateful for the faithfulness of God to bring the real thing and get rid of the fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had seen the dance! Perhaps it's on the video! Another reason for a party!

Email
I read your blog to Paul (My Pastor also Ashley's dad) this morning over the phone and he was really hit in the spirit. I told him I thought that was more of a writing as to what God is exposing - especially in the Universal church - weeding out the counterfeit and leaving the genuine. It's the only way we will RULE THE WORLD!!!!!!! :O) I think your writing is more prophetic and speaking into the bigger picture........ Just a thought - ponder with the HS and see what you think... loads of love, Hilary

*Paul is my spiritual covering. He's an awesome Pastor who prays for my family and allows us to use our gifts and callings for God. He realizes that God was the creator of all the things and that our gifts were created to share with the world. Not just to sit in a church Sunday after Sunday reciting the vision.

The other two will remain anonymous because I would hate to drag people in that aren't involved...

Email
You know it's really funny that you mention the whole, never really liked you anyway part in your blog. I mean why in the world would you even have someone in your wedding that you didn't even like. The people there are supposed to support you and be there when the times are tough and when things aren't so great. Here I am a couple hundred miles away, 10 years older than you and still I will not only talk to you, but hang with you. WTF??? Are people that fickle, that they just put people in their wedding to fill a hole, use and abuse someone's house and home only to deny a friendship years later. I mean what kind of witness is that. If I don't like someone, I ask myself why and what I can do to see them in a different light. Stuff like that really makes me wonder if they really understand what Christianity is all about. ARRGGHH all this myspace DRAMA, this is why I cancelled previously, but now I don't care and will be true to what I know and the people who are true to me. Anyway sorry for the rant, but just thought I would respond.

**Now I will admit that this one caught me a little off guard so I had to seek clarity from the author. The following is what I received back...

Haha, well I know I went off on a tangent there, but that was for you Alex, come on now. You know I have to defend you LOL.

The last and finale email I will post I received in the wee hours of the morning. I woke up around 3ish because I couldn't sleep-I'm really excited for this coming weekend-and so I checked my email and did a bit of surfing on the net. The person who sent this to me sent me two separate emails (I will only post the one) but I was moved to tears because for years I have thought this person didn't like me. But come to find out we shared the same feelings towards each other and have been denying a friendship that had the potential to be GREAT but because of other parties involved was never seen to it's fullest.

2nd Email
Hey I SWEAR I just read your blog, and ironically I just sent you another message earlier that touched on a similar topic! I think we both just had an epiphany of whom we are as people and where we stand as friends to others. I am sorry that someone could take advantage of you as a friend and be so selfish and cold to act the way that they did. I don't know who it is you wrote about, nor is it any of my business, but I just wanted to let you know that what they did is wrong, and I think it shows awesome character that you walked away with your head up high... and that you did not let someone's insecurities affect your own identity. I admire that.
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In closing please don't stop reading my blog just because you are taking on other people's offenses. NOTE: A very prophetic man of God once said "You can not offend a dead man." I urge everyone to go back and read the now famous post because no where in there did I say nasty things. Neither did I gossip or slander anyone. I spoke the truth. Maybe that's what the problem is. Regardless of what these people have done to me and have said about me (and lets face it, will continue to say) I have remained as true as possible and I also have tried to reach out to them on numerous occasions. The post was not a result of a friend request denial that would have been immature, although that was the final draw, it instead was written out of frustration that has been building for many years. I will not apologize for the things I said or think. I will continue to write what I want, when I want, and about whomever I want. After all America is still the land of the free isn't it?

If any one is still adamant on saying that I did slander & gossip I suggest you visit Dictionary.com and look the words gossip & slander up, and then once you do that subscribe to The Word A Day. It's free. And to all of those who "anonymously" read my blog. All though I am deeply flattered, next time lets be woman (or man) enough to respond on my blog. Feel free to leave any type of comment. Wisdom, encouragement, disagreement, scriptures. All is welcome and will not be deleted.

Ponder this, shall we?
Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.
Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999