Review of Laney's Kiss by Tracey Victoria Bateman

Laney's Kiss by Tracey V. Bateman

I have read this novel three times, as it is one of my favorites! I immediately fell in love with Laney and Luke!! I just knew they were the perfect couple, both stubborn as a mule! This story starts right off with excitement as Laney and Luke are arguing as they do plenty of throughout the novel. Luke wants to marry Laney and move to Oregon. Laney wants to marry Luke, but stay in their hometown. As these lovebirds quarrel, events occurred that renders them both to pray, seeking God and see the true paths they must follow.

Sooner or Later by Vickie McDonough - My Review

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Rebekah runs away from home to escape marriage to someone twice her age. Mason rescues Rebekah on the trail. Rebekah rides with him and his relatives, Katie(niece) and Jimmy(nephew). While on the trail they overcome a tornado and meet new friends. They ride into Mason's destination where he's bring his relatives to their father. Rebekah thinks Mason doesn't love her, so she leaves Mason and his family. Soon they are reunited when Rebekah runs into her father and the man she was supposed to marry ...more Rebekah runs away from home to escape marriage to someone twice her age. Mason rescues Rebekah on the trail. Rebekah rides with him and his relatives, Katie(niece) and Jimmy(nephew). While on the trail they overcome a tornado and meet new friends. They ride into Mason's destination where he's bring his relatives to their father. Rebekah thinks Mason doesn't love her, so she leaves Mason and his family. Soon they are reunited when Rebekah runs into her father and the man she was supposed to marry. There Mason declares his love for her. . . .

A sweet adventurous story!

The Good Lord and the Man

Well he was one of the millions
who signed up to defend us
long ago in 1941
when they sucker punched us in Pearl Harbor
He fought under MacArthur seventeen with an army Thompson gun







Well he stormed a lot of beaches slept in jungles with the leaches
he saw things young man should never see
and when they shot him in the shoulder
he got back up and he marched over
left a lot of brothers dead in kawagalie



If it wasn’t for the Good Lord and the man
There wouldn’t be a breath of freedom in this land
and I see people on my T.V. taking shots at uncle Sam
I hope they always remember why they can
Cause we’d all be speakin’ German livin’ under the flag of Japan
If it wasn’t for the Good Lord and the man
If it wasn’t for the Good Lord and the man



Well I’m the grandson of a soldier and I’d fight the whole world over
if duty called and freedoms on the line
but thanks to the greatest generation and the ones still fighting for our nation
I’ve never had to kill for my way of life



If it wasn’t for the Good Lord and the man
There wouldn’t be a breath of freedom in this land
and I see people on my T.V. taking shots at uncle Sam
I hope they always remember why they can
Cause we’d all be speakin’ German livin’ under the flag of Japan
If it wasn’t for the Good Lord and the man
If it wasn’t for the Good Lord and the man

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My True Story by Kellie Martin

Just imagine -- you're a young actress on the rise, the star of a successful TV series. You love your job, you love all the people you work with, you don't even mind those five a.m. (!!) wake-up calls that get you to the studio before the rest of the world is even stirring. You'll do ANYTHING for your work, you love it THAT much.

So what happens when a producer, director, writer, or anyone else "in charge," asks you to do something that you're opposed to? What if it were something you feel is truly NOT what your character would do, and certainly not something YOU'D do?

Well, this is just what happened to 16-year-old Kellie Martin, who plays Becca Thacher on ABC's "Life Goes On". Listen to her story...

BECCA GROWS UP!

Becca has undergone some major changes since Life Goes On premiered in 1989. Remember her big red-rimmed glasses? Her long hair and bangs? Remember Tyler Benchfield, her old boyfriend (played by Tommy Puett)? All are long gone. These days, Becca's grown her bangs out, mourned the death of Tyler, gotten contact lenses and a new boyfriend, Jesse (Chad Lowe). His HIV-positive status makes their relationship a very challenging one. When she's dealing with THAT, it's very clear: Becca has grown up!

"I MADE A FUSS"

Of course, Kellie herself has had something to do with this. On the "Life Goes On" set, she's always stuck her two cents in about Becca, especially when it comes to her personal style -- which Kellie's based largely on her own. This season especially, Becca's "look" became more sophisticated, and Kellie's happy about that. "I made a fuss about my clothes this year," Kellie told SUPERSTARS, "Because if I don't feel good about how I look, then I can't do a good job." Becca's clothes aren't the only thing that underwent a major overhaul this year. She also got inches taken off her hair. Unfortunately, she wasn't happy about it.

"WHICH ONE AM I MORE UPSET ABOUT?"

Cutting her hair was more of a problem for Kellie, who liked her tresses below the shoulders and did NOT want to change it! "A week before I went back to work last season," she explained, "The producer called me up and said, 'Kellie, can you cut your hair?', and I was like, 'sure, a couple of inches?' and he was like, 'no, shorter, like Bridget Fonda in SINGLE WHITE FEMALE.' Well, I'm very bad at saying no, I always try and do what they want me to do, so I said 'OK, let me get back to you on that.' THEN he said 'OK, AND we want you to do a nude portrait.' Jesse's an artist on the show, and in one episode, he's going to paint Becca's portrait. I was totally stunned -- and REALLY upset. Then I stepped back and tried to decide. 'Which one am I more upset about here, the haircut or the portrait?' "

"YOU HAVE TO BECOME A CERTAIN CHARACTER, EVEN IF IT'S NOT YOU"

At this point, Kellie was pretty deep into her personal "No can do" territory. What did she end up doing? Well, when it came to the hair, a compromise was struck. She got it cut a few inches above her shoulders, and when the writers wanted it even shorter, she held her ground and simply told them "NO!" As for the Nude portrait, she revealed to 'SuperStars', "I told them, first of all, I don't want to do it, and second, no- body wants to see a nude portrait of me, so no! Then we com- promised. We worked it out, and ended up doing it very taste- fully" (Kellie posed in a bathing suit.) But the bottom line is, as you can see, compromises aren't always easy to come by, and for any actor or actress, working on a TV series or movie can jeopardize your own values and opinions. As Kellie herself admits, "Being an actress is kind of hard, because they hold your life in their hands. You have to become a certain character, even if it's not you, and if they want you to do something, you have to do it. But, that's what goes along with being an actress, and that's what makes it exciting and challenging!"

Somebody

At a diner down on Broadway they make small talk
When she brings his eggs and fills his coffee cup
He jokes about his love life
And tells her he's 'bout ready to give up
That's when she says,"I've been there before
Keep on lookin'
'Cause maybe who you're lookin' for is..."

Somebody in the next car
Somebody on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop
That you walk right by everyday
Somebody that you look at
But never really see
Somewhere out there is somebody

Across town in a crowded elevator
He can't forget the things that waitress said
He usually reads the paper
But today he reads a stranger's face instead
It's that blue-eyed girl
From two floors up
Maybe she's the one
Maybe he could fall in love with

Somebody in the next car
Somebody on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop
That you walk right by everyday
Somebody that you look at
But never really see
Somewhere out there
Is somebody

Now they laugh about the moment that it happened
A moment they'd both missed until that day
When he saw his future in her eyes
Instead of just another friendly face
And he wonders why
He searched so long
When she was always there at that diner waiting on

Somebody in the next car
Somebody on the morning train
Somebody in the coffee shop
That you walk right by everyday
Somebody that you look at
But never really see
Somewhere out there
Oh somewhere out there is somebody

~~~~

Sung by country singer, Reba McEntire.
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Natalie