Subject: Resignation
To whom it may concern:

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.

I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 5 year old
again.
I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples in a pond
with rocks.
I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and watch the ants march up its trunk.
I want to run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.
I want to think a quarter is worth more than a dollar bill cause it's
prettier and weighs more.
I want to go fishing and care more about catching the minnows along the
shore than the big bass in the lake.
I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were
colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes. When I didn't know what
I know now. When all I knew was to be happy because I was blissfully
unaware of all the things that should make me worried.
I want to think the world is fair.
I want to think that everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that
anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by
the little things again.
I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork,
depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money
in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and the loss of loved ones.
I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, dreams,
the imagination, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, a kiss that makes a boo-boo go
away, making angels in the snow and that my dad and Superman are the
strongest people in the world.

So......here's my checkbook and my car-keys, my credit cards and the bills
too, my 401K statements, my stocks & bonds, my collections, my insurance
premiums, my job, my house and the payments too, my e-mail address
pager,cell phone, computer, and watch. I am officially resigning from
adulthood. And if you want to discuss this with me further, you'll have to
catch me first, cause,

"Tag!"...
"You're it!"

I Am A Marine Wife"

I am a marine wife,
I share my husband's pride in the Marine Corps.
My husband has conquered the most challenging military training program
that the United States has to offer.
The Eagle, Globe and Anchor give testimony to his title "Leader of Men,
United States Marine"
He has taken his place among history's Marines
who have made the world feel safer just hearing the words, "the Marines
have landed, and the situation is well in hand"
I am proud that in an age that scorns fighting men, he chooses to defend
his country.
Although I can never fully understand his devotion to his fighting
fraternity,
I realize that these closed corners of his heart and mind are no threat to
our marriage.
That without his dedication to the word "Marine" and all it stands for -
honor, courage, patriotism and devotion to duty - he would not be the man
he is.
I try to be familiar with the job so I can appreciate his abilities.
I wait when long hours of tour of duty seperate us, knowing our reunion
will revitalize our marriage.
I pray for his success in his career and for his safe returns. I hope that
he fulfills his career
and that I will never be a deterrent.
I share a common bond with those wives who waited during Belleau Wood,
Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Ichon, Khe Sahn, Beruit, Grenada, Desert
Storm...
Knowing one day, I will be the one waiting.
I choose to let the possiblity of loss increase the intensity of the
moment,
to live fully and to love completely.
My husband has earned his right to be called "Marine".
He has been tested and not found lacking. May I be as worthy of the
title..."Marine Wife"

U.S. Marines

You can keep you Army khaki,
You can keep your Navy blue.
I have the worlds best fighting man,
To introduce to you.

His uniform is different,
The best you've ever seen.
The Germans call him "devil dog,"
His real name is "Marine."

He was born on Parris Island,
The where God forgot.
The sand is eighteen inches deep,
The sun is blazing hot.

He gets up every morning,
Before the rising sun.
He'll run a hundred miles and more,
Before the day is done.

He's deadly with a rifle,
A bayonet made of steel.
He took the warrior's calling card,
He's mastered how to kill.

And when he gets to Heaven
St. Peter he will tell,
One more Marine reporting sir,
I've served my time in Hell.

So listen all you young girls,
To what I have to say:
Go find yourself a young Marine,
To love you every day.

He'll hug you and he'll kiss you,
And treat you like a queen.
There is no better fighting man:
THE UNITED STATES MARINE!

A Marine's Wife

A Marine's wife is full of glory
She sees in his eyes his full life story
She's a patient woman of great understanding
She states her opinions and is rarely demanding
In moments of sadness or unexpected sorrow
She'll liven the day for a better tomorrow
She gives him warmth when his life is cold
For he holds the key to her heart of gold
Her ultimate test of being a Marine Corps wife
Is bearing the absence of the man in her life
"My duty comes first," she remembers him saying.
"I may go abroad, but for you I'll be praying."
Her reward will come, very soon one day
When her Marine comes home for a lengthy stay
For this is their castle,
She is the queen
A very proud wife,
Wife of a U.S. Marine.

1. Your house plants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.


2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.


3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.


4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.


5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.


6. You watch the Weather Channel.


7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."


8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.


9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."


10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door
won't turn down the stereo.


11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.


12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.


13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.


14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.


15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.


16. You take naps.


17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.


18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather
than settle, your stomach.


19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and
pregnancy tests.


20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."


21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.


22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to
drink that much again."


23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.


24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.


25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead
of asking "Oh S*$# what the hell happened?"


Bonus:


26: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't
apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry old ass.

What to say about "Queen Green?" (The name "Queen Green" was given to me by
my hubby because he calls me his "Queen" and the "Green"....well it's my
favorite color. I'm a Registered Nurse currently studying toward my
master's in Psychiatric Nursing. I'm a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and
friend. I live in Florida with my family, which includes our wonderful
boston terrier Cutty. I don't visit PFB too often as my studies take up
alot of my time. I am however addicted to myspace as this is how I
communicate with alot of my friends from back home (New York). You can
check out my "website" to learn more about me and mine, if you like. I
guess that it. See ya!

The "girl" never lived in the ghetto, I come from educated parents, mom's a
nurse, dad's a business owner. Unlike you, I come from a family of
successful people. And you brought it there with the racial steroetyping so
here's mine:
You can take the white boy out of the trailer park, but you can't take the
trailer park out of the white boy.
And just for your information, I don't have to hide behind a screen to
voice my opinions, I voice them daily, all my friends and family both black
and white know my opinion on race relations and such. You on the other had,
say anonymously what you would NEVER say to a black persons face. Coward

The reason I don't say those things, is because I have a professional job.
I realize its a foreign concept to you. I am hardly racist. If anyone
makes racist comments its you. You really do bore me.

I feel my views on this matter are adequately summarized in the subject
line.