wishes Sonya "A faithful heart can make wishes come true." She slowly smoothed out her long black hair only to have the wind crush its delicacy with its chill. As she stared out at the shimmering water watching her defiantly, she could only wish that she was there with him in some small way. Her heart began to bleed a thousand times in repitition as she could not help him. She knelt into the sand and tried to hold back the tears of joy and sadness that tormented her without mercy. She cradled some sand in her hand and watched it slip easily out of her grasp. Her fears surfaced as the tide began to pick up. Suddenly warm finger tips crawled along the left side of her olive hued neck. She turned and saw him. She noticed his handsome face, though worn from all the darkness he had seen. She stood and embraced him immediately. As she slowly pulled away he pressed his lips against hers. He could taste her raspberry lipgloss and their tongues merged into a conversation of passionate silence. He pulled away and wiped away her tears. He smiled at her as if her wish had come true. She reached up to touch his cheek and cried out in fear. He faded out of existence.... The young woman awoke in her bed alone. She reached up to touch her face and discovered remnants of tears mixed with cold sweat. She slid one hand up her nightshirt and touched her heart. Its beat was rapid but stable. "I'll heal you...I promise," she whispered in the darkness. Her wish would never die. "Soon," she thought as she drifted off to sleep. 020112 ... falling_alone i used up all the change at the bottom of my bag for two wishes, but i still don't think i threw enough in. 040628 ... kerry i dont have any now. i suppose i should consider that a good thing. i feel as if i have almost everything i want. 040628 ... Raina Kerry, it's a very good thing. If being satisfied with self is a virus, I need to download the infected code. 040628 ... 0of46 If hopes and wishes were candy in dishes, we'd all be fucking fat. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States makes obesity a leading public health problem. The United States has the highest rates of obesity in the developed world. From 1980 to 2002, obesity has doubled in adults and overweight prevalence has tripled in children and adolescents. From 2003-2004, "children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years, 17.1% were overweight...and 32.2% of adults aged 20 years or older were obese." Currently, about 119 million, or 64.5%, of US adults are either overweight or obese. The prevalence in the United States continues to rise. 080312 what's it to you? who go blather from