<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098921332708826831</id><updated>2011-07-01T09:51:39.017-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I was thinking...</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3098921332708826831/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sofia Speaks</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098921332708826831.post-8429274409677849999</id><published>2011-06-16T06:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-16T06:17:04.892-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How it all began</title><content type='html'>Trust is one of the most important things in any relationship- be it love, family or friendship.&amp;nbsp; The hurdle many find themselves facing is how to build that trust, then what to do&amp;nbsp;if that trust is broken.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I typically give everyone a chance and trust someone until they give me a reason not to.&amp;nbsp; Over the last couple years, I have been given many reasons not to and my trust has finally widdled down to frustration and resentment for my mother in law.&amp;nbsp; My husband and I joke that she is juggling&amp;nbsp;not so secretly trying to agrivate me to death&amp;nbsp;and collect enough cats that my severe allergy to them will just take me out.&amp;nbsp; The most disapointing part of this is that thigns were not always this way, I used to truly admire and love her with all my heart.&amp;nbsp; I miss the person she used to be... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In October of 2004 my boyfriend took me home to Long Island to meet his family for the first time.&amp;nbsp; A bold move, seeing as how we had only been together for a couple weeks, but a move that filled me with excitement and hope.&amp;nbsp; His father picked us up from the train station and I could immediately&amp;nbsp;see where my boyfriend&amp;nbsp;got his gentle and kind personality from.&amp;nbsp; His father was also equally quiet, but shy was not a word you&amp;nbsp;could use to&amp;nbsp;describe either of them.&amp;nbsp; It was as if they both&amp;nbsp;did not want to taint the air with unecessary chatter. As we pulled into the driveway of a beautiful little blue two story colonial, i found comfort in the pretty garden and imagined sitting on the front porch for years to come with the man I was quickly falling in love with. This place felt safe, it felt like home. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When they opened the perfctly&amp;nbsp;red front door and we stepped inside, his mom came rushing from the kitchen with a smile and her arms open for a hug. So far, things could not have been more perfect. I could not wait to get to know the people who raised such an amazing guy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be cont'd&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3098921332708826831-8429274409677849999?l=sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com/feeds/8429274409677849999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com/2011/06/trust.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3098921332708826831/posts/default/8429274409677849999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3098921332708826831/posts/default/8429274409677849999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com/2011/06/trust.html' title='How it all began'/><author><name>Sofia Speaks</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098921332708826831.post-6070912701927981019</id><published>2011-06-12T21:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T21:32:03.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First Post</title><content type='html'>Greetings Friends,&lt;div&gt;This is my first time blogging and I'm excited to see how this goes. &amp;nbsp;I hope that my blogs cover topics surrounding family, morality, education, love and friedship. I also may throw in a comment or two about politics, but I'm hoping not to go there as I want this to be a space where I speak from my heart and can be passionate about matters in everyones day to day lives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks for following my thoughts and I would love to hear from any readers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Warmly,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sofia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3098921332708826831-6070912701927981019?l=sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com/feeds/6070912701927981019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3098921332708826831/posts/default/6070912701927981019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3098921332708826831/posts/default/6070912701927981019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sofiaspeaks.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-post.html' title='First Post'/><author><name>Sofia Speaks</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
