nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Dec 2, 2009, 6:16 am
World AIDS DAY Boise UCC. IN ONE PEACE played for us at 6pm. We shared names of those who left us. I danced in prayer under the cross. We found ourselves in Ann Morrison Park, surrounded by friends...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Dec 1, 2009, 1:23 am
I will be wearing my tartan flannel pants again tomorrow. They were bought for our church Scottish celebration, they are not pajamas BUT you may judge them anyway you would like. I may wear my hiking ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Nov 30, 2009, 2:21 pm
But it holds true in our lives today. No matter what you are up against be it inequality, bigoty, an unruly Walmart check out clerk. We find ourselves, backed into fight or flight reaction. Sometimes,...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Nov 29, 2009, 2:40 am
I had a talk, with my dear friend Emi. You need to know the circumstances I suppose, if it really matters. We were listening to Rebecca Scott, drinking and eating potatoes. If this sounds rambling it ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Nov 28, 2009, 3:55 pm
Tonight, there are people who will sleep in their own beds for the last night. There are people who are truly dependant on the kindness of friends and strangers. There are people with overflowing gift...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Nov 25, 2009, 2:37 pm
Excerpt from Acts 16: 14 - 15 "A certain woman named Lydia, a worshipper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to list...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Nov 22, 2009, 10:58 pm
Meet my next tattoo. It will go around my ankle. The right one I believe. The other one is on my left arm, I don't want to randomly tilt to the left if I can help it. I used to think that somet...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Nov 14, 2009, 10:52 am
These little girls have been my motivation, inspiration and salvation through 2 very long years. Hannah, with great pride actually helped me with my college english classes. Emma helped me with flas...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Nov 7, 2009, 8:42 pm
Gina took the girls to her girlfriend's farm today while I was at the Boise UCC for God's Gallery Art Night. They collected fresh eggs for breakfast tomorrow! Woo Hoo! more pictures
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Nov 6, 2009, 8:36 pm
more pictures
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 30, 2009, 1:03 pm

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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 26, 2009, 7:06 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/interracial-couple-denied_n_322784.html Sunday, while lingering over brunch, my daughters became wide eyed when talking about discrimination. We asked if they...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 25, 2009, 7:42 pm
I won't have my girls for Halloween this year. However, I was able to take them to Boo at the Zoo! Come LOOK!
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 22, 2009, 1:48 pm
It started with a magic back pack slung over my shoulder... and my journey began. I could never have made it through all of this without my partner Gina. She spent hours on the phone with me before...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 21, 2009, 2:50 pm

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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 20, 2009, 8:19 pm
Buy a new truck, get a gun free!
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 19, 2009, 5:09 am

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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 14, 2009, 8:18 pm
In every one's life, I would think, we move to a space with someone or something in our past. Be it a mistake, a bad relationship, an angry word, a misstep, something when you realize that its bee...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 14, 2009, 12:03 am
Well really only one for now. The client is in the driver's seat at the moment for approval and suggestions for tweaking this and that. But until then I have completed my first set of Senior Photo...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 12, 2009, 12:47 am
republished with expressed consent Rev. Kim M. Cran, Senior Pastor, 2009 Dear Members and Friends of Boise First UCC, I greatly enjoy the privilege of conducting wedding ceremonies. From the initial ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 11, 2009, 12:20 am
National Coming Out Day 2009 Within the walls of this blog contain my story, if you can wade through all the other stuff as well. Its a journey, without a destination I believe. I have written and wr...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 10, 2009, 8:00 am
I, by no means, would pressure anyone to ever do something they are not ready for. Its a big deal. Although you hear many stories of people being so afraid to say it, and then having those around th...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 9, 2009, 10:48 pm

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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 9, 2009, 9:22 am
That is what I have this weekend. To let them play with friends they haven't seen in weeks. Have conversations around the dinner table. Take them to church to stay in touch with loving accept...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 8, 2009, 8:24 pm
I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 8, 2009, 7:05 am
Last year my daughter and her best friend became suddenly aware of the plight of animals left to linger and then die at animal shelters. This awakening came, I suppose because of the stories behind my...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 4, 2009, 1:35 am
It's been in the making since 2006. Something to fully express from the deepest darkest part of my body to the outer surface for everyone to see. I dreamt it up, found a custom artist to draw it a...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 2, 2009, 7:56 pm
my hand on her thigh, her hand shyly over her eyes. beauty unfolding before me, like day break, like sunset, layers of delicate places, unseen, unknown, undiscovered, a sacred temple i entered h...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Oct 2, 2009, 1:12 am
Guilt has a purpose I suppose. It helps our psyche maintain homeostasis. It helps us walk through life making sure that we are treating others as we would ourselves. Guilt, when not in check can run ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 28, 2009, 10:24 pm
This is my grandfather, my Baba. And me as he patiently allowed me to help him shave. He used to live in old brownstone in downtown Salt Lake City. I have memories of my Nana drinking her one martini ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 27, 2009, 2:33 am
Two weeks ago I became a disposable mother to my two beautiful little girls. Disposable to both their father and his new wife, a mother herself. A man who just one year ago kissed me and told me that ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 25, 2009, 1:29 pm
photography by: Nette Shaff I dance now because when I was young, I was trying so hard not to take up too much space. I dance now to express grief, loneliness and that panicked feeling I get when gr...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 24, 2009, 6:36 am
At 11, I don't know about other kids at 11, but I really believed that I controlled everything that ever happened to me. That I was in charge of my choices and that all consequences were mine to b...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 22, 2009, 6:12 pm
Underneath You never saw the polarity shift below my feet. The fall with bloodied knees. The denial, the guilt, the fear. Underneath You did not see my eyes begin to rise, To unexpected beauty, To un...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 22, 2009, 8:03 am
We will no longer allow to be minimized in front of our children from those who will scream "You Are Nothing!" Those marriage papers you wave in front of our faces as proof of your superiority only ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 20, 2009, 8:23 am
We spent our last weekend together at Ty and Becky's house. The girls are always delighted to swim and play and bounce. I try to convince them that the small pool of water + the fellowship of ch...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 19, 2009, 12:40 pm
today i am offically a college graduate... National's are still looming for my CphT but I forever carry A.S. after my name. How do I tell you two things at once, don't wait till youre 50 to go...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 18, 2009, 8:31 am
I took time out yesterday on my lunch to go to my Sanctuary. I have said it before, my church looks like a circus tent and delights me every time it comes within my eye sight. Blessed silence filled ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 16, 2009, 8:01 am
Before my ex-husband moved into cohabitation with this woman who shall not be named but has papers to prove she is somebody ( from now on known as WWP) she bought them a puppy. No, she tried to buy my...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 13, 2009, 10:25 am
Not an expert mountain climber but a really, really lousy one. You know the type; You hear about them on the evening news. "Climber falls trying to scale the vertical face of the Mountain of Life....
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 10, 2009, 9:52 pm
Lisa succumbed to a long battle she began fighting in November of 2005, today around noon she passed away. She was surrounded by all her children and family members. She struggled for almost 10 years ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Sep 10, 2009, 7:19 am
3 years ago, I found myself unable to mother my daughter. I was scared for her safety. I knew my life was about to change from a two parent household to just me. I knew that if my husband and I hadn&#...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Aug 28, 2009, 9:33 pm
Do you remember the scene in Patch Adams when Robin Williams sees himself for the first time in his long white coat? Now, as I recall, he stole it and he wasn't supposed to have a long one yet BUT...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Aug 19, 2009, 2:19 pm
When I was a little girl, I fell head over heels in love with Bobby Sherman. I had every album he released, read about him in Tiger Beat magazine and swooned over his shyness and the way he would stum...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Aug 17, 2009, 8:02 am
I have always loved this song. It is a must for Halloween listening and any time I want to be haunted for about 3 minutes. After silly songs like Spiders and Snakes, and The Streak, Jim Stafford reall...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Aug 9, 2009, 10:14 pm
I had a dream last night. I was in a lush valley of calf high grass, it was vast and deserted. I was barefoot, walking through the grass. The grass felt like silk against my legs and the ground was wa...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Aug 8, 2009, 10:59 am
Dear HOA, During the time in which you “observed” that our lawn is not up to your standards, I would like to remind you that we were into our 11th day of over 100 degree weather. Now, perhaps we ...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Aug 6, 2009, 9:06 am
I got up before sunrise this morning, NOT ON PURPOSE! But as the day came I could see black clouds on the horizon. As it got lighter, it turned from black to that dark misty expectant blue. The k...
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Aug 6, 2009, 7:59 am
Stop Accepting Me
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nina m. posted an article on Closer To Fine - Aug 4, 2009, 8:10 pm
repackaging, running the stairs and filling filling filling. I weighed myself today so I can keep track of my externship weight loss plan. haha no I am not telling you what it was. :-P I also rec...
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