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In the Beginning

Chapter 2: The First Order

I am a shadowy realm of mass and energy. But I am also a vast, empty, bottomless void. I am a goddess of Fate. Destiny. There is much to do. Emerging from my chasm of infinite darkness comes Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Nyx and Erebus. Wide-bosomed Gaia arose to the everlasting seat of the immortals who possess Mount Olympus above. Dim Tartarus was so far separated that a bronze anvil falling from heaven would fall for nine days before it reached the earth, and then would take another nine days to fall from the earth before it reached Tartarus. With Eros' existence, came the creation of love and sex. Nyx is the goddess of the night. Erebus is the personification of darkness and, together with Nyx, later produces a brood of children which are personifications of primarily negative forces. And thus, the First Order has begun.

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In the Beginning

Chapter One: Chaos

Darkness. Immeasurable darkness. I am formless - like water. But not. I am a shapeless heap; an unformed mass where all the elements are jumbled together. There is no order. Only confusion. Chaos.

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Things I Love

SOOOOO many. Let's see... In no particular order,

Greek mythology Oreos Music Colorful pens Sharpies Writing lists Devotionals Movies/tv shows True crime junkie over here Food (so much food) Pepsi Books Women's church conferences Hippos Hoodies that are too big Baking experiments Boardgames Hot showers Rainy days Fireplaces

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Apparently I finished the last one I had started so this will be the next one I do.

Can someone tell me that the "pressed flowers" one means??

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Ugh

I have a bad habit of setting goals for myself and then letting life get in the way. And then the next thing I know, it's been weeks (or months) since the last time I picked up things.

Hoping to get back on track. Starting with journaling prompts.

Now where did I put those....

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Sometimes these men will have big beautiful brown eyes. And what am I supposed to do? Not stare into them?

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“There are three things I’ve cried about recently when nobody could see:”

1. Memories.

2. An episode of Big Bang Theory.

3. A nightmare I had last week.

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“Mrs. MacDonald says if we get stuck with what to write, we should just think of three honest things to say about ourselves. She says that everyone can think of three things and that being honest with yourself is more important than being honest with others. So, here are my first three things to share with you. They are all true.”

1. I’m 33.

2. I’m a huge procrastinator when it comes to non work related tasks I give myself.

3. Sometimes I don’t love myself.

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"I will not be separated from my husband. As we have lived, so will we die, together." Isidor Straus was co-founder of the Macy's Department Store. Ida Straus was his wife.

The Jewish couple was known for their shared love; almost always together and writing daily to each other when apart.

Exactly 111 years ago, on April 14th, 1912, they were passengers on the Titanic. As the ship began to sink, Ida alone was offered a seat in a lifeboat. She refused. "We have lived together for many years. Where you go, I go," she said to her husband.

The two were then offered a seat together in another lifeboat. But with many women and children still on the Titanic, Isidor refused to take the seat. Once again, his wife refused as well.

Passengers remarked that what they saw was a "most remarkable exhibition of love and devotion." The couple were last seen sitting side by side on Titanic’s Boat Deck.

Isidore’s brother Nathan had a completely different fate, he and Lina took a detour to Palestine, expecting it to be but one stop of many, but they never made it back to the Titanic.

He wrote, "On reaching Jerusalem, we changed our plans. All that we saw in the Holy Land made such a deep impression on us that we gave up the idea of going to other places. Visiting the holy sites of which one hears and reads since childhood, watching the scenes in life as pictured in the Bible, was most soul-stirring. From that time on we felt a strange and intense desire to return to the land."

Nathan never recovered from the loss of his brother and continued his philanthropic activities for the rest of his life. The Israeli city of Netanya (Hebrew: Natan, for Nathan), founded in 1927, was named in his honor, and Rehov Straus (Straus Street) in Jerusalem, which was Chancellor Avenue during the British Mandate, was also named for him.

Source: Historical Snapshots, Humans of Judaism and Wikipedia.

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath

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THE RMS TITANIC SINKS | 14 -15 April 1912

On April 10, the RMS Titanic, one of the largest and most luxurious ocean liners ever built, departed Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. The Titanic was designed by the Irish shipbuilder William Pirrie and built in Belfast, and was thought to be the world’s fastest ship. It spanned 883 feet from stern to bow, and its hull was divided into 16 compartments that were presumed to be watertight. Because four of these compartments could be flooded without causing a critical loss of buoyancy, the Titanic was considered unsinkable. While leaving port, the ship came within a couple of feet of the steamer New York but passed safely by, causing a general sigh of relief from the passengers massed on the Titanic‘s decks. On its first journey across the highly competitive Atlantic ferry route, the ship carried some 2,200 passengers and crew. After stopping at Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, to pick up some final passengers, the massive vessel set out at full speed for New York City.

However, just before midnight on April 14, the RMS Titanic failed to divert its course from an iceberg and ruptured at least five of its hull compartments. These compartments filled with water and pulled down the bow of the ship. Because the Titanic‘s compartments were not capped at the top, water from the ruptured compartments filled each succeeding compartment, causing the bow to sink and the stern to be raised up to an almost vertical position above the water. Then the Titanic broke in half, and, at about 2:20 a.m. on April 15, stern and bow sank to the ocean floor.

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The RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City

At 11:40 p.m. on 14 April, lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg immediately ahead of Titanic and alerted the bridge. First Officer William Murdoch ordered the ship to be steered around the obstacle and the engines to be reversed, but it was too late the starboard side of Titanic struck the iceberg, creating a series of holes below the waterline. The hull was not punctured by the iceberg, but rather dented such that the hull’s seams buckled and separated, allowing water to seep in. Five of the ship’s watertight compartments were breached. It soon became clear that the ship was doomed, as she could not survive more than four compartments being flooded. Titanic began sinking bow-first, with water spilling from compartment to compartment as her angle in the water became steeper. Between 2:10 and 2:15 a.m., a little over two and a half hours after Titanic struck the iceberg, her rate of sinking suddenly increased as the boat deck dipped underwater, and the sea poured in through open hatches and grates. As her unsupported stern rose out of the water, exposing the propellers, the ship broke in two main pieces between the second and third funnels, due to the immense forces on the keel. With the bow underwater, and air trapped in the stern, the stern remained afloat and buoyant for a few minutes longer, rising to a nearly vertical angle with hundreds of people still clinging to it, before foundering at 2:20 am.

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Your highs and lows for the month.

Since I’m doing this writing challenge in my own time frame, I’ll say last 30 days.

My boyfriend of 4 years and I decided to end things. I’d say that’s both a high and a low.

Another low? I have a cold.

High? I had a birthday.

Can’t really complain too much about the past 30 days I guess. Nothing too exciting happened either really. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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What are your goals for the next 30 days?

Starting and keeping a workout routine.

Drinking more water.

Remembering to take my stupid vitamins.

Read a minimum of 2 books.

Get some medical bills paid off.

Projects started on.

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Post five things that make you laugh-out-loud.

1. Buggin from the Space Jam soundtrack

2. Whose Line Is It Anyways?

3. Dad jokes

4. The niblings

5. Funny animal videos

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Conversely, write about something that’s kicking your ass right now.

Well, I have a cold and a long list of things I need to do but the cold is wearing me down and making me too weak to do much of anything.