<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/GemsGirations"><title>Gen's Girations - Blogit</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/</link><description>Gen's views on Life.   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Me-the hamster on the wheel, Just keep breathing until it's...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/647673"><title>SALVATION AND ART</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/647673</link><description>"Give me salvation", she cried The desire to express and release her feelings deep within Her life is her canvas Her brushes are the tools she uses to transcend into her fantasy world Her paints are the vehicle through which she puts her passion on paper Her art is her soul "Give me salvation",...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/647670"><title>HEALED</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/647670</link><description>I awoke from a crazy dream I was healed Self-saboage was a thing of the past My long hair swayed in the wind I structured my day with ease I deeply connected with my 11 month-old baby Anais I chose my favorite clothes which were a perfect reflection of me I was strong, uninhibited and carefree My...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/647668"><title>CHOCOLATE</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/647668</link><description>Sitting with strangers eating chocolate, smoking cigarettes, and drinking coffee to pass the time away. Asking trivia questions to alleviate the boredom. Waiting...waiting...waiting... for our names to be called, to be put in the hands of the Masters we call Doctors. As fate would have it we spin...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/647272"><title>SENSATIONS</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/647272</link><description>SENSATIONS IN MY HEAD WHIRLING AROUND LIKE A TORNADO: I AM CAUGHT IN THE EYE OF THE STORM; SEARCHING FOR MY CENTER:::THE PLACE WHERE I FIND PEACE: THEY WON'T LET ME OUT UNATTENDED:::I AM LIKE A RAT IN A CAGE; DESPERATELY SEACHING FOR A WAY OUT; FOR MY CENTER; FOR MY SANITY: THE ROAD SEEMS LONG...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/646789"><title>DAYS AND NIGHTS</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/GemsGirations/646789</link><description>I've gone through the darkness and I'm searching for the light. 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