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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Keep having fun, Maureen! Thanks for the post:)&lt;br /&gt;
VE&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:45:29 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>I&#039;ve had the same comments.</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;ve had the same comments.  I didn&#039;t even realize how unhappy and different I was.  I thank my friends for always being there for the other me.  I&#039;m glad that the real me has returned  My children say that I&#039;m embarrassing because I laugh and have so much fun!!&lt;br /&gt;
Maureen&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:27:25 -0400</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;During my performances, I can&#039;t seem to help myself anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just can&#039;t be one of those artists who sit up on stage, terribly cool and aloof. They are seemingly uninterested in the audience and barely address them in between songs. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&#039;s because I grew up in the Midwest and come from a family of hams - we love to make people laugh. Along with some musical talent, the funny bone was passed on down to me. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I tell audiences about my days as a UFO beauty queen, being mistaken for the short Dixie Chick, and my old quest for a smart cowboy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I filed for divorce from my husband, my friends and family kept telling me how nice it was so see me back to my old self — the old self that laughed and smiled all the time. At the time, I almost felt worse when they said those things, because I kept thinking about how much of my life I had wasted being unhappy with my ex husband. How could I have let him bring me so far down?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I moved farther and farther away from the divorce, and my old self started to peek through more and more, I felt better about the decision to leave my husband. Never again will I let someone take laughter out of my life.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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