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----------------------------------------- the road ----------------------------------------- two steps forward one step back three steps forward two steps back climbing the rocky slippery slope pausing to catch our breath starting again slipping falling bruising bleeding waiting a moment to heal starting again we cannot go back to the garden we can only go forward through the desert to find our new oasis now who we are is where we have been ----------------------------------------- janet paterson 16 august 1996 ----------------------------------------- [log in to unmask]