Welcome Laurel!!! Nice to meet ya!
Also, Laurel, when posting a message, there will be a link that says Smilies Legend right about there
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it wil tell you how to write smilies. Also, you can go to edit someone else's post, adn see how they did it.
Check out this one, it's my fave:
Jerome:
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Official teaser and ranger of the HADB Clan
Waitress and entertainer at Cloudy's Cafe in GD