Trouble with sharing photo streams.

Hello,
A while ago my friend and I have created this shared photo stream album so we can stay in touch while I travel. Everything was working just fine but suddenly I noticed that the pictures I was sending weren't going through for some reason. So I tried sharing another one again.. But she is not receiving any of my emails and when she does, after pressing "Join this shared photo stream" it says that my photo stream isn't shared anymore. So now I can't share or anyone can share photo streams with me! I don't know why this is happening. I did some research and I couldn't find a topic for this problem. PLEASE HELP ME !!!! I AM DESPERATE!
Thanks in advanced.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4379

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