Why won't imessage send texts?

i am texting someone on my ipod touch 5g through imessage who has an iphone and it was working perfectly fine yesterday, but today the progress of it being sent at the top bar keeps stalling and never completes sending the message. what is wrong? the wifi is working fine and i still receive texts mine just will not send.

Hi 1hot sister,
If you are having issues sending certain types of iMessages (such as images), you may find the troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful:
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755
Regards,
- Brenden

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