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I Don't Do Family Holidays

That’s not entirely true. I do family holidays in the most low-key and superficial ways. Both my parents are alive, but, as part of my recovery in my adulthood, I have cut off contact with them. Because of this estrangement, I no longer feel obligated to celebrate Mother’s Day or Father’s Day on their behalf.ContinueContinue reading “I Don't Do Family Holidays”

I Am A Recovering Doormat

I’m a recovering doormat. I should be ashamed to admit that, but I’m not. It’s the way that I was raised. Growing up in an abusive environment, you are often told by your abusers and their enablers that there are justifiable reasons for their abuse of you. Either, they are having a bad day orContinueContinue reading “I Am A Recovering Doormat”

Voting My Conscience Over The Lesser of Two Evils

If the lesser of two evils is still evil, when I can, I opt for a third choice; my conscience: my personal values and beliefs, instead. Sometimes, the only choices you have in life are one choice that sucks big time and another choice that sucks a little less, but they both still suck, period.ContinueContinue reading “Voting My Conscience Over The Lesser of Two Evils”

The Bully at Work

I was chatting with my cousin, Karissa, the other day, and she was telling me a bully at her job may finally get what’s coming to him. Karissa lives in Tennessee, but, we chat often. I’ve been listening to her tales for a very long time and I know that she was ready to quitContinueContinue reading “The Bully at Work”

Tough Times Don't Last

Tough people do. My motto. It’s helped me get through so much crap in my life. So many people have flooded my life with their drama, their meanness, their neediness, their hatefulness. I have felt, a lot of times, that mentally, I wouldn’t survive any of it; that I would lose it and have aContinueContinue reading “Tough Times Don't Last”