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Quiz Fun: How Entitled Do You Feel?

Damned Hot!

Ah, Summertime! When it mostly looks like heaven, outside, but feels like hell the minute you leave the house. I can’t tell you how often, on my job, people come in from the outside and have to mention how “damned hot” it is outdoors. It’s like getting the same re-tweet from 50 of your mostContinueContinue reading “Damned Hot!”

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”