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Five Reasons I Don't Want My Son to have Sex
There are so many blogs out there about why we don't want our daughters having sex. Many of the lists contain similar themes, many of which also apply to our sons: Because they're not ready. Because...
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Resolved
As hard as it is to believe, 2015 is almost here. The year is drawing to a close, and ready or not, a new one is upon us.2014, undeniably, was rough. I lost a sister, very unexpectedly in August....
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Perspectives (Reprinted from Life, Dreams & a Turtle)
This blog post first appeared on my now-defunct blog, Life, Dreams, & a Turtle. Kame (pronounced kah-may), is my Eastern box turtle, and he was a regularly featured part of my old blog.Today, I...
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Life is Wild. Try to Keep Up
So, this morning I got into a minor commenting skirmish. Shots were fired, but it was more along the lines of children exchanging taunts on the playground than snipers slipping through the brush. A...
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Post Traumatic Special Cupcake Syndrome
I didn't plan on making this a blog post. In fact, it was meant to be just a comment on my Facebook page, but I am seriously ticked off, and I need to tell you why. This morning, I read a tweet from a...
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The Case of Home vs School
It's not helicopter parenting. It's "raising" teens.When I'm driving her to school and she's 20, talk to me about "helicopter" parenting.The reason I've been quiet here has been, I've had a lot going...
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The Three Bears and CPS- A Mixed Up, (but true) Fairytale
Once upon a time, friends, there was a family. They were a nice family, neither too hot nor too cold. Quirky. Charming. Fun.The Bear Family, aka The Wild Things.The family consisted of a Mama Bear and...
View ArticleWhat if Josh Duggar were my son?
I remember most clearly that he was not circumcised.When I had my first adult encounters with men, I was shocked to realize there was a physical difference. In a way, it made it easier for me. My...
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Of Love and Loss and Moving On
This is a re-post, from my now-defunct blog, Life, Dreams, and a Turtle, from January 2013.In October of 2012, one of my best friends, Laura Curtis, passed away. The loss was sudden, and I was the one...
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Today was a day
Today was a day.Today, the sun rose. It shone through the window and lay on my face, insistent. It pushed through my eyelids. It wouldn't let me go back to sleep. Today my cat lay on the blanket,...
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1 in 3
When I was 2, according to a faint whisper amongst the cacophony of family stories, a member of my family had an abortion.I won't say which member or how she's related. Her story is not mine to tell,...
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Been a while...
Hasn't it? It's been a while since I've revisited this page. The reasons are many and mostly mundane.Holidays. Thanksgiving, and Christmas, while lovely, did take up a lot of my time and attention. I'm...
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For the Sake of the Children
"For the sake of the children..."How often do divorce parents hear that phrase? How often is it spoken by well meaning folks giving advice?"Stay together if you can. You know, for the sake of the...
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To Catch a Thief...
Some of you may know that I've recently taken a part time job outside the home.It's the first time in over 15 years that I've worked away from home, and the first time in over 20 that I've worked...
View ArticleAttack of the WHAT???
Dear readers, I am, at this very moment, having an emotional meltdown. Over a video game. With real tears trickling. It's not pretty. It's an ugly cry, and it comes from down deep, because this is more...
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Second Chance Living
So, I've been thinking about writing this post for a long time.I've been thinking about the events that led to my dealing with PTSD. I've been thinking about how much I would share, and what I would...
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Thinking Out Loud
When your legs don't work like they used to beforeAnd I can't sweep you off of your feetWill your mouth still remember the taste of my love?Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?Just a couple of...
View ArticleHow Not to be a Jerk to a PTSD Survivor
Never read the comments section. It's my mantra. I know better. I truly do... but sometimes I click, and sometimes I read, and sometimes some idiot will write "triggered" when what s/he meant to type...
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Sticky Fingers Rant
Dear Jerkwad-Yes, we're on first-name terms now. I hope you don't mind. I figure that cleaning up after your little "prank" this afternoon has earned me the right to call you by your given name.Did you...
View ArticleHer name was Rachel
I'm sharing this in honor of the brave folks of the Twitterverse, who participate each week in the #PTSDChat hashtag conversation on Wednesday nights.Sometime I may tell more of her story, but for now,...
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Please don't call me special
I've been called a lot of things through the years, but by far the most hurtful has been "special."I know that sounds insane. Reverse humility, attention seeking... No, it's really not.The fact is,...
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Don't Sh1t Where You Eat
Guys, something bad happened today.Not horribly bad, not earth-shatteringly bad. Thank heavens, my family and friends in the path of Hurricane Matthew are all safe and accounted for. My kiddos,...
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Triggered
This meme is Inconceivable.Triggered...It's become a hashtag on Twitter. A Facebook meme. A joke. A sneer. Just another word that's carelessly and thoughtlessly thrown around until its meaning is...
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Building Together
Whirlwind... That's our lives recently.We're settling in, adjusting to a new family dynamic. My kids have gained a sibling and a stepfather. Beloved and Doolittle have gained two more kids and...
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Saying Goodbye to Bella
My son's dog has passed away.Bella was 15+, a basset mix rescued from a shelter in PA when my son was 9.Hounds are outdoor dogs, not pets...Or so this former country-girl thought. My old gal, Amanda,...
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