Three Good Things

Recently, fellow blogger Coco wrote a lovely post, describing three things she liked about herself. Any reader of that post could consider themselves tagged to do the same. The challenge in writing these three good things is the focus on the “good”. Being prone to self-deprecation and constant disclaimers, I thought this [...]

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Trauma

Once in a while, I hear or read words that suddenly make me reevaluate everything I thought I knew about something, someone or myself. Recently, this happened.
Trying to take an active stance in my emotional struggles, I have been doing a lot of research lately, about sociopaths, antisocial personality disorder and behavior, and the [...]

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The Pool

When I was about eleven or twelve, my father took us to the pool. The public pool in the nearest big town, about ten minutes from our farmhouse. I had gone there with my school before. It was rare for the Monster to ever perform any typical fatherly duties, so this was a [...]

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The Break-Up

In the file cabinet where our bills and insurance policies are neatly organized, there is a folder called “Family Drama”. It even boasts a label I printed with my beloved little label-maker. The label makes it very official. Legit. As if every family has a drama folder sandwiched between the phone [...]

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Three Became Four

I am the oldest of four siblings. It is astounding to me at times that all four of us were created from the same gene pool. We could not be more different. Should we meet under any other circumstances than a common childhood, I wonder if we would befriend one another. But, [...]

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A Bit of Background

I grew up in a household that I thought was normal. Better than normal, even. We were privileged. We lived in a bigger house than most of my friends, a beautiful old farm that had been renovated into a two-story family abode. We had nicer cars. Toyota and Mercedes, the [...]

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