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    Midlife Musings

    Birthday Fail • A Historical Review of Why I Hate Birthdays

    April 30, 2019 /No Comments

    My birthday peaked at age six. Everything since has been a documented disaster. 10 reasons I stopped caring about my birthday entirely.

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    Midlife Musings,  Movie Musings

    Fever Dream – Ghosts from My Past and Watching Bandersnatch

    January 17, 2019 /No Comments

    I have a weird quirk where sometimes the more popular something is, the more I resist jumping on the bandwagon. Some latent habit left over from my rebellious youth? A remnant of anti-establishment feelings that never really disappeared, perhaps?

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    Rotting Roots,  The Mother Hood

    Generational Differences

    February 14, 2016 /No Comments

    My son hates his grandmother. I can't claim neutrality. But I keep asking myself — did I teach him to hate her, or did she do that herself?

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    Rotting Roots

    You Talk Too Much

    June 1, 2015 /No Comments

    I screamed for my brother to get off the phone when I cut myself on accident. He did not. I fainted from blood loss. He was still on the phone when I came to.

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    Stress Eating My Emotional Abuse

    December 26, 2014 /No Comments

    La Llorona arrived for Christmas and I've been eating non-stop ever since. Emotional abuse and terrible coping mechanisms.

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