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Saturday, May 17th, 2008It’s been a rough spring around our house. But at the same time, it’s been better than each one before it. So I feel like I should be grateful, and I feel guilty for feeling emotionally exhausted all the time, but there you have it. I feel what I feel, and it [...]
Knowing is half the battle
Monday, April 28th, 2008I mean, not to draw deep meaning from the G.I. Joe cartoons, but really, it is. Paying attention to my illness, as annoying as it is to have to be that self-aware, is the only way to ensure that I keep myself out of trouble. And I’m pretty good at that part. But. But?
Did you [...]
Sore spot
Monday, March 31st, 2008When I was in high school, I played the organized (thuggery) sport of field hockey. It’s not a genteel sport for ladies, or at least it wasn’t in the Greater Boston Division One league. Pushing, shoving, high sticking, tripping and fouling when we hoped the refs weren’t looking—if it only pushed the bounds of dirty, [...]
Things I Wish You Could Understand Right Now
Monday, March 17th, 2008That you are more irritable, more angry, every day.
That I am not The Enemy.
That I am here because I choose to be.
That there are so many landmines around currently, I can’t take a step in any direction without setting one off.
That I have made, and continue to make, sacrifices of myself in order to be [...]