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Teaching Daughter How to Handle Bullying


Teaching Daughter I came home one day to find my first grade daughter stomping back and forth in the juice of peer induced frustrations like a jilted woman stomping grapes. Her mother stood folding clothes on the dining room table. … Continue reading

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They Aren’t YOUR Children.


Make no mistake: those aren’t “your” children.  Those kids belong to the future, not you.  But it’s up to you to raise them for that given unseen fate.  You aren’t raising those kids for you – you’re raising them for … Continue reading

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Skipping In to Skip Out Again


God, it’s good to be back home again.  I’ve been busy this season – the Christmas lights are hung but the shopping and wrapping aren’t done. I’m late, there’s no debate, and I’m just passing on through.  That could be … Continue reading

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The Unseen Warriors: Military Brats, Military Children


You didn’t volunteer, you didn’t enlist.  Like me, you may have been born to it, drafted the day you arrived. You have no battle ribbons or medals to wear.  All you have is an old set of memories worn smooth … Continue reading

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Teaching Sex Education


If you’ve read my previous post, you know I’ve had to address sexual education with my grandsons, ages 9 and 12 (soon to be 13).  As an abuse survivor, I find it disturbing, but as a grandparent who loves his … Continue reading

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Kids, Love, Sex, Education


The grandkids came over which led to a weekend I’d rather forget and ignore.  I don’t know what it is about these grandkids – any kids! – that they feel I am someone I can talk to.  Maybe it’s because … Continue reading

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DID: Examples and Superman


Here’s a good example of what happens when you’ve got DID (aside from the fact that I’m typing this as I’m watching television – and actually paying attention to both, LOL!) – you’ve got what’s called “littles”.  Littles are childhood … Continue reading

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Life and Things


I wish I could say “Life has been been busy” – which wouldn’t quite be a lie – but the fact is I’ve had some issues, and life is just one. We’ve had some offers from four folks to buy … Continue reading

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The Room.


Imagine a room.  It’s about ten by twelve feet square.  It’s a normal sort of bedroom – window on one side, double hung with curtains and a shade, and next to it, tucked into one corner, a massive desk sort … Continue reading

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Developing DID: Culture Shock!


We’ve finally figured some of it out – what broke ‘us’, and contributed as greatly towards our DID (multiple personality) symptoms as the child abuse (emotional neglect, social isolation, and mental torture among other things) did.  And that was the … Continue reading

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