Category: relationships
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Daily Prompt 2/25/23
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. I feel like I intentionally find some strange, obscure way to interpret daily prompts but for this one I have to say the most ambitious DIY project I’ve taken on is healing myself. It is true that I see a therapist regularly, but that amounts…
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Birthday Day
Today has been great. I am thoroughly enjoying today. My family has been awesome and is making sure I am having a wonderful day. My parents called and left a fun voicemail message singing happy birthday and then singing/arguing who loves me more. It’s really cute and I really liked it. I am going to…
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Honoring Grandmothers
As a kid, I loved my birthday up until I was about 8 or 9. I can’t exactly explain what happened, but I think it had to do with being old enough to realize what was going on. Like I was suddenly aware of how I was being treated. My birthday became a day I…
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Daily Prompt 2/23/23
Do you enjoy your job? Sometimes these daily prompt questions are kind of silly. I like this question though, because I wish everyone could enjoy what they do. I don’t have a job right now and I definitely enjoy that, although I do feel like I am supposed to do something more with my life…
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Triggered
This was upsetting to read. I remember my mom pushing me away around this same age. Maybe younger. And reading this hurt in a way I wasn’t expecting at all. I’m on good terms with my mom right now. There’s been so much healing over the past 6 months. But her rejection all those years…
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Conversations with Boy #3
I finally told Boy #3 all about me. My mind is blown. First I told him that I was going to change my name soon. Then we talked about how the doctor asked him at his last appointment if he identifies as a boy. I asked him if he knew why she asked him that…
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Daily Prompt 2/13/23
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? Am I patriotic? You’d think the answer to this would be an easy yes, right? I mean, I did retire from the Air Force and deployed 9 times in my 20 years. So surely I MUST be patriotic, right? By some people’s standards, they would…
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Friend…or not?
Back in January of 2008, I was in a bad place. I was deployed twice in 2007, but only for a couple of months each time. One was in the spring and one in the fall. On both deployments, something happened that caused me extensive pain and nightmares. Both were combat-related things that I was…
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Summing up a life
The funeral was today. As expected, it was difficult. As an empathetic person, I felt sadness all around me. There were pictures of her scrolling on the tv the entire time. And wouldn’t you know it, every single picture of her with a birthday cake in front of her was all smiles of pure joy.…
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Family Dramas
Does anyone have a completely drama-free family? I don’t think so. There always seems to be that person or I guess people (in some families) that just can’t get it right. No matter what, they’re obnoxious. Whether they just want to be difficult, enjoy tormenting others, are selfish, or have some kind of mental/personality disorder,…
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