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End-Of-The-Week-Ramblings: Not that long ago, I was struggling with feeling like an “orphan” if you will. My sister had just died, and both my mother and father were already dead. I have one birth brother somewhere out there in the world who I never knew that Ancestry’s magic has yet to work finding. I felt the pressure of carrying the weight of our legacy on my shoulders,…
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A THOUGHT
“I asked an elderly woman once what it was like to be old and to know that the majority of her life was now behind her. She told me that she has been the same age her entire life. She said the voice inside of her head had never aged. She has always just been the same girl. Her mother’s daughter. She had always wondered when she…
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STAY; TOMORROW NEEDS YOU
“I must acknowledge with a heavy heart, the holes that exist in our lives where people we know and love used to be. It’s a void that cannot be filled, a place where laughter once echoed and smiles brightened our days. These individuals poured their time and energy into our lives, leaving an indelible mark. Yet, their absence serves as a stark reminder of the devastating impact…
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LABOR DAY RAMBLINGS
Chances are that someone reading this right now is struggling with addiction and /or mental health issues and feeling hopeless and lost as a result. I remember the days when I felt empty, without a soul and knowing that my time here was limited. To be honest, I am not certain what kept me going most days, but I do know that eventually I came into contact…
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THE WHOLE STORY
The year was 1985. My adoptive family and I had been in Kansas for less than a year at the time, and I had just transferred to Wichita East High School, after having attended one semester at Wichita North High School on the other side of town. I was a nerd for sure, into debate and forensics and well on my way to becoming a fullblown Drama…
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FIGHTIN DEMONS
Even after almost two decades sober, I crash into horrible waves of shame and remorse and they will suck all the life out of whatever peace and serenity I may be experiencing in those moments. There are a few times in my life that I have never talked to anyone but my therapists about that really fucked my life up. Some of those times were during the…
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