Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
Animal love. Pet love, specifically rescue pet love is almost unbearable. It's what you take on when you love another living being no matter what. We all die someday. Is it worth the pain? Yes. Absolutely positively unequivocally yes. Nothing compares. I wouldn't wish the pain away. But damn, does it hurt. Our sweet old …
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I am depressive. I am comfortable in a funk. I get down and dirty deep and dark and desperate. I'm not talking about depression that needs to be medicated, but just a period of time where everything is terrible in my own head. They are two different things, and I don't pretend that being clinically …
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At first it takes away all your fear. That drink just warms you all over and suddenly you have confidence and you are the girl you always wanted to be. All your qualms about being with other people, with men, just vanish. Melt away. You think you've found your golden ticket. The answer to all …
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