Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
I can't get you out of my head. Rather, I can't get your boy out of my head. After I heard you say it for the third time, "WHAT ARE YOU CHICKEN?" as your boy was at the top of the slide taking in his options, my blood was boiling. It crushed my heart to …
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My alcohol addled brain has forgotten entire chunks of my past. The blackouts. That's incredibly hard for me to reconcile, even though I know there's no getting it back. I can only focus on now and going forward and trying to soak it all in and capture. I worry about the forgetting. Even now with …
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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