Worth the sacrifice

My dad used to have a saying that he learned in AA. (He was not an Alcoholic, but he found that group suited him better, helped him cope with my mother’s alcoholism much better than Al-Anon ever did. ) He always used to tell me, “When you are H.A.L.T. , you need to halt.” Meaning, [...]

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When I think about…

…When I think about blogging, I get all happy and gooey and weird inside. It’s an amazing feeling knowing such amazing people; and spilling my guts to the world frequently, and not being judged, or shunned, but rather being loved, and accepted, and congratulated instead.
And being able to support others they way you support me, [...]

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Since you asked…

(Thanks, Lise for the post idea.) It’s true that I will never ask B to marry me. I won’t do it.
I am all about Feminism, and women being strong, and fighting the stereotypes.
But in this area, I suppose I’m a traditionalist. And not for the sake of traditionalism. There are actually reasons that I don’t [...]

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The Karma Attitude

I wrote this while sitting in on B’s Linear Algebra class today.

I don’t believe in karma. I view karma the way I view prayer. It works about 50% of the time, and even that 50% is self-fulfilling. If we want to believe that the world is treating us better because of our actions, we’re going [...]

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What it’s like…

Inspired partially by Jess and partially by just taking a look at my life.
What it’s like with APD.
You wake up at home, with B close by. You feel comfortable with him around, and in your comfort zone you are everything you love about yourself. You are confident, you are smart, you are sassy, and you [...]

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