Oh my darling Siona, easy answer......why each infant that takes it's very first breath.
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I was a divorced mother of four, making a good life for my children by going to nursing school. We had a nice apartment, two nice cars that I learned how to maintain on my own, and plenty of food. I also had a boyfriend that I became pregnant by. The biggest mistake I ever made was to allow him to move in with us, then to move from PA to Florida with us. In the beginning he was charming and funny, but he turned out being a verbally abusive monster. He crushed my will 2000 miles away from my home, and I became dependant on his help. I worked as a nurse, he stayed home and "managed" the house and the children. Over a period of 13 years he verbally terrorrized both me and my children. His presence in our lives of course has shaped who we are today (they are all grown). But I often wonder if the potential of my children would have been better met by moving to Florida as a single mother of five?? Today I see stories of such people on Oprah and other talk shows. The very real hell of verbal abuse is becoming more understood in our culture. Continued education needs to be done though for young women to recognize this personality type early on and steer clear of them. Initially the type is just like prince charming. Usually a person of good humor that is a magnet for people everywhere they go. They idolize their mate, put them on a pedestal, and shower them with gifts and good will. The down side is that they suddenly "snap" into another person, where just the slightest most insignificant event will send them flying into a rage. It is a part of my mission to help save woman from ending up with this type of Jeckyl/Hyde prince.
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Undeniably it was Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I read it when it first came out in 1970 when I was 12. It expressed something so profound to me with its wonder proverbial format. I iimmediately identified with Jonathan, and no longer felt alone in my ideas. My father gave the the book after he read it. I can't tell you how many people I have loaned it to over the years. It's funny, because that is the only book that returned to me again and again (you know how that goes....) I still have it today, and wouldn't bat an eye if someone asked me to let them "borrow" if. Jonathan's spirit lives in my soul.
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i am inspired, elated, to have found such a community of like minded individuals. FINALLY!!!!! Thank you Daniel!
In the past 6 months i have come across more people "like me" than i have in my entire life prior (48 years).
It is not as though i haven't been looking for people like me, they simply have not been in my acquaitance This is certainly a change in the course of my life. The roller coaster has reached the top of another hill.......letter roll!!!!!
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