And take care of the kids an hour every day so I can read it outside, by myself. We are stressed too. If we complain, we are nagging. Some of us love to work, and while being a mom is my #1 priority, I miss being a person sometimes. It sounds like she has depression. […]
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Know why you are doing it, gain a skill besides “head-cracking,” and know when you are going to get out and stick to it. NG or Reserves are slightly different because there is a lot of flexibility there. Do it. You earn lessons and experience that no one can take away. USN HM and now […]
When suggested every manager and supervisor in the company stood as one and said if they tried they would have everyone’s resignation the next day. You see in doing his little jobs it meant that higher-paid staff could get on with making money for the company, without him many small jobs would fall to people […]
My wife, who wasn’t as badly affected, followed. Then, we drank an entire bottle of whiskey and decided to delete the episode from our memory. A girl in my daughter’s marching band dropped the ligature to her clarinet on her walk down to the stadium for a football game and many parents had fanned out […]
I’ve never been that tempted to cheat on my wife and I hate to say just how close I was to go through with it. It’s horrible to admit, but if she grabbed my hand and for some reason, I forgot to put on my wedding ring I’d have done it. As a drink, as […]
Fast forward a few years, we got married, bought a house and he continued to commute weekly to his job and take care of his mom, coming home on weekends. 2 years later, he retired from his job and moved himself and mom to our home. I noticed sometimes when I got home from work, […]
It can be better and we can do it if we truly believe, forgive one another and see ourselves as one human race. It is good to be reminded of what is a patriotic act and what is not. The country is waking up to the fact that If the Civil War happened today, would […]
I think certain cops demand that you do what they say because they are cops and you’re supposed to agree with whatever they say because they are cops but when they don’t get what it is they are asking for they act out. Like some spoiled brat. They are supposed to uphold the law not […]
My daughter and her wife just happened to be in town, so she got to tell the wife stories about all the rooms. It was great to hear her perspective on living there. Of course, we got to tell our own stories about her growing up. The young woman brought her daughter to show her […]
A therapist, a support group, even a friend can provide this to varying degrees, and give the rope a ‘nudge’ to make sure the scapegoat is ok when the depths of their shadow overwhelms. Lastly, and most importantly, the term ‘scapegoat’ must be written and placed on the wall and looked at every day. As […]