I am my mothers’ child, which is noteworthy and painstaking (… and that’s another blog altogether :-). When I was growing up, any time a tragedy, calamity, or misfortune happened to someone we knew – or didn’t know – it became a life lesson if not an unwarranted punishment!
When my 18-year-old cousin got pregnant out of wedlock, at age 9 I got lectured and put on TV restriction! When teenagers were admitted into the rehab center where my mom was a nurse – their bodies mangled and their lives shattered from a moments’ inattention behind the wheel of a car – my 16-year-old life was interrupted because I couldn’t drive her car weeks! And when my 40-year-old neighbor decided to hang herself (God rest her soul), my mom treated ME (now in my 30’s) like I was on suicide watch! Continue reading
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