I am planning on dressing up for Halloween.  I do so pretty much every year.  It doesn't usually take me too long to plan my costume.  I used to let my niece(s) choose what my theme is and I'd go from there.  But now I'm doing family theme costumes, which still take no real time to plan out.  This year is actually taking the most time, and that's ( Read more... )

Two elephants perched atop a spindle.

Molly Grue from The Last Unicorn (book especially, but even the movie).  Heck, we even look somewhat alike, react similarly at times (very grounded and yet with some of our old sense of hope) and our lives were headed in the same direction (she was a little further than I was down that path).  Then Schmendrick (in my case, JB... who also looks a ( Read more... )

Yes, I have in some relationships by my own free will... but I've also been pushed into changes by manipulation and bad circumstances.  None of these were healthy and I left each one when I realized I wasn't happy.

And "worked" is a relative term.  Each time I realized that I was not happy being something other than me and left.  The one time I  ( Read more... )

Even though I was strong and independent in many ways, I would say I'm much more so now. My self esteem is much higher and I don't look down on myself or disrespect myself anymore. I know my worth.

Does that make me better? In my opinion yes. My best attributes are a higher quality now. I'm much more refined in who I am (not "refined" in the prim ( Read more... )