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LJI 1: resolution
I will set clear boundaries at work.I work as a mentor for disabled people. Some have mental disabilities, some physica!. Our clients could have anything from cerebral palsy to Prader-Willi syndrome, and any number of things in between ( Read more... ) -
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Well, I have another brother," I resignedly announce to my mom over the phone ( Read more... ) -
LJI O: I'm In
Here is my official announcement. ;) -
LJI 10:11 - the blue hour
based on a true storyIt's supposed to be fun spending time with your grandma. Grandmas in movies and books bake cookies and make all kinds of yummy homemade food, and they make things out of yarn with hooks or needles ( Read more... ) -
LJI 10:10 - take a hike
When I was a senior in high school in the fall of 1996, I began to learn about how political grassroots movements worked. The county was planning to put in a landfill on Graham Road, only a few miles away from where we lived ( Read more... ) -
LJI 10:8 - no comment
I kept seeing the news stories about the murders on TV. They were all over the evening news, as perfectly coiffed anchorwomen with makeup applied thick as Spackle with a trowel seriously discussed the body of another missing, drug- addled prostitute, her skin pockmarked, eyes dead, hair unkempt. The media always said they were younger than they ( Read more... ) -
LJI 10:6 - heel turn
post is fiction but idea inspired by my friend Christy O, who lost her own Tanya in 2008.I got the phone call in the middle of the night. It startled me out of a sound sleep; the dogs looked up from my feet, alarmed. My husband, who could sleep through a national disaster, just snored away ( Read more... ) -
LJI 10:4 -- skating to where the puck will be
I've battled depression for years. So much of the time, it's an uphill struggle in the snow, while barefoot, in below freezing temperatures. I know that there are going to be some months that are harder to deal with than others ( Read more... ) -
LJI 10:4A - Jantalagen
This is fiction, loosely based on actual events.I'm not a nice person. I never said that I was, and if I did, that would make me a liar. And I might be a lot of things, but I'm sure as hell not a liar ( Read more... )
