Posted on June 7, 2008 by essiewb
How nice to have the luxury of writing in public. Most days I don’t think of this as a freedom, but I just finished watching Sybil and it has me thinking of the taboos that exist around certain topics, the things we don’t discuss. As much as I think my life is an open book, [...]
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Posted on December 25, 2007 by essiewb
It is Christmas morning. We have a tradition, and Dayna touched on it in her comment (at the end of the previous post). I’ve been divorced from her dad for thirteen years. We are friends, with a bond around the common goal of raising a happy, capable daughter. On Christmas he still comes over in [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2007 by essiewb
I am sitting up in my bed doing a little dance because I am excited about writing this morning. I don’t know why, exactly. I never have trouble finding things to write about because this is a conversation, and if you know me you know that I can talk forever. I will talk with anyone. [...]
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