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To refer to the new year simply as “eleven” and refuse to clarify. To use emoticons in speech: “I’m sorry your mom died. Colon, opening parenthesis.” Or, “wanna make a baby, baby? Semicolon, closing parenthesis”. To not use air-quotes — except when mocking others. To redefine my persona from Raging Bitch to Refined Bitch. Pass [...]
[Note: This comment was originally posted on "Pondering: Apocalypse Soon-ish" which you can read by clicking here] Dear Megsie, When one of my closest friends in my entire life passed away about a year ago, my sister in law said, “You just need to grow up.” So there you have it as a gift, Number [...]
My mother is human. Sometimes (and, as I age, with more frequency) this disconcerting thought occurs to me. It began, I think, when I was small and I first caught a glimpse of a tear in her eye and I crawled into her lap to comfort her, but really to have her comfort me. Her [...]