I Have a Messed Up Sleep ScheduleWhen I lived at home, I could sleep on any couch or in any soft chair or a regular bed of any kind. When I moved from there to my first apartment, a sweet (now deceased) neighbor sold me her bedframe and bought me a new boxspring and mattress. I...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two Johnny held my wrist firmly as he half-dragged me across the slick street. I struggled, but not too much. He reached the curb and stopped again. Over his shoulder, I could see the dilapidated building where Johnny...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two It was sleeting with a needle-fine intensity and blowing sidewise when I was released. I picked my way down the marble steps, watching my feet with every step, when suddenly a strong, firm hand flashed through the...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two The big-muscled blonde brute who pulled Carrie off the table and into the nearest seat was a new girls' gym teacher - Judy something-or-other, can't remember her last name. She lasted less than one day. Carrie kept...See More »
I Like People Who Are Open MindedThe name of this post is true, but some people confuse "open-minded" with being nasty or mean. I am moving out to another apartment in a matter of days. I got an EMail from my present landlord (Schiller Management) ALREADY asking for next month's...See More »
I Remember Life Before the InternetYeah, the Good Old Days...where you had to have dictionaries or encyclopedias or both at home or access to a local library and a valid library card to look up information...and those were the days where teachers wanted twenty-five page research...See More »
I Spend a Lot of Time By MyselfAnd I am CONTENT with it. Why can't others SEE my POV? Both my brothers ask me. I have a friend who is constantly asking me to "go out and eat" with her. The topper was just this week when a virtual stranger (a real estate agent) was interviewing me...See More »
I Will Be Myself And Not What Others Want Me To BeEverybody is different from everyone else. I am too, and my brothers don't understand me. I love my siblings. But my one brother constantly gets on my nerves. He first couldn't understand why I didn't get married(I couldn't find anyone who wanted...See More »
I Hate People Who Hate People That Hate PeopleWhen I was young, kids picked on me. Oh, yes, you say, all kids do that. Not in MY neck of the woods! Kids made fun of my looks, my shyness, my school clothes (they were out of style hand-me-downs by seven years), and my last name. Teachers never...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn In Aquarius - Part Two Shortly after school resumed, Daddy came down with a very bad cold. He struggled to take me to school each day, but his heart wasn't in it. Mom was still put out with me, and she wasn't a good driver in the best of...See More »
I Am Glad People Can't Read My ThoughtsIf anybody COULD, I think I might be run out of town. As an adult, I've learned to hold my tongue more often than I'd like, but usually the look in my eyes gives me away. When my brother found out I had no life insurance to speak of, he brought me...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two I didn't want to return to school after New Year's. All I had to look forward to was that damn double detention that was hanging over my head. Daddy knew about it, and I knew without asking that he was still mad over...See More »
I Like to Write Poems and StoriesThe Dreary Days Of December Wet and cold. Like the Peapod driver when he comes to the door, He's very, very helpful But he almost forgot my coupons. He DID forget to recycle the empty bags. Oh, well, he's only a kid. I was one once, too. I...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two The next day - the eve of the party and Christmas Day - Mari came by to deliver my Christmas present. Had I come to the party, she would have left it under the Christmas tree at her house for me to open in private...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two The balance of that week was horrible. I cried my heart out most of the time and kept to myself. Following Daddy's suggestion. I came downstairs on Christmas Eve night and tried to be good for Mom, but I flopped onto...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two When I was a little girl, I used to ADORE Christmas and Christmas vacation time. It was presents and Santa Claus cookies, a beautiful tree with several Swedish decorations on it, bright lights everywhere, and...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two This was an ongoing ritual that continued every school day. It didn't take the kids long to figure out if my daddy had to strongarm me into the classroom, then hang around and talk to the teacher, it was some sort of...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two When Daddy came home, he brought his suitcases back and there was no more mention of a possible divorce - at least not in my presence. That was a Sunday. His rehabbing of me began the next day. It wasn't Mom who...See More »
I Hate Being Lied toWhen I was a kid (and probably most of the rest of us out there, too) we all were told the lies common to most parents - the Tooth Fairy, the Santa Claus myth, the Easter Bunny story. I grew out of them, like all kids, although I felt a twinge at...See More »
I Admire Wit and IntelligencePeople are asking, "Who's the smartest person on SW?" The answer is - "Nobody." Yes, that includes me. No one likes EVERYBODY they encounter on SW. They don't like the way someone else comes across on the way they write a post, or mistakenly reply...See More »
I Love to WriteCapricorn in Aquarius - Part Two When my tears were spent, I sat up on my bed, sniffling. I was still hurt over the punishment I believed to be unjust. Why couldn't I go to the party like I had been promised? I pounded my pillow a few times in...See More »
I Think Kids Say the Darndest ThingsWhen my nephew was in kindergarten, I met up with him one morning as he was going out the door. I held the screen door to let him out, and as he stepped on the porch, I smiled and said, "Have a good day, and you ACT like somebody!" It was straight...See More »
I Don't Need Drugs and Alcohol to Have FunI can safely say the title of this post says it all. I grew up with alcoholism. For twenty years, it was slurred and hateful words, thrown plates (both empty and filled), bruises and black eyes...scared kids, hangovers that could kill a horse,...See More »
I Am Unique - Just Like Everyone ElseEverybody is different. Even the members in your own family. My sister was petite and pretty. She had brown hair and eyes, like Mom and me, but there the resemblance ended. She was marred at 18, and had her first child at 19 - the same as Mom AND...See More »
I Appreciate the Simple Things In Life"They're replacing the flooring on the first floor." That was the answer I got yesterday when I stopped one of the men who come by to make changes or repairs. More power to them - but for four days now, beginning midweek, they sounded like they were...See More »