Posted by Anonymous on December 24, 2008 · 1 Comment
Okay… let’s do this. It’s Christmas Eve, the fourth day of Hanukkah (I wouldn’t have known if it weren’t for Facebook status updates) and two days before Kwanzaa. I think this is the perfect time to address this issue, and I’m sure lots of other people are blogging about this as well. How do you … Read more
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Posted by Anonymous on November 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
I attempted to write this note early in the afternoon. I was feeling angsty, not quite as mentally perturbed as I was last night, but just grateful that I had managed to sleep through the morning and some of the afternoon. I was going to write about how much I hate Thanksgiving Day, and how it … Read more
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Posted by Anonymous on November 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Hmm… where was I? With Thanksgiving right around the corner, all I can focus on are family issues. Which doesn’t help, because I was already preoccupied with those thoughts before this holiday came around, and now it’s all I can think about. My non-Jehovah’s Witness family asked me if I was going to celebrate the … Read more
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