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What If, Instead of Writing Blind Items, Gossip Columnists Wrote Like This:

thedith wrote 1 week ago: Unknown:  he’s [REDACTED] FUCKING [REDACTED] Anonymous: that was his reasoning too “i … more →

Tags: Advice, boys, Blind Items, Good Advice, Gossip, you wish you knew

The second-guessing is the 'party' that deserves suspicion

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 weeks ago: 6/15/07 1051 Hanging in, sometimes better spirited, sometimes not. Sometimes I feel I can be resilie … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Insight, Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Inner self, happiness, Communication

Confrontations from awkward to ugly

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 weeks ago: 6/14/07 Alone at last. Got to observe myself in paralysis mode when Crystal and I lingered to talk a … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Insight, Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Communication, anxiety, Fear

Building a center of gravity from scratch

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 weeks ago: 6/8/07 Fri 1200 The morning was spent with some errands and a drs appt. Glancing at yesterday’s note … more →

Tags: Insight, Inner self, happiness, Family of Origin, Alone time, Medication, Authoritarians, Dreams, Telling the Truth

What do we base our choices on?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 6/5/07 1112 Tuesday I didn’t give myself much time to write. And oh shit, I remember I still have to … more →

Tags: Fantasy, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, Communication, anxiety, Fear, Alone time

Perspectives

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 6/3/07 813 Sun So, in response to the train of thought I see as I reopen this page, I would far rath … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, happiness, Communication

More accusations

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 5/31/07 Thursday 1123 Still feeling kind of on the edge of being sick; like a cold or something. Aga … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Fantasy, Attraction, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, In-Laws, fighting in front of kids

Worries about my boy

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 5/29/07 Gary and boys back. Boys in school. Gary here. Bummer for me. I was very angry with him that … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Marriage, Insight, Children, Communication, anxiety, Alone time, Telling the Truth, Therapy

Everything changed here

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 300 Mon May 28, 2007 I was getting set to go to bed and decided I needed to get the last couple nigh … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, Communication, Fear, Alone time

Complaining = Regression?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 5/26/07 I didn’t meant to switch to this font, but I like it. I’m feeling closer to the self I’d bee … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, In-Laws, fighting in front of kids, Communication

The power of Story

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 5/23/07 Wed (Sharon day) 1038 Now I’ve got to get up and get the notebook I recorded last night’s dr … more →

Tags: Marriage, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, Communication, Fear, Alone time, Authoritarians

Jung may have called it right

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 5/22/07 61 Last dream first; most vivid. It’s morning and I’m waiting for the bus to come for Connor … more →

Tags: Insight, Children, Inner self, happiness, Communication, Alone time, Authoritarians, Dreams, Telling the Truth

Tracing a soul's growth from sleep to awakening

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/18/07 27 years since St. Helens blew up. And a secret smile for me remembering that being the firs … more →

Tags: Insight, Inner self, Communication, anxiety, Alone time, Ambivalence, Dreams, Telling the Truth, living from this Place

All-purpose emotion

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/16/07 Dream as I was waking up. Something about a hospital or nursing home situation, and then bei … more →

Tags: Attraction, Marriage, Insight, Inner self, happiness, Alone time, Dreams, Telling the Truth, living from this Place

Fearing to choose what's been chosen for me

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/15/07 Dad’s 74 today 1200 Tuesday I’m feeling really depleted after a morning of errands. Getting … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Insight, Children, Inner self, anxiety, Alone time, Ambivalence, curtailed alone time

More 'as if'

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/11/07 Boys home from school, Connor with pink-eye, Scott with a cough. I didn’t recoil from the pr … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, Communication, sick children

Fact:2 comments

thedith wrote 3 months ago: “If a girl wears a short skirt or dress, men automatically think, ‘She wants it, and she … more →

Tags: truth bomb, Kanye West, Amber Rose, sometimes you gotta reference page 6, short skirt and a long jacket, what a weird couple, girls like to dress for themselves -- not boys

Unacknowledged costs

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/9/07 Wed 950 A little discordant this morning. I’m experiencing it in my reluctance to go meet Dar … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, Communication, sick children, Family of Origin, anxiety

A way of talking myself out of my feelings?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/7/07 Mon 918 Back from the weekend at the beach with my four old friends. It was something I unamb … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, happiness, Communication, Current Events


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