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How do you handle it when someone hurts you?

We have all been there. An offhand remark that stings, a comment said about us behind our backs, or a biting jab right to our face. I am almost always caught off-guard. I feel shocked at first, but the shock quickly turns to pain. I’ll admit, my first instinct is to say something hurtful rightContinue reading “How do you handle it when someone hurts you?”

The Tonsillectomy

After six visits to the doctor in three months because of recurrent throat infections, Dr. O’Neil stared into my throat, wooden tongue depressor depressed, and announced to my mom, “That’s it. She needs her tonsils out.” I sat on the crinkly-white-paper covered table and tried to hide my excitement. I knew this was the typeContinue reading “The Tonsillectomy”

What is it about, though?

I am not usually a person who announces what I’m going to do before I do it. I tend to just quietly do a thing. But for this, my Ziggityblog, I decided to start telling people about it before I had decided what it would be about. I announced to my husband and children, “I’mContinue reading “What is it about, though?”