I see those same kids at work every day.  My wife told me awhile ago--not to ask-What is wrong with them, but what happened to them to make them act this way.  Trauma informed care should be taught in all schools.

I was spanked and I have severe depression and am completely empty as a human being.

I love how because it’s 2018 now, my main thought on this is “please just don’t let this asshole end up with a DoE position at any point in the future”.

Hitting kids is bullshit. I legitimately am finally deciding to go into therapy to work through how all of the low-grade abusive things my mom did to me as a kid and teenager (amidst a pretty normal childhood otherwise) left me with feelings of rage, helplessness, and betrayal that I cannot seem to get past on my own.…

Hardest damned mistake I’ve ever tried to make.

These people never turn out fine.  The fact that they want to hit kids is proof enough.

This makes me feel slightly better about having gotten pregnant with baby #2 when baby #1 was only 13 months old. I’d just turned 37 and it took 2.5 years to get pregnant the first time, so I was prepared for a long trudge. Then I got pregnant the second month of trying. It’s silly, but I definitely feel judged for…

I’m a fan of cats but my wife’s allergic ;-)

I’ll take 15 seconds of danger vs. an hour plus of danger every time.

That reminds me, Grandpa would spend five minutes pulling on coat, boots, gloves and hat to walk to the barn. It was about 100 feet to the barn, but it was also western central Minnesota.  He was pretty seriously kitted out when he stepped outside.

Never forget that letting perfect be the enemy of the good is exactly how we ended up with Agent Orange in the White House.

I bought a Phillips sunlamp that has adjustable clock light display and gradual alarm sound, so it works great. The light is a bit too yellow though. Either way, it helps me get up in the morning for realz. Add fun music that you enjoy in the morning and the mood can increase a bit more.

As someone from the south, this was my exact reaction the first time I was in Maine. “Oh. This is just cold Alabama.”

Lol oh man my family is such a fucking disaster I can’t imagine sharing my death plan with them. I can’t even share my fucking feelings with them.

“I NEED to live in a place that has a change of seasons”

I’m a millennial and I loooooove mayonnaise. Like, to the point that even other white people are embarrassed for me.   

How about Im-Peach Mint?

They like being racist and classist, but they don’t like being made to feel bad about it.  I guess being on the wrong side of history can do that to people.

I’m pretty convinced this woman is a myth. All the suburban white women I know (myself included) are either women who’ve voted Democrat since the Obama years (or before) and have not changed on this front, or are all-out ride-or-die GOP-ers, which includes the Trump-or-Bust subset. White suburban women have had their…

THIIIS. Holy cow please ask me things about me. I feel selfish talking about myself, but I admit, I really want to know people care enough to hear my stories.