Humanity
My First Pregnancy
Here we are. You probably clicked this wondering, what in the world does that mean? Well, I meant exactly that. Now, I wasn't forced against my will to carry my baby. I just knew it was something I only half wanted at the time. The reason I say 'half wanted' is because this baby is from a relationship that hasn't even been 1 year; that anyone will consider a toxic relationship when I tell them how we argue and how he is when he's angry/drunk angry. I also say 'half wanted' because I don't feel we're both financially ready. I also say 'half wanted' because I wanted to be done with my school and be married before I carried half of someone's child.
By Tala Gallano4 years ago in Confessions
I can't listen to breakup songs anymore.
It's March in Chicago, and still, I have my windows open. The icy air bursts through the cracks and freezes the streaks of tears on my face. No one is on the roads and I maneuver the car with muscle memory, it's all I have left. Quietly, a song I don't know plays under the sound of the wind. I don't focus on the words to know what they say, I don't care. The melody and the wind intertwine to make a new melody of drunken pain.
By willow j. ross4 years ago in Confessions
A Cult Introduced Me to a More Tolerant World
I was a teenager obsessed with the unusual and the strange, looking for connection beyond the mundane. I remember spending lunchtimes in the school library reading fantasy books, and it was here I picked up a copy of Hal Lindsey's book "Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth", thinking it was a science fiction book. That started the idea of religion and prophecy and exciting things beyond the boring here and now. Not long afterwards, my brother picked up a glossy, free magazine called the "Plain Truth" in Dublin City. With attention-grabbing titles in slick fonts like "What's ahead for 1986 and beyond!" (Note the exclamation mark, no doubt in their minds), it grabbed my doubt-filled mid-1980s mind. In other words, I was hooked. It wasn't drugs or alcohol, but it was just as addictive. You could do all these free courses and books like "The United States and Britain in prophecy" and learn all about "THE TRUTH". I ate it all up. What was known as 'Armstrongism" had got a hold of me.
By Nick Tarleton4 years ago in Confessions
Finding Beauty in An Ugly Place. Top Story - April 2022.
Looking through photographs of me when I was a little girl, you would find that I was a thin girl with blonde hair and blue eyes that were very apparent to everyone. I turned from a skinny toddler to a tall, rectangle-shaped teenage brunette who is wide enough to be noticed by a lot of people. I had a lot of attention directed at me, the majority of it very negative from my peers and adults. I always thought of myself as “ugly” because my hair was cut very short, I was tomboyish, and I did not have very feminine features. I was also suffering from emotional problems due to bullying at school and also abuse in the home. I had hardly any positive role models except for my English teacher who stood by me through it all until she retired.
By Kelsey O'Malley4 years ago in Confessions
“Freedom Caravans” between the interest of the individual and the interest of the group
The wave of protests that became known as “Freedom Caravans” had started in Canada when hundreds of heavy truck drivers and thousands of protesters succeeded in blocking main roads and some vital bridges in the federal capital, Ottawa and other places, but the infection quickly crossed the ocean and spread to a number of European countries. These include France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.
By abdo4 years ago in Confessions
Dark Armor
If you use blackmail against somebody, it can be used for your own form protection. Eventually being a sort of proverbial armor. However, since the armor was composed of dark secrets the chainmail that it’s composed of can be considered to be blackmail.
By Thavien Yliaster4 years ago in Confessions
Falling Off Track
For the last several months I have been working towards multiple goals and of course, blogging about them. In January I hit my stride and was making huge progress and feeling good about how far I had come. I was starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel of my Lyme Disease Journey, I was working on being more organized, getting back into a fitness routine, blogging consistently on Medium, and overall working towards a healthier lifestyle.
By Emily Forman4 years ago in Confessions
The Diverse Faces of Freedom
I was sitting at my desk, tired and unable to concentrate. I was under a lot of pressure. The software developers were blocked in their work because of me; I still haven't finished the diagrams they needed to progress with their work. "When will you be able to give it to us? It should be finished last week!" - they asked. But regardless of how much they would nag me or how much I wanted to have it done, I couldn't think anymore. My mind was blank; I needed a break.
By Janin Lyndovsky4 years ago in Confessions
Basic Concepts of Healthcare Law
Knowledge is power and I love to share what I have learned in my 40 years of roaming this earth. I enjoy learning about everything, you never know when these tools will become necessary. The more you know, the more you grow.
By The Vibe Podcast 4 years ago in Confessions
Chechnya on two fronts: the son of Mufti Kadyrov, an ally of Putin... and "Sheikh Mansour" with Zelensky
The sounds of takbeer appeared again with the scenes of the battles waged by a Chechen combat group in Ukraine, but this time it is not Kadyrov’s Chechen forces loyal to Moscow, but rather a battalion called “Sheikh Mansour” allied with Zelensky and fighting alongside Ukraine against the Russian army, to complete the paradox on the Chechen side of This Ukrainian war, between Chechens fighting each other on two opposing fronts, to transformations after the harsh Chechen defeat in the Russian wars, which made a team of Chechens fight alongside Russia, and allyed its president after years of a bloody war waged by Chechnya against Russia, which destroyed dozens of villages And the Caucasian cities, and this is a remarkable transformation that means, in one aspect, that the experiences gained by the Chechen fighters after years of their war with Russia, turned in favor of Russia.
By Abd elrhmen4 years ago in Confessions
