Category: Opinion
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This Blog is Maturing
Hey folks. Due to the changes going on over at Tumblr, I’ve decided I’m going to shut down my account there on or before December 17th. That means I’ll be moving some of my more mature fan art commissions to this blog. That means this blog will be flagged as “mature” (and I already started…
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Good Reflections on a Bad Year
It’s been a long time since I’ve had the motivation to write a blog post, but this time of year always leads me to reflecting on the past, and this year is no exception. My 2016 started off pretty bad, fighting to keep my husband from drowning in despair, and then losing him anyway. Not…
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Moving On
It’s now been four months since I lost my husband to depression. Losing a loved one is never easy, but I think even more so when it’s a beloved spouse. At times it can be soul-crushing. There are days my heart aches and I struggle to breath. Yet, despite that, there are also days I…
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How I Grieve
Everyone has opinions on just about everything, including how a person should grieve. Apparently, according to some people, I’m not grieving right. Clearly I must not have loved my husband because I’m not completely broken and despondant. I’m not running out and joining grief counseling groups or private counseling sessions. I tell these people that…
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Surrealism
On January 31, 2016 my husband lost his long battle with depression. I’ve spent a lot of time talking to many people about what happened. One thing that strikes me in all this is how completely surreal it all feels. The fact that I went from being happily married to a widow in far less…
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Why I Write
I write for many reasons, just as I have, and do, read for many reasons. The main reason, however, is an escape from reality. Now I am, for the most part, a very optimistic person. I see the bright side of most situations. However, I have always been surrounded by sadness in one form or…
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The Deepening Divide
It breaks my heart to see how divided people in the US are becoming over issues of race, gender, sexuality and other such topics. I was born and grew up in the 1970s and 80s. I saw a lot of progress being made towards people seeing each other as human beings. Looking at the individual…
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Goodbye Bubblews
For the past year or so I’ve been posting articles in a site known as Bubblews. As of today, November 15, 2015, it was officially shut down with the following message. The writing had been on the wall, so to speak, for awhile now. There hadn’t been much interaction from staff or moderators in months…
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A Solution for Bullying
Bullying and what to do about it has been a hot topic for awhile now. There are lots of anti-bullying campaigns, trying to educate kids and parents about why it’s wrong to be a bully. I think in some cases we are getting a little extreme on the anti-bullying front, where in some cases a…
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Sailor Moon Crystal: Why All the Complaints?
I’ve been seeing a lot of negativity around the new Sailor Moon Crystal series, primarily from Western Viewers and I really need to say my peace about this. I think a big part of this negativity is coming from people who literally grew up in the 1990s watching the original dubbed version of Sailor Moon,…
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