Tag Archives: Family

Finally Getting Divorced From The Person Who Abused Me And My Kids So She’s Had Me Charged With Assault

In November of 2024 I started filing for divorce against my ‘soon to be ex-wife’ (STBEW) — we’ve been separated since 2015, after our local chapter of Children’s Aid Services (CAS) threatened to put my children — then 5-years old, … Continue reading

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My Biological Father Has Died… There Are No More Chances

“When I was a child my father believed he was a great man who was in the middle of a great revolution, and things get sacrificed during revolutions. Like family. Or maybe — as he tells the story now — … Continue reading

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From Mine To Yours, Happy Christmas & A Happy New Year

Merry Christmas from my little family, to yours. And all the very best in the New Year. …there’s a YouTube embedded above, if you can’t see it, click here.

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Conversations With My Psychiatrist | Welcome To The Sh*t Show Part One: Andrew Is Homeless

Andrew is threatening to kill himself. I haven’t written a lot about Andrew here. His mother and I started dating when he was four. We got married when he was seven. We separated when he was ten. It was very, … Continue reading

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Another Conversation With My Psychotherapist… Now With Less Mom Talk

The overarching theme for my past year in psychotherapy was my relationship with my mother… which seems not a little cliché, but it was something that needed to happen. We only discussed my mother for a few minutes this time. … Continue reading

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Conversations With My Psychiatrist | Dealing With The Aftermath

My psychiatrist prescribed Trintellix for me in October of last year. One of my problems over the past ten years and more, has been sleeping. Basically I do too much of it, and I’m still tired all the time. The … Continue reading

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