
SettleDown
“I now know that even though we all have the ability to become a better version of ourselves…that has nothing to do with who we’ve been…and who we currently are. The people we attract will always embody a culmination of ‘all the things’.”





Sojourner
“My fear now is how many people will miss the message of my words because I say things that are meant to align with their souls and not with their ears. We’re a species that was taught to weigh our beliefs against what is socially acceptable and that is the template our ears hear from. But our spirits know that we’re just souls…inhabiting a vessel. And what our soul hears won’t always make sense to a belief system we inherited…from ‘elder’ vessels that were also indoctrinated with socially acceptable ideals.”

BabyMomma
“…I had no intention of hitting that far below the belt but after a while, I no longer felt the need to protect her ego. I always feel an internal eruption right before I spit this insult out and my intuition usually tells me not to do it. But the satisfaction I know I’ll get, from being toxic, overrides my empathy and I say exactly what I know I shouldn’t. ”


SweptWoman
“I was the only one in the family who wasn’t extended an invitation to the funeral. I have to be honest and say that prior to his funeral…I did tell the chat I was going to show up wearing a t-shirt that stated “He died an adulterer”…but this was after I wasn’t invited. Was I out of line for saying what I said? I plead the seventh…(‘bipolar’).”

TimeOut
“So when I say I’ve been engaged in an abusive relationship with my ‘family’ for the last 4 years…there’s no trace of exaggeration in my words. Their intention is to (re)silence the voice I spent years fighting to get back because they know that when I use it…it renders them speechless. Telling the truth really does shame the devil(s).”

ReelLife
“One of the worst arguments my older brother and I ever got into was about his inability to give my 2nd oldest niece a hug after she experienced some bullying at school by a girl that she was convinced was her friend. My brother and I spent weeks arguing about it in the chat and to this day he has never as much as hinted at understanding why I felt a hug from him to his child was appropriate.”

Social-ites
“It would make sense for me to be happy that what I’ve been asking for all these years finally appears to be taking shape…but I’m nonsensical. If their behavior came before they assumed I was turning my pain into profit it would’ve been a lot easier for me to trust their intentions but these hoes aren’t slick.”


ThirtyAte
“It’s my birthday bish! Aside from having 1 family member left, no friends, and no ‘my man her man our man’…I’m still settled into my stability. I know the plan of my bitter bloodline was to have me too distraught to bring this new year in with gratitude but…I gratefully entered year ThirtyAte.”

GardenTools
“At this point it’s clear they’re, once again, trying to condition my mind to think that something bad will happen anytime I speak up on behalf of a child that has no voice. But my ‘family’ has a long history of parents putting their kids in traumatizing situations that often never get addressed until that child is an adult. This forces the hand of my vocal cords to string together truths that speak to what I see…irrespective of how they feel about it.”

FullCircle
“Unfortunately for him, and a lot of other men, their seeds require the kind of connection that can’t be bought. We appreciate finances but solid relationships also require a foundation of feelings. If that isn’t given…it makes it that much easier for offspring to disconnect from parental presence when we have the option to choose for ourselves as we get older.”

StrangerDanger
“My nerves have no edges and their hairline is now as far back as Weezy’s husband. Why I can’t antagonize my family in peace is beyond me…because all I’m actually doing is taking their attempts to antagonize me and turning it back on them.”

NoChangeSpared
“The issue that I’m having with this change is that all the problematic people, who benefited from the version I was before, now call me miserable…while desperately going out of their way to have me return to the me I was before I found comfort in my abnormality.”

PettyParty
“My niece’s birthday is coming up so I’ve been trying to be a ballet dancing bull in my little sister’s China shop to get an invite. I haven’t missed a birthday since she was born but the child’s mother has made my twin miss one before. So I know she’s more than capable of putting her own frustration before the happiness of this child…just like her own single ‘mother’.”

NurturedByNature
“I‘ve always felt an intense connection to the authenticity of all things outside because it’s the only environment on this Planet that takes full dominion over its existence. The birds aren’t asking other birds for a lift, the blades of grass aren’t asking other blades to stay down so they can come up, and the squirrels aren’t out there asking for nut assistance. Everything is naturally autonomous and nothing is led by ego.”