If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably heard something like the following on more than one occasion: “I fed you, clothed you, and put a roof over your head so you have to respect me! You should be thankful for all that I’ve done for you!” So let me get this straight… You did the…
Often times when someone does something atrocious (like committing serious crimes including rape and murder), the person is referred to as “mentally ill” or “drug-addicted” as though this helps to explain or even excuse their behavior. This is a topic I’ve been thinking a lot about recently, especially in the wake of recent, unfortunate events.…
Over the past few years (and really all of my life) I’ve realized that whenever someone talks about something, regardless of topic, often someone else in the conversation has to “one-up” them. What I mean is if someone says that they won their last two soccer tournaments, someone else says that they won their last…
One situation in recent news has caught my attention for all the wrong reasons: the situation with Kellyanne Conway (54) and her daughter, Claudia Conway (16). If you don’t know who Kellyanne Conway is, she is a former advisor of President Trump and a political consultant. She was also Trump’s presidential campaign manager and holds…
In 2019, I had an internship with a company in which I was on a rotation to go through many various departments. It was very interesting to experience as I got to see almost every aspect of the internal workings of the company, although I had to go through an extensive background check first. Overall,…
Hello to all of you lovely people out there. It’s been a while — a long while, I know. I have been checking back on the blog every now and then and am always surprised to see how many views this small, un-updated site has gotten. I hope that it has been a source of…
Reflections of an ACOA 