relationships
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Atomization pretends to be freedom. In practice it looks like broken households, elderly people warehoused out of sight, adult children who live like permanent tourists, and neighborhoods where no one knows the names of the people next door. We call this “choice” or “mobility.” The more honest name is loneliness that has been dressed up…
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Wicked schemes like incest are born from pure evil. How does evil hide itself? Often veiled in a religious clock of denial. Oh, he was a righteous man. He knew the bible and went to church. What a great cover story! The man who took my virginity now gets to teach me about god. This…
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Oh, I’ve done so many things wrong I can hardly decide which one to talk about. In anger, I fought for my own way. I drank too much. I slept with men I didn’t even know. I harbored the desire for power and money. Secretly, I wanted revenge. My desire was not to live wrong,…
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A song made popular by Madonna: “Something in the way you love me won’t let me beI don’t want to be your prisonerSo baby, won’t you set me free?Stop playing with my heart. . . Just try to understand I’ve given all I can‘Cause you got the best of me BorderlineFeels like I’m going to…
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Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?Though she may forget, I will not forget you! Isaiah 49:15 To answer the question — Yes, a mother can forget, neglect and care nothing about a child she has born, carried, and birthed. I’m not sad…