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SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE

July 8, 2018 by Lexa 1 Comment

So, I have been debating about how to say this without sounding like a whiny-assed bitch (WAB). I can’t really come up with anything, so I will just have to go with the WAB model. One common cause of frustration and ongoing theme in my life has been the idea that I am “living someone else’s life.” That may sound strange, but it isn’t. When I first got married (at 18, for crying out loud) my husband was in the Air Force. I was what you might call a conservative version of a “flower child” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Feminism, Forthscore, Identity crisis

OLD AND IN THE WAY

April 15, 2018 by Lexa Leave a Comment

That was the bumper sticker that caught my eye on the way out of Starbucks earlier this week. First, I was taken aback, then kind of smiled, immediately thinking of it as a statement on slow driving. Then, it reminded me of an experience I had a few years ago that was kind of any eye opener. About a year after my husband was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer and about 5 months before his death, I was laid off from my job. I was not particularly surprised; there were other layoffs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Forthscore Tagged With: family, Identity crisis, twenty-first century

Cultural Identity Crisis

April 20, 2016 by Lexa Leave a Comment

The world has always been a violent, dangerous place full of prejudice and fear. In ancient civilizations it was a given that people killed and were murdered for innumerable reasons (Rome conquered and enslaved much of the world and entertained itself watching gladiators eviscerate one another); pharaohs were entombed with their servants; the Israelites massacred their enemies with the help of God. More recently witches were burned; the Spanish Inquisition cleansed the “true faith;” destiny … [Read more...]

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