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  • I grew up with a mom that was NEVER wrong.

    If I pointed out she was wrong, there was always an excuse. “Well, YOU should have said this, or you made me do that.”

    And because of her need to look infallible all the time, I learned to hide mistakes, blame others, and never let anyone know you aren’t perfect.

    And so, when I first had kids, I instinctively continued to do as I was taught. Once day I realized what I was doing and thought about how it made me feel when I was a kid, and decided I didn’t want to do the same thing to them.

    It wasn’t “as easy as that” and there were many times I caught myself doing it, but when I did, I apologized and admitted my mistake.

    I’d rather they learn how to accept responsibility for their actions than learn how to place blame on others.




  • Whether or not a vote “counts” is like identifying which straw broke the camels back.

    Individually, NONE of them count. Liberals in blue areas will think their vote doesn’t count because their candidate would have won without their vote. And those in red areas feel like it doesn’t count because they’re just getting stuck with whatever conservative is running.

    But, millions of votes that don’t count, DO COUNT.

    Elections are a war of attrition. The first one to ease off a little, loses.