Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for November 03, 2015

Yeah… but I got over it.How are you doing?Other people are just part of your environment, for the most part. Sometimes it is sunny and sometimes it is stormy.“You were the sunshine, baby, whenever you smiledBut I call you Stormy today”-Classics IV – Stormy – 1968

And now you’re just somebody that I used to know…

The value of your life MUST NOT depend on or be measured by how well people treat you.

Yes. Yes, it does.

Hobgoblins of the past have no power over the present, much less the future!Exterminate! Exterminate! And move on….

My family abandoned me when i was taking care of mom through her last days.I survived.

Let me count them up:

1. The juror I bribed2. Several politicians3. People I lent money to4. The staff of Home for the Pathologically Optimistic5. The ladies at the House of Red Lights6. The Detroit Lions, Tigers, and Pistons; and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (see #4)

(OK, some of those I made up. Don’t try to guess which.)

I saw that. Thank you. Ill get back to a formal thanks later.I also need to do an update soon.

And yes, my brother and sister.Mostly my sister and her husband.

nobody here would ever do that to our enchantress, Mz. T.

“Hold on to your hopes my friendThat’s an easy thing to sayBut if your hopes should pass awaySimply pretendThat you can build them again.”-Hazy Shade of Winter – Simon and Garfunkle – 1966I like the Bangles version, though.And today’s drawing. It is eloquent.

Especially when you’ve earned their respect.

Yes it does, but they can only succeed at hurting you if you allow them that power. Take your power back.In the end, those people turn out to be less important than we first thought.