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Hello my fellow followers! So happy to have you here! Hope you're having a great day! Grab a cup of your favorite tea and join me!
Here on the southwest coast of B.C. we're in the midst of another dramatic month! Big winds with rain have wreaked havoc with power outages and landslides.
It's also Remembrance Day when we pay our respects to the Ones who sacrificed their lives for the freedom, we have now. I have so much respect. The amazingly brave pilots and soldiers. The resistance workers that saved so many lives. All of it. My dad and mom were born during the depression and through WW11. They were too young to join up but lived through these events. Dad was fortunate to be raised on a small holding that supplied food, eggs and meat. They also lived right beside a store, where all the mainstays were brought in. Mom, lived with my excentric grandfather, in the wilds where he trapped for their existence. When the war ended, life returned to semi-normalcy, they met and married. The 1950's brought new wealth to people. Dad thrived in the logging industry. Mom stayed at home with 3 girls, under the age of 5.
Along with all of this came, copious amounts of alcohol and parties. I became my sister's keepers, very young, 6 or 7, maybe before. I had already witnessed domestic violence. The three of us were little Cinderellas and cleaned up after all the parties. They also left us in unsafe environments. Mom and Dad really did the best they could. They were making more money than ever, and we had the material things we could want for but lacked direction and mentorship.
I believe I started drinking at about 12 years old. I was on my own and at one point, my friend and I polished off a bottle of gin. I passed out and she left me in the woods. When I woke up, I had a huge black and yellow, spider bite on my arm. I went home and got ready to go to a dance that was later in the evening.
I've tried to get away from alcohol, my whole long life and finally, doing it. I feel strong and healthy.
Thanks, dear ones for reading! Take care and stay safe! Til next time. xxx
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