Time to gloat

[MarySandy]

You and I have much to talk about At 22 my husband bought me an old Rolls Roys Phantom 1950, mechanics is one of the things my dad left me in heritage and I worked on it for months and turned it back to its old glory with friends of course, but it runs and works well... we have much to talk about

Oh yeah I remember this. Dad came home and threw a key at Lexy who stand aloof for a moment. Lexy just like an idiot said he already had a key to the house hahahahha (you can be so oblivious and blond sometime daddy), then daddy told him it was for a great surprise outside and we all rushed out outside to find a moderately good looking Roll Royce in the parking lot. Not the new one, a very very old one, but still a fucking RR. Daddy said it was Lexy's birthday present. Lexy got all teary (what a softy) lol and kissed my dad so much that it got very uncomfortable for us to watch. That night, my siblings and I made a pact to sleep in the basement bedrooms, we didn't want to hear what will go on in daddy's bedroom hahahaha.

[MarySandy]

I am proud to have made my study alone in India without Daddies being with me, yes, I have to admit I called several times crying that I wanted to come home, but daddies Lexy and Jake always said NO and I'm proud of myself to have come through it. It was hard, but I made it. Thanks daddies, I did learn a lot, and beside now I speak Punjab LOL

[lauj]

I work with mentally challenge clients. After about 3 weeks because of my hard work and another staff, my client knows how much a quarter is worth, I was so happy. I gave him a real quarter, which isn't much but I'm not supposed to be giving him stuff.

[Jake]

Do you do birthdays hahahahha?

Woah the next bday coming is Jasmine she'll be two years old you're not ordering a gay stripper for our two years old? Hahahaha

[Jake]

I am proud to have made my study alone in India without Daddies being with me, yes, I have to admit I called several times crying that I wanted to come home, but daddies Lexy and Jake always said NO and I'm proud of myself to have come through it. It was hard, but I made it. Thanks daddies, I did learn a lot, and beside now I speak Punjab LOL

I'm extremely, tremendously proud of you Sandy, I twisted Alex arm you know that lol

[Jake]

Oh yeah I remember this. Dad came home and threw a key at Lexy who stand aloof for a moment. Lexy just like an idiot said he already had a key to the house hahahahha (you can be so oblivious and blond sometime daddy), then daddy told him it was for a great surprise outside and we all rushed out outside to find a moderately good looking Roll Royce in the parking lot. Not the new one, a very very old one, but still a fucking RR. Daddy said it was Lexy's birthday present. Lexy got all teary (what a softy) lol and kissed my dad so much that it got very uncomfortable for us to watch. That night, my siblings and I made a pact to sleep in the basement bedrooms, we didn't want to hear what will go on in daddy's bedroom hahahaha.

Alex is a screamer, are you telling me that you didn't hear him? I doubt that lol

[TwisttheLeaf]

- I emancipated from my parents at 16.
- At 17, I was in a car accident that resulted in repairs and replacements in a good portion of right hand side including repairs to the ribcage and my back.
- Because of this accident and the subsequent repairs, I will be required to do physiotherapy every day, whether I want to or not, for the rest of my life.
- I will also never be pain-free. No matter how much physio, yoga, chiropractic care, acupuncture, etc that I do, nor how many pain killers I take to help on the days when there's just no other way to tolerate it.
- I've lived in some serious shit holes, friends couches and, briefly, in my car.
- I've dealt with dysthymia and major depressive episodes (including suicidal urges) all my life.
- I am both hypoglycemic and deal with a hyper metabolism. These two issues, when combined, have landed me in the hospital more times than I can count.
- I have sold favors for cash to make rent or afford food.
- I have been stalked, attacked, and raped by an ex who couldn't let go.
- I have also survived a home invasion (hired by the ex mentioned above) where I briefly died on my kitchen floor and was resuscitated.
- I work four separate part time jobs (and run a small internet based business on the side) just to make ends meet.

It may not seem like it, but this is not a list of hardships or complaints. It's my gloat.

Why?

Because, despite all of the above....

- I still managed to put myself through high school and graduate.
- At 20, I signed a lease on a condo in Seattle in which I still live and have never been late on a payment.
- I've been (alibi slowly) putting myself through uni.
- I have a twin sister who loves me, faults and all.
- I enjoy what I do.
- I have an amazing partner.

Despite the different hardships I've been through, despite all that's happened to hold me back.... I'm a survivor. I manage to continue to not just survive, but thrive, and hold true to the values, ethics, and moral compass that helps me navigate life with integrity.

I'm happy.

And that's something that a -lot- of people can't seem to find. But goddamnit, I found it. And it's mine.

[Gideon]

- I emancipated from my parents at 16.
- At 17, I was in a car accident that resulted in repairs and replacements in a good portion of right hand side including repairs to the ribcage and my back.
- Because of this accident and the subsequent repairs, I will be required to do physiotherapy every day, whether I want to or not, for the rest of my life.
- I will also never be pain-free. No matter how much physio, yoga, chiropractic care, acupuncture, etc that I do, nor how many pain killers I take to help on the days when there's just no other way to tolerate it.
- I've lived in some serious shit holes, friends couches and, briefly, in my car.
- I've dealt with dysthymia and major depressive episodes (including suicidal urges) all my life.
- I am both hypoglycemic and deal with a hyper metabolism. These two issues, when combined, have landed me in the hospital more times than I can count.
- I have sold favors for cash to make rent or afford food.
- I have been stalked, attacked, and raped by an ex who couldn't let go.
- I have also survived a home invasion (hired by the ex mentioned above) where I briefly died on my kitchen floor and was resuscitated.
- I work four separate part time jobs (and run a small internet based business on the side) just to make ends meet.

It may not seem like it, but this is not a list of hardships. It's my gloat.

Why?

Because, despite all of the above....

- I still managed to put myself through high school and graduate.
- At 20, I signed a lease on a condo in Seattle in which I still live and have never been late on a payment.
- I've been (alibi slowly) putting myself through uni.
- I have a twin sister who loves me, faults and all.
- I enjoy what I do.
- I have an amazing partner.

Despite the different hardships I've been through, despite all that's happened to hold me back.... I'm a survivor. I manage to continue to not just survive, but thrive, and hold true to the values, ethics, and moral compass that helps me navigate life with integrity.

I'm happy.

And that's something that a -lot- of people can't seem to find. But goddamnit, I found it. And it's mine.

I was there for some of the hardest, most trying and painful times of your life and to still be able to say that you're MINE? To read those two little words..."I'm happy"? That is something to gloat about.

I'm so fucking proud of you. And I love you...always

[LONDONER]

My teachers would probably shoot me down in flames if they ever read this.

I was a Shiatsu practitioner for some fifteen years. For those of you who don’t know, Shiatsu is like acupuncture but without needles.

One patient I remember in particular was a woman in her 30s who came to me with rheumatoid arthritis, an extremely difficult ailment to cure. Before starting work on any patient I always did a long interview going in to all aspects of their lives and health history. During this interview she told me that she had never had a regular period. It would come at completely irregular intervals and when it came she lost such a quantity of blood that she became anemic and would be confined to bed for days on end. She also told me that her one desire in the world was to have a baby. Of course, given her health condition, that was totally out of the question.

When I started to work on her I concentrated a great deal on the Spleen meridian, the meridian that is used to treat many female problems but that is also used in the treatmenrt of rheumatoid arthritis. She was with me for about six months coming for a treatment once a week. After about the fourth month, on one visit, she told me that she had had her period. It had come on the right day, there was almost no loss of blood and all in all, she felt very well.

The last time that I heard from her after about six months was when she telephoned me to cancel her appointment. I didn’t ask why, she just told me; she was pregnant. Shiatsu is inadvisable for pregnant women, especially if one has to work on any meridian below the waistline.

I’m certainly not gloating about this but it is a small thing of which I am moderately proud.

[Beaux]

My birthday is in a few days, and my husband bought me a matched set (1.4 karat total weight) of blue diamonds. I'm having them set in white gold as earrings.