So I was just sitting in the dark, free-associating to the #vss365 prompt, and it occurred to me that sometime, somewhere some seaman looked up at the moon and saw it as a #sail drifting across the skyโs black sea.

Several years ago, I decided to preserve my very pink and green "Tray of Watered Lilies" for all-time, and made it metallic. ๐ #MetaphoricalSunrise #Epiphany #CastCollection #TeamLight
'Cast in metal' by inspiration and photo editing: "Forever Lilies" by Annette Croad.
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#epiphany
Storytime Part 10. I grew up already knowing that I would have to fight for everything in life, but I wasn't given the emotional tools to do so. I had to develop it as I went along. My tears aren't weak. They're symptomatic of overwhelm. #storytime #rant #epiphany
Storytime Part 9. Millennials have done better at advocating for themselves and for others. But as years went on, their resilience wasn't fostered, creating a lot of mental health struggles. Their financial wellbeing was damaged due to economic disasters. #storytime #rant #epiphany
Storytime Part 7. What this taught me was that my mom cared more about empowering imaginary sons and other people's boys than about ever advocating for me, her actual non-imaginary daughter. At the time I didn't have a way to articulate why I saw her as weak-minded. #storytime #rant #epiphany
Storytime part 6. My mother was moved to tears while fighting for an imaginary son that she never had, but was equally willing to give up on a daughter's dreams who may have been right in front of her needing her advocacy. #storytime #rant #epiphany
Storytime Part 5. My point at the time was that if there was no girls' team available and she could keep up, why shouldn't she be able to work with a boys' team. Just now, sitting here, it hit me why her response was so infuriating. #storytime #rant #epiphany
Storytime Part 4. Her argument was that, "If I had a boy, I'd want him to play on a boys' team," she sobbed. It made me so angry at the time and feel equally superior and contemptuous. But I didn't really understand why I was so annoyed by that argument. #storytime #rant #epiphany
Storytime Part 3: It was very common for my mother to emotionally drive arguments and to break down the more I pushed back. This tendency of hers is what brought this particular argument to mind. It helps me make sense of why I absolutely hate crying in front of people. #storytime #rant #epiphany
Storytime part 2. In this particular incident we were fighting over whether girls should be allowed to play on a boy's sports team for like, wrestling, or little league baseball. And at some point, I recall my mom getting so upset over the argument that she was crying. #storytime #rant #epiphany
So storytime part 1. I had a sudden realization today. When I was a teenager I used to fight with my mom over stupid stuff all the time, mostly over philosophical differences and different worldviews/values. And one particular incident came to mind.
#storytime #rant #epiphany