Posted on Thursday, 15th January 2009 by Maritzia

Today’s Card: The Star
Wow…this card just keeps coming up again and again.  I think it’s the 3rd time I’ve seen it in the last month or two during my daily card pulls.  The Star is a generally positive card.  Things aren’t going to miraculously change overnight, but over time, what you need will be there.
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Posted on Friday, 9th January 2009 by Maritzia

Renee over at Womanist Musings shared some (not very nice) comments about her blog today.  I was rather flabbergasted at what some folks had to say.  I journeyed over to the forum where the comments were posted (I won’t link such people here), and of course, the people who posted these comments were very white.
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Posted on Monday, 5th January 2009 by Maritzia

OK, maybe I’m overstating the issue a bit.  Not every fat person hates every doctor.  But there’s a reason fat people tend to avoid going to the doctor.  The Rotund had a very good post back in November, On Disrespecting Doctors that I highly recommend.  Please read the comments as well, since you’ll find many examples [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 1st January 2009 by Maritzia

I’m sitting here, on the cusp of the new year, and it’s time to look back at the year we leave behind.  In many ways, it was quite a hard year.  We finished Mark’s immigration, we got married, we dealt with Amber’s paralysis and Jordan’s aging.  I was laid off for the 2nd time in [...]

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