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Wicca School?

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Witch School Opens in Midwestern Town
City Residents Petitioned and Prayed to Keep it Away

By DURRELL DAWSON, ABCNews.com

(June 30) – In the “Harry Potter” series, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sits in a mystical Scotland location, shrouded by magic that hides it from unknowing humans. Starting Saturday, in the unlikeliest of places, a real witch school opens its doors to the public in a place known as the Sweet Corn Capital of the World.

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I usually don’t talk religion here… I may actually discuss my personal feelings, and my personal struggles – but I don’t do any debating, or prostelytizing. It’s about struggles I’m personally having.

I’m a Wiccan who converted to Christianity. So – I do have some insight into their religion. That insight gave entre to some things that I saw during my 2 year rebellion that I almost wish I hadn’t seen. Not from Wiccans… From “others.” The things that I saw in my 2 year delve into this other world actually is what convinced me to convert to Christianity.

That has nothing to do with the article – it just made it difficult for me to read. The Christian side of me says fight them every step that they can. The civil side of me says that they have every right, as a religion, to set up shop. I’m very conflicted by this article and I certainly don’t pretend to have any answers as to what’s “right.”

Those feelings…

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I’ve been having those feelings again. Feelings of overwhelment (new word, like it?), panic, oppression, malcontent, sad. I hate feeling this way. I hate feeling not good enough. Feeling like a bad wife and mother. Feeling insufficient. And this weird overhanging feeling of Something Bad Is Going To Happen.

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When I need help in the dark…

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Please go read this post by Leah Peah.

She puts into words what I feel and never can articulate. THIS is what I feel when overwhelmed.

And Leah… Thanks, because I may steal your ideas and use them for myself. When my brain says there’s no point. When my heart races. When I feel like a terrible mother, or an unneeded human, or that I should just run away because they don’t need me anyway… I’m going to remind myself to read this, and try to put it into practice.

The outcome?

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Well – Poe gets his first root canal today for the sore tooth. Then all the rest of the work done on the 10th. In order for my mom to loan us the thousands of dollars (please note the plural) we had to agree to quit smoking.

Yeah.

This is gonna get interesting.

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What Would We Do Wednesdays

ButtonWillow Asks:

When you have one of those days where your spouse is making you crazy, do you ignore it and just get on with life, or take some sort of action specifically targeted at your marriage?

What would I like to do? Ignore it and just get on with life. The truth though is – there’s usually a reason he’s driving me crazy. One, I’m PMSing, in which case I’ll go off on him. a lot. and by the end of the day have an epiphany of what’s happening and apologize. OR he’s been drinking on the weekend, in which case I’ll go off on him. a lot. and won’t apologize, because I don’t like him when he’s drinking and he knows it.

At any other time, I have to stop and take stock, and usually if it’s not one of the above, he’s doing it on purpose to get a rise out of me. Once I realize it – oh ha ha, very funny – he stops.

If it’s something serious, I usually ignore it for a little while, and think. What’s wrong with this picture? Then I talk to him about it. If he’s pissed at me, that doesn’t necessarilly work, because he tends to use the silent treatment when he’s upset, and won’t talk to me. He eventually comes around.

All in all it works out. My only tried and true advice for others?

  • Don’t go to bed angry. Unresolved, maybe, but truce in place.
  • No kitchen sink fighting.
  • No name calling. Cursing may be involved, but no name calling.

Let me elaborate… No one has slept on the couch out of anger. Other situations have called for it – kids sick, or whatnot, but not due to a fight. I try not to bring anything out from previous situations that don’t apply to the current situation, just because I’m mad. And I don’t call him names. I can’t take that back. And thinking about it from the other perspective, if he called me a fucking ho, for example, I may have to hurt him. Soundly. In the face. Therefore, I don’t use names on him either.

So far, 8 years, still counting. It’s worked for us.

What did Poe have to say about it?

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