Possum Living in 2013

...Have you heard of it? Because I am so, so beyond done. I will be 31 in 3 days. I don't like what's going on with the govt. I don't like the further shaving off of our liberties. I abhor the social workers and the way they take children away from people who have done nothing wrong. I'm fed up. I'm sick and tired of it all. And in this year of my life by god, I am going to change my existence... starting with my way of life. It's going to be hard, arduous. I will sweat and bleed and cry. But when the shit inevitably hits the fan, I will be self-sufficient and ready. I am going to be reunited with my baby and I am going to be an excellent mother not only to him but to my beautiful 12 year old who I have finally become responsible for her as I should have when I was a teenage mother so long ago, long before my dad went to watch television and never woke up and I moved 3000 miles to be with my little girl and start over... again, and hopefully for at least a decade. It's happening. Big changes. I'm done with asshole men and fucked relationships. I'm done with vain attempts at the proverbial "American Dream" bullshit I was never able to buy into in the first place. I am not running away, nor am I starting over again because of some flippant decision. It was difficult and I knew it was going to be one of the hardest things I have ever done. I feel like my heart broke... but it's still beating and I am not even beginning to show my capacity for living well and fighting the good fight. Here's to turning 31 and finally not only getting the concept, but beginning to apply it to my life and to making my life my own... and the best one anyone could ever give the children she loves so very, very much and will be devoting her life to foremost.. not just because it's the right thing to do, but because I want to do it more than I have ever wanted anything, and because they are more important than any stupid ideas or wanderings I have ever thought important before. I am done with selfishness. I am going to fix this. And I am going to begin immediately. http://www.possumliving.com/ http://www.wikihow.com/Live-the-DIY-Life-as-Described-in-%22Possum-Living%22