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Dont call me Shirley

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6. Ditto about the nasty divorce pawns and alchoholic mean parents.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 10:12 PM

Dec 2012

To strive to be everything better than them, to grow beyond their hatred and indifference, to become your true self beyond the damage they caused you. Keep on going, your good karma makes this life worth it.

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When was a young man, I was mixed up. I was ravaged by acne and had parents [View all] WCGreen Dec 2012 OP

You turned out okay, Chris. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #1

Well, the jury may still be out... WCGreen Dec 2012 #2

Beautiful song, Chris... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #3

i can totally relate. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #4

oh, WC that one was my anthem riverwalker Dec 2012 #5

Ditto about the nasty divorce pawns and alchoholic mean parents. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2012 #6

I presume you are a boomer? ReRe Dec 2012 #7

I was seventeen when that song came out! lastlib Dec 2012 #8