Author: Jill

My roommate is a very security conscious guy. For instance, he always locks the doors. I was very thankful for that the night I was shocked awake by hammering on my front door and a male voice yelling that he was being robbed. I was grateful to know that that door was bolted shut. I was safe inside. I know my roomie created the locking habit for the the benefit of both of us, but I have been on the other side of it one too many times. The most recent time, I didn’t have my phone on me and...

“It is becoming increasingly difficult for the individual to remember that he is himself a unique human being, and that unless he keeps the sharp edges of his personality and the hard core of his integrity intact he will have lost not only all that makes him valuable to himself but all that makes him of value to anyone or anything else.” Those interesting words were written in the late  1960’s by Eleanor Roosevelt. I can testify to her words, because I was born in 1968 and spent much of my life trying to hide the unique things about myself. ...