Tag: assertyourself

• Unfavourite

  As I was writing my Memoir, I was gaslighting myself! Was your childhood really that bad, JD – or did you dramatise it? I actually took to YouTube of all places, to find out how other people have been affected by knowing their parents favoured their sibling over them. One girl commented “if my Mother […]

  janetdthomas77

  May 20, 2022

  Author life, family, Family Obligations, Favouritism, goals, identity, Life, loss, Relationships, siblings, worth, writing

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• Conversations with Dad

  

  I don’t remember meeting my Dad, you know. He came into my world when I was 3 years old. Suddenly in our tiny, dirty, shabby Filipino village was a tall white man with a twinkle in his eye and a friendly grin. I don’t remember how we got to be Dad and Daughter…we just were…and […]

  janetdthomas77

  February 15, 2022

  addiction, alcohol, dating, depression, family, grief, Grieving, Humour, identity, Life, loss, love, Relationships, Uncategorized

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• The time I almost hit a homeless woman

  I know, shocking hey? But yep, it really did happen…or almost did. There I was, walking down Murray Street and I was on the phone to Dad, just chatting away about our days, maybe we were planning to meet up for dinner that night? No idea. I just know Dad was on the phone when […]

  janetdthomas77

  August 4, 2021

  homelessness, Humour, Life, Relationships, self help, self love

  assertyourself, boxinggloveson, Comeatmebro, dontmesswithJD, fighter, homelesswoman, standUp