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StepMIL,
You have spent over four years talking about me and my children and husband. You have been caught talking to other people about our finances, my parents and my husbands real mother! You have been caught more than once doing it all in writing! This is insane to me that you proudly state that you will destroy me. I do not even know what that means nor do I ever want to know! You are an abuser and nut case! You need to stop using a computer because it always gets you caught ...

I have been with my current boyfriend for 3 years. During the beginning of our relationship I got along with his parents my FILS great. I would stay with them when I worked close their home. I would meet them for dinner, movies etc. I still always thought they were a little nuts and over protective of my BF but, I actually enjoyed being around them.
About a year ago, my BF got a grad assistant position with a college a few states away. My parents who I was currently living with my first year ...

Finnish Medical System - Part 1

This is a slightly updated version of an essay I wrote several years ago for a different audience.

I am a natural born American. Until I met the man I subsequently married, I never would have dreamed of not spending the rest of my life in the USA. I love the USA, my family and my friends, and never considered leaving. Then, I met my husband who was born and raised in Finland, spent his life there, and never had any real thoughts of ...

Finnish Medical System Part 2

This is a slightly updated version of an essay I wrote a couple of years ago.

Then, June 2006 I became seriously ill and had to go into the hospital, and was left with a long-lasting physical problem – I have been assured by American doctors that the same thing would have happened if I had gotten sick in the USA. I quickly learned more than I ever thought I would about how the Finnish system works.

Before I go into that, here ...

You b!tches need to leave the drama back in high school ...

Why don't people realize that cancer patients really suffer from stress - that stress makes cancer worse? For frak's sake, people, here's your sign: DO NOT START A FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER ON A CANCER PATIENT'S FACEBOOK PAGE!!! OR MOMMA TIGER WILL RIP YOUR THROAT OUT!

Birdy tends to communicate with people via her Facebook page because ... well ... that's all she has the energy for.

This past ...