Posts tagged drama
Showing UP for Sophia: Love in the Last Lane
Showing UP for Sophia: Love in the Last Lane

Karma is only a bitch if you are.

I thought we were rolling steady, though slow. Until I noticed he always seemed ready to get off the road. One tire in, one tire out? Dangerous, exhilarating, and exhausting. I had to decide if I was ready to ride or die. I wasn’t down for either, until I was.

After he decided to leave me in the dust and drive back to his hometown with our daughter, I picked up my bags and have been crashing on my Mom’s couch since mid-February. When I met him five Februarys ago, he was living with a longtime friend, sleeping on his couch.

Karma is only a bitch if you are.

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child abuse, co-parenting, family, generational trauma, healthy relationships, parenting, prevention education, relationships, resiliency, toxic stress, transgenerational trauma, unhealthy relationshipsMarcella MaggioIt's My Lifedrama, trauma, music, self-love, self-worth, forgiveness, freedom, karma, bitch, beliefs, behaviorsComment
My MORTIFIED Birthday
My MORTIFIED Birthday

On February 3, 2011, Traci invited me to audition for MORTIFIED: Angst Written, a stage show in Hollywood where audiences witness adults sharing their most embarrassing childhood artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, art), in order to reveal stories about their lives. I was intrigued, and flattered, but also convinced that my stories weren't funny enough. She was the funny one. So, I didn't audition.

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resiliency, comedyMarcella MaggioIt's My Lifemortified show, teen angst, teenager, diary confessions, comedy, public speaking, eighth grade, drama, new kids on the block, boy bands, crush, storytelling, mortified, embarrassment Comments