Hope Martin
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Find my fantasy book "Memoirs of the In-Between" on Amazon in paperback, eBook, and hardback, in the Apple Store, or on the Campfire Reading app.
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I am a mother, a homesteader, and an abuse survivor.
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Hey Kiddo, Can You Help Me Water My Patience Tree?
Why Can't We Just Be Born With Patience? My 6-year-old has the patience of an energetic old lady who acts much younger than she is and has NO time to spare. Her impatience spews out in huffs and teenage-level attitude. My 4-year-old has the patience of a 4-year-old, and her impatience comes out as hurt feelings and bursts of tears. I don't even want to talk about the toddler, whose frustration and impatiences comes out as flopping backward on the ground in Shakespearean drama, usually resulting in a solid THUD from his head connecting to the hardwood floor. I had to buy a protective pillow for him, for fear of his brain cells.
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in Psyche
The Fight To Break The Generational Abuse Cycle From The Inside Perspective. Content Warning.
The Way I Was Raised Was Very Different From How I Am Attempting To Do This Parenting Thing. That is not at all to say that I had a terrible childhood. My mother is a generational abuse survivor. And the male half to my genetics? I don't think therapy would help that man even if he went. My father never bothered to care about the child who lived with him until she was 9 before she was gone from his life forever after that.
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in Families
Do My Bidding, Mosquito Army!
I LOVE My Forest. The emerald sky where I live is pierced with shades of blue beyond. Birds sing their lewd songs to each other during the spring and scream at their children during the summer creating a cacophony of sounds that we humans describe as beautiful. Fireflies light up our summer and autumn nights with flickering and fluttering eloquence, and an opossum has been adopted as a nocturnal snuggle/dinner buddy by the colony of rescue cats that I hold responsibility over and has even on occasion let me run my fingers gently over its back side (before saying: "Okay. That's enough, friend" by politely walking away). And the cicadas sing us to sleep every night. It's peaceful, it's quiet, no noisy human interference, and you can see the stars for miles. And come morning, (especially in the cooler months when the morning fog lifts off the ground in opalescent swirls of cloud low to the ground) we are greeted by little families of deer.
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in Humor
Medical Practitioners And Medical Marijuana
Most Medical Practitioners Support the Legalization of Marijuana Legalizing marijuana has been one of the most debated topics in the United States for the last twenty years. In the beginning, marijuana was portrayed by religious factions and the government to be an evil narcotic, and they portrayed those who used it as violent gangbangers, focusing the negativity on communities of color. It was a reality of black and white: either a person loved marijuana, or they hated it.
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in Potent
Big Pharma Hates Weed
Big Pharma hates marijuana. It’s not a secret. They fund anti-marijuana legalization campaigns, they provide illegal monetary kickbacks to health professionals to prescribe unneeded medications to patients, and all in the same movement are sweeping in to try and flood the pharmaceutical market with expensive synthetic marijuana medicines.
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in Potent
The M.O.R.E Act
The M.O.R.E Act In December 2020, the House of Representatives passed two federal bills that support our favorite girl: Mary Jane. The bill we will be talking about in this post is the M.O.R.E Act - which is the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, and the other bill is the Medical Marijuana Research Act (MMJ Research Act).
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in The Swamp
Cutting Costs To Your Travel Plans
Take It From Someone Whose Mother Was A Gypsy... When I think about traveling, all I can think about is money. Especially if I'm the one in charge of organizing said travel. It didn't used to be this way. Back when I was a teenager my mother and I would just jump in the car and leave. Mom and I traveled all over the United States, just her and I. When I got older, I asked: "Mom. How are we affording this?" She would laugh and say: "I've been saving."
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in Wander
Creating a Budget and Plan For Traveling and Fun
A lot of people, especially those with a family of 4 or more, think that vacationing is out of reach. And I can't hardly blame them in today's economy. The price to travel is sky high, with prices increasing approximately 15,045,234%
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in Wander
A Home Health Product Idea That Would Be Fire.
Dear ADT. To Whom It May Concern I have no idea how to make a business pitch to someone. If I had any confidence or knowledge on it, I would try to get paid for this product idea that I'm about to tell you about. But, honestly, it's not about the money right now. It's much more personal than that.
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in 01
The Struggle Raising Children In The Age Of Technology.
The 90s were a weird soup of technological progress and traditionalism. I remember my childhood was full of playing outside, drawing, coloring, reading, and playing board games. When Playstation came out it was the coolest thing since sliced bread. And Internet? Whew!
By Hope Martinabout a year ago in Families
