Laurie Chambers
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Thought I would check this place out, see if I can find any like minded people around here....They seem to be hard to come by in the real world.
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What Are Micro-Aggressions?
The 1st time I encountered a situation that involved micro-aggressions was, well to be honest I wasn't really that offended. See I am white and had grown up in a white family in the late 80's & 90's where a lot of my extended family where openly racist, I mean it wasn't like they had confederate flags in their basements but the saying,
By Laurie Chambers4 years ago in Confessions
Children
When I was younger...much younger, as little as maybe 4 or 5 years old, I remember vividly that I never wanted to forget what it felt like to be a kid, to feel, to see through the eyes of a child. I made a promise to myself to never forget the hurt, and the pain that the words of others, family, friends and strangers alike can cause, and that that pain can last for years sometimes forever and can cause serious damage in an adults life. I never wanted to treat children the way I had always felt I had been treated. As less then, as an annoyance, as something that just needed to be taken care of. Adults are easily irritated by kids when they don't live up to their high expectations. They are let down because the attention and love the child has received thus far has been lacking, but that would leave the blame on the parents and most parents don't want to except that their child's issue is no ones fault but their own, or perhaps the only issue is they are setting their child up for failure because they set the bar too high.
By Laurie Chambers5 years ago in Families
How I Survive the Winter Blues....
It took me quite some time to realize I had seasonal depression. I would go though stages when I would get down on myself for long periods of time, it was getting harder and harder to get out of bed in the morning. Eventually it started lasting longer and longer the tears harder and harder to hide. I decided to go and talk to a councilor since they are free while a therapist cost at least 100$ an hour. I found just talking to someone was helpful, they asked about medication but I wanted to wait and see just how much having someone to talk to, helped. Sooner or later the weather started to get warmer, the sunny days lasted longer and I would start to feel better and not need to see the councilor anymore.
By Laurie Chambers5 years ago in Humans
How to deal with PreTeen & Teen Girls during Online school Thank You Covid19
I wrote this poem on June 9th 1998, when I was just about 14 years old. I have many poems & diary's from past years, some are absolutely awful, other still have the power to make my eyes well up. Perhaps that is because I know in what context they were written in, the people they were written about, & what they actually meant/mean to me.
By Laurie Chambers5 years ago in Families
1 in a Million
This is a story not so much about myself and my Good Deeds over the past month or so. It's a story about my son, and his good deeds over this holiday season. I wanted to write about my son because he is truly one of the most inspiring & selfless humans I have ever met. (I know I'm a bit bias, because I am his mom, but just wait till the end of my story to make your own judgment.)
By Laurie Chambers5 years ago in Families
Become More
I have reached a point in my life where I want to…Become more. I want to help. Someone, anyone just not a boyfriend, I have tried and failed one too many times to try that again. I have always loved writing, I think I have a diary for every phase of my life starting in Grade 5 (I still have it), Jr high, every year of high school, my 1st love, my 2nd love, my 3rd love, to my 1st born daughter and all the craziness that came with that. Then the next 4 years I am sure I have at least 100 Notes to self, begging and pleading that this will be the last time, telling myself all the horrible things I was doing and how much I was hurting all the people that loved me. Telling myself it was not going to be like this forever, I was not going to be doing these stupid pills forever, stealing and lying to my parents, my family, my friends forever. I knew it, I could feel it, but it went on for what felt like forever, I had Bella a month before I turned 23, I was addicted to oxy-cotton by the time she was one.
By Laurie Chambers5 years ago in Psyche
Stay Clean
I'd like my 1st entry on VOCAL+ to be one of TRUTH. This Poem was something I was able to write while I was on my journey to recovery. That was 10 years ago. I wont go into detail now but I want anyone out there who may be struggling with any kind of addiction, please know you are not alone! If you have a month, a week, even just a day CLEAN cuz no one had anything today.
By Laurie Chambers5 years ago in Poets
