Sporadically Brian
1/15/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty six, Standing up, #8)
... all that was going on in me that day I stood up to Bruce --------------------------------------- I look down at Bruce lying unconscious on the floor. Stacy and Clark are crying, confused and scared. At [...]
1/14/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty five, Standing up, #7)
They just had to work on my aggressiveness and that would require a different kind of bullying. --------------------------------------------------- As I mentioned in another post, I was on a little league football team when I was [...]
1/13/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty four, Standing up, #6)
My glasses! ------------. My glasses were a major trigger for me for most of my life. Almost as much as being called a pig. I was constantly breaking them myself and since Dad only let [...]
1/12/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty three, Standing up, #5)
...where no Brian has gone before. ---------------------------------------- Standing up. Silent, still. All I have now, in this moment, is a feeling. I feel... Strong. Not strong as in powerful, but rather as being stable. My [...]
1/11/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty two, Standing up, #4)
...she started doing what SHE did best. ------------------------------------------- What Stacy did best (from my adult perspective now) was stand up for herself. My "little" sister has always been the tough one. Back in our cul-de-sac [...]
1/10/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty one, Standing up, #3)
It all started with the TV. That day I decided to stand up to Bruce, -------------------------------------------- Did I decide to stand up to him... ? Probably not. Considering the way it happened and all that [...]