Birthday

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Yes last weekend was my 36th birthday. On the 4th, as a matter of fact. It made for a fun weekend, what with your normal 4th of July festivites on top of various birthday celebrations. It was rather nice to have a 3 day weekend, to spend time with family and friends, relax, celebrate, etc. In fact it felt so nice that I’ve had a really hard time being motivated to do much work on anything this week.

You’ve probably noticed how little I get done on this site when I’m feeling content, happy, even joyful. It’s nice to take a break from thinking about, reading about, and generally paying attention to child abuse issues. Can’t ever truly walk away from them, they’re a little too dangerous, and always will be, but it’s nice to simply enjoy life for awhile without them!

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  3. It’s nice to take a break from thinking about, reading about, and generally paying attention to child abuse issues.

    Yep I recognize that but I have trouble actually doing it, Im obsessed with abuse issues and child protection.

    Spread the word and educate the public

    My blog can be read here;
    http://www.waltonhop.blogspot.com

    Please be aware that my blog entitile a “Male Survivor of Childhood Sexual abuse contains TRIGGERS

    Regards

    Dan

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