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What do you do when you're older brother, whom you've come to be so proud of as you've seen him grow and get out of his own bad situations and become successful; what do you do when you learn your older brother is addicted to crack? And you're not supposed to know..... You cry a whole heck of a lot.

My boyfriend said the "L" word last night for the first time, and I had a mini freak out episode.  Not that I was scared or I was going to run away or anything, but just because in my family 'love' is so taboo. We never say it to eachother. In all my 22 years I've never heard my parents say it to eachother. I mean, I know they are in love so I guess I don't see a reason to say it.  Actions speak louder than words. So anyways, I paused and hesitated and did everything I always do wrong like change the subject or say something stupid. I'm known for saying the wrong/stupidest things at the worst moments. But I didn't know what else to do. But ju

I have been a stutterer all my life. I've been made fun of by teachers, peers and even my own family. I've been embarrassed by it and felt excluded from the rest of the world.  I've been to speech pathologists since I could talk and I gradually got better, though I still freak when I have to use the phone or give an oral presentation in class. Well, last night I went to a job open house. I was apparently supposed to RSVP and prepare a 5 minute non-academic presentation. I didn't know therefore wasn't prepared.  This is for a teaching job by the way.  So I was kinda freaking out but they told me since I didn't know I didn't have to do one toda