Published Again

I do more than spew stupid word vomit on this blog.  I do write some things I think of are substance, and the universe agrees.  I'm happy to say that I have been published four times this year on a national, well-known forum.  My passion has always been 'pointing out the obvious to the world at large.' 

Well, all that and I'm sitting here in my jammies drinking coffee and doing laundry completely anonymous to the world....and I like it that way.

On another note, I'm heading to Minnesota to see my family and friends.  The family dynamics are complicated to say the least.  My gorgeous niece, who got knocked up by a convicted child molester who did two years of time, keeps trying to tell the rest of the family what a great guy he is.   Of course, we're not buying it.  Even serial killers have their charming moments.  The bigger question is WHY would such a lovely, beautiful, smart young lady CHOOSE somebody like that?  I can't delve into deep psychoanalysis here, but I have my suspicions.  Aside from shaking her and asking WTF are you doing, which I have done via writing, there's nothing I can do and it's frustrating to the core.  Why did not her internal warning sirens engage when she learned the truth about this guy? 

I'm feeling it in the pit of my stomach that something is going to happen between now and the holidays where something is going to be exposed and my niece is going to have to swallow her pride defending "what a great guy he is" and leave him.  The rest of the family will silently be cheering.  I have to be careful in my interactions with my niece.  When we want to guide others (some call it butting in) we deny them to do the work they need to do to learn and grow from the experience.  We deny them the soul-growth that needs to happen during this lifetime.  We just need to butt out and let things play out......even as the acid in our stomachs is making us sick.