The Eighth and Final Square

New Here? Must-Read Posts

If you’re new here, this is a list of must-read posts to understand some of my background.

• A Story of a Girl - The story of a girl who adored the father she could never please.
• Brainwashing Part 1 - Talking about how brainwashing affected me, and how it is different from teaching.
• Brainwashing Part 2 - A list of brainwashing techniques and how they were applied in my family.
• Congrats, You Broke the Family - Somewhat bitter reflections on Mother's Day.
• Dear Dad, People Change - My dad doesn't believe in change. At all.
• God, Love, and My Beliefs - For those of you who are worried about my beliefs or the direction my life is going, etc. Or if you're just curious.
• Happy Mother's Day to Us - Happy Mother's Day to all the "second mothers"...daughters who often worked harder than their moms, and anyone else who took on the role of mothering.
• Haunted - I miss my siblings!!
• Just FYI - A list of FYI facts about my dad that even relatives and people 'close' to us may or may not have known.
• My Independence Day Part 1 - The first part of Scottie's and my story. This part is about my friendship with Scottie.
• My Independence Day Part 2 - Part 2, in which it gets really interesting and shows how controlling my parents are.
• My Independence Day Part 3 - In which my dad shows just how unreasonable he is.
• My Independence Day Part 4 (The End of the Beginning) - The "End of the Beginning" of our story!
• My Regret - This is a true scenario of how my dad would bully and spank a child too young to understand him.
• Parenting Stuff I'm Excited About - After thinking for so long that spanking/controlling your children was the only way to have healthy kids, I'm happy to learn it's NOT!
• Termination Letter - The letter my dad sent out to a lot of my friends and family after I left...with my breakdown and comments.
• The Red Pill - Why I took the "red pill" (Matrix reference) to learn the truth about life and the way I was raised.
• What's It Like? - An analgous description of what it felt like to be under so much unforgiving control.