HTTP/2 301 server: nginx date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:01:35 GMT content-type: text/html content-length: 162 location: https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com/feed/ x-ac: 4.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=306.0 HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:01:35 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type last-modified: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:14:08 GMT x-nc: HIT dca 165 content-encoding: gzip x-ac: 1.bom _dca BYPASS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=BYPASS;dur=306.0 https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com Mon, 21 Dec 2015 23:02:16 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ 104316784 https://s0.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/post-2-im-not-the-past-i-am-now/ https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/post-2-im-not-the-past-i-am-now/#respond Mon, 21 Dec 2015 23:02:16 +0000 https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com/?p=24 We have all done something in our past, that we are not proud of.  We have been in situation’s we are not proud of.  Here’s the thing I have figured out, long-long after beating myself up for my past mistakes.  The key word is PAST.  Which mean’s over with.  Gone.  Behind you.  It took me very long time to get it into my head, that there is nothing humanly possible that I can do to change the past.  It’s over.  There is no rewind button, or erase memory button.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s ok to think about the past mistakes, but think of them as lesson’s learned.  Think of way’s to avoid ever being in that position again.  Always try to strive to be a better person.  My past haunted me for almost a decade, and still creeps up in my mind, almost on a daily basis.  My past consists of situation’s that were out of my control, and also something that I let get out of control (alcohol was my “band-aid” of healing).  My past consists of so many unfortunate situations, but I have learned to move forward (baby steps), and try harder with myself on being stronger.  It’s more of the other’s abusive action’s toward’s me that I can’t get over really well, but then again it bother’s me all the time as to how much I drank to soothe my mind, while trying to ignore the mental, physical, verbal, and sexual abuse I was enduring for 12 years.  I have grown a lot since those days, I only fell off the wagon once in the past 9 years.  I have learned that the past will always be there, but you can’t live there.  How can you go through a present day, when all you think about was what had happened?  You can’t.  You live in the now.  Right this second.  Right at this moment.  What ever happened—- happened.  All you can do is put one foot in front of the other, and keep walking.  Only turn around if you have a lit match to throw and burn that damn bridge that is causing you not to proceed with your life.  You can’t climb that mountain with a rope around you pulling you back.  You can’t drive a car in neutral, so put it in drive and travel toward’s your new beginnings.  Only one life…..  Only one shot at it….  Make it worth it!!

]]> https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/post-2-im-not-the-past-i-am-now/feed/ 0 24 mockshill https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/post-1-its-a-hard-knock-life/ https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/post-1-its-a-hard-knock-life/#respond Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:28:52 +0000 https://themockingbirdsings.wordpress.com/?p=2 Yep it is, but who ever said life was easy?  There’s always (without a doubt) going to be bumps in the road along the way (some have more bumps than others), and there’s always going to be situation’s that arise that can just frustrate the hell out of you.  Like there is no way out.  No ending to the mess that was thrown at you.  To be honest, I’ve wanted to give up a time or 10.  You know, throw my hands in the air, kicking and screaming while waving the white flag.  The thing is, is that I am not a quitter.  I’m a fighter.  If bad times arise, I try like hell to find that silver lining surrounding that dark gray cloud that hover’s over my head.  Sometime’s it seems like an impossible task, but I sit and think this:  “TRY”.  That’s it!  A simple 3 letter word — TRY –, can make all the difference.  If you don’t try, how will you ever know if you will succeed in overcoming whatever is happening to you?  You don’t!  You know the old saying “if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again”.  It’s phrases like that, that I was brought up on.  Some of my life, I had the pleasure of living with my grandparent’s, and they taught me a lot.  Now I can’t say that I learned from them right off the bat.  I am at a time in my life where I sound like them with the word’s that flow from my mouth (which throw’s me back a couple step’s after I say them.  lol).  I am at a time in my life where things are very clear to me now as to what they were trying to say to me and teach me.  At a young age, not much of what they were saying made much sense to me, but now….  Now, I see it!  I understand it!!  I’m 41, so yes it took me quite awhile, but I got it!  I wish they were here for me to tell them thanks, but I know they know that “Leaky Lou” FINALLY get’s it.  Now back to the “trying” part.  My opinion is that, trying get’s you some where, while quitting get’s you NO where.  Is it going to hurt anything if you do try?  Hey, you might succeed!  If not then move on!  Life has so many more adventures for you ahead!!

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