Rich on October 29th, 2009

When I was very young I was fascinated by the cosmos.  I had a room with an accurate map of the stars painted on my ceiling with glow in the dark paint.  I had the solar system painted on my walls.  I would fall asleep almost every night listening to a tape that described a [...]

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Rich on July 31st, 2009

What got me thinking most about my life and what I wanted to get out of it was the possibility of someday having kids. Since my desire to have my own family and children has grown over the years, so has my desire to make sure I don’t mess things up. I didn’t [...]

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Rich on February 8th, 2009

The reason I post about my familial experiences on my blog are in the hopes of helping others see through the fog of their own families.  I sometimes receive bitter and hateful e-mails and comments that suggest I am doing this as some sort of revenge against my family.  If that were the case I [...]

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Rich on January 20th, 2009

I feel angry today. The anger feels good. The anger feels powerful. The anger I feel is towards those that use morality to control others.
The abuse that we suffered as children is a symptom of a much larger problem with our world today. We have been lied to.
Children are naturally curious. [...]

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Rich on December 15th, 2008

I jumped ahead in my story to talk about my deFOO because I wanted to get my experience out there before the holidays since this is that time of year when children go almost unwillingly back home to visit their parents.  I hope my story will help readers of this blog make a decision to [...]

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Rich on December 8th, 2008

How do you define deFOO?  FOO stands for family of origin.  To deFOO is to break from your family of origin.  deFOO is a phrase that was coined by Stefan Molyneux at Freedomain Radio.  If you are curious about what it means to deFOO, then continue reading.  If you arrived on this blog because you [...]

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Rich on August 14th, 2008

Now that I’ve gone into my history a bit, I think it is a good time to talk about where my desire to be free began.
Sometime in high school I became enraged with my mom about the lack of freedom that she allowed me.  I started to rebel in hidden sorts of ways.  I started [...]

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Rich on August 10th, 2008

I am going to start with a little early history. I have come to realize what a huge impact my history has had on my life and think it is an important starting point in any honest self exploration. My history will probably be the trend for awhile in these posts, as I [...]

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