So, now I’m an “ignorant ho whose family should be ashamed of me.” That was just one of a plethora of “compliments” I received for a story on another platform. And sorry, I don’t feel comfortable mentioning it “out loud.’

It did make me think and not for the first time, that dumbass scumbags are a dime a dozen. They’re everywhere, and they thrive on the negative because they’ve done nothing with their lives and feel the deep-seated and truly alarming need to skewer anyone who has. Indeed, the green-eyed monster is a ravenous bitch.

But here’s the good news. Pouring through all of the badly-worded and misspelled slings gave me…

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Sherry McGuinn

Long-time writer and big-time dreamer. Screenwriter. Cat mama. Red lip aficionado. sherrymcguinn@gmail.com