13 Times When It’s OK To Eat Your Words

Liz Merrill
The M Word
Published in
1 min readAug 25, 2016
  1. When your words are served cold by a revenge-filled ex.
  2. When your words are filled with a rich creamy filling and topped with a layer of fine Belgian-chocolate ganache.
  3. When your words were neither famous nor last.
  4. When your words fail you.
  5. When you have a way with words. (And also when you have your way with words.)
  6. When they magically form themselves in a bowl of alphabet soup.
  7. When you got drunk the night before and accused your friend of staring for too long at the guy you had your eye on first.
  8. In other words, when your eyes are bigger than your stomach.
  9. When your words are delicious, artificially-buttery pieces of movie popcorn.
  10. When they been parsed (or minced) and dressed with a light sauce of your choosing.
  11. When you’ve said something you regret.
  12. When you’re a dog and you vomited up your words onto the lawn.
  13. Only after heating at 220 degrees Fahrenheit for around 30 minutes to ensure decarboxylation.

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Liz Merrill
The M Word

High conflict Divorce Mediator and Coach, Mom, and Musician. Owner of Open Space Mediation.