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Created on: July 01, 2007
" THE CONNIPTION FIT"
I WAS BORN INTO A VERY LARGE FAMILY, MOM RAISED 9 CHILDREN. SOMETIMES I WONDERED HOW MY BROTHERS GOT TO LIVE. BUT MOM AND DAD HAD MERCY ON THEIR SOULS AND WE ALL SURVIVED MOM AND DADS FUNERALS. EARLY IN MY YEARS I LEARNED GOOD FROM BAD, HOT FROM COLD, WET FROM DRY, HAPPY FROM SAD BUT EXTREME FEAR WAS IN MY SMALL SOUL EVERY TIME MY MOTHER WOULD TELL US ALL THAT SHE WAS ABOUT TO HAVE A CONNIPTION FIT. WHAT WAS IT? HOW WOULD IT AFFECT ME? WOULD I HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP? WOULD IT HURT? IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO TURN INSIDE OUT.. I MANAGED TO STAY IN FEAR OF THE CONNIPTION FIT TILL THE DAY I LEFT HOME AT 16. THANK GOD I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE ONE.. THEN ONE DAY AT THE AGE OF 19 WHEN I CAUGHT MY FIRST HUSBAND IN THE ARMS OF ANOTHER I REALIZED WHAT A CONNIPTION FIT WAS.. I ACTUALLY HAD ONE.... WOW..A CONNIPTION FIT. NOW I REALIZE NOT ONLY WHAT THEY ARE BUT THEY ARE CAUSED BY MEN WHO ARE FROM MARS. WELL SEVERAL HUSBANDS LATER(I'VE HAD 7-BUT ONLY 4 WERE MY OWN) I NO LONGER FEAR THE CONNIPTION.. I'VE OUT GROWN IT.. I'M STRONGER.. OOPS HERE COMES MY GRANDSON...TIME FOR A CONNIPTION FIT. SIGNED A GRANDMA FROM VENUS.
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