After the fiasco of the other day, it felt good to see how many people validated me. Not only those who jumped to my defense while it was happening, but also my daughter, who told me over the phone what she had noticed. A common thread running through it all was, "I know YOU didn't mean it the way I took it, but...." And my daughter was thinking, "Well, if you know she didn't mean it that way, why are you going after her?"

And I was just glad other people noticed. A lot of times, especially before I went no contact with some of my family, I might get attacked in the same way. Then other people's first reaction was to tell me it wasn't an attack. I just misunderstood it, that's all, and aren't people allowed to disagree with me? Do I have to be right all the time? This time, it didn't go that way. Other people noticed and validated that I was indeed being attacked.

It wasn't about being right. It was about being allowed to speak my mind, and still have peace afterward.

As for disagreeing, if I find something on somebody else's page that I disagree with, here's what I do. Instead of arguing with them about it in their own "home," which is how I see it too, I simply repost it on my own page, and then explain why I disagree with it. That way they have their space, and I have mine. But when they see something they disagree with on my page, they argue with me right there.