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I am completely hooked.

Ok, I've waited a bit to throw my two cents in, and I have to say, Dudette, you did not disappoint!! I love it so far, and I agree with the guy who said he was gonna start the series over. Me too, also! Love ya, lady, and I'm glad to see you posting again!

This has taken a twist I didn't expect, but my favorite meatloaf is a recipe my grandmother gave me "for when you have company you want to impress" - it's a meatloaf made with ground pork, veal and turkey, bound with bread crumbs and egg and then wrapped in peppered bacon. You make like a woven blanket of the bacon, wrap the meatloaf and secure it with wooden skewers and bake for an hour and a half at 300. It's the best thing ever, but you can hear your arteries harden while you eat it.

The funniest one I've personally heard is .... Meatloaf. It means I would do anything for love, but I won't do that!

Well, I already loved Tyler Childers for his speech before the Long Violent History album was released, as well as his amazing library of music, but this is pretty special...

I absolutely loved this! It was very real, and funny, and a little sad, and it is truly a wonderful story. I do love my HEA's...

I'm not sure how I've managed to never see this, but I saw it today, and was touched. Thank you for being so bold, and so brave as to share your pain and your journey. Below is something I found somewhere along the way, that seemed appropriate here. Much love and light your way, JK May you be at peace. May your heart remain open. May you awaken to the light of your own true nature. May you be healed. May you be a source of healing for all beings.

I guessed wrong on this one, and I should have known since I'm currently very heavily invested in Bending the Iron...but it is very different from what you've posted before, and I have to say, congratulations Libby!! It's a wonderful tale that was, yes, very sad - but also an amazing look at friendship, and love, and sacrifice. I was pulled in immediately, and I could relate very easily, as I've lost two grandparents to Alzheimer's or dementia.

For 7 hours already... I'm with the bear, COME ON, ALREADY!!!

The Front Bottoms - Twin Sized Mattress - apparently I am not tech savvy enough to insert video form my phone.... https://youtu.be/-1rzsT2t2YY

Me too also. All indoor spiders must die. Immediately. By someone else's hand. If I have to fight a spider over it, the spider wins, every time.

I loved both of these (and still do, with every re-read)!! I would say, perhaps The Long Way by Domluka or perhaps Circumnavigation by CJames?

I'll jump in here and say, that the numbers don't mean as much at the circumstance. I'm 46, became sexually active at 13, and have never been in a monogamous relationship. Even if you figure once a week, that's well over a thousand. (52 x 30 = 1,560). Now, that number isn't accurate, because A. It wasn't once a week (sometimes more, sometimes months between) and B. I couldn't give you an exact count if I wanted to because, well, drugs. I was on major drugs for a long time, and there's a lot of blank spots. 1996, for example is very blurry. All that to say this - I know I'm a high mileage model, lol, but under the circumstances I've lived through, I think it could have been far worse. I will also add, that while that number might be very high for some of you, I have never had any kind of STD. Not even crabs. So, for those thinking that experience equates to risk, I say - not if you take your personal responsibility towards your health seriously.

Wow. Dark, but very, very well written Absolutely loved it.

Holy shit! This was VERY well written! I mean, damn. I got completely caught up in this, it was so riveting, and now I am late to work! Thank you for sharing, and just so you know, this one has completely screwed up my guesses at who wrote what!!

Wow! I really, really liked this one, and like Chris, I'm almost certain I know who wrote it. I've got guesses for 5 and I'm 90% on 4 of those.... That said, this was a really, really good read. A story of redemption, and forgiveness. Well timed, Secret Author, and very well written. Thanks for sharing!!

Touching, moving and very sweet. It's a very well written tale, and it made me happy early on a rainy Monday morning!!

This was an interesting read, and I definitely want to know more about the main victim's recovery and rehab. I'd also have liked a more in depth look at the perpetrator's illness, but overall, it was a pretty good tale. Thank you for sharing!!

While this is not my usual fare, I have to say, it was very well written, and a very moving story. I'm impressed, and that can be hard to do!

I left home at 14, with literally what I could fit in the trunk of my car. It was hard, and it only got harder. Never did meet a Trace, but I got myself emancipated, went to work and never looked back. My mother and I speak now, but rarely, and there is no parental relationship. A lot of life is just pure bullshit, but there's a lot of good to be found out there as well!!

I'm blown away. Excellent take on addiction and mental illness, very gritty, and real. Kinda sad, very hopeful, and knowingly or not, highly accurate.

When my grandmother was suffering from Alzheimer's (and having been a teacher, and one of the brightest, sharpest women I have ever known, she DID suffer), we kept her home for almost ten years. But as she got closer to the end, if you weren't wearing scrubs, she screamed for help when you walked in her room. She didn't know anyone. It was heartbreaking. This story is an honest look at the good days and the bad days, and was very touching and very personal. Thank you.

For a man I never met in person, I'm just shocked, and saddened, and completely unprepared for this moment. Carlos was a great friend, who helped me a great deal through a very trying time. I'm grateful to have known him, and I miss him already.

I cannot wait to see what changes have been made here!! I absolutely LOVED this story when I first read it, and I'm super excited to see it here again!