Get Over It!!
How many times have you been told to “Get over it!”? In today’s vernacular, this common phrase means to accept something that has happened in the past and act like it never happened. It is often expressed out of frustration or sarcasm to someone who seems stuck on a past event or an emotional injury and unable to let it go. It also is used as a passive-aggressive or bullying tactic to get another person to ignore a personally painful situation so that others can have what the
Mother’s Day: A Difficult Day for Some
It comes as no surprise that Mother’s Day is in the top three holidays for card giving, with approximately 133 million cards exchanged annually and nearly $20 billion spent on meals out, flowers, cards and gifts. But did you know that Mother’s Day was not originally intended to be a consumer bonanza? It also was never intended to be an all-inclusive holiday that targeted every mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, God mother, expectant mother, and maybe someday I’ll be a mother,
