So, I was sitting on my partner's steps, thinking. I know...a very unusual pastime for me. I was thinking over all the changes I have made in my life and the things I have gotten through and found myself wishing that we could earn something like Girl Guide Badges for everything. Wouldn't that be great?! It would be one way of acknowledging and rewarding ourselves for work well-done, or at least completed if nothing else. A marker of milestones.
Like why couldn't we have a sash, or some reasonable facsimile thereof, and hang it on our fridge or on the bedroom door, or something? Company could come over and we could say, "Hey! That's right! I was cheated on and survived! See? I earned the badge!" Or, "Yep! I got my gallbladder removed!"
Your friends (or family if you are really brave) could file by and catch up with what's been going on in your world. "Oh look! She finally managed to beat that yeast infection -- note the Loaf of Bread badge!"
The possibilities for badges are almost endless. There would be the Loss of Virginity badge, the Marriage badge, the I Survived Childbirth badge, and then the Realizing You are a Lesbian badge, the Announcing it to Your Husband, Surviving Telling Your Kids and Telling Your Parents badges and then, of course, the whole Losing Your Lesbian Virginity badge. Oh! Did you earn the Lesbian Virginity badge before you earned the Announcing it to Your Husband badge? Well, just leave a space for it until after you've done the other steps!
Or how about the Beating Depression badge? Moving Past Mid Life Crisis badge? First Grey Pubic Hair badge? Bifocals? Polyamory? (Oh, sorry! Was that just MY experiment? Well, hey! Believe me, I EARNED the badge!)
Yes. I think there are tremendous possibilities here.
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