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Every Shitty Thing: One Woman's Journey Through Brothers, Betrayals and Botox

Every Shitty Thing: One Woman's Journey Through Brothers, Betrayals and Botox

Sometimes the biggest mistakes of our lives turn out to be the greatest miracles… A memoir about Secrets, Betrayal, Grief, HOPE.

2018

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My Mother’s Last Words Left Me Gobsmacked

A glimpse of the afterlife came with a warning

7 min readApr 1, 2024

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About Me Stories

About Me — Marcia Abboud

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself — Emily Dickinson — sums me up

7 min readDec 4, 2023

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ENGAGE

My Ex-husband’s Girlfriend Came to My Work

It left me reeling and broke my heart all over again

12 min readMay 9, 2024

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A young blonde woman looks out a window. The outside world is reflected in the glass. She looks sad or contemplative. It’s a close-up shot.

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Pragmatic Wisdom

The View From the Top of My World Was an Illusion

There was only one way down from that dizzying height and it eventually smashed my reality. But I learned something from it

9 min readMay 3, 2024

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A blonde bombshell woman smiling for the camera. She’s wearing a purple corset and is in a nightclub.

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Black Bear

How Did I Not Know My Husband Was An Addict

Was I really that clueless after sixteen years

11 min readApr 28, 2024

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A miniature male figurine stands on top of a pile of scattered gold coins. His back is turned away from a female figurine sitting on one of the coins with her arms crossed, her back to him.

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My Father’s Last Breath Is Ingrained In My Psyche

It left his body the same way he lived — a fight to the end

9 min readApr 19, 2024

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A man in his 70s with grey hair, in a black polo shirt, looking at the camera and smiling slightly.

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The Parenting Portal

Grandma Wasn’t a Title I Ever Wanted

And then I became one and learned the true meaning of love and living in the moment

7 min readApr 15, 2024

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Boy standing in front of a bookshelf with a box on his head, face hidden. A woman holds a book in the forefront, titled, “Running With Scissors” which also has a boy with a box on his head on the front cover.

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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

I Lived the High Life With a Zero Bank Balance

The generosity of friends opened my world to a myriad of lavish experiences

8 min readApr 11, 2024

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Couple in formal wear. The actor Jason Alexander with a glamorous blonde woman posing for the camera.

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How My Eldest Brother’s Death Left Me An Only Child

In biblical times we’d be a family cursed

7 min readApr 7, 2024

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Three siblings standing side by side looking at the camera with trees in the background. Two brothers on either side of their sister in the middle. It’s 1981. The brothers are 19 and 21. The sister is 17.

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The Parenting Portal

Grieving a Ghost Is Easier Than Grieving the Living

My daughter’s father abandoned her and that’s a different kind of grief

10 min readMar 27, 2024

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Teenage girl in white partially hiding her face behind a billowing white sheet

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And just when she thought she couldn't go on, she did - with wicked humour and a will to survive | Memoir is my first love https://linktr.ee/marciaabboudauthor

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