Thoughtful for Coffee. Gosh... it's as if my favorite beverage became best friends with the loving TDP community lol. Let me first say... hello! Then... let me just say that I am so very happy you were able to remove yourself from that situation. Being raised by women gave me a very different mindset about life. Just as much... living with a Ex Step-father who thought he was God because he fell off his bike as a child... and was read his "Last Rights" (the kickstand went into his head... was in a coma for several months) and of course... he was always right. My teenage memories were a mixture of positive memories, as well as negative ones. Headphones... good music... a Tolkien book in hand, Were my shield... as I watched him drag my mother down the hallway by her hair. I am sorry... I know that's quite personal, and powerful. But I understand how some "Men" can be... and why I will never be that way...

Anyway... Thank you for sharing this moment of your life with us... Isn't it amazing what some coffee beans, and water, can do!! Love and light, dear soul!