1. I will read, study, write, watch, listen to, buy and do anything I want, anytime I want, and leave it all out in the open and not hide it for fear of recrimination or fear of having it thrown away, or having to answer for myself to an ignorant clod of a human for a husband who has no tolerance for the parts of me that make me different from him. Including my gender. In short, I will be 100 percent MYSELF.
2. I will leave the bed unmade. Always. Except for when I'm expecting company.
3. I will no longer fear that, when the telephone rings, the person on the other end might be my mother-in-law.
4. On weekdays, I will leave the breakfast dishes in the sink until after I get home and dinner has been eaten.
5. I will burn incense and leave fragrant candles and sachets all over the place, and I won't have to smell the stink of metabolized alcohol anymore.
6. I'll go to bed any damn time I want and not have to wait until hubby leaves for work late at night so I can chain the door at his insistence (even tho I've told him that one good kick by anyone who wants to get in would rip the chain right out of the jamb, which makes it pretty much useless).
7. And on that note, I will chain the door during the day if I feel like it, even tho he won't let me chain the door when he's home. (figure that one out)
8. I will sleep with the windows open.
9. I will sleep with my bedroom door closed.
10. I will live in peace in my own home.
11. I will be MYSELF.
