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Billye Joyce Roberts
Billye Joyce Roberts
JoinedFebruary 28, 2017
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Billye was a kid with a lot of questions about life, the Universe and everything. Now, an older woman - same questions, different day. She converted to Judaism a decade ago, at least partly because it encourages questions. She lives in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia). No kids, no pets, lots of quilts.

Elad, You Gave Me This

Billye Joyce Roberts·8 min read
There’s nothing higher than finding truth on your own. All worlds were made, all barriers put in place, every veil...

Let Me Introduce MySelves

Billye Joyce Roberts·9 min read
When I was in my early 20s, and completely right-on-the-edge-of-the-little-men-in-the white-coats-should-have-come-for-me-nuts, I projected that “nuts” into the upper right hand...

The Thought Trains Go in All Directions

Billye Joyce Roberts·12 min read
Random Weird Stuff… and a Post Script Where’s My Anonymous? There are lots of forms of addiction. And lots of organizations to deal with them. Too fond of alcohol – Alcoholics Anonymous. Drugs – Narcotics Anonymous. Food – Over Eaters Anonymous. I’m not at all sure why they all have...

This Isn’t Really About Smoking

Billye Joyce Roberts·10 min read
Forever ago when I was back in college, I used to smoke cigarettes because everybody around me smoked them. I...

Nothing

Billye Joyce Roberts·4 min read
This is the first time since I started writing for hevria that I don’t have a lot of words trying...
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Completely, Absolutely, Positively, Certain

Billye Joyce Roberts·12 min read
At 16, I flatly refused to go to church anymore because of my near #metoo moment with a minister. I never told my mother. I knew she wouldn't believe me.
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None Of Us Are Free

Billye Joyce Roberts·10 min read
The truth is shining real bright right before our eyes. None of us are free, If one of us is chained, None of us are free.
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The Day of Swearing and Stomping

Billye Joyce Roberts·9 min read
I stomped around my apartment for quite awhile recently, saying the bad “f” swear word out loud

A Home I Didn’t Know I Had

Billye Joyce Roberts·15 min read
You know how all the monotheistic religions say that Jerusalem is the center of the universe? Well, after you've been there, you know that's true.
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There’s A Lot of Whining in This! You Have Been Warned!

Billye Joyce Roberts·8 min read
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I...
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