Happiness. It's relative.
Posted on June 8, 2025 by Jan Wilberg
The sting is at once startling and searing. At first, you think. this isn’t what’s happening. You’re misinterpreting what you see. And then it hits you. You’re being purposely excluded. Those girls are crossing the street to avoid you. You think you’re imagining something but you… Continue Reading “The Lasting Memory of Exclusion”
Category: WritingTags: friendship, high school cliques, mean girls, social exclusion
Posted on September 8, 2016 by Jan Wilberg
The sting is at once startling and searing. At first, you think. this isn’t what’s happening. You’re misinterpreting what you see. And then it hits you. You’re being purposely excluded. Those girls are crossing the street to avoid you. You think you’re imagining something but you… Continue Reading “The Lasting Memory of Exclusion”
Category: WritingTags: friendship, high school cliques, mean girls, social exclusion


What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.
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