“You’ve made your bed, now lie in it” has got to be one of my favorite expressions of all time. 

As a founding (and former) member of the “It Ain’t Nothin’ To Cut That B* Off” Defense Mechanism and Protection Plan, those became some of my last fighting words as relationships closed, whether audibly spoken or not. I had to leave that anthem, which was so thoughtfully written by the philosopher K Camp, behind when I chose to be delivered from the spirit of pettiness.

In many ways, I’ve been challenged to rethink the metaphor of the bed too.