Bertha Baggage

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Book 1 of 5 in SILVER SERIES OF GROWN-UP WISDOM</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Bertha was in familiar company as she sat with the regulars in her favorite neighborhood pub. She came to socialize. Everybody knew everybody here. Some came to drown their problems; enough liquor made them forget. Bertha came to let her opinions be known. Bertha brought her baggage.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Bertha learned a long time ago that alcohol worked wonders to hush her emotions and keep them hidden deep down inside. Bertha carried a LOT of baggage. Bertha often exclaimed </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Life's a bitch and then you die!</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sometimes when Bertha walked through the front door of the pub the bartender could tell by the look on her face that she was bringing baggage into his bar.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Baggage. Baggage. Baggage. If those bags had labels they would read: Unworthiness. Scarcity. Low Self-Esteem. Anger. Resentment. Jealousy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Do you know anyone like Bertha?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Perhaps this adult fiction illustrated short story will resonate with them!</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>OTHER BOOKS IN THE SILVER SERIES OF GROWN-UP WISDOM:</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Connie Conformity</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Edith Excuse</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Herbert Hatred</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ulla Universe</span></p>