IT'S A DUCK!!

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, and waddles like a duck, and it has baby ducks, IT'S A DUCK!!!!!
Walking through the landmines of conversation with families can sometimes be explosive. Especially when some of us, just say what is on our minds. There will be casualties. I have never done "restricted conversation" well. My filter switch stays loose, and out it comes.
I would not change anything. In the south, some practice, "If you can't say anything nice, say nothing!" Those people have ulcers and bowel problems, for holding in things. My plan is not to wake up and see how many people I can hurt. I want to be an instrument of peace but.......there are things that need to be said. My brother says( he can say what he wants!!), "Its how you say things, Bonnie!" Really!!! How many ways can you say, "It's a DUCK!" I guess I could say, " Oh my your duck looks so much like a duck, it must be a duck?" or "Is that albatross you are carrying, a duck?" Words have power, and I respect that. I also know that being heard shows respect, even if the other person doesn't like what is being said. We need to agree to disagree, and call it a day. Not talking, quacks!!!