For Mother’s Day, I want for my mother to stop allowing and participating in activities that exacerbate tension between my ex-husband/father of my young sons and…
Month: April 2017
Below are a few of the many ways to invalidate another: · Tell a person they shouldn’t feel the way they feel · Demand a…
In my family culture, when someone or something displeases you or interferes with your agenda, it is treated with the gravity of a criminal offense and the source…
Ugh…my boys deserve much much more than they are being allowed. Deep sigh. I am more tired of this grief than anyone is of hearing about…
McDonald’s Drive Through at 3:05 p.m. Attendant: Welcome to McDonalds. What can I get for you today? Me: Hi, May I please have a Southwest Salad…
I had believed myself smart enough and fully capable of being treated with indifference bordering on disdain while maintaining a strong sense of self-respect. I…
I loathe everything about you. But please don’t leave before I banish you. And then– you will wait faithfully until your return is requested. Oh- And lighten the…
Shane Claiborne’s amazing passage on “a third way” feels as inspiring as it does devastating. I am facing but not yet fully accepting the reality- that deep healing and connection are not…
I have survived a lifetime of participation in my own neglect and rejection (and of course this behavior, when it was all I knew, is…
I am missing the relief from my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes cancelled in honor of the holiday weekend. What happens in there is pure magic.…