There are Some Good Things
We live in a nice, cute & safe home, which I can afford. My boys are able bodied and minded and excellent in many ways. They are creative, strong, bright,…
WIATF?
Imagine a struggling child (or really any person) whose parent, in no uncertain terms, communicates how: "Nobody can or wants to relate or even to help build a bridge to…
YOur work is not to change who you are. You are not too much. Word Porn
December
In the past month: **My boys' father met a woman, requiring him to stay out late on school nights (past 10 and even 11) leaving my boys home alone, at night…
On Fidelity
I long desperately (as I do most things) for my boys to desire and believe in the best for each other (in time, I get that ages 13-15 may be…
Good Input
How have I provided good input for my children? Who, in my child’s life is a reliable source for good input (consistently kind, considerate, trustworthy, loyal, present, protective, loving)…intentionally contributing to…
Connection & Purpose
I was raised on reduced by the continual messaging that my sole function was to make myself pleasing to those displeased by me…. To seek approval from the disapproving: TO…
Mercy
So.... One of my tattoos is the word “mercy”. MERCY: compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm. It was around age 30…
JOYful Thanksgiving
It was happy, fun, funny, yummy, cozy. Each and all of us were both free and held. Diametrically opposed to my previous tradition of: untethered and trapped. Anticipation leading up…
Another Thanksgiving
For only the briefest of moments, I considered feigning, here, as if I felt purely serene and celebratey about today, Thanksgiving. But why? For whom would I be posing? Recovery frees me from…
Random Thoughts on Love, Parenting, & Truths
+++Love is inconvenient, often difficult. And IT is much more than enjoying, being attached, attracted to or glad for a thing. Love is a verb- evidenced by behavior that is benevolent, kind,…
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