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,…
Why (subtext:You suck and are crazy and we disapprove of you)
Today’s rant is a follow up to my previous post regarding systems which do not allow for complex and uncomfortable feelings, having them, safely expressing them, exploring them, coping with…
Fight Starters 100% Guaranteed
When you go to therapy and the therapist encourages you to implement the technique of I statements, as an effective way to share your needs and feelings, definietly try that-…
Doing The Lord’s Work
This scene is beyond traumatizing for me. Righteous, evil, coward corruption....insanity. The hiding behind a facade of goodness to do the most monstrous of things, in plain sight of many.…