Friday after school, we had an unusually peaceful few hours before going to pick up dinner from our favorite BBQ place. Often, the time between…
My boys are still young enough that they are more interested in what feels good and right than what hurts and upsets. I love that…
When you are raised having your words and feelings ignored, dismissed, challenged and twisted to be used against you, you may, as I did, dedicate…
Happy Valentines Day, y’all ♥️ My favorite part of my relationships is the laughing endlessly, together, over exactly how unreasonable we can be, at times,…
“My family upbringing lacked courtesy, respect, calm responses, and forgiveness. It has taken me years to learn how to pause, reflect and choose a more…
“I set boundaries today, in good faith, with anyone who disregards my thoughts or feelings. Disregarding and disrespecting are different from disagreeing.” (wise words of…
I am on my second go-round of this riveting and relatable memoir, as it is generously providing words for thoughts which previously, I felt unable…
The messages of non-love which are cruelly and generously heaped upon my boys, by older members of their genetic families, require daily dispelling. The demystification…
As far back as I remember, I did not belong. Anywhere. I was different from the people to whom I am genetically linked, and regarded…
When the people you are tethered to in childhood or marriage are the same ones who kick your feet out from under you, it fucks…