“A whole family is one in which each member can bring her full self to the table knowing that she will always be both held and…
“Any time a small child gets labeled and referred to by a parent as too much or bad, that child/baby is actually being handed the…
While there is no right way to do a wrong thing, there are countless wrong ways to do a right thing. Today, I am keenly…
I would not have chosen the things which have harmed me but am grateful and proud of how I am allowing myself to be shaped…
So one of my sons has some serious skills when it comes to dog whistling and gaslighting and boy am I grateful I get to…
Who in your life held you in unconditional high regard and rooted for you, ride or die 24-7-365? Who in your life consistently instilled messages…
I came to view punishment and shame as logical/natural consequences to being different displeasing. Great and collective effort was dedicated to reducing me to a…
CPTSD often occurs as a result of being made to feel unsafe because of your identity. Feeling powerless to change who and how I was,…
Ruminating (ok, obsessing) on the concept of grace and how I feel nearly frantic (obvi) that my boys may not learn to value grace, as…
I created this blog to discover(through reflection an sharing) and reclaim all of parts of myself which had been erased– or failed to develop as…