After nearly a year of NO Contact-My mother and I have a seat in her living room. Me: So, lets just get this behind us. What exactly…
I am grateful for another brilliant hour of basketball spent with Keyaun and Zekaya. They are angels…wholesome badass mofos. My boys get so much good…
I look forward to the day when my life is not entirely focused on survival and spiritual recovery. Until then, I will just be grateful for…
I read, re-read, and listen to all words written or spoken by Anne Lamott. Nearly two years ago, when I first moved here, I read about…
My truth is that I mostly do not have a choice about my first thought, but I do have the choice to indulge it or…
After more than a year of wrestling with the reality of having my family of origin show me for the last time how little I mean to them,…
No matter how much spiritual and emotional work I do, I am not able continue in this cycle and simultaneously work toward recovery. The only sane choice…
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…
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…