Last week, Ed, my friend from the mountains, visited for our week together and we had such a nice time doing the most basic shit.…
Author: Magda Gee
I am in a program of recovery for those whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking, drug use, mental illness. I am newly learning faith, hope, and courage, practices not witnessed by me, in my childhood, with my family. Sadly, No Contact, as a last resort, is how I keep safe from diminishing words and actions directed at me. I think I have listened for the last time to how I deserve mistreatment. By holding out for something more wholesome and loving, I have been both banished and demanded to return. I prefer serenity to proximity. I will continue with my program and faith in the best possible outcome, so long as I do my part-- to stalk GOD as if my life depends on it.
After my friend in the mountains directed me, in a moment of distress, to “relax”, I was able to calmly request the following without any…
Visits with my friend in the mountains continue for 5 days at a time every other week which works well for us. He and I…
Still enjoying the magic of every other week in the mountains with my new friend, and as we become more familiar and relaxed with each…
It Is Like this On my drives to and from the mountains to visit my new “friend”, the radio signal/reception fades in and out. Shuffling…
“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, before divorce and finally sweet Greg, I had experienced sex as an act necessary to make a relationship less shitty (or as a thing…