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On Loyalty and Abuse
In a speech I heard today, it was said that "Patriotism is not loyalty to the president but to the country (in our case, the democracy)". That brand of love…
Even with my Most Favorite People
Happy New Year
In true Magda- fashion, tired and hungry for my bed, silence, solitude, stillness, and my weighted blanket, I departed our celebration before midnight--AND nobody got even a little bothered or…
The Art of Plausible Deniability
Sometimes, what it looks like is all anyone (not looking too closely) will see. Oh look, the wise benevolent docotor is helping so many girls. As I listend to one…
Wish You Were Here
So Friday evening, after a long week with the boys, so much engagement and so many words, I was spent--- and pleased to be draped across Favorite's couch-- with nothing…
Tell the Truth
Tell the Truth!! As a young and developing human, I had consistently recieved messaging that my body was wrong, too brown, too tall, too skinny, too sensitive, too clumsy- not beautiful,…
No Deal!
In my family of origin and later my marriage, if there was a sure way to create tension, I did so effortlessly, though not deliberately, each time I openly experienced…
My JOB
"Mom, have you ever felt suicidal?", asked my son. I admitted: "Yeh, but mostly only on special occasions when I was tethered to people who shunned and criticized me literally…
Let Go or Be Dragged
I may spend all of my days seeking a way to forgive and emotionally release one who knowingly chooses to do harmful things to those who cross her or are…
Week Five
Unrelated things which I have thought or heard over the past five weeks: Sometimes we need to explain or discuss things in order to gain a deeper understanding. Explaining is not…
A Different Kind of Life
As a child and young adult I had not known that I possessed any agency over the trajectory of my life. It seemed pre-determined. In the place of connection and purpose, I…
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