I work to give voice to the difficult questions that most people usually try to avoid.I feel compelled to “disturb the comfortable and comfort the…
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.
Empath Self Assessment by Judith Orloff 1. Have I’ve been labeled as “overly sensitive,” shy, or introverted?2. Do I frequently get overwhelmed or anxious?3. Do…
A little more than a month has passed and I have not cried for the absence of my mother. When she was alive, because of…
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Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Step 9: Made direct amends to such…
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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,…