Feeling Empowered
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzeM5HEARAu/ Today, I cannot help but marvel at how I was raised to believe that the words, opinions, moods, and behaviors of others should make me doubt and dislike myself.…
Sometimes the only closure you need is understanding you deserve better.
You Deserve Better
It really makes no difference why a person is consistently kind and honest or why they are not. It may be time to stop needing to know why. We all…
Saying Good Bye was beyond painful. We love you. Rest in Peace Sweet Lamb!
Sometimes The Solution Sucks
The other night, my older son was distraught by a situation at school and was spiraling into despair by obsessing on the unfairness and the reason/ question of WHY? Only…
On Mother’s Day
If one of my legs became afflicted with progressive, fatal, and incurable disease, diminishing my overall health and quality of life --and I could have the leg removed and adapt,…
Bullet Journal- How To Draw Easter Eggs-This is not my work.
“Happy” Easter
Ugh! My life has never been better. Ever. But this does not change the reality of my depression and anxiety. In fact, they are made worse by the expectations that…
I Feel You—literally
Yesterday at the vet for routine procedures, there was a man, with his very old and loved, black cocker spaniel neatly bundled in a blanket with only a grayed muzzle and…
An Inconvenient Child
I was an inconvenient child. There was no tolerance or support for this, only resentment. I learned resentment at an early age. Unlearning is taking time. As mother to a highly sensitive…
Life and Love are Messy by Rachael Alaia
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 disturbed.”I am committed to disrupting…
Are You an Empath?
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 arguments or yelling make me…
Bye Mom
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 the fracture which seemed permanent,…
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