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,…
A Litany for Survival
A Litany for Survival BY AUDRE LORDE (...) For those of uswho were imprinted with fearlike a faint line in the center of our foreheadslearning to be afraid with our mother’s…
The Classic Fauxpology-CAUTION RED FLAG--Turn and walk away.
Making Amends
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 people wherever possible, except when to…
Things Which Once Caused Me Shame
Buh-Bye Toxic Shame! Recovery for me has included unburdening of generations of the toxic shame imposed on me. I now have the tools to identify what is mine to amend…
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