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…

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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…

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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…

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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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