Waking each morning already engaged mentally in conversations with my mother pains me, unsure if we have ever really had an actual conversation, in which…
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.
On Saturday before Braziilian Jiu-Jitsu Class, we stopped for Chick-Fil-A( a huge treat, right?). My older son took one bite and said “I don’t like…
I cannot help but marvel as I observe so many people unable to give a clear and direct #NO I think the #fear #shame #guilt…
High profile people(athletes) taking a knee with hand over heart for the pledge and speaking truth to bullshit in peace and with love is breathtaking…
Recovery has given me back to myself. Trying to grow up among people grimly determined to erase me or have me be small and to…
Some people won’t love you, no matter what you do. Some people won’t STOP loving you, no matter what you do. Go where the love…
In a recent work encounter, the one employee that had been there longer than I, frequently laughed(but not joking) “Somebody’s gotta lose and it aint…
As one who is not social, I choose social media to seek connection with others who relate. No matter how much friends and BF love…
Destroying children and families is not normal, I would argue. Triangulating with an ex husband and building a relationship on shared contempt for your “sister”…
People inquire: “Aren’t you afraid people will think you’re angry, impossible, and insane?” And the truth is many people have thought that about me, and…