Literally every girl code, mom code, sister code- smashed.
Over the years, my children’s father, my mother, and my sister communicated and met without me. This alliance was formed in the shadows. There was no pre‑existing relationship between my…
When “Are You Okay?” Is a Warning, a Call-Out, Not Care Historically, my sister would frequently corner me and ask, “Are you okay?” But it wasn’t because she cared. It…
"Any time a small child gets labeled and referred to by a parent as too much or bad, that child/baby is actually being handed the job of covering for a…
CPTSD often occurs as a result of being made to feel unsafe because of your identity. Feeling powerless to change who and how I was, made me fearful, anxious, aggressive,…