I tried to run away today. My daughter sat on my bed and watched me pack. She told me it was probably a good idea for me to leave since I seemed so upset. This sort of hurt my feelings, but then she added, “This is how I felt last night, I understand” and I …
Category: Creating
Girl Crush
I have two 'I wouldn't normally confess to loving these women' women. Kendra Wilkinson has always had my respect and more recently, I've realized Chrissy Teigan is pretty f%^&ing cool. I don't know a lot about these celebrities, don't seek them out and don't consider myself a 'fan', but every time I see a reality …
Teen Beat
At the peak, there were two US Postal bins of letters stacked on my porch every day for a week. It peaked and waned - but I was getting letters for years after I posted the ad in Teen Beat's penpal section. At twelve years old, I was writing a wide variety of people from all …
The Downstairs Den
The black sectional couch in our den would squeak and groan as you tried to get comfortable; you'd sink too fast into the cold pleather cushions. The Charlie Brown afghan, with chevron stripes of brown, orange and yellow, rarely left it's spot draped on the back of the couch (unless it was being thrown over …
Forgiveness as an Act of Self-Care
Check out the great blog post: https://reimaginetherapy.com/2017/08/02/a-not-so-simple-opinion-on-forgiveness-2/ This speaks to what I wrote in my last post about a suggestion that not 'speaking my truth' resulted in my getting cancer in my throat area. I was so offended by that at the time - but it makes a lot of sense....
You Know That Feeling??
You know that feeling you're in a group waiting for your turn to speak and as that time gets closer - you go into a vacuum where you can feel your heartbeat and the blood rushing through your body? Yes? Good. Remember that feeling. When I was in school, I always felt I didn't “get“ …
“Does This Serve Me?”
Being my own midwife to midlife