September 2009

  • The shoes I wore were all for naught.

    When I quoted my sister’s letter to me, and how in her own words, stated the way she wasn’t in denial, how she was front and center in my father’s life;     “I have dealt with his probation officer… Continue reading

  • Lady in Joy!

    "Woman lose their lives not knowing they can do something different…..I claimed myself and remade my life.  Only when I knew I belonged to myself completely did I become capable of giving myself to another, of finding joy in desire,… Continue reading

  • I can.

    ”We would if we could.”  This phrase my brother picked up from Bryon Katie.  Her books are about accepting what is, or loving what is.  So that phrase must be in reference in being unable to accept what is.  … Continue reading

  • Will they walk on by, again.

    My brother and I began our blogs together on Easter Sunday, just a few months back.   Immediately it grew into a space that became sacred.  It held our secrets, our truths and our fears with respect and dignity.   … Continue reading

  • Look the other way.

    “There are two ways to be fooled.  One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”  Soren Kierkagaard     What is denial?   Of course I had to look it up.… Continue reading

  • Rest in peace is for the Living.

    My last post was tearing apart the difference between Guilty and Innocence.   It is my belief that you can only pick one of these emotions, you don’t get to be both.   It is nearly impossible to feel the… Continue reading

  • I will hear you always.

    “A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still.”  Albert Einstein   My brother and I have been trying to sort out the ramifications of feeling responsible for childhood abuse.   It seems that somehow the child… Continue reading

  • Nature showed me how.

      Below is a segment of a chapter in the book Awakening Intuition by Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz.   “What is the essence of nurturance?  We might find it in a certain South African Fish.  The male fish is the… Continue reading

  • There I was!

     (Awakening Intuition by Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz)   Maintaining the Façade.   When I told you about my brush with death at Brown, I said that the feeling I had was that of my façade falling away, so that nothing… Continue reading

  • Tapestry of each other.

      Yesterday it was my job to set up an appointment with the bank for 4:05, which would give my husband 5 minutes to get there after his work, and I did this early in the morning with a nice… Continue reading