June 2012
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My Body and Mind are with Me.
I have been working on a book that has photographs of my quilts along with some writings and it feels like it is a completion to my Art Therapy. Sitting with each quilt and writing about what wisdom it imparted… Continue reading
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I began at zero.
The feelings of wanting to be rid of the stain from abuse, leads me to feel that with it I am not okay…that something is wrong, I am not whole or complete; that I am ruined. Somehow we have taken… Continue reading
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All of it is Me.
I learned some more about Sexual Assault yesterday at Dial Help…some facts that I wasn't aware of, about me. There are three ways to deal in a Crisis, "Fight, Flight or Freeze". Freeze, the most common one is not… Continue reading
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Pain Killers
After 7 years of trying to understand all the aspects of abuse, both in my life and in general, it comes down to either being in reality or not. Sounds simple and seems impossible to NOT be in reality…. but… Continue reading
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We abuse our self.
I am working on putting a Picture Book together with my Story Line quilts…and writing a brief synopsis about each quilt as it represents a portion of my journey. I have a visual graph of my inner transformation as I… Continue reading
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Who Blame Others.
Learning with Dial Help has given me a wider view of the same problems. And I can see it doesn't matter who you are or what is your crisis, we all need the same things. We all need to see… Continue reading
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Spinning out of Control
What I learned today at Dial Help, is that you can't help someone who doesn't see themselves as part of the problem; if all your troubles are due to other folks, you will be lost forever. Lost in a… Continue reading
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A broken heart is an Open Heart.
I marvel at the synchronicity of my life…after writing about my Mothering Test, I turn on Sirius and I hear Iyanla Vanzant talking about three generations of women, who are working on relating to each other. She has a new show called, "Fix… Continue reading
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The Right Seeds.
The feelings I have inside, and how I feel about myself, and how much I know myself, and where I come from, are huge factors in how I mother. When I had no connection to myself and the truth of… Continue reading
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Hear Their Cries.
It is that time a year when on my route, I get to see babies in nature. The ones I particularly love, are the fawns. They are so wobbly and tiny, and yet expected to cross the roads quickly behind… Continue reading