Examples of an Imperfect woman
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Place to Focus
I have tried blogging about the MSU case and the Sister Survivors and my experiences, trying to show how upside down and backwards it all is. I feel like typing this is banging my head against the wall, that there are… Continue reading
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Freedom Bus
This was originally posted in April of 2009 – I believe it shows the adult child learning to be her own person and how it feels to set out and try to detach from the cycle of abuse. I have been… Continue reading
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Freedom Beyond Measure
Living life in the slow lane. At home I thought I was doing so well, that I was moving around very well. Bring me to the open world of life and there I was slow. I mean slower than slow.… Continue reading
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Brene Brown goes on to say, in her new book "Braving The Wilderness" – about dehumanizing. "Challenging ourselves to live by higher standards requires constant diligence and awareness. We're so saturated by these words and images, we're close to… Continue reading
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"You are only free when you realize you belong no place – you belong every place – no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great" Maya Angelou. I began reading Brene Brown's… Continue reading
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Behaviors will change.
In listening to a podcast, I heard a new way to look at changing behaviors that are not good for us. The idea is, that we are triggered, we behave and then we reap the reward. What was different this… Continue reading
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Self Wisdom
"Curiosity and Complaining are two fundamentally different postures." "The problem with complaining, is complaining is energy spent, that you could have spent asking questions. The problem with blaming other people and blaming them two months later, and two years later,… Continue reading
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Filled.
I heard a common phrase for the first time. "Empty words". What struck me was how true the phrase was. Words are not always full. Of meaning, truth and actions. Sometimes they are just letters arranged a certain way. Words… Continue reading
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Second Half!
We have two days left for the first half of the year, it is amazing how quickly time goes by! I went back and read my New Year's blog, and mostly what I had said was that I didn't expect… Continue reading
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The Potential That We Had
Broken relationships will not mend with silence. Nor, will they be repaired with time. I believe, that there has to be a movement of some kind; someone has to walk backwards and wipe away the line that was drawn in… Continue reading
