Examples of an Imperfect woman
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What if January was the month of acceptance. The month we made an accounting of all that is – a month of looking deeply into who we are and why. Often we want changes on the outside – to… Continue reading
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Not for Naught.
In a podcast I learned a deeper understanding of Emotionally Immature Parents. You can read or listen more at https://momastery.com/blog/we-can-do-hard-things-ep-263/ There are two back to back episodes. I have lived this – on both sides. I have had… Continue reading
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Celebrate my Badassery.
It is the eve of 19 years. Nineteen years of leaving behind the only life I had known to dare dream of changing the legacy I was born into. This wasn't a dream of mine. The truth fell into… Continue reading
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It’s called Artist
Art as therapy is something that is an interesting adventure. The piles of things I make often represent the outcome of channeling my anxiety or perhaps waylaying it. Art in itself is odd. Being called an artist odder still.… Continue reading
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It is a Holiday.
Holidays look a lot like your relationship with your family. Those of us who are standing outside of our family of origin, we see the holidays as fractured. The lineage is broken – and the extended parts no longer work.… Continue reading
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Without the truths.
I used to believe that we all knew what truth was and that some of us just chose to not live by it. I now believe it is rare to be raised with truth as the core component in… Continue reading
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Perceive
Almost 19 years later and I am still wrestling with things in my mind – trying to understand the things that can't be understood. I am not sure if folks who were not abused look so deeply into life and… Continue reading
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Branch of the Family Tree
Family has been on my mind lately. Perhaps it is family reunions, family trips – and now Father's Day. There are two opposing threads that are tangled in my mind. Family and Estrangement. They don't coexist together. Like water… Continue reading
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Our Family Legacy.
I didn't fully understand the trauma response, until I witnessed the opposite of it. When I was a mother of young children, I didn't even have this language or the awareness that what I was doing had a… Continue reading
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I Hold You in My Heart
I watched Michele Obama being interviewed about her latest book "The Light We Carry" with Oprah and they talked about Michele's friends. The ones she calls her Kitchen Table. The Kitchen Table has a relaxed image – one where… Continue reading
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