Examples of an Imperfect woman

  • Out of control.

    More from "The Conscious Parent" by Dr. Shefali Tsabary… "Because we interact with our children based on how we were raised, before we know it – and despite our best intentions – we find ourselves recreating the dynamics of our… Continue reading

  • Children in Peace.

    "The Conscious Parent" by Dr. Shefali Tsabary is a 100% turnaround from what most parents have been doing.  It is a much needed change to bring resolution to the dysfunction that is bringing such pain to our children. She writes.… Continue reading

  • Reconcile my past.

    I am re-reading a book "The Body Never Lies" by Alice Miller.  She and her viewpoints make complete sense to me.   She writes.  "In his famous novel Fateless, the Hungarian writer and Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz describes his arrival… Continue reading

  • Mother’s eyes.

    With Mother's Day, comes a sense of doing something, honor or acknowledge memories and acts of love…dedication to the woman of our childhood…or the role model we followed.  We see our mother through our childhood experiences. As a mother, you… Continue reading

  • And yet they stay.

    What is interesting about being estranged from family, due to abuse, is that others can see why I would move away, but not why they need to.  They have no troubles with me excluding MY family.  But they will not… Continue reading

  • Matches their tune.

    When family functions arise, or when news of siblings enter into my world…I feel a phantom family take shape.  Its presence plays with my insides, messes with my head and questions who I am. I would have thought, that my resolve… Continue reading

  • Ladybug Medicine.

    Making Art for someone, is like being a surrogate mother…giving birth to something that isn't yours.  Perhaps all of Art is this way.   I began this quilt with the intent of giving it away…and when it was done, I… Continue reading

  • Steer clear of the past.

    "And his silence wasn't just a cultural stoicism, it was a misguided idea of victory. I've always thought that by trying to ignore those memories I take away their power, because I feel like such a victim when I think… Continue reading

  • Beauty of Life

    I don't know what is more unsettling, the fact that I was so affected by having to make do with a car on the mail route OR how quickly I became used to it. My first day of delivering mail… Continue reading

  • Successful Path

    "After all there were far more pathways to messing up than there were to success…" is a line in book written by Pam Leonard…."Death's Imperfect Witness". What I love about that line, is that this is life…and our choices.  … Continue reading