I was wondering if boundaries are what create estrangement?   And, what does it mean to your previous relationship, that when you add a boundary it ends?   Is it possible to create new boundaries in an old relationship and… Continue reading

When I think about the multiple estranged relationships I have, I see them leaving holes in my life.  Unfinished but finished. How a conversation unfurls and flows, creating an end. Truths are spoken and rejected. Space is needed. Empty now. How… Continue reading

In an interview, Oprah spoke about losing friends/family over the differences they had in Value… This struck me. For, it is truly the line of separation in relationships. What are your values? Who do you value? Can two people with… Continue reading

In a novel I am listening to, a son of a murder, spoke about carrying the weight of his father.   Saying it was not something you can put down, it is always with you. I understand this.   It… Continue reading

Religious Holidays and even the ones where we have been taught to pretend there is an Easter Bunny seem very odd to me now. Their tangibility is ungraspable. When the belief disappears; there is nothing to hold onto. Knowing that… Continue reading

"Determined not to repeat her mother's mistakes, Carmen Rita Wong reaches out." O Magazine When I changed my attitude about sexual abuse, I veered off the path my mother trod.   I know it seems a no brainer to be… Continue reading

It is so easy to be righteously upset against abuse over women in far away places and yet when it comes to the oppression of women in our home town religions; very few will rise against it.  I don't know… Continue reading

Speak Your Silence asked "If you had to narrow down your top three most important core values, what would they be?"   Mine are Truth, Freedom and Self-Empowerment. A good question to ask, and would we easily recognize yours? And,… Continue reading

The lazy mind is something that intrigues me.  It doesn't have to sweat or move like the muscles, and yet it continues to not like to exercise.  What does it cost the mind when we are active? And, what does… Continue reading

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Wishing is so easy.   It doesn't require anything of you.   You sit in the position of waiting to be fulfilled.  However, if you plan on reaching a goal, you are… Continue reading