abuse
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Taking the same steps.
I backed away from people who hurt me, I retreated from untruths, receded from supporting religions, I moved from co-dependency, I pulled myself back from all the places that seemed to support dysfunction and it seems I landed in a… Continue reading
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Holistically I see me.
I had images of myself yesterday, the woman I had become from being left untreated in abuse. How backwards I viewed life, myself and how I treated others was indicative coming from whence I came. Today while trying to write… Continue reading
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Love without Hurt.
What I didn’t know was that my distrust of kindness and love, was actually fear, that love to me was very wobbly and had lots of sharp edges and was ever changing, it was smooth and calm one minute, but… Continue reading
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Be you alone.
Yesterday I was asked if I felt lonely and I felt inside of myself and I didn’t, but I understood lonely and have been there often. Yet what I failed to understand until I started writing today was that lonely… Continue reading
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Orphaned with parents.
The view I have on my childhood home, is that my father sits and does nothing and my mother runs around busy busy. And yet how much further from the truth that actually was. My father sat, after he abused.… Continue reading
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Matter to someone.
What came to me yesterday was the moment in the diner this summer, when I saw my mother for the first time after a 5-year separation, and how my body responded. How before I could put on my social cloak,… Continue reading
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Fearfully love.
“He who cares the least has the most power.” Is a quote that I heard, but have no idea who is the author, but I agree with it. Did you know that it is possible to care so much you… Continue reading
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With your loving support.
My old definition of marriage was the joining of two people of like minds, and perhaps friendship held this too, but that you both viewed life from the same space and often responded to life with the same footsteps. Your… Continue reading