dying
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Freedom
Martha Beck writes in Leaving the Saints, "My defection from Mormonism changed me in the same way Adam's disability did: it became an open-ended tragedy that I wouldn't give up for anything in the universe. (not even my own planet)… Continue reading
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The Stranger Among them.
At times it is very interesting to be me, to actually watch reactions to me while being me. I have changed my ideals and the way I live my life. I have totally flipped and it shows in the reactions… Continue reading
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Hand and Hand.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~Anatole France Somehow I missed the melancholy of… Continue reading
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Birthing the New Me.
“How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it.” ~Robert Brault This paragraph sums up how it is that I began my journey to find myself, in… Continue reading
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Turn My Light Back On.
While listening to Tyler Perry talk to Oprah about his abuse as a child, he speaks of how when his father beat him, he would escape to a park in his mind, but on one occasion, he recalls the beating… Continue reading
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Keep Dyeing.
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner When I looked at my photographs of the dyed fabric, I noticed below that nature too was dyeing. Snow was disappearing into colors of spring and new… Continue reading
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No One Can Do It For You.
I first heard about the five stages of grief in Forgiveness from Connie Domino and her book “The Law of Forgiveness,” which I have not read, yet. I heard her in a conversation about how feelings and thoughts have… Continue reading