relationships
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Signs of Change.
In the past 21 years I have been waiting for the sexual abuse to start coming to light. For the flood gates to open and for victims to start standing up and speaking out. For victims to rally one another… Continue reading
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Truthful to Respond to.
"True inner responsibility centers on our willingness to give voice to whatever is happening to us in the midst of a relationship. This is important both for you and the person you are relating to. If you are not present,… Continue reading
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Authentically inauthentic.
I had to look up the word Authentic, to see if I clearly understood what that means and is there a difference in being authentic and having an authentic relationship. Authentic, "Of Undisputed Origin"…"authentic, genuine, bona fide mean being actually… Continue reading
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Put a Happy Face on Hurt
I had a saying that sat on my stove for years on a trivet, "Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall inherit the Earth." I was a young unmarried girl at the time I had gotten this as a gift,… Continue reading
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Point of Conversation
Martha Beck writes (In Leaving the Saints) about the way she was taught to communicate in the Mormon Church, “through continuous indirect communication, I learned that a good Mormon girl doesn’t travel in the dimension of direct communication.” This is… Continue reading
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Island of Love, Peace and Joy.
Today while writing my Morning Pages, I wrote that I am feeling more like a self I recognize. A self who feels normal being estranged from her family, that I no longer feel so odd to myself, this new me… Continue reading
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Out of Control.
The different responses to the death of a monster intrigue me and set me to wonder who in my life I needed to die? Whose death would bring me joy or freedom? Is there someone out there holding on to… Continue reading
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Meet your Truth.
Remember playing with magnets as a child, and how they would either click together or be repelled apart? I was reminded of magnets as my friend talked about situations we get into in relationships, where we are going along with… Continue reading
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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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