suffering

  • Not in Harmony

    Within me there is a frustrating dilemma, speaking out in a society that is uncomfortable about suicide or remaining silent.   Silent seems dishonorable or maybe rude to not hear such an inhumane scream of suffering…indifference even.   How is… Continue reading

  • Perfectly you!

    The reason I began this blog or writing for that matter, was that I found myself upside down in an upright world, my insides didn’t match reality, my dysfunction led me around the world not me. This me, I called… Continue reading

  • Activating Inner Compassion.

    “The Presence Process” by Michael Brown Activating Inner Compassion The Intent to re-establish a loving relationship with our child self activates the procedure of learning how to become our own parent. Connecting with our child self calls us to step… Continue reading

  • A safe place for Me.

    The sentiments, feelings, expressions, emotions of this blog may appear childlike and perhaps unbecoming of a big lady like me, but what I have just realized, is that the healing I am doing isn’t about a big lady, rather that… Continue reading

  • Wants to see.

    My mother leaves a message on my daughter’s cell phone, wanting a recent picture of me, asking her for 4 or 5 of them. What??? Saying on the message, “she is still my daughter and I love her,” like that… Continue reading

  • Thank you.

    As I sit here on Thanksgiving morning, I look back at this year and find so many moments of gratitude, it seems I had a year full. My moments of gratitude are interrupted with moments of sheer pain, frustration, sorrow,… Continue reading

  • A Willing Witness

    “…grateful for your willingness to witness our loss” is part of a sentence I read on Facebook tonight, which struck me as odd that there are two kinds of witnesses.   I never thought that there could be willing witnesses… Continue reading

  • Loving What Is…

    We would rather be ruined than changed;We would rather die in our dreadThan climb the cross of the momentAnd let our illusions die.~W.H. Auden   What is so unreal is that we believe we can stop change that it is… Continue reading

  • The Sunny Side of Life!

    “Nothing we can do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.”           Ashleigh Brilliant   Living life forward is all we can do, and the power that lies in each action sets in… Continue reading

  • “Learning To Play Well With Others!”

    “Thanks for not yelling at me too much this past year and hopefully it will be even less in the year to come”, is written in one of my Mother’s Day cards.   I felt great pleasure in knowing that… Continue reading