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  • A Journal to take Home

    Last week when I sat by the Detective and asked him how things were going….he said, "I have two adolescent boys (who are talking to him about their sexual abuse) and I don't have nothing to give them….I am not sure… Continue reading

  • Completely whole all alone.

    In Mark Nepo's Book, "The Book of Awakening" for March 18th,  The Life of the Caretaker. "Accept this gift, so I can see myself as giving." "I have been learning that the life of a caretaker is as addictive as… Continue reading

  • One Verse of Me.

    I had an overwhelming feeling of being lost, of searching for myself, but not knowing who I was or how I would find me. What I was describing very accurately is my innocent me. That was who I set off… Continue reading

  • Parents Call Family.

    I came across this paragraph in "Codependent No More" by Melody Beatte.  "Codependents are indirect. We don't say what mean, we don't mean what we say.  We don't do this on purpose. We do it because we've learned to communicate… Continue reading

  • Waiting to be told.

    I thought came to me why no one is asking, why no one is making an independent move,for they all are waiting to be told. Not told there is a pedophile, but told what to do. As far as I remember,… Continue reading

  • The Raw and Perfect Truth.

    As I thought about the way we paint people, how we are taught at a very young age to temper our truths, what we see and how we feel, how we not only learn to paint ourselves in false colors,… Continue reading

  • Our Dress Up Closet!

    I have been a good solid sensible shoe for so many years, I now have to work at being a frivolous, nonsensical, whimsy, fun little shoe made for say dancing or a relaxing evening with a loved one.    I… Continue reading

  • Wanting me to disappear.

    I found it interesting that my mother’s voice still echoes in my head, that it rings out loud and clear each and every time I veer off her well-beaten path, my fear of disappointing her screams louder than the thrill… Continue reading

  • Children will suffer.

    From Alice Miller’s book “The Body Never Lies,” she writes… “My attempts to persuade the Vatican of the importance of early childhood experiences have revealed how impossible it is to arouse feelings of compassion in men and women who right… Continue reading

  • 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