growth
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a walking menace.
I feel sorry for the girl I was all those years ago. She was misguided, misunderstood—an embarrassment, really. No one taught her any better one way or the other how to be kind, or how to act decent. Everything I learned, I learned the hard way. I had to fall flat on my face and… Continue reading
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on mothering, and learning how to find myself.
It’s another cold day here on the Shoreline. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss the summertime, but I welcome the billowing winds, the sparkling snowdrifts and the chill in the air over the raw, wet rainfall of a mild winter any day. At least when it is cold and dry out, I… Continue reading
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why should we get to decide what is fair?
I used to think about it all the time: “Why me?” It didn’t make any sense to me why some of us are randomly born into bad situations while others grow up to lead thriving lives. It bothered me so much that I couldn’t figure it out. As a teen, I would grimace at the… Continue reading
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re: lessons on love, and everything else I’ve Learned.
Love is a much a choice as it is a feeling (it took me years to learn this one. I am grateful to have learned it, though.) Not everything in love is about feeling good. Sometimes, it’s about not feeling good at all. Because, when we love openly and authentically, we make choices based on… Continue reading
living in defiance. 