identity
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i am not me.
One of the things about being a mother, partner and a contributing member of society is that it’s easy to lose yourself behind each of those titles. When my birthday came around this year, few noticed. People I consider friends went the whole day without acknowledgement. When my daughter turned 13 a month later, though,… 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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re: healing from trauma.
There is so much about overcoming trauma from our early years that we don’t talk about like how some memories are seated in our subconscious like uninvited guests who won’t leave while others are fuzzy on the details, causing us to question “Did that actually happen the way I remember?” And how our personalities are… Continue reading
living in defiance. 