I’ve learned writing is cathartic for me. It’s a way in which I can connect with others and get to know myself. I process much of my own experience between the lines of my blog […]
Tag: love
I Don’t Know & You Don’t Know
You can’t see inside a painting. As you are not the artist—I am not the artist. And, we, neither of us, are the subject. We are on the outside. You see what has been constructed—you […]
News
“Let’s watch the news,” my first grader said. “It’s important to know what’s going on all around the world,” he added. We lasted less than five minutes. The first three stories included a piece on […]
Apply Filter: ACTUAL Real Life
The pendulum of my love-hate relationship with social media has been swinging toward the hate side lately. I’ve come to the conclusion we need a new platform. LifeGram? RealBook? I don’t know. But I do […]
Merry Christmas to Me & Team Weak
I had grand intentions of exiting 2017 with weekly blog posts all through the insanity that is the month of December. Just as it dawned I’d not posted since November, and guilt began to creep […]
Dear Person in Recovery: A Love Letter
Dear Person in Recovery, I do not understand. I promise to try. The tears I’ve cried for you can not be measured. I know you have cried more. The pain I’ve felt because of your […]
Firsts & Lasts: Realizing My Parenting Magical Moment Might Be Now
I’ve always stood firmly in the direction of the future. Since I was a child, it was always about what’s next. I rarely, if ever, lamented about the past. I’ve carried that same attitude over […]
Do the F*^#*@% Things: Learning to Relish What Really Matters
“Hey, look! Mom’s doing it!” My ten year old daughter shouted these two statements as I dove feet first into our local not-so-warm reservoir. The other children clamored to catch a better view. We are […]
Friend Dumped: Gaining Perspective the Hard Way
There’s nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself. – James Lee Burke
Kick Ass Woman: A New Inner Voice
*Language disclaimer* Ain’t holding back with this one… Maybe you read my post about embracing my body? Perhaps you took a few minutes to review my thoughts on what its been like changing my disordered eating? […]
