The small group re-traumatized me. As I drove home, my heart was heavy as I realized what had happened and wondered if it was possible to stay in a relationship with people who had no idea what our relationship was doing to me. Traumatized Trauma is “an emotional response to a terrible event.” I can’t…
I’ve missed a few of my weekly blog posts. I was on vacation, working on my book, and distracted by other matters. In particular, during the past week I went on a tangent as I spent time “talking about something that is only slightly or indirectly related to the original subject.” While I don’t regret…
My newfound friend rocked me back on my heels. We had been having an amiable conversation about a variety of topics – some of them potentially divisive but we sailed past them – when he said in a friendly tone, “If it came to that, I would sign up to fight in a civil war.”…
Weeds are judged in the eye of beholder in the same way that people are.
Without “all the things,” our lives would be impoverished and dull.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach wrote, “Pain is the greatest teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.” Well said. Pain is able to grab our attention in ways that comfort can not. It forces us to look deep into our souls and wrestle with our sense of self, of justice in the world, and of ultimate…