I was waiting for my husband today and this song just struck a cord in my heart. It is about a man having an affair with a married woman. How he asks her to “Slip Away” to meet him. His voice had that deep, passionate tone to it which moved my soul but then itContinue reading “Slip Away”
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No Grieving
I said to my therapist, one day I would grieve the loss of my bio mom. I thought last week I was there but I just couldn’t. A few tears and that was it. I just can’t. The few good memories and overridden by the awful things she did. Putting down the stray I foundContinue reading “No Grieving”
Body Image
My cousin shared this with me last night. It is the first time I have ever been able to look at pictures without cringing at how ugly and fat I was. My biological mother had eating disorders and gladly shared with me. She restricted my food as a kid and even as a teenager andContinue reading “Body Image”
Survival
Someone asked me the other day how I survived with mom and my answer is simple; my dad’s aunts, Uncle Ben and Aunt Evelyn and my beloved Aunt Dot. Today, though, I was thinking of Uncle Ben. I wasn’t allowed to meet him until I was seven or eight and then we would go outContinue reading “Survival”
Five years in the cleaning
This has been five years in the cleaning. I realized, early on in therapy, I keep the couch a mess because I could keep people away. It went much deeper and involved abuse by my Grandfather but that was it. Tonight I also realized it involved my mom in that I wasn’t allowed to doContinue reading “Five years in the cleaning”
Joyful Healing, Dogs and Quilts 