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Fantasy Island – Do You Pretend?
Why is it that my mind wanders away from reality so quickly? They call it dissociation but if I could live in an altered state, none of my story would be true. And, if it were true, I’d minimize it. Change the destruction of its path. I would temper it to the point where it…
What We Leave Our Children
The women in my family could make a meal from almost nothing. A bone. An onion. Whatever the men had left. They could also make a childhood disappear beneath a clean tablecloth. I learned from them. I washed the good plates. I carried the terrible things carefully so nobody would hear them touch. When I…
Thwart Anxiety & Connect
I participated in a mental health presentation the other day. The speaker spoke a lot about connection and how it helps thwart anxiety. One of the antidotes was to listen to an audiobook. If you’ve come through trauma, trust me, I lead you through a “captivating emotional journey!” Let me be with you through my…
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