Keep them in your life or not, your choice. But don’t feign loss when a relationship simply disappears through neglect. This one is a rant, then I put it down.
Stunning Blue Eyes of Destiny
We locked eyes as he drove past me in the quiet street outside work. Time slowed down like the movies, there was something so charismatic about this man.
Prostitution Wasn’t The Most Surprising Thing About This Ex
Prostitution? So when she shared her dabble into the prostitute life who was I to judge I was more curious than anything & we talked a lot about her experiences
Popping Out Babies: Why That Hole is Too Small
Babies weren’t on my timeline. I love kids, they are small people & I have unconditional love for humanity so it’s a personal choice, not one I have regretted.
Now I Know The Family I Craved Always Existed Inside Me
The understanding today that lifted the sadness, the craving, is that I have never abandoned myself. I have felt lost, coerced, even abused but not alone.
Shower Love On Yourself Before You Focus On Others
I will be happy to love me in ways that I am still discovering. I’m a late bloomer but I’m here now & patient as all funk with myself & holding that space.
Shame Dogged My Life But Now I Make Peace With It & Listen To Myself Instead of Others
I was in bed with shame from a young age. I am different, shame became my retreat & made me small. Your shame is yours I take my power back to live in balance
A Family Destroyed When Emotion Exploded in Violence
What stays with me is the empathy I felt for the whole family & the insurmountable struggle to achieve some semblance of normality I felt was ahead of them.
My Passive Aggressive Sister is a Sad Piece of Human Flesh
It was always a tough relationship with my middle sister the one who could do no wrong with my mum. When we were kids as the youngest she was one of my bullies
Hoarding As a Child Felt Like an Adventure, The Horror Set in As An Adult
I wasn’t my mothers child, I was her sidekick a 2nd parent substitution. I was the odd one out & the only one scared enough to put up with her weirdness.