Growth
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Trauma is an unfinished business. That’s what Dr. Perry says.
My past sometimes feels like clouds. Not the white, billowing kind but the dark, blankety ones. These hang oppressively above me, blocking out the sun and making me feel like taking a long nap. Of course, this is the kind of sky that no one can see. Not even me. They are the kind one Continue reading
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reassess
we were all gung-ho we were determined we were more than a little brave we were going to go and change the world we did our best we started families we made our decisions and now we’re left with this it isn’t bad it’s even beautiful but it isn’t what we thought that it would Continue reading
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wait
in the line to pick up kids after school cars moving slowly seventeen drivers not letting me in kids on benches and beneath the trees wait i feel my insides stir and boil in the check out aisle at the grocery store slow beeps and long conversations for the child to find her way to Continue reading
All the grace 