Rainbows and Unicorns, My Ass: My Family Post-Divorce.
Opening my heart meant welcoming my ex-husband and his partner completely into family celebrations that I had previously shared with my children on my own.
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Love and Compulsion Cannot Coexist.
She uses her compulsion as a salve, as self-punishment, as an escape from her pain, as control, and as avoidance. It is bigger than she is.
Do Not Presume to Know Me.
Rationality is the opium of the people. Thank you for teaching me this lesson. More and more, I know how to stay true to myself.
Listen To The Pleas From Your Inner Child: They Are The Key.
As I began to acknowledge my inner children, see them, hear them and love them, their unmet needs became easier to recognize and they began reaching out to me in healthier, less destructive ways.
The Joy of Swearing.
I discovered the joy of swearing at an early age, despite (or maybe because of) parents who seldom swore and strongly discouraged their three daughters from doing so.
To the Magically Unrooted: Reasons We Belong.
You may feel like an outsider here, yet you are the one at whom children smile, with a knowing glance. You’re part of their world.
Creating Rebellion: Learning from the Unbounded Hearts of Children.
“We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” ~ Stacia Tauscher So often you hear people talking how important it is to teach the young. Well, how about allowing the children to teach us? Are they not wise, filled with love and ...
I Won’t Bow Down to the Despair in This World.
We are the mothers of every single un-housed soul in the Middle East, floating on less-than-seaworthy vessels towards a new frontier. May they find welcome, may they find shelter, and may they find work. May we each be the welcome they seek. We are the mothers of children who will live with the ...
Love Will Always Be There, but Sometimes It Goes on a Holiday.
With my newfound perspective, and remembrance of how lonely and desolate life can be without our love, we bribe the kids with cups of tea and cartoons, and submerge ourselves in our love renewed. As it always will be. As it always has to be. As I will ever keep it. Untattered. Unbroken. Buoyed ...
Energetic Boundaries 101: Four Intuitive Steps to Guide Highly Sensitive Children.
The prevailing messages in most parenting books and articles are to discipline children as a united front, and not give them an opening to split and triangulate you. But what if they are acting up -- and they often are -- because they are tuning into your stuck energy and unresolved wounds? ...