I knew the drive would be harder than talking in front of two hundred people so I bought what I hoped would be a good distraction. Living with Monks; an audiobook by some guy named Jesse Itzler. I assumed he was a born rich white guy, committed to having peak experiences because I'm guilty of…Read more Life Resume
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The Stand
Make a stand for what you believe in and do what feels right in spite of any judgment or disapproval from others-Heron Living a life among people as a person continues to teach me we're simultaneously starving for and terrified of truth. We tend to prefer convenience over substance; less reliable but often more accessible…Read more The Stand
King of Pain
"There's a little black spot on the sun today, It's the same old thing as yesterday." -Sting My father self-admits to abandoning the 12 steps during his recovery because there were certain events from his past he preferred to ignore. "I didn't want to apologize for things I don't want to remember...there was nothing I could…Read more King of Pain
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She'd shake me awake in the dark. Not bothering to shower, I'd twist my hair into a bun and follow her to the car. The women in my mother's family all worked in some kind of nursing capacity. They also share a painful legacy of miscarriages. My initial aversion to bodily fluids and human…Read more More
Tidings
Perception, access, resources and ability largely determine the way we approach accountability, healing and change. Initially when my mother and stepfather told us we were moving to a 20 mile long floating land mass in the middle of a giant puddle known as the Atlantic, we wailed in protest. I was tired of unpacking…Read more Tidings
Lionitis
“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.” -Georgia O'Keeffe Good, bad or otherwise there was no time for fear growing up in my family. Poverty doesn't give you the space to pause; maybe that's true for…Read more Lionitis
Shutter
We broke into pieces slowly, like an uncovered cake drying out for weeks on a counter. I'd say the crumbling began after he'd admitted to starting the fire in our apartment. It took a while to accept it as truth given the erosion of safety I'd been avoiding most of my adult life. I'd been brave enough to examine…Read more Shutter
