Tag: healing
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Victimization
the processing of pain began with an insistent ache in my belly,not long after sharing a story of trauma with my daughter.i recognized it to be my body speaking to me,she who has only been given voice in my system in recent years.(embodiment is such a foreign conceptto one whose mind believes it is a…
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56
We’re both 56 this year,Henry and I!We are growing old together,loyal companions to the end.Henry came to mewhen I needed him most.It was after the divorce,after I bought my “sanctuary,”and filled it with intentionality,settling into a new rhythm with my daughters.Coming, going, here, there,a way of living that nearly tore my heart out.I saw them…
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The Lightness of Being
It’s been coming for some time, I can see that now.I sensed it now and then, yet…I didn’t note how the minutes became hours became days.I didn’t recognize the consistency and variations.I knew I felt peaceful, happy, content, alive, vibrant, tingly.But then it hit me, really hit me, last week.A regular Monday in March, nothing…
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Gardening My Heart
Today I plant my sorrow,In a tightly bound seed, Soft within, cased in a hard, brittle shell,Balancing it gingerly in my palm,Clasping my fingers around it,Holding it close one last time.This grief has been my companion for a lifetime,And a part of me can’t bear to part with it.I hoe the soil, removing the weeds…
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Turning Inward Before Outward
For the month of June, I am flipping through Clarity and Connection, by Yung Pueblo daily and randomly stopping at a page and reading. I am using the entry to delve into my thoughts and feelings, find what resonates, and see what answers it might hold for me. It is an exercise in building my…
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Trauma
For the month of June, I am flipping through Clarity and Connection, by Yung Pueblo daily and randomly stopping at a page and reading. I am using the entry to delve into my thoughts and feelings, find what resonates, and see what answers it might hold for me. It is an exercise in building my…
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Healing and Growing
For the month of June, I am flipping through Clarity and Connection, by Yung Pueblo daily and randomly stopping at a page and reading. I am using the entry to delve into my thoughts and feelings, find what resonates, and see what answers it might hold for me. It is an exercise in building my…
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The Gift of Writing
She beamed at me when I walked into the room. “This is so exciting!” she proclaimed, and throwing her blankets back, she continued, “We have much to do to get ready for the baby. Where shall we start?” My 89 year old mother was in her final days of life, in hospice care. She was…
The Journey Inward 