Tag: relationships
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Acquaintances
Acquaintances/possible early friendships are an interesting situationship. I’m working this through as I write, so if it’s not terribly profound or put forward with organization and clarity, I apologize. The contrast of being home with all of you and back here in my adopted home has me mulling this over quite a bit. Whereas there…
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Tuesday’s Tales
Again, some random pieces of information from today… If I die in South Africa, it won’t be from any of the horrible safety report reasons I read about before coming. It will be trying to escape my house if there’s a fire because I can’t get my dang skeleton keys to work! I’m hankering something…
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Writefully Hers
Not long after my mom passed away, I felt an urge to commit myself to writing and began an almost daily ritual of doing so. I also knew I wanted to share this passion with other women, so one day over lunch at my house, I told my friend Katie about my plan to start…
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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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Gardens
What is this beautiful thing that’s happening? Where there has always been politeness, Laughter, shared memories, and care.There is something else blooming.Is it symbolic that we met here? Our first sister get together, No kids, no mom, just us.In a place full of blooms and growth?Why do things happen when you stop trying? Maybe because…
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The Final Say
“You will always have the final say in which experiences you choose to control and consume your life.” ~DodinskyMy friend’s husband always says, “Don’t allow people to take up space in your head rent free.” It always makes me smile because it’s said with love and concern for me when I am trying to make…
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Real Friendship
“A real friendship will give you that sense of “belongingness.” When you think the world has abandoned you, there’s that someone who helps you see your worth and makes you feel that you always matter to them.” ~DodinskyNext to my children (who are becoming more like friends the older they get), my friendships are my…
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Self Love
A few years ago, while shopping on a winter weekend getaway with my then boyfriend, I found the most beautiful sign that fit us perfectly. Well, at the moment he was acting a bit off, but I bought it anyway, thinking things would improve and I would hang it. Dating on and off over the…
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Truth
“The truth hurts.”That is sometimes true.”You can’t handle the truth.”That is rarely true.”The truth will set you free.”But not without pain and suffering and consequences.”If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”Until you hit 50 and you can’t remember most things!”When in doubt, tell the truth.”That keeps it simple.”Speak the truth, even…
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Priorities
I’m taking a class called Love Your Life for the month of January. Each day I listen to a lesson and then do some journaling in the workbook. Although nothing has been too new to me, I appreciate the time spent on and with myself, as well as getting clear on what I want and focusing my…
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Needs
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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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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Perfectly Imperfect
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 Bank
Today I took a challenge to write about a bank, any kind of bank, whether financial institution, ground near a river, noun, verb, and so on. Here is my take… A deposit of kindness, Of thoughtfulness and generosity, Compassion and empathy, Listening and witnessing, Love and gentleness. A withdrawal of support, Of being heard and…
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You’re Not Asking Too Much
The other day I read this quote: “You’re not asking too much, you’re just asking the wrong person” and had an epiphany. I have always known at my core that I am simultaneously not enough and too much. The “too much” comes from being the youngest by far in a family of intellectuals, never feeling…
The Journey Inward 