Am I wired for misery? Am I instinctively hell-bent on self-destruction?? I used to think I was. Life is better these days and things are looking up, I think, because I have found healthy ways to release and fill the voids with soulful activity. But, there are still those days… I know what I have been […]
The Unburdening How is it possible that I am the happiest I have EVER been – my marriage feels so right, my boys are delightful, and I am ecstatic about winning my “weight” battle — yet I am still so darned angry??! It’s not all the time like it used to be, but it’s there… […]
WRITING IS MY THERAPY. I only just voiced it and knew it to be true. Words stroking my hair, tender with curiosity. The mighty pen, a hand on my back holding me up. It has been the one constant support in my life, a warm blanket, my consoling hug. In the rare, quiet moments (as […]
My basement is a place of horrors! Every inch filled with STUFF! My dear husband, M., and I literally had to make a winding path to manoeuver our way around. Stacks and stacks of literature — Martha Stewart mags (from when the internet was rather young and people still loved the feel of a good book), wedding […]
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KEEP TRACK OF YOUR PROGRESS as you overcome challenges, change routines and form new habits. Not only is it unbelievably rewarding to have evidence of your hard work, but in times when I felt stagnant and found myself at a plateau in my weight loss, I turned to the data I had documented on my […]
The Unburdening Alone again. No words to cut the deafening silence. Nothing. Week upon week of seclusion. Emptiness. I am unacknowledged, invisible, non-existent. Worlds apart. No common ground. Missed understanding. Discomfort, distrust and disillusionment. To continue is agony. But, this is what we know. I live and breathe and think. Wishful thoughts. Tormenting...
The Unburdening I had not seen her since June 2013, just prior to my youngest son being born. Soon after the birth, M. had assumed drop-off duty for our two older kids’ karate classes, so that I could spend some quality time with our new baby :). Now, February 2014, back into routines, I walked […]
The Unburdening – January 15, 2018 Blistery winds and minus weather could not keep me from my walk today. I tucked myself into bundles of warmth and layers of protection, determined to keep my promise. I felt capable and strong and invincible, as I strode along the nearly desolate paths, steering clear of icy patches […]