I’m drowning in a sea of words, she says
You don’t want to be rescued, he observes
So she asks if they can write a story together.
Compartmentalization is the one thing that goes out of the window when you get into a relationship. I think that’s what most of us struggle the most with. We’ve spent most of our adolescent and adult lives learning to organize the world around us in a certain way. Then someone…
A boundary is a lesson in consent, which in turn is rooted in a sense of self. Who you are says what you allow. A boundary is not a weapon or defense mechanism – these are escapes. Boundaries force you to do the hard work of taking responsibility for what…
I’m home today after living through the first natural calamity in my life. I’m dry and clean and well-fed. My family is safe. Outside my window the sky is bright. And only the puddles of water surrounded by debris remains of the horrors of the past two days. Its not…
Your heart is a barren wasteland. It’s where dreams go to die and hopes that have a masochist side to them hang around your mind waiting to be strangled while you polish your tools try to choose between condescension, cynicism and the old faithful – indifference. You must be a…
It seems like I’ve healed every few weeks or months or years. “You’re sounding a lot better since that one conversation of ours in the coffeeshop” says one friend. And I believe it because I want to. I must. Forgetting (somedays I call it self-deluding) is an integral survival skill….
