He Brought His Grief with Him

darya tryfanava on Unsplash He brought his grief with him.  He apologized for interrupting me.  He was completely unconscious of his thoughts and emotions.  I think that he believed that if he could control the universe that is visible to him that he...

A Son

Kahlil Gibran said something to the effect of: your children are not of you, but move through you. They have their own path to be taken by them and not you. I want to come from higher thinking, accepting of all that my child does or is and yet… I saw myself as...

How to be Sick and/or Disabled

Josh Appel, Unsplash It’s daunting if you are new to poor health. We healthy ones vastly take advantage of our health. We never give it a thought that we wake up, ease ourselves out of bed and can use any fingers and hands to brush our hair and teeth. What a wonderful...

Incest

Vlad Kutepov with Unsplash If I didn’t understand trauma informed care, I wouldn’t understand her story.  She told me that she couldn’t exercise because the harsh breathing evoked by her exercise brought her back to the harsh breathing she experienced when she...