Growing up, Nunny would tell me to marry rich. Find a good lawyer, a doctor, get hitched. When she found out I was pregnant with my second child, she told me to make sure my boyfriend works more, works harder. I smiled, laughed it off and said he works hard enough. Less than a weekContinue reading “Poetry Series -Astronauts, Yoda, and Angels”
Tag Archives: Journey
Poetry Series – Confused Growth
It’s hard to not want to be further along in the growth process than we are once we can see the way the emotions we are dealing with are taking their toll on us. The thing is, if we were further along in the growth process than this we wouldn’t even have that train ofContinue reading “Poetry Series – Confused Growth”
Poetry Series – Glass
Four hours earlier, I’m stubbornly insisting that I can handle the process alone, that I’m ready. I assured anyone that would listen, to my thoughts at least, that I didn’t need to see anyone to have them fix what I’m going through. I’m fully capable of maneuvering the dark waters myself. I didn’t think ofContinue reading “Poetry Series – Glass”
Poetry Series – Meeting
I have never been the kind of person that likes to have a lot of people around but the people I choose to let in quickly become my world, so I choose carefully. Growing up, I met my favorite people in places that didn’t overlap. Three doors up best friend, high school best friend, collegeContinue reading “Poetry Series – Meeting”
Poetry Series – Ready
I’ve spent my whole life scared and I wouldn’t be surprised if that trend continues. The difference between my current fear and my past fear is that I’ve learned how, presently, to keep it from stopping me more often than not. Sometimes working up courage takes 3 days and pulling on every experience of whenContinue reading “Poetry Series – Ready”
Poetry Series – Perfectly Lost
I love to explore the dark but my preference is for going it solo. My shell often contrasts whatever is happening beneath the surface, for the sake of the audience – we’re striving for balance here. It’s not a hard rule but generally, the more makeup I have on, the more presentable I look, theContinue reading “Poetry Series – Perfectly Lost”
Poetry Series – Mental Prison
I think it’s important that we go out of our way to make friends that come from places we don’t understand, it’s how we grow. I’ve made it an effort to befriend people that get a fearful reaction from me. No, I’m not saying to go against your gut instinct but once you get toContinue reading “Poetry Series – Mental Prison”
Poetry Series – Bruno Mars It’s a W-Rap
I’ve said that I hate life so many times as I was hurting that I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that I love the way life works. I love the way we feel drawn to people, often before understanding why. I love the way that inspiration, encouragement, comes in the shape of peopleContinue reading “Poetry Series – Bruno Mars It’s a W-Rap”
Even in my Weakness, I am Strong.
(Sensitive content/trigger warnings: abuse – sexual, mental/emotional/physical) I talk about general dysfunction in relationships far more than I gravitate toward the topic of abuse – whether it be physical, mental, or emotional. My immediate assumption was that I must have just gotten the most abusive relationships out of the way early and tackled those firstContinue reading “Even in my Weakness, I am Strong.”
Oh, So This is Why People Love Their Uncles.
Family dynamics have always confused me more than I tend to let on. Honestly, there are a lot of basic things that leave me puzzled in similar ways. In moments of dissociation, I leave myself feeling even crazier as I recall all of these things and ask why I’m so caught off guard by simpleContinue reading “Oh, So This is Why People Love Their Uncles.”
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