I have a couple friends who use a “Six Word Saturday” prompt for their blogs. Sometimes, a six-word sentence leads to a longer discourse; at other times, six concise and meaningful words are the extent of their writing for that day. When I sit down to write, I find it hard to b...
I was too young to know to ask how she knew that. But the reality was, I always took my mom’s word for stuff like that. Her childhood, her family, and her career before kids had created one badass woman who had full-heartedly and willingly resigned herself to stay-at-home mom hoo...
shame and anxiety are extremely common as are issues relating to self-image and self-esteem. Children can become so traumatized they may seek to protect themselves from what they’re seeing by withdrawing emotionally in everyday life—or in some cases literally running away. Concentration levels ...
one that I used in a lot of MiSTings, although looking it up I learn I misquoted Joe Raposo’s song.It should be “I can never tell a cabbage from a lettuce”. I take full responsibility for my error. (I also don’t know for sure it’s Joe Raposo’s writing but, c...
“Oh, that won’t be necessary,” replied HP. “I’ll take your word for it. The fact is, I’m planning to launch of small residential project of my own by next year, and would like to have it advertised in the best possible way. This brochure is very impressive, and I decided ...
Of all the women Hodne confessed to raping or assaulting in the spring of 1979, at least five faced him in Nassau County Court that September, with one too traumatized to participate in the prosecution. Georgette Pirkl, as one of the fiv...
Freya needs a loving, gentle, and reassuring home and a person with experience in the care and re-education of traumatized dogs. She is still learning to walk on a leash but crowds frighten her, and she would do much better in a rural home with a garden. A couple of young retirees wi...
I was so goddamn scared that I was going to screw him up and traumatized by giving birth that I walked around in a fog for the first 24 hours. Plus I was so wound up about making sure every I was dotted and every T was crossed so that we could get out of there and begin our ...
t want to get re-traumatized by seeing all those little eyes looking at me every day. Gael always drank a glass of water with a separate glass of ice before starting our dinners, reservations were always made for 7:30pm. To this day, I claim 7:30pm is the perfect time for supper....
It is an initial emotion that we must acknowledge, especially regarding traumatized women. Unfortunately, in the Reform world, we avoid engaging in divinity – divinity as a source of evil. However, God is like that too. Instead of being afraid of it, they should harness God for these...