“We don’t want to admit to ourselves when we have been victimized because we don’t want to have to feel our vulnerability in the world. We want to go on pretending, just as children do, that we are invincible—that nothing can get us down, nothing can touch us…We not only ignore and blame victims but we expect them to recover…
Category: Musings
Rediscovery
I was watching television on a Saturday night, thinking “is this all there is?” and the loneliness enveloping me. It’s what’s made me eat when I shouldn’t, that numbing food addiction that made me say to myself “tonight I’m going to fuck over my body with unkind food choices.” And I get sick and I cry to myself, because it’s…
When Sh*t Keeps Hitting the Fan…
So those of y’all who’ve been reading my blog know what the past 2 1/2 or so years have been like. It hasn’t all sucked, but the combination of 2 IUIs, 6 rounds of DEIVF, miscarriage @ 9 weeks, Ethiopia’s closing of adoptions and losing that opportunity as well, skin cancer surgery, 7+ months of herniated disc injury/recovery, two fender…
Chill Out, it’s just a Q&A (30 tidbits…)
Inspired by Post-IVF World, I thought I’d take on the Q&A challenge. Being the person who always took the Cosmo quizzes back in the day, I thought it was time I put a lighter post on here after all the shit that’s hit the fan… 1. What is your middle name? Lynn – like half of the girls born in…
Bravery Not Included
Bravery, strength, blah blah blah. Doesn’t feel like it to me. Just another attempt to be a parent that we are on, this time with a different set of paperwork and an equal amount of money. Stay busy, stay distracted, stay alive – maybe if I don’t do that I won’t have to feel. I’ve never been a big drinker.…
On our 3rd
“These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love for you, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever. These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future. These are the hands that will passionately love you…
To My Best Friend…
You’re all that I can trust Facing the darkest days Everyone ran away But we’re gonna stay here, we’re gonna stay here This world has turned to dust All we’ve got left is love Might as well start with us Singing a new song, something to build on When it all falls, when it all falls down I’ll be your…
For My Funny Valentine…
My funny valentine Sweet comic valentine You make me smile with my heart When my love and I got hitched on that lovely day in May 2014, my gift to him was to surprise him at our wedding dinner with a song from my longtime friend Shirley Nanette, who’s been like an auntie to me since we met way back…
To My Sweetheart…
And I gotta get a move on before the sun I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she’s the only one You planted me a dogwood tree when we got married in honor of this sweet little song that we both were digging on, back in the day when we first fell in love from across…
To My One and Only…
I’ll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears And you can go swimming when you’re here And I’ll be the rainbow after the tears are gone Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm That’s how strong my love is, darling When we told my friend Claudia that we were getting married, she practically yelped “can I please…
