β 3 days
I have 49 unread messages, 115 unread emails, 14 unheard voice mails, a stack of unopened post 2cm thick that is collecting dust on my kitchen counter, a basket of…
β redundancy
Let me make something very clear - endurance is not strength. Just because I can continue with everything that I am given, day in and day out, does not mean…
β fitter, happier
Phew. Who knew you could gaslight yourself? I have been sitting here thinking about how to answer the questions posed to me, and I am unsure how. In that link…
β Co-Dependency 2
cooperative - adjective - involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal dependent - noun - a person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support.…
β Co-Dependency 1
The conversation got railroaded by someone asking if she should forgive someone who ghosted her. I have a special place in my heart for ghosters. Β You do not know…
β warmth by gaslight
You feel happiness in intervals like tiny nibbles of chocolate, closing your eyes and savouring each luscious morsel until it is gone & the next piece is in your grasp.…
β patterns
I remember, back in the LiveJournal days, I was in a community for abuse survivors. I never posted my own story. I just commented on those that did - I…
β he is one of those boys
you hold his face while you kiss him numbers are dictation, dictators are numb. the more i sayΒ the less you feel. abandon age for pints and ounces, and let your…
β adoption, raced
I remember my mother holding a newborn Isobel, gazing at her tiny, pink beauty and saying to me, βMaybe you should give her up for adoption.β I was horrified. Years…
β scribbles
"I realised I would not be happy without you in my life." I stared at this written sentence long enough for it to blur. Have you ever had someone cross…
β The Prize
Q: Why do you want to fix a negative situation with someone that is always harming you? What causes you to be there in the first place? The people you…
β limited
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution". Why are you where you are in your…