Mothers. Mothers are a difficult topic. Mother's Day is a difficult day. Complicated. Painful. Often a day of loss and grieving. A day that many dissociative survivors don’t want to think about. Ouch. If only…. If only, if only….. I’ve been thinking about these things all week, knowing I would / should write something about mothers. Hmmmmm…. I wasn’t sure which angle to talk about…. Then I … [Read more...]
Pie Squabbles – A Story about Internal Conflict
Recently, my magpie visitors set a new record high for the size of the group gathering at my balcony waiting for treats. At one single point in time, I had 18 pies there surrounding me, all squawking and squawling and calling and cheeping and chirping and whistling and warbling and garbling and gawking and flapping and hopping, each hoping to be the next in line for the little bits of bologna I was handing out … [Read more...]