Category: Trauma
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Harsh Truths for a Raging Codependent
Letter to a past self A few weeks ago, this popped up in my Facebook memories from 14 years ago–back when Facebook was the new LiveJournal. I want to see the best in everyone. It really is that simple. Perhaps it’s naive, but I still want to believe that people are generally good. That even…
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Midnight ‘Moir: ( ari-elle )
ft. This Small Town Midnight ’Moir.— where memory becomes mythology, and muses speak what silence once swallowed. Introducing our next muse of Midnight ’Moir… Maternal nurturer. Grounded in joy and grief. Meditative. Authentic. She knows wisdom is cultivated in acceptance of what is. Through introspection, she weaves maturity and measured vulnerability into poems where surviving…
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Why My Memoir Has Mermaids: A Healing Told Slant
ft. Disclaimer A few years ago, I swapped New Year’s resolutions for Word-of-the-Year intentions. Thirty-five years of failed resolutions had taught me that goal-setting was more obstacle than path forward (and thank goodness for late-diagnosed ADHD, am I right?). At the start of 2023, I was barely three weeks public in my recovery and gearing…
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FICTION OF YOU
TW: grief, loss, illness It’s been seven years since I held your hand and watched you struggle for air for the last time. Over 2,500 days, more than half of which I’ve spent as a mother myself. At times, it’s been a lonely journey—this mothering without a mother—though I’m far from alone. My children have…