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Between the ages of 9 and 18, I saw so many unusual things, interacted with people from almost every walk of life and coped with innumerable harrowing situations. Like the time my family was doing a Sunday morning outreach at the homeless shelter in downtown Savannah, right after we moved there… I was 13 years…
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[In writing this series, I quickly discovered that this issue is at the very heart of how and why I ended up in the positions, and the relationships, of my adulthood. In my attempt to unravel, understand and accept how all of it happened, Safety is a primary key.] In the Beginning… All I wanted…
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A glimpse into the early days and conditions of my evangelical indoctrination.
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To my dear readers and those who may find themselves on this site: I wanted to offer you a little bit of insight and perspective on the current intention behind this blog and the posts that you will see moving forward at this time. I restarted this blog in 2022 with some sporadic writings interspersed…
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In the Spring of 2006, I packed up my car, gave my roommates a final farewell, and headed down the road. I wasn’t sure exactly where I was going or where I would live next, but I knew I had to leave where I was. Life seemed to have run its course under my present…
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“It’s been a long time…I shouldn’t’ve left you…without a dope beat to step to, step to…”~Timbaland Warning: Stream of Consciousness Below In my silence, I am thinking….I am working….it is a long and tedious process and consumes every moment of every day…most of the time. And then suddenly, one day, I wake up and here…
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I would just like to say, Thank you. Your words of support and encouragement are so deeply appreciated. When it is difficult to find words for this process, for what I am experiencing and for what those have experienced who have gone before me, your encouragement is what keeps bringing me back here to try.…
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For a long time I have ascribed to the belief that this life is about lessons. And indeed, the lessons are here if/when we choose to learn them. I decided 14 years ago that I wanted to approach and “tackle” those lessons consciously. Well…I kind of did. They just weren’t always what I thought at…
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Rage is a powerful emotion. It is an emotion, and state of being, that I have witnessed in others quite a bit. But it is a fire that I have never allowed to burn within me. It has terrified me. I am beginning to understand why… Like fire, rage is consuming. Out of control, the…
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I used to see magic in the world. I experienced it too. Despite so much trauma and loads of personal fears and doubt, a thread of connection to that which lies beyond this material world has always tethered me to something ethereal and something unquestionably real beyond myself. I don’t know where it came from…
