For the Children
First it was all the abortion laws. We were told it was to protect the children, an unborn life, forgetting about the women suffering over their labors. The mother could die for all they care. Her work here is done. She is left lying there, a deflated balloon, no longer a necessary pawn in this […]
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Et Tu, Brute?
We fight for our places in this world. We are in a constant war between ourselves and the people around us, their expectations of us that we could never possibly live up to. Maybe we don’t even want to. Maybe there is something different out there. I never really felt at home anywhere growing up, […]
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New Moon
I have been crying entirely too much recently. I mean, it’s been quite therapeutic releasing all of these pent up emotions. But give me a fucking break already! Between the red, puffy eyes and the ugly crying, I am getting real over this watery season we are in. I am not one of those people […]
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Words
Sticks and stones can break my bones, But words can never hurt me. They said to it the kids who were being bullied, to me. Guess what? They were wrong. Words can sucker punch you in the stomach. They can shoot an arrow into your heart. They can swipe your feet out from under you. […]
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Creativity
We tell each other to create things, but then we judge each other for what we created and how we created it. The inner critic inside ourselves is the hardest to stop listening to, even though they are sometimes the quietest of all to speak. They also do the most damage. and snakes and stones […]
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Distress Tolerance
Life isn’t fair. This one took me years to swallow. (Hello privilege!) I fought pretty hard to hide from it though. I wanted to keep it all inside. The unspoken pain that I tried to shove down, because I didn’t want it to be there. I thought that if I kept shoving it down that […]
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The Critic
We all have it, that inner critic inside your head that keeps telling you that you are doing it wrong, that you are a piece of shit, that you need to be this way or that way. It tells you what you should be doing. It’s harsh, it’s cruel, and it’s sometimes downright mean. But […]
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Days of Birth
Birthdays are something that I am starting to not understand. They are weird. We celebrate the day that we are born with fun times with friends and family, gifts of love, and sweet treats. It’s quite fun actually, for the person who was born. When you break down the actual birth process, shouldn’t we be […]
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A Fluidity of Identity
As women we tend to have a myriad of titles bestowed upon us, some wanted and some that feel more like a sentencing. We are expected to be so much, while as they same time not expecting to be anything ourselves. The Savior The Warner The Queen The Midwife The One Who Brings Light These […]
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Mindfulness
Ah the vaguest word in the dictionary these days! Except maybe for vulnerability or authenticity. The whole concept of mindfulness has evaded me for years, or rather I was avoiding it. It was completely unintentional, but it happened none-the-less. We live in a world that is evolving at a much more rapid pace than it […]
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