THE DOGWOOD TREE
A few months after my younger daughter died of a fentanyl overdose at age 27, I moved to a town where I knew no one, lured by a new-construction house on an undeveloped half-acre lot. The developer had put in a few plants by the front door, but the rest of the lot was...
BREAKFAST IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
(Trauma Warning!)Fourteen years old: I’m in bed for the night, but still awake. Daddy-Monster enters my room. I pretend to be asleep. He pinches my nose closed with his fingers. I open my mouth to breathe. He covers my mouth with his...
CLAIMING MY BIRTHRIGHT OF WHOLENESS
Along the way on my life journey, I have had glimpses into the dark, scary recesses within me, and each time, when my seeing began to turn me into stone – frozen with fear about delving into the murky morass – I have retreated in terror, afraid to unearth the wrathful...
رسالة من الوالد المحب
مرحبا طفلتي العزيزة، لقد عرفت أنك مصابة بالذعر والخوف، كيف ذلك يحدث وأنا هنا، هل لاتثقين بي؟ أشعر نوعا ما بالتقصير لغيابي عنك بعض الوقت، لكنني هنا الآن هل تشعرين بوجودي؟ هل عادت الثقة بي؟ لقد حاولت طلب المساعدة من قوتنا الأعظم بالأمس حتى يجعلك تشعرين...