Therapy is like an unwelcome friend that barges into your house at the most inconvenient times... and camps out on your couch. You love your friend, but really? Right now? Just when you wanted to settle in with book 5 of Harry Potter and get lost for a while. I've had lots of counseling... loads. …
Where have I been, you ask? Simple answer. Harry Potter world. (No, not the actual Harry Potter world) I finally gave in and read the books... well, I'm on book 6 of 7, so I've almost read them all... only... I'm having to take a moment. Any Potter Head can tell you the end of …
(For part one, click here) (For part two, click here) Ally opened her eyes. The sun shone warm on her skin, the sand beneath her was her cradle. She lay very still, listening to the sound of the waves caressing the sand. The night had passed and the sky was once again a clear, brilliant …
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To read part one go here Ally spent hours going deeper and deeper into the ocean, trying to stop the ache in her heart. She learned how to dive under the strong waves and ride them back to the shore. She swam out over the reefs and explored the intricate lace of the coral, making …
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Once upon a time in a land of sand, salt water and warmth, a girl named Ally was born. She grew and became a wispy young girl with flaming red hair; the salt water of the ocean she lived by flowing in her veins. She was a part of the ocean and it was a …
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In my last blog (which you can see here) I wrote the phrase “...it made more sense than anything in my god-forsaken life” - and I added, “because i’ve been feeling god-forsaken.” I said this as an afterthought of sorts and I realize people reading my blog don’t really know me and don’t know where …
So I'm in therapy. Reading that line back makes me chuckle. I've always known i was a little crazy, it's about time i go to a professional. When Larisa... (i still can't write her name next to the word)... passed, i had a grand revelation and a fire was lit under my directionless hind-end (that's …
Things I'm learning (and some things I already know that I need to remember) 1. We must have a safe place to ask real questions and say what we really think without judgement 2. Fight or flight is not the way to live life 3. Words are fluid to some and concrete to others 4. …
it’s my 5 year old’s turn to talk about what happened during the fight that just went on in the boy's room - from his perspective - because it sucks to not feel heard and i’m working on it with the kids. and everyone is laughing (because he’s so cute) and then Arden (10) is …
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it had just begun. a month before she told me she thought she was sick i wrote the words: i finally feel like i have my sister. and then it was the beginning of the end. and i realize in this moment, when i have just completely fallen apart in the chair i'm sitting in, …
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