I felt the icy cold familiarity of proliferated small talk. The sense of needing to prove yourself through a conversation meant for strategy and help. Then came the lies. Then came my favorite of time all, āI bought your book.ā No, you didnāt. I can check to see if someoneās made a book purchase. Obviously,…
Tag: friendships
The Mother Wound
On your quest to rediscover who you are, you often, unfortunately uncover injuries from your upbringing that bring about terrible memories. While we talk about lack of love or abuse from fathers often, I think we donāt divulge enough on abusive mothers. First and foremost, despite how my mother was, I loved her. However, love…
High Morals
āYou may be alone for a while, until youāre older,ā my mom said sweetly, āyou are too good. The world is cruel.ā I am rolling thoughts of recent events around my mind and it makes me want to cry. And whatās worse, I can tell this persons arrows are now aimed at me – and…