Ugly feet, calloused, nails ignored I sit before him, apologetically. Aware of hirsute legs, uneven nails I cringe at his touch, insecure, embarrassed, chagrined. How can I ask for a pedicure now? I remember the compulsion to clean the house […]
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Accountant Needed
I seriously need a personal “accountant” (and it’s not the tax kind) to sit on my shoulder 24/7 that I have to be “accountable” to, and I’m pretty sure we all have the same one watching over us…… if I […]
Continue reading »Warm Blanket of Denial
No comfort comes from ripping off the warm blanket of denial. ~ Julie Trudeau I see mistakes you make and know you need strength, to get real. Compelled to confront, I set out your failures, your lies. I’d do you […]
Continue reading »You Know What You Are
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace for you know what you are. ~ Mother Theresa Knowing what I am has terrified me, haunted me, felt done, complete, identified as odious. But I’m not what […]
Continue reading »Built to Be
We were built to be inefficient because efficient would be a king telling us how to do things. ~ (prompt I saved who knows from WHAT source last August!) We could be perfect, built that way. How easy things would […]
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