But we are expected to take our experiences and grow with them, to move beyond the shame of them, to celebrate what they have taught us. ~ Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning Moving beyond shame in the midst […]
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The Children Within
We come in adult bodies, all ages, sizes, descriptions. We come with unmanageable lives, tied to substances that comfort us. We stay as both the adult who came, better able to cope, but also as the children within, learning to […]
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The “diet” began at age thirteen with diet pills, I meandered through “chubby” clothes the 1/2 tag, slacks wearing out first at the inner thighs, chiding comments from Mother and others, called in Red Rover by the description, “Let Fat […]
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The pain, the constant search for acceptance and love in the eyes and behavior of others, still haunts us. But those days are past. We are daring to be ourselves, one day at a time. ~ Karen Casey. Each Day a […]
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