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Gift
I’m trying to see every experience as a gift, as something special. I’m trying to trust that God is in charge of everything and that everything is going as planned. It isn’t easy. I feel trapped in...
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Taking care of your parents when the relationship is bad
There is nothing about being an adult child that means you want to take care of your parents. There is nothing about the situation that says you even know how to. You didn’t enter into this...
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Family honor
My brother used to push the idea of family honor on me. He seemed to think that it was my responsibility to keep up the family name and family pride. And yet he was the one who changed his last name...
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In-laws and outlaws
You know the difference between in-laws and outlaws? Outlaws are wanted. In-laws are like an arranged marriage. You didn’t pick them – they were picked for you. Sometimes it works out, and sometimes it...
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Hidden in plain sight
I think it is interesting how there are some posts that I won’t share on my Facebook feed, but I’ll still write them and post them. There are some people and situations that I want to write about that...
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Bus driver.
One time during the drum circle I was given the task of playing the bass drum. The bass drum holds the rhythm. The bass drum is the backbone of the whole thing. It sets the time and the tone. It has...
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Stuck
I had a boyfriend who was 20 when was 17. His birthday was coming up and he wanted to celebrate it with his parents at his house and he wanted me to come. However, this involved a trip across the...
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Road Trip!
I was thinking about why I like to go on road trips – and particularly why I like to get road trip food. When I was younger – say between the ages of five to ten, my parents would take us on trips to...
View ArticleDancing in the rain
It was tomorrow already and the rains had not come. They had chided her for wanting this house, more like a niche, all the way at the end of the alley at the lowest part of the city. The cobblestones...
View ArticleTo all the Others on Mother’s Day
To all the Others on Mother’s Day, I see you. To all the Others who don’t have a Mother perhaps because of death, or abuse, or neglect, I see you. To all the Others who wanted to be a Mother but...
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