10/6/16 My Difficult Learning Curve Recently I had to deal with this topic coming at me in my own life (again). And hey, maybe one hasn’t lived until a guy has lied, cheated, and terrorized his way towards trapping one in a foreign land and taking control of one’s child. Or, maybe life couldn’t Read More …
Category: Personal
DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
8/20/16 Angels Fall to the Ground The soul who feels, shrinks daily, as the fist of painful grief squeezes its heart tightly, slowly cutting off its life source. Grief grabs a handful of feathers from its angel victim, each feather that falls to the ground a story of violent change, or lonely nothingness, Read More …
A BAD DAY TURNED BETTER
6/30/2016 Taking Negative Stock Today is one of those crappy days. It is one of those days when everything seems to be going badly (wry smile). I miss my daughter acutely. The Ex blocks me from having a normal connection with her by phone or Skype, outside of the minimum specific day that Read More …
THE PRESENT MOMENT
6/18/2016 Challenges Sometimes I sit in my fears, trapped as an American mother in the country of Australia, not a place I chose intentionally, by an Ex who is always threatening Daughter’s time with me legally, blindly wreaking vengeance in so many ways. He simply chooses to be our perfect storm, a role that Read More …
LIFE IS SHORT
6/5/2016 Life is Short I just woke from a short nap, having fallen asleep at the same time as my daughter did for the night. I woke and mindlessly my hand fell upon the soft curve of my 50-year-old bosom. I realized that it will not be round and wrinkle-free forever. I was suddenly Read More …
FABULOUS MESS AND BEYOND
4/30/2016 Fabulous Mess and Beyond I am an American mother trapped in Australia karmically by way of a soul who is temporarily lost in darkness, father of our darling daughter (now in primary school), a man who plotted a challenging international divorce and custody process. The gift of this has been that it brought Read More …