Mar 23, 2023Birthday CakeI sat alone at the kitchen table. My daughter on a stool at the counter with her breakfast. I started to sob. again. A continuation from...
Jan 2, 2023My mother looked down at her hands and said…"I’m pregnant."I would say my life has been defined in a large part by the lack of agency my mother had in her choice to have children. She was married...
Sep 23, 2022How Our Generational Parenting Practices Were InterruptedI didn’t understand with my first child how much historic trauma had damaged my ability to be touched and express love with my kids. I ...
Jul 10, 2022It’s hard to be a mom when the word MOTHER somewhere in your psyche terrifies youMy childhood was filled with intense emotional and physical abuse. My mother was a single mom in the 80’s. My mother was mentally ill, ...