I’ve been thinking about gratitude a lot lately. My gratitude practice has been life-changing (not an overstatement) and it’s only been three years. Or it’s already been three years. Or it’s been a whopping three years. I can’t decide which best describes it. There were long seasons where it was a struggle and I didn’t […]
MoreIt’s Christmas Eve and I’m sitting under my favorite quilt. There’s a gooey rum cake in the fridge and my dog is happily curled up in the sunshine. The kiddo? She’s upstairs, playing Mario Brothers–her new favorite thing. My boyfriend (yeah, he’s great) is sanding and staining a shelf for our kitchen nook. Our Christmas […]
MoreOriginally posted at WereAllHer.com. It’s everywhere now, women and men alike sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and assault or simply saying nothing more than “me, too.” The undeniable presence of the norms surrounding sexual misconduct becomes more evident every time someone shares their experience. These experiences typically involve shame, fear, hiding, telling lies, […]
MoreHi. Yes, hello. It’s me. It’s been awhile, I know. Surely you’re used to this nonsense by now. In the time I’ve been gone, a thing or two has happened, as they often do.
MoreThis might be an uncomfortable time for you. It is for me. Many of us have been living in a really comfortable age where we didn’t have to stand for much of anything because none of what we loved was under threat. That’s privilege.
MoreFor you. -K You are strong. You will continue growing and getting stronger because that’s who you are. Remember who you used to be and how far you’ve come.
MoreI am wrong far more often than I’d like. I make mistakes like it’s going out of style and have to take a really hard look at who I am at my core at least once a week. It is tempting in this strange world we live in to judge and categorize all my experiences and decisions in […]
Moreoh, vast soul, whose only worth is measured by the body she’s been trapped in raped in cursed in hid in
MoreIt’s a tiny word–two letters packed full of power and boundaries and healing. No. Why is it so difficult to say?
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