Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made In this blog, I describe how I come face to face with my distorted self-image. I knew the truth, but still felt unlovable. One simple change altered who I saw when I looked in the mirror.
Passing the Baton: Leaving a Legacy
When you pass your baton to someone else you leave a legacy that can touch countless individuals that you will never meet.
Redemption
This sonnet describes my internal conflict between the truth and a behavior pattern that seems impossible to break.
Believing the Lie
Between my Junior and Senior year of college, George, my childhood mentor, and father figure became my lover. I still had no idea how I understood how to react and how to please but being with him felt familiar and, in a distorted way, safe.
The Child Left Behind
Childhood trauma often causes the child to retreat emotionally and mentally into a safe place. Sometimes such mental retreats become a new reality for the individual. The child creates a new persona that is happy, playful and safe from harm. In cases of extreme abuse, the created safe place replaces the memory of the trauma…