Tag Archives: understanding

Look Deeper

If you’ve suffered abuse this blog may help, but this is about more general issues, nothing I write will ever trivialise abuse. Recently I had a weird situation with some people in my life. My husband noticed changes towards us both too. We weren’t sure what was going on and didn’t want to assume. AssumingContinueContinue reading “Look Deeper”

I Mattered

Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. But very little else did. I was raised begging for attention, for fairness. No matter how hard I tried, how well behaved, I could never win. I used to describe myself as 3/10 must try harder. My younger brother and I agreed when weContinueContinue reading “I Mattered”

Children My Children

This is an interesting one with its dual title. I didn’t feel comfortable signing it ‘from God’ but that’s what it felt like when I was typing it. Just take it whichever way your beliefs allow. From your chosen deity or someone who wants you to be happy. Children My Children (or the concerns ofContinueContinue reading “Children My Children”

Respect should be automatic

Photo by Dio Hasbi Saniskoro on Pexels.com We need to move to a place where we automatically offer respect, understanding, tolerance, and kindness, until someone else convinces us we’re wasting a lot of good energy on them. Then we don’t change, we simply move on. It is not a big ask in this world toContinueContinue reading “Respect should be automatic”

The Artist

Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com THE ARTIST The artist splashes white over black silver glistens across brown Blue is shaped Green smudges to grey Opalescence is given edges Innocent limbs are scarred by his cheek The lightest talent Stealthily Creeping up when you least expect him Silently Whirling his brush Wildly Indiscriminate With innocentContinueContinue reading “The Artist”