Category: Family
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cheers
i had lunch with a new friend somewhere along the conversation, she shared with me that she respects her dad so much, that she looks up to him to most out of everyone she knows i smiled, my heart warmed i responded “that is so beautiful to hear…” and i could hear the habit within…
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tears for another lifetime
i teared up today thinking about my dad in another lifetime happy, fulfilled, feeling loved.
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mom
about ten years ago, i had an ‘incident’ i was very involved in the church, serving as a teacher in high school ministry. i had amazing relationships with my students, sophomore girls. i knew they saw me a friend that they deeply respected i.e. someone with ‘authority’ who never pulled the authority card. i loved…
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dad, you suck less now
my dad called on wednesday i missed it i texted him, saying i’d call him after work i did not i texted saying i’ll call him the next day i did not i thought to put it in my calendar i did not i called today evening it’s friday he answered after a couple rings…
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progress
here’s a real-life example of what progress looks like my mom called me the other day she said someone she knows, who i know as well, reached out to her saying that she wants to introduce me to a guy for the purposes of romance, dating, relationship, marriage, etc lol i busted out laughing when…
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my mom’s daughter
the things i despised about my mom, the things that embarassed me about my mom, the things that made me roll my eyes about my mom, i see within myself now. the more time passes, the more respect i have for her. partly because i see where she is coming from, from my own experience…
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Rewrite My Past
After reading a section of the book Earth, I felt a desire to work with my timelines and rewrite my past in relation to my parents. I pondered, which part of my past with my parents did I want to rewrite? I thought back and realized, my parents have loved me well. I truly feel…
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Fathering Me
“I’m f&#@ing leaving. I can’t.” The words popped out of my mouth before I knew it. They interrupted the words coming out of my dad’s mouth, words about his thoughts on my relationship with Soul, words that seemed to push me against the edges of my sanity, my equilibrium, words that seemed to suffocate me, …
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Worst Advice of the Day
From before the time I can remember, my mom raised me within a wall of ‘be careful’s. It was born from her acknowledgement of her own clumsiness. She wasn’t really telling *me* to be careful, but rather herself. She’d whisper it to herself under her breath, but not low enough for her toddler to hear.…
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How to Not Care When People Tell You What They Think But You Didn’t Ask (It’s Not What You Think lol)
People love to talk. I like to talk. I love to talk. But some people like to talk A LOT. And I’m not just talking volume. I’m talking big talk, judgy talk, full of their perspective talk, not really conversing or interested in what I think talk. Like my mom. She’s really harmless. But she…
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Leaving
I recently moved out. Like last week. I am 30 years old. And this is the first time leaving my parents’ home. Like really leaving home. Not staying weekdays at university. Not studying abroad. Leaving home. Driving last Friday night with my car packed, I felt emotions. Lots of them. I felt tears but I…