Some years ago I watched a very powerful movie, "Affliction", with Nick Nolte, Wilhem Dafoe, Sissy Spacek and James Coburn. Trigger warning: it's one of the most brutally honest movies about fatherhood and abuse that I've ever seen. So please please please be warned....
Last year, Christmas was basically ruined for my two youngest kids and myself by an awful family situation on Christmas night (and the two days leading up to it). My changing beliefs which tell me to pull back, although I wasn't over-the-top about it to begin with...
Several of us have told of how much community is lost when they leave a church, especially when the exit was, well, forced. There is community here, sure, though it's not the same as a physical church group. I've joined a pagan full moon circle (as part of seeking...
I have lots of uncertainty as to what I believe these days. I don't buy all the Christian doctrine I've been taught over the years, and I see and teach the Bible as a piece of literature rather than an inerrant authoritative Word. But i don't want to throw the baby...
This morning, a friend and I were talking and I mentioned that I wasn't feeling well and had needed to drive my husband's car instead of mine. He hurt his back and couldn't get in and out (it rides pretty low). Well, with my chronic pain, I also find his car...
For far, far too long, I have found myself with bursts of anger and self-sabotage, comparing myself to others and depending too heavily on the aid of others. It had gotten to the point, before my breakup with Tristan, my ex, that I almost wrecked on I-10 on my way to...
I got told this morning that I am "finding my identity in being a contrarian". Since I wasn't allowed to do that, I'm essentially reveling in it now. That bugs me, because it seems to minimize any thinking and changing I do. And it is unfair, because in reality I'm...
I debated whether or not to add this link to Pam's thread, but since it deals more with feelings than traditions, I decided to post it on its own. A friend of mine who writes a blog called Ruby Slippers, made this video on coping with holiday grief. It was helpful...
This cartoon yesterday is making the rounds. I was thinking of you guys when I drew it.
Chris M, posted an account of a popular, charismatic pastor having an affair with the pianist (?). And then he spoke of the personal connections he had with this episode, which made for interesting reading (to say the least). He made the point that this was fucking...
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