As I wrapped my arms around my love, sweet sensation rolled over my skin. Somewhere along the way, we forgot to love. My limbs sung with joy, reuniting with this long lost pleasure. And I wept. My feet hit the wooden planks swollen with rain as the sun set over the pond. This beauty- once … Continue reading Returning
Author: Lydia
Be like you
I am here to write some words about whatever the daily prompt is, simply to write some words. The word of the day: famous. Famous according to Merriam Webster - Famous: a) widely known b) honored for achievement. I'd bet that some folks that are famous get that way because early on, deep inside, they had … Continue reading Be like you
Notice
Just notice the thoughts swirling through your mind. Notice the ones barely peeking out from behind the curtain. Notice the presence of the ones not ready to come out of hiding. Sometimes this is all that is required for healing and growth. Not sweating, straining hard work. Not tears and anguish. Just noticing- you. Honoring … Continue reading Notice
ninety seven point eight
As I looked this morning at my plummeting basal body temperature and realized I’m once again not pregnant, I also realized that it’s no longer something to keep secret. So like any good millennial, I began to plan my social media post. Which turned into a blog post. Which turned into (so far) three blog … Continue reading ninety seven point eight
Explorations of the Self, part 2
Trigger warning: This post includes descriptions of intimate partner violence. Read with intention and take care. First, a poem written by Stanley Kunitz: "The Layers" I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some principle of being abides, from which I struggle not to … Continue reading Explorations of the Self, part 2
Explorations of the Self, part 1
The concept of a "self" can be tricky to define and understand. More difficult yet to live...because the self is not interested in what other people are doing, thinking, feeling, believing: it is interested in being itself. "Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation." - … Continue reading Explorations of the Self, part 1
Wading in the Deep 