Tell the Story
I told my story today to the women of the Reform Temple at Century Village. They opened their meeting with a reading from the book of Micah: “[W]hat doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Experts on elder intimate partner violence […]
read moreI’ve had a bad case of holiday blues this month, and two remedies: baking cookies and reading Christopher Hitchens. Nigella Lawson has been my guide to the former; Andrew Sullivan to the latter. It’s easy enough to explain the cookies–butter, flour, sugar, and I are old friends. My near-obsession with Hitchens since his death is a […]
read more“Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk to the language river. Listen to the ocean, and bring your talky business to an end.” –Rumi
read moreMy friend bought this notebook for me on her recent trip to Florence. Ten years ago, we were there together, with our then-husbands and other friends. I’ve written memoir and fiction about that trip, but the story still resists and begs for a best way to be told. Maybe a ricetta: Start with six friends. […]
read moreEarly this morning I heard on the radio that Christopher Hitchens died. Hitchens has written for the past eighteen months or so about his “living dyingly,” giving his readers more than a glimpse into a part of life that is often private to the point of hidden. A couple of days ago, I read this honest […]
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For years I kept secrets in silence. Then, once upon a time, I spoke and wrote them to a handful of people and began to blog anonymously. Today I tell my stories face-to-face, online, and in a memoir coming soon. Telling our stories leads to freedom, empowerment, and growth, for both the teller and the told. Is today your once upon a time, your time to tell your story?
