Tell the Story
Last weekend I watched Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. “Have you any idea why a raven is like a writing desk?” the Mad Hatter asks Alice. With NaNoWriMo looming, I have no time for riddles. But Alice’s killing of the Jabberwocky? “This is impossible,” she tells the Hatter. “Only if you believe it is,” he replies. […]
read moreMy sister is a breast cancer survivor. I am a domestic violence survivor. I walked a Susan G. Komen 3-Day with her in 2006. She walked a SafeWalk with me yesterday. We’re talking about doing both next year. As we wrap up October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, […]
read moreYesterday I wrote that no matter how often I wax on about life’s cycles and seasons, they still take me by surprise. I am, apparently, a similarly slow learner when it comes to other topics. Just last night I was talking, well, texting, with a friend about the long process of grieving various aspects of […]
read moreThere is an open space in the middle of a circle when one woman tells her story, and it can only be filled by other women telling theirs.
read moreI’ve been thinking about Mark Rothko, sort of. Daphne Gray-Grant is all about writing fast and fluidly, which is why I like to read her. About a week ago, she wrote about seeing the play Red, quoting this comment by Rothko to his assistant, Ken: “Most of painting is thinking. Didn’t they teach you that? Ten percent […]
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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?
