Tell the Story
I invite a handful of bloggers into my email inbox because they inspire me. Most of them are friends, even if we maintain our friendships mostly via email and text and phone. A couple of them are people I’d like to meet. Penelope Trunk falls into the latter category. She doesn’t seem to worry a lot about what […]
read moreOctober gives us an opportunity to mourn those who have died as the result of domestic violence, celebrate those who have survived, and join with others to help survivors and work for prevention. You can read about the history of the event here. Here’s a video to kick it off:
read moreI’m still sleeping only intermittently, and mostly only on the couch, with Gracie. I’ve lost track of the posts I’ve started based on this photo. One of them was inspired by Mary Virginia Winstead‘s blog post about what she’s not writing about in the immediate aftermath of her mother’s death. I am writing, though, but […]
read moreI’ve linked to my friend Jeanne’s blog many times, in many posts. Since we met online in 2009, I’ve found her to be a treasure who’s taught me, by word and deed, the meaning and value of bearing witness, tucking in, end-of-life doulas, churning, and sugar–and this is a ridiculously abbreviated list. Now, on July […]
read moreThe Story –Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal Well we pounded the pavement between dotted lines But we always belonged to the fugitive kind We were never the best but we were better than this To be made to bow down among princes I got thrown around hallways and bedrooms and towns And you run from that […]
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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?
