This post was originally published in January 2016. It was re-uploaded in October 2018 as part of the archive restoration project. My follow-up post on the subject is posted here. I read a sentence a few years ago that changed my life. It was in Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Living with a Wild God, and it… Continue reading The God Question
This is a repost from my restored archives. It was re-uploaded June 16, 2018. “I don’t think they mean to be abusive, though.” I hear those words at least once a week. People come to me with their stories, and I point out patterns of abuse, and they rush to the defense of the loved… Continue reading When Parents Idealize Themselves
6/18/18: I wrote this story in 2013, and posted it here on the blog in 2015. I don’t write much fiction, but this story plopped itself in my lap and demanded to be written. This is part of my archive restoration project. —————————————————————- Yes, child. Of course it’s alright to love winter. The snow fairies… Continue reading The Legend of the Snow Fairies
This post was originally uploaded on July 31, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the Archive Restoration Project. “I hold on to the notionthat I just wasn’t born to dieburied beneath the motion of lifeI never stopped to question whyI’m still sticking to the notionThere is a bigger story left to tellIn the lowest… Continue reading Losing Grip on Eternity, Part 5: Finding Purpose
This post was originally published on July 30, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the Archive Restoration Project. “Romeo and JulietAre together in eternity.We can be like they are.” –Blue Oyster Cult, Don’t Fear the Reaper To the surprise of many people, I never read Rob Bell’s Love Wins until this year. When I… Continue reading Losing Grip on Eternity, Part 4: Feeling Infinite
This post was originally posted on July 29, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the Archive Restoration Project. “Imagining an afterlife can tend to mend a broken heart,And with someone dead, it’s a way of coping with loss,But I don’t need you out there somewhere if I have you in my thoughts.” –Eyedea, Hay Fever How… Continue reading Losing grip on eternity, Part 3: Grief and Finality
This post was originally uploaded on July 28, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the archive restoration project. “Aren’t you sick of wasting so much time?And yes it’s true – you’re a foolIf you think you were bornTo be waiting while you’re hatingWhat you’re waiting for.” –Celldweller, Birthright Growing up, I often heard… Continue reading Losing Grip on Eternity, Part 2: Heaven as an Excuse
Content note (added January 2024): This post was originally posted on July 27, 2015. It contains a historical inaccuracy. The Quran was not written and published until about 600 years after the beginning of Christianity. “I was swimming through the wavesFor what must have been daysBut could find no relief;When I started sinking downI thought… Continue reading Losing grip on eternity: Part 1: Foundations and Questions
This article was re-uploaded in 2018. It is part of the archive restoration project. One of the most important articles I read this year was “When Shame Feels Mothering: The Tragedy of Parentified Daughters.” In it, the author explains how role-switching works with girls who have needy mothers. If a mother needs an emotional outlet,… Continue reading Little Soldiers’ Little Shoulders
This post was reuploaded in 2018 as part of the archive restoration project. One way to describe depression is that there’s a disconnect between the cognition and the emotions. I can tell myself not to feel so down, that I have no reason to be unmotivated and groggy, that there are things to do that… Continue reading It Feels Like Creativity