Tag: trauma
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A Mother’s Calculus of Pain
Having babies is fucking hard on the body. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed pregnancy, for the most part. And birth is pretty amazing too. But my back has never been the same since I herniated a disc pushing my daughter’s pram through a department store, and it only gets worse as I age.…
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Sure, ND kids need boundaries, but not the way you mean it.
Woe to the next person who tells me my ND kids just need boundaries. A pox on their house! Surely a pox would be more gentle than the serrated edge of my wrath. Being told “Kids need boundaries” gives me the absolute shits. Not just the shits though, perhaps the most violent diarrhea of any…
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For My Lily
My smart watch is smarter than I am. Sometimes it reminds me to breathe.It counts each breath for me:Inhale 2… 3… 4… 5…Exhale 2… 3… 4… 5… It has all these functionsthat allow me to calculate my well-being. The pedometer tells me if I’ve moved enough.And it has GPSso it also tells me if I’ve…
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Perfectly Good Advice Unless You’re a Neurodivergent Parent
I am desperate to be a good parent to my three neurodivergent kids. I have read so many books, I’ve done the webinars and the workshops, I know all about peaceful parenting, positive parenting, secure attachment parenting, low demand parenting, good enough parenting, meeting the most basic needs is still feels like an uphill battle…
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Navigating the Waste Land of Generational Trauma
A narrative review of It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn What are the roots that clutch, what branches growOut of this stony rubbish? Son of man,You cannot say, or guess, for you know onlyA heap of broken images, where the sun beats,And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,And the…
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The Gift of Words
A poem about healing through sharing grief I will tell you what I fear. What hurts. I will tell you what I value above all. I will tell you my broken edged stories of regret. These words are a gift. I will give them to you so that you know I do not hold them…