One the first blogs I wrote was about surrender — twice . Surrender is integral to working the 12 steps of any anonymous program. Surrendering my ‘control’ over food is my surrender today and every day I live in recovery. Yesterday was not a day of recovery for me. It was not a day of […]
Tag: rape survival
Lighthouse
she told what happened to her – behind the dumpster, he treated her like trash, her spirit destroyed as well as her dignity which she picked up, bit by broken bit, realigned and made stronger until she became our LIGHTHOUSE. all us girls in our boats of silence, adrift on the sea of our broken […]
After
Look. i wish so. to smile. now even as my body matures into a silent eclipse. Wait. i wish so. to speak. now even as my tongue grows fat with misery. Stop. i wish so. to love. now even as my heart gestates its own rape flowers. perhaps truth expands stretches follicles of meaning to […]
Torture Expulsion
I am a rape survivor. I am a strong, kick ass woman. I am worth the pain of feeling my feelings. I am worth the effort of processing my feelings instead of smothering them in gravy or whatever food I put into my bingy mouth. Brigid save me. Brigid give me strength to share the […]
