Jodi, your writing touches my heart. Sometimes, life is a vale of tears. The coping skills we take up while trying to “deal” with our families no longer serve us when we walk the path to “clearheaded tenderness”. Truth eventually seeps in to our lives (heart, soul, conscientiousness) and we must move away from the pain of closeness. Even now in my 60’s, I find myself trying to bargain with 90 year olds….how dysfunctional is that? The last 8 years have been particularly difficult for those of us who must live in the truth. You are not alone. ❤️
Thank you Ellen. It's so beautiful to orient together with kindred spirits. Unfortunately, I think this kind of family environment of misattunement is the norm rather than the exception in our culture. May we break every cycle and every spell of harm and abuse. xoxo
Jodi, your writing touches my heart. Sometimes, life is a vale of tears. The coping skills we take up while trying to “deal” with our families no longer serve us when we walk the path to “clearheaded tenderness”. Truth eventually seeps in to our lives (heart, soul, conscientiousness) and we must move away from the pain of closeness. Even now in my 60’s, I find myself trying to bargain with 90 year olds….how dysfunctional is that? The last 8 years have been particularly difficult for those of us who must live in the truth. You are not alone. ❤️
Thank you Ellen. It's so beautiful to orient together with kindred spirits. Unfortunately, I think this kind of family environment of misattunement is the norm rather than the exception in our culture. May we break every cycle and every spell of harm and abuse. xoxo
This piece speaks to me and sees me. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Rachel, for seeing me, too. 🙏🏻