When the need to forgive has been hidden, part 6

Just say no This post—When the Need to Forgive Has Been Hidden—has taken us down some interesting roads. After we…

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When the need to forgive has been hidden, part 3

Dead houses In part 2 of this post, I dug into two very revealing dreams about my parents. Today on…

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When the need to forgive has been hidden, part 1

Adapting Today we’ll begin exploring why we sometimes don’t have any idea that people have wronged us, so we don’t…

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Forgiving yourself

Connecting the dots As much as I hesitate to begin a post with a story about my sister—Pam, The Almighty;…

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What forgiving is and isn’t, part 9

The chain and the tunnel This spring, a dove family built their nest in our gutter, just outside our kitchen…

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What forgiving is and isn’t, part 6

Remembering and forgetting Have you heard, seen or smelled something recently that reminded you of a special person, place or…

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Grieving divorce, part 6 of 8

Cause and effect Well, Peaceful Readers, it’s the Friday before Christmas. I’m sitting by the fire in my Chocolate Chair—a…

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The trauma of child abuse: from denial to healing, part 1 of 4

Brandon’s story Brandon’s parents are sociopaths. I told a lot of his story in the first series on this blog—Sociopaths;…

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