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Uncategorized June 30, 2023

Surrendering

I Surrender: My claim to superiority My need to be right Fear of failure My fear My avoidance of pain […]

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Poems February 3, 2023

The longing

The Longing More I need more Not more stuff More Connection, meaning, The longing So deep it’s painful Should I […]

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Prayers December 3, 2022

A liturgy for uncertain times

A liturgy for husband and wife in uncertain times To the God who hears our prayers Feels our pain Sees […]

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Uncategorized November 10, 2022

A country girl, who am I?

A country girl I’m a country girl stuck in the city I was born in the city, but as soon […]

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Poems, Uncategorized September 9, 2022

Learning how to dance

Learning how to dance This is not about literally learning how to dance, (although it could be), it’s more a […]

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Poems September 9, 2022

Running on empty

Running on empty There must be something I need But I can’t seem to find it right now It seems […]

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Anxiety, Autism, Marriage, Poems September 9, 2022

Bridges and missing pieces

Bridges and missing pieces This is a difficult post. I wrote this back in January. I desperately wanted to share […]

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Uncategorized September 8, 2022

Just a bunch of flowers

Just a bunch of flowers I haven’t written a blog post in a while. It’s not that I haven’t been […]

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Autism, Marriage June 14, 2022

Things I love about my husband

Things I love about my husband My husband has Autism. Three years ago I would not have written that sentence, […]

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Autism, Marriage, Poems May 31, 2022

A world of colour

This poem describes how my husband and I see things so differently. ‘Black and white’ is a metaphor for the […]

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Autism, Poems May 31, 2022

What the stranger sees

I find it quite a paradox when people I don’t even know very well are able to read my facial […]

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Poems May 31, 2022

The other side of grief

I feel somewhat unqualified to write about grief- for the fact that I have not lost anyone really close to […]

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