Back to the Arms That Held Me [The Power of Keeping a Journal]

by Charlottemental health, personal essaysPosted on 24 Comments

This is my Grandpa. He died when I was 8 after a protracted battle with multiple myeloma. He used to give us horsey rides, even when the cancer had eroded all the padding between his vertebrae. I don’t think even now I can fully comprehend the magnitude of his sacrifice. And he never stopped smiling. …

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Who Told You You Were Less Than? [Cruelty, Forgiveness and Why I wouldn’t go back to middle school if you paid me.]

by Charlottebody image, children, mental health, personal essaysPosted on 71 Comments

Do you remember the first time you were made to feel less than? You aren’t born knowing that. It was because somebody told you. As a mother, once of the first things I noticed about my tiny children is how everything they do, everything they are, is the most wonderful magic to them. Toes wiggling? …

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