Tag: boundaries
Parachutes
Cash saved for the unexpected broken tooth, car repair, the day the central heating quits. Water jugs and food to last the outage, snowstorm, hurricane. Go-bag with important papers....
A woman’s place
Into the mouths of babes, the bottomless craw of a needy child; they cluster at my hip, wanting more. Here, I pay and pay for sins I did...
Healing the past with healthy boundaries in the present
Internalized and unresolved shame from one generation becomes the burden of the next.