The following is a piece I wrote yesterday morning. The prompt, from Nancy Slonim-Aronie, is: My Father Never Told Me. In free-writing style, I wrote non-stop without the critical judging brain. I didn’t go back and edit either. I decided, for this piece anyhow, it came out as whole as I want it for now.
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Archive for April, 2008
My Father Never Told Me – Nancy Slonim-Aronie Writing Exercise
Posted in Trauma & Recovery, Writing, tagged Writing on April 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sharing the Same Umbrella
Posted in Trauma & Recovery, Writing, tagged Writing on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our family had a perfect day in Boston this week. It was as perfect as a movie montage scene. Ice cream melting down cones, getting sprayed by water at the play ground, eating out and taking the boat to and from Boston and of course people watching and the Swan Boats.
But what lingers and is [...]
Exercise-Induced Argh
Posted in Misc., Writing on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the scheme of all things significant this is a small irritant. But it is mine. I have exercise-induced asthma. All of those times I used to work out, get tired and still be trying to catch my breath the next day made me feel lazy. Who knew the airways were constricted? I did not. [...]
No More Diets
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
O.k., I have to admit, I spent so many of my teen years exercising and the last two decades caring or trying not to care about my weight that I find myself about as ill-informed about nutrition, exercise and health as I am about anything. I actually know more about attachment theory, trauma recovery, sea [...]
Weighty Issues & Raising a Girl
Posted in Parenting, Writing on April 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Weighty Issues & Raising a Girl
I worked out on my recumbent bicycle while lifting weights and watching my DVR’d Biggest Loser show. My daughter who is five and lighter than the weight in my right hand looked at the TV and then me. “Can you go on The Biggest Loser?” she asked.
“No honey,” I [...]
Sea Glass Season
Posted in Sea Glass/Beach Combing, tagged sea glass on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s getting warm and I’m panting at the ocean like a stray dog under a raw steak. The sea glass yet to be discovered awaits. It’s been tossed around a winter ocean and soon to land on the sand. My hands, plucking, picking, sifting through sand and touching rocks regularly, without worrying about the cold [...]
