Moonlit Pine
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It’s been a while since she’s sent me a text message a mile long, but she sent me one today. I knew it was coming. My survival (and as I grew, my perceived survival) depended on my ability to become attuned to her signals. After over 30 years of practice, I am an expert at…
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I sat at that table feeling alive – a feeling I always thought ‘being an adult’ would feel like, but that I hadn’t experienced yet. I was in a beautiful beach town at a restaurant with my husband. We were newly married and we decided to take a spontaneous trip to an iconic hotel on…
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I can feel her pulling away again, after such a promise she’s changed. I so yearn to feel loved and wanted as a daughter. I feel needed as her friend, I feel expected to operate in whatever way fills her emptiness, but I don’t feel nurtured or protected or guided. It’s still about her. The…
Moonlit Pine 