let the tears flow

Sometimes it takes a while for those tears to flow. The anger, the fury, the indignation masks the deep pain below. It’s been a very painful few weeks after getting a brutal rejection of my truth from an uncle who I haven’t seen in ages. My truth of being sexually abused by my father at…

Accepting the unacceptable

Surviving childhood abuse means living the unliveable, forgiving the unforgivable and accepting the unacceptable. I’ve been struggling since last week after receiving some toxic messages from my uncle implying that I was somehow responsible for my mum’s depression, high-blood pressure and general misery. That I had ripped the family apart by my disclosure that my…

Dear Inner Child

My beautiful little girl. You can trust and depend on me always. I hear you and I see you. It’s been a very difficult few days but I am here, holding your hand. Fanning those flames. I wrap you tightly in Ma’s orange and brown shawl. The one she always wore around the house to…

Emotional anguish, physical pain

This is a place I can return to over and over for comfort and deep empathy and I just wanted to say how grateful I am to have you. Your warm messages mean the world to me. I know I am not alone in this. I reached out to you about my uncle’s hapless messages…

On trial in the brutal family court

I’ve had a really tough week. It’s been a week where old hurts have been dug up and laid bare. A week of searing emotional pain and I am waiting for it to pass. An uncle who I haven’t seen in over a decade messaged to say how he wanted to build bridges between my…

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Monthly Archives: July 2018

let the tears flow

Accepting the unacceptable

Dear Inner Child

Emotional anguish, physical pain

On trial in the brutal family court