awakenings: navigating the spaces between in and out
A married mother of two writes about her coming out process.
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new home - 60 days ago
I’m in the process of moving this (poor, ignored) blog over to wordpress, where it will hopefully be a little less poor and ignored. Please join me over there. I’m still working on the design and layout, but aside from cosmetic tweaks, it... Topics: Uncategorized

one year (yes) - 126 days ago
one yearsinceyou came upbehind mein a random dark barand it’s been easy(so easy)and it’s been hard(so hard)and we’ve floatedand we’ve struggledand we’ve laughed, and criedand livedand livedand liveda million years it seemsalthoughonly onehas... Topics: dating and relationships, her, poetry, the personal

flowers - 154 days ago
there was this one nightjust last weekwhen i saw theseat trader joes b. thought they wereb-o-r-i-n-g(being all one colourand pink at that)and so tried todirect my attentionto somebrightly coloureddaisies but thesefor some reasonin their softness... Topics: dating and relationships, family, her, poetry, the personal

poetry - 180 days ago
when she restedher headon my stomachand looked up to say“lay back,tonighti want to focuson you”her face was a poem and that nightwhen i watchedas her eyes closedand her neckarchedand the ecstasy coursed…wellthe closingand the archingand the... Topics: dating and relationships, her, poetry, the personal

so this is christmas… - 192 days ago
“And so this is ChristmasAnd what have we doneAnother year overAnd a new one just begun….” When the unraveling begins, and the world is spinning so fast you can’t tell up from down or right from wrong, there’s just no way to predict where... Topics: awakenings, dating and relationships, family, heartache, the personal, Uncategorized




