Caring Matters
Dying must have been difficult for my mother, the pain of cancer must have been less than the pain of leaving behind two young kids. As a mother, my constant thoughts are what will my [Read More]
I did not know what hate was when my mother was alive all I knew was love. Then she died and suddenly I was in Hate Land where I was mistreated and became the receptacle [Read More]
Growing up Catholic, the concept of forgiveness was deeply ingrained in my psyche. According to the Bible, if someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. And how many times shall [Read More]
Distrust is a major issue in the life of a survivor of child abuse. We are unable to trust anyone. We just don’t feel we are truly worthy of being loved. Or that the person [Read More]
For those of us born with normal eyesight, the eyes are the first thing we look to for emotional feedback. To know if someone is interested in us and gives a damn about us, we [Read More]
The 3 most important steps that helped me on my journey of healing and wholeness: Self-Love First If you were not loved by your parents, family or carers, you need to learn to love yourself. [Read More]
Everybody these days is having a child or wants to have a child. Nothing wrong, it is a primal need to want to reproduce, the desire to have one’s own genetic copy becomes intense as [Read More]
Rock-a-by baby On the treetop, When the wind blows The cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, The cradle will fall, And down will fall, baby Cradle and all. I was in the nursery when [Read More]
Today is Mother’s Day and I am trying not to feel sad. But inevitably the memories of what I missed when my mother died makes me want to cry. Cancer took my mother when I [Read More]
The past year I have been researching and reading about mental illness. The whats. hows, which and when. So I was shocked and bewildered when I chanced upon the news that the son of the [Read More]