by Karen Huffman
I never much cared for Disney’s Alice in Wonderland as a child and my opinion hasn’t much changed in adulthood. I attempted to read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll in third grade because I thought I was a more precocious child than my actual intellect proved to be - I never finished. My [...]
We miss traveling. We can only go so far on our bikes. Without going out of my doorI can know all things of earthWithout looking out of my windowI could know the ways of heavenThe farther one travels The less one knowsThe less one really knowsInner Light - The Beatles
Note: I want to make it clear that this post is not designed to promote or induce shame. Nor is it designed to preach that my journey to a healthier me is the right path for everyone. This is simply my story of how I became fed-up with not feeling like I was living my [...]
I am lucky. While I can think of hundreds of other words that can describe my motherhood experience, none quite succinctly capture the essence of how I feel more so than lucky. For all the times that motherhood has proved herself to be terrifying, achingly lovely, anxiety-inducing, overwhelming, and all-consuming, I've never once considered myself [...]
