a haunted place

Many people who have experienced childhood sexual abuse use dissociation as a coping mechanism. Those of you who understand such things will hear me when I say that it feels like we were made for living through a pandemic. Due to circumstances beyond our control we were forced to become masters of survival, in total …

letters to T

I wrote a letter to T the other day that I wasn't at all comfortable with writing. I had barely started and I could feel a sense of regret creeping up from deep inside. I had been fighting for what feels like forever to keep some things to myself but the blank pages sitting before …

Easter of firsts

Well, another Easter is in the books and I'm sure others would agree that it was an Easter like no other. For myself it was an Easter of a few firsts. The most obvious first was not being able to leave my house and go wherever I wanted. This year I also experienced a new …

week 3

Well, I've just finished week 3 of the new normal. I'm still working about half of my time at home and half at work because I'm still on the essential list, so I really have yet to fully settle in to the remote working life. Work is actually quite busy. I never thought I would …