• Last updated 11/14/12 by Cynthia Mosher

the initiated woman has bled. she’s bled from poor decisions that sliced her esteem wide open; and from unguarded boundaries being obliterated; and she’s bled willingly because that’s what you do when people you love are anemic or have been hit by life — you give them your blood. Here, I have lot’s, it’s fresh and warm. I’ll make more. She has gone through the eye of a needle, stripped, shed, pared down to the pure pith of her power. The few people who have seen her so naked will never speak of that beauty to anyone else. She knows that when... read more

• Last updated 1/17/13 by Melanie Mayo

Some days, just getting through has to be enough. And if 1) no one has gotten seriously hurt; and 2) there’s been no major collateral damage; and 3) no kittens have died,* all the better.** That long list of things you fully intended to take care of today, but failed to? It will still be there tomorrow. Forgive yourself and go to bed. It’s OK.   *Last March, a new family standard of measure was established as we were trying to figure out how best to take care of our semi-feral mama kitty and her five newborns.  At one point,... read more