Hi, my name is Jean and I have always struggled with my weight. Sugar is my drug of choice. I feel obsessed when I think about food. As a type two diabetic (insulin resistant) who has taken oral medication for the last twenty years, I have been coached on what to eat. There is the […]
I used to facilitate an expressive writing class at our county jail. One of our fun activities involved using something called a story starter. A story starter is a way to give the writer a place to begin. I would give each young lady a slip of paper with a sentence written on it and […]
This morning as I sat in mass, I noticed four sets of parents that I recognized because their kids had gone to school with our kids. I knew one couple because their son and our oldest son had gone to kindergarten together. It gave me a warm feeling seeing those parents sitting in front […]
“You are getting very sleepy…” A long chain holding a pendulum swings back and fourth. Someone speaks in slow, monotone sentences, inducing a “coma-esque” state in the person (subject) that sits watching and listening. The subject is unaware of the present moment, but can go back in time and recover memories that were either stuffed , were […]