Somewhere Between
In two days, I will know if, and to what extent, my immunotherapy treatments are destroying the merkel cancer cells in my body. I’ll also add another form of treatment (radiation or limb perfusion) to my regiment, and so once again – in two days – my life will change in a way that I […]
Ash Wednesday’s Whisper
This year, I skipped Ash Wednesday. After the months of suffering through PTSD, I didn’t feel like one more reminder of the fragility of our mortal lives. But this morning, Ash Wednesday tracked me down in an oncologist’s waiting room to whisper in my ear the words I have heard time and again: You are […]
The Unmaking of Me | Part 3 Complex PTSD and the Soul
This is the third and final post in this series. In Part One, I shared the spiritual abuse to which I was subjected to for two years. In Part Two, I tried to describe some of the more acute symptoms of my Complex PTSD. In this post, I want to really drill down on one […]
The Unmaking of Me | Part 2 How to Disappear Completely
In Part One of this series, I shared the spiritual abuse I endured over the course of years. Here in Part Two, I share some of my more acute symptoms of my CPTSD engendered by this abuse. Please know, however, that trauma does not affect everyone the same way. In his groundbreaking book on trauma, […]
The Unmaking of Me | Part 1 Spiritual Abuse & My Complex PTSD
There are moments in our lives that begin ordinary and end extraordinary. Sometimes, they are moments of indescribable joy, and others of immense suffering. This post is about the latter, and takes place, like may of these life-altering moments do, under the most mundane circumstances: a food truck rally with friends. Food trucks will forever […]
Deconstruction is not the Problem: Why Matt Chandler Gets it Wrong
Deconstruction is not a trendy choice; it’s a survival technique.
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