Originally published on Elephant Journal on August 24, 2014 By Rebecca Lammersen. Breaking up sucks. Whether it is mutual, one sided, peaceful or traumatic, it doesn’t matter—it just plain sucks. The pain can be excruciating and debilitating. Our human instinct is to run from it, move on, distract ourselves from…
I took Chana, my new puppy running a couple of days ago for the first time and then again today. I can’t remember ever running with a dog and connecting so quickly. While I was running, I reflected on 2013. I ran in my gratitude. Everything I have asked for,…
“my story grew heftier, full of confusion and grief. It became second nature for me to practice and recite my lines for my dramatic sob story. My fishbowl was filled with murky water and I had become so accustomed to it that my clarity was absolutely distorted.”
“When I got into my bed I heard a solid steel click to my door. Out of my nervousness, I got out of bed and checked my door. A counselor was checking all the doors in the hall by rattling the doors which scared me back into my bed before any…
