Fear affects a persons perceptions. That is one of my biggest challenges right now, fear control. Even small changes, small shifts, invite me to fall into a state of near panic… what does this or that mean, are things going to get a lot worse now, and how, what don’t I see coming, what shocking… Continue reading Blank
Author: Maggie Turner
The Emptiness of Space
Writing, I hope coherently, is helping me maintain an internal balance. “By virtue of that intactness, we have been able to make great bounds in what we can learn from them [artifacts, plates, teapots] about who made them and how they were used.” Source: ARTfix Daily Interesting how ,in our current culture professional (non-domestic), careers… Continue reading The Emptiness of Space
The List
Another day has dawned. I am sleeping four consecutive hours at night, and dozing off occasionally after that, until I get tired of thinking and hurting, so I get up. This morning I arose at 4:30 a.m., having been awake for quite some time. Sleep is the real challenge right now. The nausea has subsided,… Continue reading The List
Another Day, Another Stitch
I can see how adjusting to living with a man who was my spouse, who I wanted to be my spouse, but now is only a man I am living with, is going to take some time. Painful encounters today: Sending New Year’s Greetings from only me, many tears. Filling in a form with a… Continue reading Another Day, Another Stitch
One True Thing
I am living in my marital home with a man, with whom I am not in a marital relationship. There, the one true thing I know about my new life. Three days ago I thought I was living in a family, myself and my loving husband Attila. Attila lived up to his name, slaying our… Continue reading One True Thing