Archive - Words in My Mouth Newsletter

The pissy teenager is here...

Jul 12 •

Words in My Mouth

August 2023

God, have you seen my husband?

As I close the doors on my 20+ year marriage, there are still some bothersome and esoteric questions that linger.

Aug 23, 2023 •

Words in My Mouth

The debris was as far as she could see.

Aug 12, 2023 •

Words in My Mouth

November 2022

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

an act of defiance...

Nov 7, 2022 •

Words in My Mouth

September 2022

I’ll go “there” but I won’t stay…

There are times I encounter situations which require me to go back to the past to provide a timeline to my trauma or to explain my childhood to a…

Sep 23, 2022 •

Words in My Mouth

Conversational Narcissism

I finally have a word for it.

Sep 22, 2022 •

Words in My Mouth

My friend Kathi...

Thank God for my tribe.

Sep 21, 2022 •

Words in My Mouth

What recovering a suppressed memory looks like...

Trigger Warning---Mention of cult abuse, pornography, sexualization of a child...

Sep 6, 2022 •

Words in My Mouth

Writing as a Trauma Survivor

I watch a light dusting of snow come down on this idyllic winter afternoon.

Sep 3, 2022 •

Rescuing Little L

Permission to Rage

uncensored rage from the traumatized inner child

Sep 2, 2022 •

Words in My Mouth

July 2022

The Implied Vow of Silence

A discovery of generational silence and secret keeping...

Jul 14, 2022 •

Words in My Mouth

This is Words in My Mouth Newsletter, a newsletter about I will not die with words in my mouth.

Jul 14, 2022 •

Words in My Mouth

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