A writer’s word … 10

Friends were talking about how our parent’s generation (born in the ‘20’s and ‘30’s) was not one to show signs of affection – keeping their feelings to themselves. Some blamed this on the era in which our parents lived: austere times of the great depression and world wars. Although, my generation was raised on TV,…

Eight years have passed, and I still wonder what the last thing he wanted to say to me?   Maybe he was going to apologize for being so psychologically cruel to me (no physical scars, my father never hit me) after my Mom left. Although, perhaps not; for years after the divorce, he was hurting too. Was…

“Here I come screaming out of childhood’s burning barn on a leash too short to reach the person I was meant to be” Written by Canadian poet Phil Hall, these words come from the book ‘White Porcupine’. In my mind’s eye, as I re-scan these words, I can see many images. Initially, as a warning to…