Angst, religion, the entire system. Last week a friend adding something challenge to that system. My anger and rage; God knows me by name. Surges of words rush forth, and lips smack them back.
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All articles filed in conflict
The Encounter
I lie still, my back pressed into the blankets on the summer sheets, arms clasped across my chest, eyes closed. I cross my feet. Sinking, sinking, not drowning. Gravity compels the air to form to my body, enclosing me, swaddling me. As my body floats, the bed disappears.
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Marriage, Conflict, and My Side of the Street
“You need to focus on letting go of this bitterness and forgiving one another,” the counselor says, almost every week.
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Cut
My husband recently returned from Onsite’s Living Centered Program.
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Sex is as good as you fight.
Whose car is that? I wondered silently.
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A dream born in suffering
“This isn’t what we planned. It doesn’t look like we hoped. We need to make changes in our budget and serious decisions about our finances.”
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Middle Ground
He thought he was right. I KNEW that I was right.
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