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Won’t You Be My Neighbor

By: redtentwomen February 21, 2019February 20, 2019

Day to DayFred Rogers, Joanna Wilder, Kindness to self, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, recovery from sexual abuse, Remembering12 Comments

Tonight I watched the PBS documentary, Mr. Roger’s Won’t you be my neighbor? Seeing those familiar scenes brought up a swirl of feelings. I watched Mr. Rogers every day when I was a young girl growing up in Oregon. My world was in chaos, although no one at all knew. In the conservative tradition of…

Belly Dance

By: redtentwomen July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Day to Day, relationshipsAnnie DeWaal, Body image, Kindness, Kindness to self, Motherhood, Shame6 Comments

“Ewww, Mom, that’s disgusting,” he said as he glimpsed a sliver of the wrinkly, stretched skin of my stomach. The moment had started sweetly. Miracle of miracles, the kids were ready to go to school early which of course, never happens. So my two youngest boys and I were enjoying a few minutes of snuggling…

Belonging to Myself

By: redtentwomen November 1, 2017October 31, 2017

Day to Day, relationshipsBelonging to God, Identity, In the Middle, Kindness to others, Kindness to self, Mary Jane Hamilton, relationships3 Comments

One would think that at my age I would know where I belong. Quite frankly, I thought I did know. Yet I am discovering that where I belong has evolved over the years as my awareness of what it really means to belong has shifted.