Seeing Without Blaming
For a long time, I thought I’d already faced my childhood. My father was an alcoholic. There was chaos, unpredictability, and some violence. I witnessed things no child should have to witness. My mother and father were both emotionally remote, unavailable in ways I didn’t yet know how to name. Those were the obvious wounds […]
Why Some People Can’t See the Truth (Even When It’s Right in Front of Them)
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about something that keeps happening—on the news, in discussions, and especially in online spaces. We watched January 6th happen on live TV—saw people attack the capital, break windows, and yell about hanging the Vice President. And yet, there are people who say it didn’t happen that way. That it […]