by skimhenson | Mar 5, 2017 | boundaries, pain, self-care, self-destruction
“It wasn’t until I began to love myself that I was willing to let others down.” Lucille Zimmerman When my cowgirl friend told me a story about Bob, I related to her horse like we were old buddies. Bob’s trainer said, “You have to be careful pushing him because he’s a...
by skimhenson | Mar 31, 2016 | awareness and action, getting your own life, pain, self-destruction, self-doubt
“The real violence, the violence I realized that is unforgivable, is the violence we do to ourselves when we’re too afraid to be who we really are.” Unknown While a friend and I talked about depression, she asked about my past and said, “What happened that was...
by skimhenson | Jun 10, 2013 | fear, living fully, self-destruction
Seeing Max on today’s Google screen reminded me of how I make up monsters, just like in author Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. And my monsters do the same sort of thing as in the book, “And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their...
by skimhenson | May 6, 2013 | self-destruction, trust
Last Monday, I felt like I was being tested. Not quite like Job from the Bible, mind you, but his trials did come to mind that evening around 11:59. Yes, I was being dramatic. Working on my blog, the perfect photo wouldn’t load, which, after many tries, caused the...