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By untilthelastminute1 Posted on May 5, 2022

Letters in Anger and Grief and Fear: Roe v. Wade

If you are pro-life and cheer the loss of Roe v. Wade do not wish me, a mother, a Happy Mother’s Day. Signed, Someone who faced life-threatening pregnancy complicationsSomeone who … Continue reading Letters in Anger and Grief and Fear: Roe v. Wade

Categories: UncategorizedTags: abortion, Bible, Church, Faithlife, family, mental health, Parenting, personal narrative, Roe v. Wade
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on November 3, 2020

A Line in the Sand

My heart is at once mending and breaking and today I am hopeful and extremely afraid. Black Lives Matter. LGBTQ people should be able to love how they want. Trans … Continue reading A Line in the Sand

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Election, Election2020, mental health, Thoughts
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on April 2, 2019April 2, 2019

Kindergarden: Mothering and Letting Go

Parenting is skinning your knees a thousand times a day. Before it even stops throbbing the wound is ripped open again, ragged flesh meeting unforgiving pavement. It’s not a superficial … Continue reading Kindergarden: Mothering and Letting Go

Categories: Mental Health, ParentingTags: city living, grace, mental health, Old Testament, Parenting
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on August 4, 2018August 5, 2018

Unfinished.

When I had just fallen over the edge of 15, a therapist with a mustache to rival The Kentucky Colonel sat me down in his office and diagnosed me with ADHD and unspecified depressive disorder.

Categories: mental health, Non-Fiction, UncategorizedTags: ADHD, anxiety, depression, mental health, neurodiversity, personal narrative
By untilthelastminute1 Posted on June 20, 2017July 24, 2017

Giving Myself Back: An Ongoing Lesson in Leaning in to the Dark

On a recent morning I went to a yoga class to hit back at the headache creeping up through my shoulders. Sometimes I prefer beginner’s yoga classes because I don’t … Continue reading Giving Myself Back: An Ongoing Lesson in Leaning in to the Dark

Categories: Non-FictionTags: grace, mental health, personal narrative, unkowing, yoga

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