I wrote this in response to a query from a writer for Martha Stewart magazine who was looking for answers from women 50+ to this question: What’s the #1 piece of advice you’d like to tell your younger self? My answer wasn’t used, so I am sharing it...
(I captured this image in my garden a couple of weeks ago) Bless the daughters who sat, carrying the trauma of mothers. Who sat asking for more love, and not getting any, carried themselves to light. Bless the daughters who raised themselves.~ Ijeoma Umebinyuo...
[This post falls into the categories of “self acceptance through storytelling” and “examining the ways in which we are like our mothers.” I have written a time or two about how when we resist being like our mothers there may be unintended...
Question from a listener: Dear Karen… I just finished listening to your episode on the Reclaiming You podcast with Sarah Vance. A question instantly popped into my head while listening. Sarah asked, “How does a daughter know that it’s time to revisit...
I am from books, Barbie dolls, and obscurity. I am from rocks and driftwood, and exploring suburban woods as if I were there first; from raised ranches and colonials. I am from cinnamon-toast-and-hot-cocoa-for-Sunday-supper-while-watching-The-Wonderful-World-Of-Disney...
(and it’s not any of the houses in which I was a child) Between 1962 (when I was born) and 1999 I moved more than 15 times. Moving (and change, for that matter) has never been a big deal. So imagine my surprise when – upon telling a friend that it’s likely...
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