In The Face of Trauma: Fatherless Daughter

2021-12-18 Miss Poison Adult Orphans, Mourning, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Complex PTSD, Goal Getter, Goals, Health, Honesty, Interpersonal Relationships, Mourning, My Father, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Siblings, Trauma, Writing

Last month, my doctor asked if anything specific was triggering me. At the time, I couldn't think of anything. Until a specific day came, and I broke down in tears for hours. It had been a long time since I'd allowed myself to do that. 😦 The majority of my breakdowns are quiet. Real quiet. … Continue reading In The Face of Trauma: Fatherless Daughter

The Dark Days

2020-12-18 Miss Poison Adult Orphans, Writing In Memoriam, Life, My Father, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

I've kept an extremely low profile the past few days. For starters, I am still fighting off an infection. It's draining me terribly. My brain understood I really needed to shovel snow yesterday, but my body sent me back to bed because I couldn't keep my head up or my eyes open. I was battling … Continue reading The Dark Days

Ci manchi, papá

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Day Two Hundred: Black & White Photo Challenge

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Sometimes It’s The Retelling That Sucks

2018-06-172019-07-01 Miss Poison Father's Day, Writing Baseball, Father's Day, June, Memories, My Father, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

Saturday afternoon someone asked me what I was doing for Father's Day. I had actually forgotten that Father's Day was coming up, so this conversation was yet another reminder for me regarding the fact that my father has been gone for ten and a half years. Somehow, my brain just wasn't absorbing this holiday. Even … Continue reading Sometimes It’s The Retelling That Sucks