Musings

Tuesday, December 03, 2024

Quitting Time 

There was a method within the madness, and I was feeling complacent that all was under control

Family Diary

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

Meltdown: Afterword

Tenacity and resilience, thy name is woman

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Meltdown: Epilogue

I loved this type of full-family mayhem and I was in heaven. But always, as always, forever conscious of what Chezky was doing, where he was, was everything safe

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Meltdown: Chapter 15

This first session was a getting-to-know-you, but my real goal was to dive into EMDR

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Meltdown: Chapter 14 

Pain ripped through me as they put their finger on the very sore spots that I still grappled with

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Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Meltdown: Chapter 13  

It wasn’t until a month after the chasunah that I sat down with my husband and addressed the nagging issue we’d been avoiding

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Meltdown: Chapter 12  

How would people react? I did not want pity. But pity was the last vibe circulating in the hotel conference room

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Meltdown: Chapter 11 

“You’re not kicking him out.” Her voice softened. “You’re launching him into independent life”

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Meltdown: Chapter 10 

“It won’t happen again,” I said firmly, and turned to my schnitzel, wanting to end the whole conversation.

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Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Meltdown: Chapter 9

For the first time, a little voice whispered in my consciousness, Chezky has to have somewhere else to live

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Meltdown: Chapter 8

“This is the resident doctor at the hospital. You must come and get your son immediately. We are not equipped to deal with him here.”