Category Archives: Story

Returning Someone to Themselves

Posted on October 7, 2024 by jenny

This page was first published in January 2015.  In some ways it tells the whole story of my work to heal from trauma, and starting to heal the attachment wound.  I thought it was important enough to repost. I’m reading … Continue reading →

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Stories about my Father

Posted on October 4, 2024 by jenny

Written in writing group: When I was born my father was away at WWII.  I was three years old when he came home.  He came in the front door and I was in the hall.  Mother said “This is your … Continue reading →

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1997: Maybe it had Nothing to do with Me

Posted on September 6, 2024 by jenny

From my journal for March 3, 1997 Session with Dr. Rankin.  I told her most of the stories about my mother, actually some other material around my father’s death.  Wrote it all in my journal “to keep sane.”  “So you … Continue reading →

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1997: Stories about Mother

Posted on September 5, 2024 by jenny

From my journal for March 2, 1997 I think I want to talk to Dr. Rankin about mother: “of course you wouldn’t care about the Colonial Dames” After Daddy’s funeral she was poisonous, I went to the minister, put her … Continue reading →

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1997: Candlemas

Posted on September 2, 2024 by jenny

From my journal for February 3, 1997 A headache spoiled my experience of circle dance, but it actually went well for the people — they liked the ritual I had designed of putting visions in a seed and “quickening” them.  … Continue reading →

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1997: Struggle with Misery

Posted on August 27, 2024 by jenny

From my journal for January 1, 1997 I can’t trust my perceptions right now because I’m sick and everything looks bleak to me.  I’m reading my way through Elizabeth Goudge — I find even her books difficult which is an … Continue reading →

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My Current Struggle

Posted on August 15, 2024 by jenny

Writing with a friend I’ve been having a difficult time.  I don’t entirely know what’s going on for me.  I do get occasional hits of fear, and if they last a little I can stand back from myself and give … Continue reading →

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1996: The Feast of Hecate

Posted on August 12, 2024 by jenny

Written on August 14, 1996.  I was on a retreat with Deena Metzger on the south shore of Massachusetts.  It was the Feast of Hecate, and we planned to do a ritual at night. This piece of writing is partly … Continue reading →

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Painful Relationships

Posted on August 10, 2024 by jenny

Written with a friend. We wrote together for 20 minutes, and then shared. I have been reading about my relationship with my ex-husband Dana in my journal for the summer of 1996, and posted quite a bit about it.  See … Continue reading →

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1996: Crippled Artist Part of Myself

Posted on July 21, 2024 by jenny

From my journal for May 28, 1996.  I had a dream of a crippled artist who has only one leg. So what can I say about the crippled artist part of myself? She’s vivacious, attractive (I seem to remember dark eyes, … Continue reading →

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