I invite you to My Father’s Story and Mine weaving how the subtle voice of my gentle-spirited father proved to be more powerfully saving than the cacophony of compelling charismatic and bewitching narcissistic voices that once beguiled me.
My Father’s Story and Mine
The Visible Inheritance of Love Happy Father’s Day to my Father, Peta Paul: Born 1921 – Died 1993 My dad, Peta Paul, was a second-generation immigrant from Jugoslavia (as spelled on the Certificate of Naturalization) and His father, Jajo Pavicich made a courageous choice for the family that was entirely a stage of conception in the young […]
How the Past Birthed my Current Life
Honoris causa matris meae~Latin For~ Honoring My Mother Happy Mother’s Day to my Mother, Nona May, Born 1921 – Died 1999. Is it possible to honor my mother today on Mother’s Day, 2020 while continuing to reveal my experiences of being birthed, cherished, emotionally abandoned, protected, abused verbally, emotionally and sometimes physically by a woman […]
There is No Way ~ Except to Stay ~ Present
non est ita nisi ut maneat~Latin For~ There is No Way ~ Except to Stay ~ Present The Sequel The Power of StayingIn and WithThe Conversation Last year in response to our regional flooding, I wrote a poem titled, There is No Way Except the Way. This blog is The Sequel to the poetic series, […]
Unfolding Narrative
Opus Interiorem– Latin For –Inner Work Inner Work…though it is a deeply personal matter, it is not necessarily a private matter: inner work can be helped along in community. Indeed, doing inner work together is a vital counterpoint to doing it alone. Left to our own devices, we may delude ourselves in ways that others […]
The Origin and Consequence of Soul Erosion
Secreta Secretorum~Latin For~ Secret of Secrets Iterative Consequences Our family lineage has been progressively and compulsively disintegrating in the wake of my grandfather’s actions. Many in our family tree have immersed themselves in drugs and alcohol to numb the pain that resides as a latent malignancy. The cycle of suffering has manifested itself consciously and unconsciously. […]