by Tree | Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I started writing, it was still March fifth. This an odd day, today, falling as it does between Clean Monday and Ash Wednesday, which, despite the seeming differences, mean the same things. In the East, Great Lent begins on Clean Monday, with fasting, prayer, and...
by Tree | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
I had a good therapy session where I started digging into the roots of why I tend towards apathy. People react to stress with a lot more than fight or flight, and freezing or playing possum is a valid and common survival response. Evidently I have a very deeply...
by Tree | Oct 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
I recently saw, once again, posed the question of whether or not Mary experienced labor pains when she gave birth to Christ. As the discussion unfolded, the question arose, “What does that word mean in Genesis anyway?” In Genesis 3, God says to Eve,...
by Tree | Jul 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
I have mixed feelings this year about Independence Day. I love my country, I really do. I believe whole heartedly in “The American Experiment, in the building and growth of a nation founded by immigrants who ran the gamut from poor looking to escape their...
by Tree | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Trauma is… I’m sitting here puzzling over how to start, and it occurs to me that the above is a complete sentence in itself. Trauma is. Trauma isn’t something that comes into your life and then leaves again. Contrary to the opinions of quite a number...