He Teaches Real and Total Forgiveness - Blessed Is She

He Teaches Real and Total Forgiveness

For years I tried to bury the hurt and brush off the damage she’d caused. After all, her own childhood was abusive. Yet under all my dismissiveness (wrapped in a...
September 13, 2020
Not Even a Mangy Dog - Blessed Is She

Not Even a Mangy Dog

I have a persistent, fluffy white shadow named Otto. His hundred-pound frame follows me from room to room, flopping with a satisfied groan at my feet when I pause for...
August 05, 2020
I Won't Grow Up - Blessed Is She

I Won't Grow Up

I couldn’t wait to grow up. I couldn’t wait to get to middle school, to get my driver’s license, to head off to college, to live on my own. By...
July 05, 2020
He Stays Awake for You - Blessed Is She

He Stays Awake for You

A chill mist hung in the air as I lay sprawled on the damp ground. My eyelids grew heavy, my head even heavier, nodding clumsily under the weight of my...
June 08, 2020