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External Loving Parent

External Loving Parent

I can’t relate to a loving parent inside me. I had to imagine an external loving parent as my father holding me in a “snuggly” , and supporting me, giving me empathy and love. I don’t even feel it is necessary for me to distinguish the negative voices, only my wounded...
Finding Belonging

Finding Belonging

Reaching out for help and connection didn’t come easily. Being an Adult Child, I scan new environments wondering, "Is this space safe?"; "Will I be accepted while revealing my True Self?" I asked myself these questions when I first joined ACA.  As an immigrant,...
Hope (a haiku)

Hope (a haiku)

new thoughts swim upstreamshiny salmon leaping upsurprises airborne preposterous hopebursts through thunderous knowing,arcs over reason all at stake, glimpsessky, rocks, the world, us watchingplunges out of sight Deb B
At Ease

At Ease

Remember your ease in the woods. Surrounded by big sister trees.Embraced by winds that whisper “Listen. See. Breathe…”Pine needle campfire you taste with your nose and a momentary whiff of syringa. The place that is no place. No street signs, no traffic, no...
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