Here is today’s prompt, courtesy of Kelley Rose, for Free Write Friday: ” … what was that pivotal moment for you [in your life], and most importantly, how did it change you?” ~*~ Interestingly, I addressed this at great length in my last post ~ A Life Unravelled. If I have to zero in on one … More #FWF: Life Changers … My Sarajevo
A Life Unravelled I am of an age When the formative years Speak. “Remember me?” They ask. It starts with Music. A song. A memory. A feeling. Hmmm … I had forgotten. Lost in Tumultuous times of Twenty-plus years. Tumult covered by more Tumult. A child overwhelmed; A teenager confused; A twenty-something Ungrounded, Until in … More A Life Unravelled
It’s Free Write Friday (okay, I’m a couple of days late). Time, once again, to let loose the imagination. Here’s the prompt … Here’s my response … The Dark Place What fun To step into the dark For just a Moment. To sense with open Mind and heart Another world unfamiliar. Through the veil of my Fear … More Do you fear the dark place?
When we embark on our healing journey it’s a bold step. We are energized by the idea that with appropriate professional help we can wrap our past up in a neat little package and fire it off into a universe where we need never meet up with it again. And perhaps if we did not … More Broken Record
From: Dear Me: A Collection of Letters Addressed to Various Aspects of My Self … ©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2013 ~*~ The fourth in a series of letters addressed to my critical Self. The date is the actual date it was written as a free writing, and freeing, exercise. July 11, 1013 Dear Critical One ~ Why is … More Dear Critical One: The Fourth Letter in a Series …
From: Dear Me: A Collection of Letters Addressed to Various Aspects of My Self … ©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2013 ~*~ The third letter in a series addressed to my critical Self. The date is the actual date it was written as a free writing, and freeing, exercise. July 10, 2013 Dear Critical One ~ Perhaps you have noticed … More The Critical One: The Third Letter in a Series …
As part of my healing process I’ve been writing letters to different aspects of my Self that need resolution. So far I have published a complete series to “The Panicked One.” Another series to “The Guarded One” is in progress. Recently, I embarked on a series of letters to “The Critical One.” I know I … More The Critical One: The First and Second Letters in a Series …
~*~ A free writing exercise inspired by a dream … Trust and the Broken Four-Year-Old The light had gone from her eyes by the time she was four. A vacuous wary stare filled the big, dark eyes with an expression of distrust. “I cannot trust you,” she seemed to say. Not a word was spoken … More Trust and the Broken Four-Year-Old
Six weeks or so ago I had a dream. It remained vivid in my consciousness after I awoke so I wrote it down and shared it later with my therapist. It occurred to us both, during our discussion, that this dream was introducing to me another aspect of my Self looking for some resolution. This … More Letters to The Guarded One …
How often has your life with all its good intentions and dreams been hijacked by some aspect of your Self with whom you just haven’t been able to connect? Mine has. Many times. So many, in fact, that four years ago I finally enlisted the help of a good therapist to lead me to a … More Dear Me: A Collection of Letters Addressed to Various Aspects of My Self
In So Many Words 