Grace Transforming Trauma

Inklings of a Problem: College Try becomes College Fail

My first two and a half years of college were, socially, more or less a disaster. Upon arriving in Chicago, I went to ROTC indoctrination week, a requirement of my scholarship. Lots of yelling for what seemed like no real point at all…

Wet Laundry, Knives and Warmth

Have you ever taken laundry out of the wash before it’s gone through the spin cycle? when it’s all entangled, cold, sopping wet, and difficult to disengage. That’s what my heart felt like as I dove into a period where sorting this all out was my full time occupation. I had…

Dancing

My very first exposure to dancing was when I was a freshman at Garfield. I saw some other folks doing break dancing, I and I was both fascinated and mortified at the same time. Fascinated because it looked awesome; mortified because the aggressive demeanor was overwhelming to me.

Epic Badass Soul Alchemy in Action

originally composed 4 January 2015

Intake

Incest sucks. I recommend avoiding it as much as possible. For me, it wasn’t possible, and growing up in an environment in which it’s running rampant in secret flat out…

Inklings of a Problem: High School Social Awkwardness

I had known for some time that things in my life… weren’t working. At all. Anywhere close to what I saw people around me. Particularly around social situations, particularly around social situations involving sex. I felt extremely…