The Weight of Regret and Self Blame
by Pam England “It may be that what you could be haunts you. It is a weight you … carry around. Each failure to become, to be, is a weight. …
by Pam England “It may be that what you could be haunts you. It is a weight you … carry around. Each failure to become, to be, is a weight. …
by Pam England One reason we tell our stories is to find hidden meaning or to create meaning. Turning a troubling incident or miscommunication over and over in their mind …
by Pam England Watch: “Father and Daughter” (the 2000, Oscar-winning short film animation). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4KXZVApsQ On Father’s Day, I watched M. Dudock de Wit’s “Father and Daughter” several times. The narrative (without …
by Pam England Human fathers are among less than six percent of mammals who play a significant role in rearing offspring, along with pygmy marmosets, bat-eared foxes, silverback mountain gorillas, …
by Pam England For centuries Catholic countries have celebrated fathers on St. Joseph’s Day (on March 19): building an altar, wearing red, and preparing special foods. In over a hundred …
by Pam England When I transferred from home birth to the hospital and my first child was born by cesarean, I was in birth shock. A friend brought the perfect …
by Pam England “All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved in the creation …
by Pam England When immersed by waves of uncertainty and the unexpected (both synonymous with childbirth, especially the first time), there is little mind or time to tell ourselves a …
Matryoshkas are nested wooden “mother dolls,” a folk-art toy that first appeared in Russia in 1890. Hollowed out from linden wood, matryoshkas consist of five to 12 (up to 60) …
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While painting the mythopoetic images coming through me over the past four months, I journaled associations that came through me: We are born of the earth, from the earth, through …