Healing our hearts

Healing our wounded hearts is a lot of fun, isn’t it? What’s often the most difficult at first is trying to find a way of seeing hope. Because when we’re broken, we’re broken. It kind of depends on how our hearts have been wounded. The specific kinds of trauma we endure. Because those traumas, those […]

Stained mirrors

So hard to be. Not knowing who I am instead of what I feel. Reflections clouded in retrograde while I wax and wane. Why aren’t you enough? Why this tangible need within? I lust for your touch, to know Love beyond love, to be raptured by my Lover until self and Other become One. The […]

The ecstasy of falling in love

I’ve been reminded of what it’s like to fall in love, which is weird since I was a hopeless wannabe romantic for much of my early adulthood. It’s funny how you can forget for a variety of reasons without even realizing it, whether you’re married or single. The delight of flirtation given and returned; the […]

Sex, passion and lust

When it comes to sex, St. Augustine was one of the first feminists. No, really. There are various interpretations of Augustine’s writings, as one might expect from someone who was so prolific. There is also a bit of trouble translating his Latin. The following is a summary of what I consider to be an excellent […]

What is love? (baby, it can hurt me)

We tend to get bent out of shape and let our emotions and biases throw off how we view all sorts of things in life. Perhaps more than with any other issue, this is especially true when it comes to love. Misunderstandings over love are more central to bad communication, bad philosophies, and bad policies […]