So this weekend I went to Dallas to see The Thorn again. Every year, another part of me heals as I re-process and work through childhood trauma surrounding Easter. Here’s some of my thoughts from the first time I went to the Thorn. Originally posted as a Facebook note, April 8, 2012: For those ofContinueContinue reading “Poem from 2012: Love Letter”
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Emotional Hypothermia, Part 3: The Angry Monster
Continued from Part 2 Content note: self-harm In a group session summer before last with my counselor and my parents, my mom mentioned the time my sister asked her why I was so logical and scientific when one of our dogs was being euthanized in his old age. “How could Eleanor be so cold?” she’dContinueContinue reading “Emotional Hypothermia, Part 3: The Angry Monster”
Defending God? Or just loving God
The flogging scene in The Thorn from the 2009 production | Photo: Jonathan Betz Photography. Last spring, my friend Luke from the group of awesome online writers I hang out with shared a quote on Facebook that has haunted me, floating in and out of my daily conversations. “Rebuke no one, revile no one, notContinueContinue reading “Defending God? Or just loving God”
Eleanor Skelton 