Author: mickyw
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The gift of not being “chosen” in relationship
As a child, most of you more than likely experienced not being chosen. The politics of the playground can be cruel. Being chosen anything but first for a team feels deflating, at least it did for me, as I suspect it did for a lot of you. But it is inevitable for most. Even Michael…
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Parents and Superheroes
When I was growing up, the first superhero I saw on TV was George Reeves’ Superman. I was totally enthralled. He could leap buildings and outrun a bullet. No matter what the crisis was, he was able to easily overcome. More super heroes showed up on TV soon after. Spiderman, Hulk, Aquaman, Ultraman, Batman. What…
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Anxiety<->Abandonment, a revelation
Meet my friend N. She is in her 40s. She is married with two children. She is a trailblazer in work and in life. She values her family with ferocity and love. She was raised by two parents who are still together. They provided an amazing, loving, safe space in which to grow up. They…
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Where’d You Go, Bernadette
The title of this post is a reference to the wonderful novel by Maria Semple, and is a tribute to my mother, Bernadette, who passed away February 2nd, 2022. She was 77. I was born as her first son, from a coupling of two Roman Catholic parents each playing a role that was, like for…
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We are the world…or are we?
With the news of Russia invading the Ukraine, my heart has been very heavy. The Ukraine has been growing up from its infancy as a sovereign nation since back in the 90’s to its own very real, very independent, country. I’m not going to rehash the many reasons that Russia has used as “excuses” to…
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My observations of the people and covid.
I have been stuck on how to put into words how I have felt since the entire pandemic started. As one of 7 billion or so humans experience this for the first time, I am sure that some of my emotions were also widely experienced. Let me start from the beginning, and offer a caveat.…