A NO H8 story by Rich Paschall – Sunday Night Blog The doorbell startled Howard. He was not expecting anyone on a snowy Saturday afternoon in January. He moved quickly to the front door and opened it to find his… Read More ›
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YOUR STORY BY RICH PASCHALL
Why It Is Important By Rich Paschall From time to time, I have the opportunity to post a few small works of fiction. They are just little stories that I hope will make a point. While they are no one’s… Read More ›
DYSFUNCTIONAL PARENTS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I’ve recently read two interesting memoirs about mind bogglingly horrific parents who were both malignant narcissists and bat shit crazy. Despite horrible, abusive behavior, the two children who wrote their memoirs spent a good part of their adult lives trying… Read More ›
GROWING UP IN THE MIDDLE – Marilyn Armstrong
I was both the emotional and intellectual center of my family. I was also the middle child and the communicator. Everybody talked to me which is WHY I knew everything while everyone told me to never tell anyone about what… Read More ›
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE – Rich Paschall
JJ’s Night Out, by Rich Paschall Jason was pacing the floor of the living room. He was excited about his date night. They were going to a new nightclub. It had received nice reviews and he thought they could do… Read More ›
SNOW HATE – By Rich Paschall
A NO H8 story by Rich Paschall – Sunday Night Blog The door bell startled Howard. He was not expecting anyone on a snowy Saturday afternoon in January. He moved quickly to the front door and opened it to find… Read More ›
THE STORY OF THE GRAD SCHOOL PAPER – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My mother’s first husband died when she was 29 years old. She had just gone back to college to get her degree. Years earlier, she had to leave college in her second year, due to illness. She ended up getting… Read More ›
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE DECORATING: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My father hated change. My mother loved to redecorate. What could possibly go wrong? There were lots of fights about decorating in my house growing up. Constantly. My mother won, but it could get surprisingly unpleasant before then – not… Read More ›
“HANDS-ON” PARENTING? NOT! – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I had an unusual childhood. Growing up, my parents were upper middle class professionals in New York City. Things were probably done differently in that milieu than elsewhere in the country at the time. In those days, household help was… Read More ›
THE PRICE OF NARCISSISM – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I found out late in life, in my 50’s, that my mother was a serious narcissist. As with many narcissists, she got worse as she got older. Her illness escalated dramatically after the death of my father, in 1981, and… Read More ›
A HARMLESS LIE, A HARMFUL LIE – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Growing up, my parents lied to me about a lot of things. To ‘protect’ me. The biggest lie was about my parents’ ages. They knocked almost twenty years off my father’s age and a few from my mom’s for good… Read More ›
THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT
I grew up the middle child of three and I was known as “the communicator.” My brother was four years older than me. My sister was five years younger. My brother passed away more than a decade ago and my… Read More ›
SPIRIT OF INQUIRY OR DEFIANCE?
OVERCOMING CHILDHOOD ISN’T ALWAYS ABOUT NICENESS AND OBEDIENCE So I found this question on Facebook and it brought back a deluge of memories. Hey moms, I’m in desperate need of help. I’m at my wit’s end with my lovely little… Read More ›
MY DAD AND HIS MUSIC – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My father, Abram Kardiner, was a well-known, well-respected psychoanalyst and anthropologist. He wrote many books, founded professional training programs and taught as a professor. But his real love was music. Listening to it, playing it, studying it. My dad loved… Read More ›
LIFE WITH FATHER – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I had a very strange and strained relationship with my father. In his defense, he was 59 when I was born and newly married, for the first time. He had been a confirmed bachelor, living alone, for a long, long… Read More ›
CHILDHOOD SCARS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
We are all shaped by events from our early childhoods. Childhood traumas can have permanent effects. Their scars can affect the development of self-image and self-esteem in our early years. They can determine how we see ourselves and how we… Read More ›
YOUR STORY BY RICH PASCHALL
Why It Is Important By Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog From time to time, I have had the opportunity to post a few small works of fiction. They were just little stories that I hoped would make a point. While… Read More ›
THE LAP – Judy Dykstra-Brown
THE LAP Mothers with children in your lap, snuggled safely for their nap, or joggers slowing down their laps so their sons can fill the gaps and catch up to take their father’s hands, consider parents in other lands as well… Read More ›
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE
JJ’s Night Out, by Rich Paschall Jason was pacing the floor of the living room. He was excited about his date night. They were going to a new night club. It had received nice reviews and he thought they could… Read More ›
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MOM AND DAD!
I intended this to be a Father’s Day tribute to my Dad. But my youngest brother, Anton, just reminded me it’s a double celebration. It’s William and Esther Armstrong’s 73rd wedding anniversary! Dad has been gone twelve years, Mom seven. But… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 