Into the Wilderness: Story 3, Catina I’m not afraid of much. I was afraid when I first stepped out onto the uneven terrain and unfamiliar territory of the southern mountains. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I was still in shock. All I could think wasContinueContinue reading “Fear”
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Walking the moon
Into the Wilderness: Story 1, Catina I hated my parents. Not the, OMG-my-mom-is-so-annoying-I can’t-believe-she said-that kind of hatred. But hatred that kept me from being safe. I hated them in such a way that it was almost like a grudge. I wouldn’t talk to them. I couldn’t even be around them. All I would thinkContinueContinue reading “Walking the moon”
Have you walked the moon?
Into the Wilderness: Story 1, Mom On an unusually cold and rainy day in June, we drove down our mountain in New Jersey, headed to Newark airport. My daughter Catina was with my husband and me, and she hunched in the back seat, surly and cross-armed, hoodie pulled over her eyes. She knew where weContinueContinue reading “Have you walked the moon?”