The Body Series: An Introduction
After a long hiatus, I am back on this page with new words and a little more purpose. I find I often lack the space to explore things as deeply as I would like to. Or when I attempt to create it, I get scared of the places my writing takes me, and become resistant or hesitant to share it. How much is too much? What parts are just for me? I am still figuring that out, but in the mean time, there are things to share.
Over the next few months, on this blog, I will be sharing what I will call, The Body Series. Every week or so I’ll talk about my process of discovery and acceptance with one aspect of my body or another. They are outlined below. I share this to connect with you. Because I ask you to trust me with your process. I want to be worthy of that trust. I want to show you where I’ve been, and where I’m at. To let you know where you are is perfect because the spiral never ends. Life is a video game with endless code. There are more levels to unlock and side quests to master than we can even imagine. I have learned so much, but there is so much left to uncover. Sometimes that feels exciting. Sometimes it makes me want to crawl into a cardboard box and cry. All I can try to do is be here. Feel it. I hope you will, too.
Part of me wonders if these tales have been over played. If there are too many voices with the same stories. But if my stories add one more layer of nuance, that resonates with you in a new way, this will be worth it. And besides, I think it's kind of beautiful that so many of us are opening up and sharing the weird shit we've realized is really toxic behavior that we once thought was normal. Keep sharing. Write on.
This is a woman who used to be terrified of being caught with the folds of her skin touching. We'll go into it with a little more context next week, my loves.