Category: Personal
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It’s Time to Stop Police Violence: Campaign Zero
Okay, I don’t usually talk about political stuff or current events on this website. That’s not what this website is for. But police violence is a huge deal that affects a lot of people who are members of the poly community. And even if black men and trans folks and mentally ill people weren’t part…
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Short Hiatus
Hey folks. I’m sorry for disappearing recently. A few weeks ago, my sister was at the location of an terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv (she’s okay). A few days later came the attack on Pulse in Orlando. And my mental health crashed. I’m largely recovered now, but it was a rough couple weeks Normally what I’d…
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Hey folks, My daughter was born Mon, Dec 14th at 7:07pm. She is a beautiful baby, and doing well. Unfortunately, there were some aspects of the birth that were traumatic for me. My headspace has been bad enough I haven’t been able to check in on the blog, never mind write anything. I had some…
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Meeting Other Polyamorous Families
For children in minority families, nothing can be so powerful as meeting others like them. As an adoptee, I remember the first time I met other kids who were adopted. For the first time, there were other people who understood, really understood, what it was like. The questions and uncertainties of having other parents out…
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Fucked Up Parts of Mental Illness: Punishing Myself for Having Fun
Okay, once again not the post I was planning on writing. This time I could probably push through and write about home care for mental illness, but I think what’s going on today is kinda relevant to a lot of folks with mental illness. This week has been awesome for me. Depression has been largely…
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Schedule Change
Hey folks. For the time being I’ll be posting on Sunday and Thursday instead of Sunday and Wednesday. I have work due for a client every Wednesday, and thanks to various issues pacing myself is important right now. Thanks for your patience, and I’ll be back with more tomorrow.
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A Rant: “I Know I am Being Irrational Right Now”
Some 7 years ago (give or take) I was sitting in a room with three other people in my poly network. My PTSD and anxiety had been severely triggered, I was not thinking clearly, I was feeling jealous and persecuted. Long experience with my own mental illnesses allowed me to recognize that what I was…
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In Memory: Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart 1948-2014
Morning glories have always been my favorite flowers. They spread beauty and asked nothing more than to be allowed their time in the sun. Unlike the tulips or daffodils or roses my father planted, each flower lasted only a short time, fragile and precious. Yet each morning new flowers bloomed. I never met Morning Glory…
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Bonus Post: Custody Update and Important Legal Precedent
Hey all For those of you who have been following my messed up custody situation, the appeal court returned a decision last week returning custody to my children’s father and ruling that polyamory should not have been used as a reason to take the children away because there was no evidence that poly was harming…