Tag: disturbingclarity
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Dear Mom,
Your voice has faded from my memory. I’m always a little jealous when people say things like, “I can still hear her voice” when they talk about you. “Can you?” I want to say. “I can’t.” Though they tell me I sound like you. You know how in movie flashbacks when the daughter or son…
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Rumors
Rumors are the shards of glass that fall from the shattered chandelier of adolescence. They stick in your feet as you try to walk by them with your head held high and scar your hands when you try to clean them up. When you get dressed and try to go about your day, they constantly…
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SHARED Trauma and a Facebook Post
Dear William, I wanted to write a response to you regarding your comments on my post but I needed to do some digging first. Like, the real deep kind. My knee-jerk reaction was just to make a snarky comment and set you in your place. That’s not what I dreamed up when I made that…
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Cliques vs Friend Groups
Ladies, hear my words and rethink your attitude toward other women! Cliques still kill me. I’ve never understood the need to stand shoulder to shoulder with other women and make other people feel unwelcome. But it doesn’t mean I don’t want to be accepted or that I’m somehow immune to the sting of rejection. When…
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Finding YOUR PEOPLE and ACCEPTING YOURSELF
I used to hate my stomach. Then I hated my arms. Then I felt insecure about all of the things. ALL OF THE THINGS…. I used to wish I was smarter. I used to wish I had more tact. I used to wish I fit in everywhere with everyone. EVERYWHERE WITH EVERYONE….(sigh) And then one…
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Grains: Sensitivities beyond wheat | PCC Community Markets
There is little to no medical controversy over whether wheat and other grains trigger allergies or sensitivities. They do. Where controversy enters is in the areas of incidence and symptoms to grains other than wheat. — Read on www.pccmarkets.com/sound-consumer/2011-08/grains_beyond_wheat/ Another good article on grain sensitivity.
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9 Weird Signs You Should Avoid Grains
While you may think of grains as a go-to, easy item to have around, grains may be cause your body more harm than good. As someone with celiac disease, I’m very familiar with the negative effects grains can have on a person’s body. However, the term… — Read on www.bustle.com/p/9-weird-signs-you-should-avoid-grains-5499460 I’m pretty sure after 3…
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DisturbingClarity… from the Garden
Each day go out and see the growth, the damage, the thirst, the bounty. Serve it. Recognize it for what it is. Call it by its name. Be grateful and glad, humbled or sad if that is what the moment calls for.
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Are Almonds Low FODMAP? Dietitian Q&A – Lauren Renlund MPH RD
A comprehensive guide to almonds and the low FODMAP diet, including almond products such as almond milk, flour/meal, butter, oil and extract. — Read on www.laurenrenlund.com/2017/10/17/are-almonds-low-fodmap-dietitian-qa/