Einstein:
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
For years I’ve pretty much been doing the same thing over and over again with my parents and expecting different results. !BLAM!ming them was doing something different.
By not ever dealing honestly, openly, and calmly with the past and being straight up with them I swept everything under the carpet. The result was I continued to get walked on and (more…)
Quick note, my parents weren’t aware that I was going to be calling and !BLAM!ming. That was a “cold call”. They also didn’t know that we were filming. (re-posted video at bottom)
Thoughts since the !BLAM!…
A great metaphor for the forgotten child.
!BLAM!ming my parents was one of the best things I’ve ever done. I feel so different inside. I’m experiencing transformation daily. I let my parents know that I was a forgotten child in all their violence, drama, and destruction. And I did it calmly. No screaming, no yelling, no my parents yelling back… I let them know in a controlled, clear adult manner that what they did effected me. That I’ve never stood up and said. I had always (more…)
My neighbors decorations. It's sweet. Had to share.
This path I’m on…discovering me. Going from a housewife to a film maker has taken the most interesting twists and turns since it began. It really proceeded my first blog post… I would say by 5-6 years. A year or two before my divorce. That’s when I began to have an uncontrollable drive to discover me. To break out of the only role I had ever performed: Housewife.
fromhousewifetofilmmaker
