by Cathy Terranova | Oct 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
My last post about loneliness was met with a loud cry of solidarity. Which left me with the question: Why are so many people lonely? There are so many ways to connect. But we don’t. Not really anyway. We “like” what people are doing or we comment on...
by Cathy Terranova | Sep 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Doug and I usually feel desperately alone. We work, a lot. 60 plus hours a week we’re at our store. Yet, we can still find time and move our schedules to try to make seeing people an option. Sometimes we make plans and it doesn’t work out and it sucks....
by Cathy Terranova | Sep 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
It has been brought to my attention that my other post was dripping with something called, “white privilege”. As a person who has yet to experience any of the benefits of being rich and white, I have to argue that I’m not a recipient. Anyone who...
by Cathy Terranova | Sep 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
I saw this Post Secret postcard today. Amid the chaos in the news and on Facebook and Twitter and every other social media I want to tell this girl, “It isn’t easier.” It isn’t any easier to be white than to be any other race. I am white....
by Cathy Terranova | Aug 25, 2014 | Boundaries, Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
Phobias are a real thing. They are severe, pervasive, and debilitating. When your frontal lobe (reasoning center) shuts off because you are terrified by the prospect of whatever the stimulus is it is more than just being scared of a bug. There are things I can’t...
by Cathy Terranova | Aug 18, 2014 | Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
Everyone’s life is different. It’s just the truth. It seems that there are just as many disabilities as abilities and we see story after story of people overcoming obstacles. I just saw that someone- that I admit I was not particularly fond of in high...