Very honoured to find my poem here. I didn’t really expect this poem to resonate with anyone, but I’m glad to find another Child of a First Marriage! That behind the scenes, unnoticed feeling does prepare us in odd ways for odd things I suppose, like writing and self- reliance. Thank goodness for Grandma. Doesn’t Alice Miller talk about the protection for a child of having just one loving witness in their lives?
Miller is convincing about the benefit of a loving adult who witnesses but isn’t able to stop the abuse. Certainly Grandma was that and more. While my mother was in Australia I was lucky I had Grandma to heal me. Goodness knows how I might have turned out without that.
Very honoured to find my poem here. I didn’t really expect this poem to resonate with anyone, but I’m glad to find another Child of a First Marriage! That behind the scenes, unnoticed feeling does prepare us in odd ways for odd things I suppose, like writing and self- reliance. Thank goodness for Grandma. Doesn’t Alice Miller talk about the protection for a child of having just one loving witness in their lives?
Miller is convincing about the benefit of a loving adult who witnesses but isn’t able to stop the abuse. Certainly Grandma was that and more. While my mother was in Australia I was lucky I had Grandma to heal me. Goodness knows how I might have turned out without that.