Hearing Out Life Drama Blog

If I could have a do-over...

There was a moment with one of my children that I wish I could take back.

They were hurt by something I had done.

The moment had already happened.

The words couldn't be unsaid.

I remember wishing I could rewind the d...

"I know this."

I remember staring at a page of math facts in elementary school.

The timer started.

And suddenly...

everything disappeared.

Problems I could solve just moments before now felt impossible.

The clock kept ticking.

The faster I tri...

I was sitting across from someone during a listening appointment.

She couldn't quite look at me.

Her eyes stayed on the floor for a long time.

When she finally spoke, her voice was quiet.

"I've never told anyone this before."

There was so much s...

Why didn't anything I said help?

I remember trying so hard to help someone who was angry.

I listened.

I explained.

I reassured them.

I tried to solve the problem.

Instead of calming things down, it felt like everything I said made the conversat...

I remember noticing it one day before I was supposed to meet a friend.

For years, I had looked forward to seeing them.

They were wonderful one-on-one.

We laughed.

We shared life.

I genuinely enjoyed our time together.

But somewhere along the wa...

"Why can't I let this go?"

I remember asking myself that question after my divorce.

There was one thing that had been said.

One sentence.

I replayed it over and over again.

I argued with it in my mind.

I looked at it from every possible angle, ...