by Hollye Dexter | Jul 27, 2018 | #tinystories, Dan Haggerty, dysfunctional family, family relationships, Grizzly Adams
The sound of motorcycles revving in the driveway meant that Uncle Dan was home, and with him came the entourage. One by one they pulled in, taking their place in Dan’s court. He’d sit in his King Louie throne in the living room, and maybe his pet owl...
by Hollye Dexter | Nov 9, 2013 | dysfunctional family, family, writing
Yesterday I posted this photo on facebook for #throwbackthursday. This is mini-me with my grandma Helen, my mother is center, and my Aunt Laura in yellow. I think my mother was 19 or 20, and my aunt was still in high school.The photo got a lot of happy comments. So...
by Hollye Dexter | May 13, 2012 | dysfunctional family, family, family estrangement, family relationships, healing family relationships, mother's day, mothers and daughters, surviving childhood trauma, The Courage to Heal
This is the only childhood photo I have of my mother and I together. Like this photo, our relationship is faded, tattered at the edges. Things happened in our family, horrible things, that not only burned the bridge between us, but blew it into a million sharp...