values – the relaxed housekeeper

Freedom

Freedom is a walk in the warmth of the sun, a fridge well stocked and dinner that’s already done.
Freedom is some time with nothing to do
but have coffee or chai in the evening with you.

Pieces of Me

I pick up the pieces that I leave lying around. Pieces dusted daily, always visible. They’re a part of who I am.

The power of shame (a quadrille)

This poem is a reblog from Paeansunpluggedblog – Drunk on malignant masculinity hunting in high-on-testosterene herds they weaponize women disrobing and gang-raping systematically silencing and shaming them….

Respect Dis-Respects | We Have to Pay the Piper

Exploring Patriarchy Chapter 13 – People often think that giving to these rules is respect for the elderly. Forgetting there’s a price for it. A quicker decline for the elderly. And a frustration that affects personal relationships between the home manager and her family – especially her husband.

Poem: We Have To Pay The Piper

We have to pay the piper for all that we have got
if we don’t pay up when it’s due it’s gonna cost a lot.
He’s the one who sees the things we hide – the one who keeps the score
and when he thinks our payment’s due he’ll knock our every door.

Reaching For Help | Five Years a Victim

Fire Fighting Mode Chapter 3 – The sins of the mother come down to her son, but how long should we blame her for what he’s become? One year of marriage – a journey together, a year during which we learn more about each other.