Welcome to my musings on Brigid and related topics!
Why “Just Be Spiritual” Doesn’t Cut It After a Religious Upbringing
If you read last week’s post, you’ll know I’ve been thinking about the vacuum that opens up when you leave a high-control religion. The hollowness that certain weekends – Easter, Christmas, the hinge points of the year – can make suddenly visible. This week I want to talk about what a lot of women do…
You Left. But You Didn’t Leave Everything.
This Easter weekend, my social media feeds were full of it. Families at Mass. Easter Sunday tables. The smell of candles and lilies practically coming through the screen. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, I kept seeing the other posts too – the quieter ones. The women noting, without quite saying it,…