Creating a Home

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Daybreak: Meditations for Women, Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Maureen Brady

HOME - I create a home that is a safe and nurturing place for me, where I am free to gather myself.

In my family of origin I did not feel safe in my home. If I managed to create small spaces where I felt safe, they did not allow much room for expansion. For instance, I played in a closet or hung out for hours with my dollhouse where I fantasized the children were safe and secure.

Today I realize I have a right to make a home for myself that is both safe and pleasing. I decorate it in a way that represents me. If I share it with others, I honor my need to have some separate space that I can call my own. With time I feel rooted in my home. My energy and some of my history is centered there.

It is not my wish to stay home so much that I become isolated, but to use the comforting influence of my home to restore and gather myself after each step I take in my expanding ability to participate in the world. I am a world citizen. My home is not an island but a place that reinforces me.