Thoughts from Chickadee

I'll openly admit to not being the best at texting. Unless I reply right away to the other person, I will forget to get back to them until the next time I pick up my phone. I am also very bad about keeping people updated on things through text, and will tell myself "oh, I'll tell them next time I see them or talk with them" and then three months have passed and I realize I forgot to reach out.  I'm better about texting with a few of my close friends and in the early stages of dating with someone new. However, even with these few people sometimes either I or they will drop out of the conversation for a few days. These silences have turned out to be times of growth for me when it comes to my attachment style. Attachment style is something that was discussed at length in several of my classes as I earned my master's degree in counseling. John Bowlby theorized that early experiences directly influence later relationship development and can predict behavior. Mary ...

 Sometimes I really miss childhood. I don't necessarily miss it for the lack of responsibilities or the free time or school, but for the freedom to be as weird and chaotic as I wanted. I could run around in the woods behind my childhood home, have my stuffed animals wage generations-long wars filled with betrayal against each other, spend hours talking about the Lord of the Rings to anyone who would listen, create yarn hair extensions and beaded good luck charms for myself, and go off on weird rants without anyone questioning it.                                                                                                              Six year old Chickad...