My bat mitzvah! My entrance into womanhood. I was searching for the words to capture how I so deeply connect with my inner 12-year-old self—that pure, innocent girl who had not yet explored the sexual sphere, which would end up wreaking havoc on her emotional life. How to say that? How to capture it? Am … Continue reading 25th Anniversary of…
Author: Gila Daman
Latest release: Inner Piece: Decluttering a Soul. Also by Gila: Pandemic Poetry, She Pooped, I'm Pooped!: Motherhood Year One, First Comes Self-Love, Then Comes Marriage, and The Roadmap Ends Here: Entering Adulthood.
Let Them Live
If we cannot make space for those whose lives look different from ours. If we cannot support the artists who bleed daily their emotions and know not how to survive but by producing the products of their soul. If we force the ones we love to fit into cookie cutter molds. But it won’t sustain … Continue reading Let Them Live
Artist’s View
Where you saw boringI saw calmwhere you saw mundane I saw lifeblossoming around me colors of different shadesenergy spirals dancing around the room the life you lead day to dayis a beautiful array of color,dark and lightof pain and hopeups and downs separateness and coming together I can see the danceI can see the colorful … Continue reading Artist’s View
Thankitude!
Hi! I hope you have had a good Thanksgiving. (Weekend still going!) Holidays can have a slew of emotions around them when gathering with family. I am very fortunate in that this year my Thanksgiving was pure joy! Honestly, every time I gather with family on Thanksgiving it’s a happy time, but this year was … Continue reading Thankitude!
Mama’s Song
Sick to my stomachCuz I miss something I never knew existed Most my lifeIt's twistedWait for the dayTo be greeted Overcome the voices DefeatedThinking it will never happen The thing I want the mostCan't even fathom One day she arrivesA blessing wrappedIn cotton She's a miracle of lifeI’m tired but I keep marching onKeep marchingNow … Continue reading Mama’s Song
Would You Rather Be
Would you rather be happy or famous Flawed or blameless?You think fame will give you a nameRaise your statusErase your shameBut only you can do that To thine own self be true Don’t be chasing after visionsJust simply be you Fame doesn’t erase your painIt adds more to your already full plate Stresses you out, … Continue reading Would You Rather Be
Happy 11-11-22
Not only is it 11-11. But 11+11= 22. The fact that this week is culminating on 11/11 is meaningful to me cuz this has been a week of self-discovery. Ironically it was through declining opportunities (both personal and professional) that I felt validated in who I am. Opportunities that a greener, less experienced version of … Continue reading Happy 11-11-22
Taught My Kid to Rap
Taught my kid to wrap Her brain Around the insaneTo inject herself Into what remains From desolation and pain Told her life’s anything but plain To see the sun within the rainFrom black and white to seek the grayBetter still, a rainbow shines her wayTo see the magic in the everyday Turn work into play … Continue reading Taught My Kid to Rap
Sunny Moments on a Solemn Day
Do you ever feel like something occurs for one apparent reason, but really there is another underlying reason? Kind of like the difference between peshat, the literal meaning of a biblical story, and derash, the metaphorical one. One action can occur, holding simlutaneously within multiple levels of meaning. Well yesterday, which was the 16th anniversary … Continue reading Sunny Moments on a Solemn Day
That Pure, Simple Moment
One of the last memories I have of my father is him going down to the basement to photocopy my hot-off-the-presses Beginners Mat Pilates Certificate. As he opened the door to the basement, he looked back at me and said, "This is the first of many certifications you will receive." He was glowing with pride. … Continue reading That Pure, Simple Moment
Mindful Nuggets 