About peanut butter, shame, and old stories

Why telling them matters…

Ronna Detrick

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Photo by Tetiana Bykovets on Unsplash

I was journaling the other morning and flashed on a memory from close to 50 years ago…

I snuck into the kitchen when I knew my mom wasn’t there, opened the fridge, and got myself a spoonful of peanut butter — then devoured it and disposed of any evidence before I got caught. This was hardly the only time I took on such…

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Ronna Detrick

I work and write on behalf of women and their re-visioned stories. These days you can find me on Substack.