by Sonja Semyonova | Mar 8, 2023 | Freedom, Journal, Protection, Receiving, Relationships, Resistance, Risk, Sensuality, Space, Strength, Surrender, The Spiritual Side of Sex
(A story of resistance and surrender) The next morning it rained. I buttoned up a warm jacket and set out to find my feet again. Sleepless eyes squinting at the fine mist, I walked with the company of the question: had it really happened? It had. You made me want what...
by Sonja Semyonova | Mar 4, 2023 | Journal, Love Letters, Mamahood, Nurturance, Protection, Relationships, Resistance, Strength, Surrender
Every year on my daughter’s birthday I write her a love letter. One day maybe she will want to read them. My sweet girl, I had written an entirely different letter for you this year. It was complete and perfect in its expression of love for who you have been in my...
by Sonja Semyonova | Mar 1, 2023 | Journal, Relationships, Resistance, Self-love, Strength, Surrender
Come close, dear. I have a secret to share. Your resistance contains wisdom. Multitudes of wisdom. Like a chest filled with golden, glistening treasures. You just need to stop shutting the lid if you want the gems. Now, I know what you’re going to say. But Sonja, you...
by Sonja Semyonova | Feb 22, 2023 | Intimacy, Journal, Relationships, Sacred Feminism, Surrender, The Spiritual Side of Sex
The greatest acts of self-love take the form of holding dear the parts of us we would rather not admit exist, much less look at with kind eyes. Yes, falling in love with what we think of as our most shameful, horrific parts is exactly the spell needed to break the hex...
by Sonja Semyonova | Feb 7, 2023 | Intimacy, Journal, Love Letters, Relationships, Sacred Feminism, Surrender
I pray for you every night in the way of the old religion. By which I mean I slip into your bedroom window just after you’ve fallen asleep. I sidle up to your resting form and lay my hand on your arm. You are steady, heavy, almost peaceful (if you can believe that)....
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