Author

Geri Spina

@gspina

articles: 11
total claps: 193
top claps: 78
avg read: 2.6 min
active: 2026-02-01 → 2026-06-22

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💑 · Relationships · 5 👨‍👩‍👧 · Family & Parenting · 5 🧠 · Mental Wellness · 4 ✍️ · Writing & Creative · 2 🔧 · Data Engineering · 1 🎬 · Film & Television · 1 LIT · Literature & Writing · 1 ✈️ · Travel · 1

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#relationships ·5 #family ·3 #childhood-memories ·2 #past-trauma ·1 #healing-journey ·1 #poetry-on-medium ·1 #thoughts-and-feelings ·1 #random-musings ·1 #grief-and-healing ·1 #honoring-the-past ·1

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GE Geri Spina

They Find There Way to Me

I sit at Mass ready to listen.

Feb 08, 2026 · 2 min read · 78 claps #family #childhood-memories #relationships

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GE Geri Spina

It’s Not What I Expected

It was not what I expected.

Feb 23, 2026 · 3 min read · 50 claps #travel #growth #growth-mindset

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GE Geri Spina

A Message to the Universe

The Beginnings of Beginnings

Feb 01, 2026 · 1 min read · 35 claps

GE Geri Spina

Dreamer

I remembered as a child I would lay my head on the carpet of fresh cut grass, the smell reaching into my nostrils, beckoning for me to…

Apr 24, 2026 · 1 min read · 30 claps

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GE Geri Spina

Broken

An excerpt from my memoir: How I Chose To Remember

May 27, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #family-trauma #healing-family-trauma #sexual-assault

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GE Geri Spina · Women Write

Not All Men

The Dad I Came to Know

Jun 22, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #fathers-day #relationships #personal-transformation

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GE Geri Spina

She Wasn’t Suppose to Die

She had just finished getting dressed when I arrived, working her make-up.

Mar 13, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #grief-and-loss #relationships #healing

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GE Geri Spina

Suddenly I am back there..

I am shocked sometimes by the uncanny feeling of how bits and pieces of my past would reveal themselves, shocked by the sudden and sharp…

Mar 20, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #past-trauma #childhood-memories #healing-journey

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GE Geri Spina

A Force of Nature

What I was told was that even as a young child I acted grown up. Some family members called me “wise before my years.” They would even…

Mar 09, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps

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GE Geri Spina

In the Silence I Hear Them

There was a foggy film, as if smoke was rising from somewhere unknown that felt both mysterious and clear at the same time.

Apr 08, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #grief-and-healing #honoring-the-past #family

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GE Geri Spina

Are you ready

it’s spring and i am ready…

Apr 28, 2026 · 0 min read · 0 claps #poetry-on-medium #thoughts-and-feelings #random-musings