April 2012
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Truth was the courage I clung to.
I would have a hard time remembering me being in the dark about abuse…of not even considering it or being drawn into conversations about victims of childhood sexual abuse. That me seems so far back there, like way way way… Continue reading
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A Journal to take Home
Last week when I sat by the Detective and asked him how things were going….he said, "I have two adolescent boys (who are talking to him about their sexual abuse) and I don't have nothing to give them….I am not sure… Continue reading
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Robot Will Implode
On the Extoots blog…http://extoots.blogspot.com was a comment that struck me "Even though I can't, as an "ex," speak on behalf of Laestadians, let me say that I am so sorry for the pain the church has caused our gay sisters… Continue reading
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Blessed this Activity.
While talking to my brother in the past few days, he made a comment that stuck with me… it was something like, "If parents knew that a school system had a dozen or more pedophiles within its walls, no one… Continue reading
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They Love Company
As I drove up to a house today to get a signature, my new friend met me. He was not afraid at all to check out my new mail car… He just came in close to see what was… Continue reading
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Loving Action Towards Family
I took a break from yoga this morning and instead sipped tea by the fireplace, listened to the birds outside, with a heat pack on my legs. Being part of Taking Back the Night panel, brought up old emotions… Continue reading
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The Sturdy Wall of Doing Nothing!
The first "Take Back the Night" event happened. The panel arrived and spoke…into a very sparse audience. However, the newspaper and TV reporters were there taking notes and filming…so the reach was further than the four walls. Each sharing… Continue reading
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Shatter Their Silence.
Tonight at Michigan Tech in ME-EM 112 (which is R.L. Smith Hall)., there will be the first annual "Take Back the Night" event. Shatter the SilenceBreaking The Silence Through Storytelling “It takes two people to speak the truth: One… Continue reading
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More than Before.
Me and my little red mail car….are having a time getting used to each other. And actually, if you were just to drive it regular and not try and make her into a mail car, she would be just fine.… Continue reading
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Made up for what I lost.
"Hard as it is, we cannot shrink from our relationships or we simply become an audience or gofer for the dominant partner or friend. Like most of us, I have struggled with this my whole life; fearful of what might… Continue reading
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