I M Perfect lady

July 2012

  • Take Down Their Hero Signs.

    A link I posted on Facebook said, "The Paterno family issued a statement only hours later saying the statue's removal "does not serve the victims of Jerry Sandusky's horrible crimes or help heal the Penn State community." And they are… Continue reading

  • Honor, Pride and Grace.

    Below is my Letter to the Editor. "Can we really be silent, when once again, another case of criminal sexual conduct is reduced, and once again, a light sentence is handed out, when another victim's story is played around with… Continue reading

  • Courage and Bravery.

    "Courage and Bravery" is the title of this quilt.  It spent the winter in Ed Gray's Gallery in Calumet.  When I dropped off a new bunch of quilts, I saw this and was so happy to see her again. I… Continue reading

  • Causes Child Abuse

    "On top of the abuse and neglect, denial heaps more hurt upon the child by requiring the child to alienate herself from reality and her own experience. In troubled families, abuse and neglect are permitted; it's the talking about them… Continue reading

  • Reason Button is Broken

    "Traumatic events that are human in origin seem to have more severe after-effects than natural disasters. Hurtful and frightening as it is to be raped by a stranger, or to be in the path of a natural disaster, the creation… Continue reading

  • PTSD in Adult Survivors of Child Abuse.

    Below is a post from my brother's blog.  I highly recommend reading the article he found on PTSD in Adult Survivors of Child Abuse.  It is a clear, but a very long piece.  It helps to show why we end… Continue reading

  • Lady by the Lake

    Agate Beach…with my Girls, Finn and Peter.   Dog Heaven…and people too! There is no place as wonderful to be at on a Hot Day, than Lake Superior.  There was a fog out on the lake, and a cool breeze,… Continue reading

  • A Mass Exodus Out

    I picked up the book, "The Body Never Lies" by Alice Miller, again…and found a few places that I had highlighted.  I am sure I wrote about these before, but somehow it seems applicable again…as I was thinking about the… Continue reading

  • Silently Supporting My Abuser.

    Having lived behind the scenes of a CSC case, and only as a second party or perhaps a third…I know that what you read in the paper is the tip of the iceburg, that for one person speaking out, there… Continue reading

  • A bit over nothing.

    On the front page of the paper yesterday is another CSC (Criminal Sexual Assualt) sentencing, a reduced charge and I wonder what is going on behind the scenes. The story kept coming back to me…and many thoughts came to mind.… Continue reading