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  • Be the Final Word

    When speaking out about abuse within the community of the First Apostolic Lutheran Church, I had intuitively knew it wasn't going to be welcome.  But over the past 13 years, it does continually surprise me, how quick they reach the… Continue reading

  • Fragments of Similarity

    What is always curious to me, is when people come upon my blog and my writings about abuse within the First Apostolic Lutheran Church, rarely is there any concern.  More often there is righteous defense for its honor.  Here is… Continue reading

  • All Truths.

    "You don't grow up missing what you never had, but throughout life there is hovering over you an inescapable longing for something you never had."  Susan Sontag "A fatherless girl thinks all things are possible and nothing safe." Mary Gordon When… Continue reading

  • Understand or Believe

    We are all born into a narrative; a story about the world around us. Seldom do we question what we have been taught and how we think. The story began before us and will continue through us, or change direction.… Continue reading

  • Out of Your Mind.

    When we as a society look for equality or that we are all the same, we are actually missing something.   We are all human beings for sure; but our life experience and the way the world has seen us… Continue reading

  • My Forgiveness

     "Yearning for a new way will not produce it. Only ending the old way can do that.  You cannot hold onto the old all the while declaring you want something new. The old will defy the new. The old deny the new.… Continue reading

  • Act of protesting!

      While listening to Dr. Peter Holmes, this came up in a discussion about losing weight or exercising more. "The first thing is to not do anything, do not diet" "The first thing to do is to maybe sit down… Continue reading

  • Active Lifestyle

    It has been a little over a year since I added physical activity to my life.  The seasons have been greatly improved.  Winter is now a open landscape to either snowshoe or ski upon. I have just begun the exploration of… Continue reading

  • Artist and her Art

    I had the opportunity to stand with my art in public.   This time however, it wasn't connected with my story in speaking out about abuse.  It was just my art and me. The background story wasn't the focus, nor… Continue reading

  • Loved and Equal

    I think the more you see insanity, the more you are required to act sane.  When the outside changes, the more you are asked to look deep within. Look upon your own insane thoughts and beliefs.  What part of reality are… Continue reading