Crusade
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Holding the truth…
Today I worked on making journals…to give away. These are fun for me to do, like making mini quilts. I like that these journals have pretty covers, for inside the raw truth is often painful…to express. Words written seem less… Continue reading
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A hero for someone.
We all need to be more aware of not only ourselves, but with those around us. And, I like what he says, about when you doubt whether you should get involved, think on the side of the victim. Will… Continue reading
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Believing the Child
Another section of Alice Miller's book, "Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child." I know it is long…but it shows how the child is missed and why in most therapy sessions…while the parents get their full… Continue reading
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“Thou Shalt Not Be Aware.”
I began another Alice Miller book, "Thou Shalt Not Be Aware"…and I could highlight the whole thing so far! She writes, "Our will for survival will never push us to invent painful stories, rather the contrary: to make up nice… Continue reading
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Believing it is Love.
The hardest part of living with the affects of childhood abuse, is that you have lived with a damaged mind, and have very little if any recollection of the Mind Before the Abuse. For how can you know your mind… Continue reading
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Childhood Sexual Abuse is harmful to the Brain!
There is a misconception that child abuse is an event in childhood, period. It happened a long time ago and IT IS OVER! This article shows how wrong that is… The effects of childhood sexual and physical abuse last… Continue reading
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An Unforgiving Person.
“Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Now, isn't that a curious observation…and it feels correct to me…how we forgive folks for… Continue reading
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Shouldn’t be forgiven.
Not only are there humans we shouldn't forgive, but we forgive them at our peril. You forgive them — somebody *else* pays for it. Andrew Vachss If the churches could grasp this concept and stop selling forgiveness as a cure all… Continue reading
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Acceptance of my abuse.
My name written in that familiar scrawl immediately strikes a cord in me…without even reading the contents, I feel put upon…a small card from my mother. What does she want…rings out from each cell in my body. And secondly, why can't… Continue reading
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Health to the Mind.
A short article was written about my quilts in a newsletter for Northern Lights Clubhouse. Some of their members came to my "Meet the Artist" event at Copper Country Mental Health in September. The article read, "On September 18th… Continue reading
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