I M Perfect lady

Examples of an Imperfect woman

  • How Many Children Will it Take?

    More from the book, "Adult Children of Alcoholics/dysfunctional families". "Denial is the glue that holds together a dysfunctional home.  Family secrets, ignored feelings, and predictable chaos are part of a dysfunctional family system. The system allows abuse or other unhealthy… Continue reading

  • Mental to Love

    My episode on Call Me Mental, has a few members on the family tree talking about the mental illness of our relatives; past and present…and Is There Proof? It seems so completely insane that they will doubt the mental illness… Continue reading

  • Un-wounded.

    The climate that is needed for an abused child to be heard is a place where all things go.  There can be no narrow road…but it has to be wide expanse of openness. The narrow road most will not see…even… Continue reading

  • Oppression of the Silence

    I see the project "Call Me Mental" as a great invitation to stand up and be real.  It was an unveiling if you will, about my whole life…and how I live with its truth. How interesting that there is a… Continue reading

  • When he speaks his truth.

    The internet has given us all opportunities we would not otherwise have, to reconnect and to connect…and I am part of groups within the Facebook community.  Some are for Art, some for books and one group is for those of… Continue reading

  • Life As Usual.

    I believe the biggest factor that waters the stigma of abuse IS the response to our telling.  It isn't the crime itself, the effects on the physical body OR even the betrayal of love or trust.  It is the absence… Continue reading

  • Before I broke my silence.

    Today I rode the mail route with bits of sadness tagging along…and parts of wonder. What I have been fighting against is the sentiment that I am unkind. I am a wild and mental lady, angry and cold-hearted, judgemental and… Continue reading

  • Look again at yourself looking at me.

    First I want to thank and give great appreciation for those who dare stand by me. Who have listened and heard my words.  The ones who have understood my journey and stayed with the content of my pain and not… Continue reading

  • My Episode.

      Well Here it is!  Thanks David Cowardin and Lola Visuals, and NDC of Duluth and Carolyn Phelps for her kind words!  It has been nothing but a great experience!  Thank each of you for being you! May this project… Continue reading

  • What will it cost you?

    The "Afterword to the Original Edition" at the end of "Thou Shalt Not Be Aware; society's betrayal of the child, Alice Miller writes. "Before sending the manuscript of this book to the publisher, I gave it to four collegues to… Continue reading