I M Perfect lady

Examples of an Imperfect woman

  • 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

  • I Hope I Never Recover.

    As I thought about the word, RECOVERY, and what that truly meant for a child of abuse, I had to first look up its meaning.  Recovery, "Return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength…" Perhaps the burden to… Continue reading

  • A New Reality.

    I am reading a book that I picked up at Dial Help, titled "Helping Your Child Recover from Sexual Abuse."  By Caren Adams and Jennifer Fay….written in 1987. There is an inner battle with my mind and body, for it… Continue reading

  • I gave up being Nice.

    Do you know what a Nice person is?  And is there a difference between a Nice person and a Good person?  This conversation was playing on Sirius radio as I delivered mail. (1999 re-broadcast of Oprah's TV Show) I looked… Continue reading

  • Choose Differently

    "A responsible choice, is one you are willing to accept the consequence of that choice."  Eckhart Tolle This simple phrase when completely understood, will show how you are the creator of your own life, that karma unfolds, one choice at… Continue reading

  • Notices the Lies.

    While listening to Debbie Ford talking to Oprah, she had an acronym for Denial; "Don't Ever Notice I Am Lying".   Isn't that clever?   And how often do we play this game, not only with ourselves, but with others… Continue reading