mothers
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Mother for them.
I want to say “Happy Mother’s Day” to all the mothers out there who stood up and did what was hard to do. Who had a voice that spoke out when their hearts were breaking, who walked away from their… Continue reading
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The Door is Open.
I listened today to a mother and daughter speaking about a time in their lives where the daughter wanted her freedom to do drugs and the mother wanted her daughter to stop using drugs. These opposing desires had them in… Continue reading
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That Kind are not Family.
I heard the Oprah show on the radio about the twin girls that were abused for years by their brothers and father, whose mother knew but did nothing. At the end of the show Oprah gives them a few words… Continue reading
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You Break the Chain
Grand Traverse Women Magazine was asking about articles on Motherhood, and immediately I felt that I had a unique perspective in how my mothering changed as I unraveled my life of abuse. It is like my children had two different… Continue reading
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An Accomplice to the Act.
Would you know a pedophile, would you be able to spot one, can you tell his moves, when he is engaged in the dance? It seems to me that we all as a world are expecting to see him… Continue reading
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How I Treat My Body.
“There are many ways to deprive yourself: You can deprive yourself of cookies or you can deprive yourself of feeling well after eating them. You can deprive yourself of feeling your sadness or you can deprive yourself of the confidence… Continue reading