Holidays

It’s holiday time here in the US again. We’ll be traveling later today and spending Thanksgiving with the in-laws. Should be nice to spend some time down there with them. But being with family isn’t what I want to talk about today, it’s being thankful. It may not seem like, as an abuse survivor, there’s…

Donation

Marilyn from Prevent Child Abuse was kind enough to return my call this afternoon. Turns out that the $35 level of giving is enough to make you a “member”, so that’s the minimum amount I’ll be donating over there thanks to the kind contributions of folks from my sites. That’ll also mean I’ll be subscribed…

Thank You

I got the first check from the CafePress store in the mail yesterday. It was for $26.30, which, when combined with the $14-15 I’ve got coming from the Amazon links at the end of the year will make a nice little donation to Prevent Child Abuse. Of note, yes I have decided to go ahead…

Striking a Chord

I was reading this entry that Chris had written about guilt when the last sentence really struck me: “I guess I’ve carried that warped child’s perception of the world into adulthood. I am responsible for everyone, and yet I am unable to completely please anyone.” Now those of you who aren’t survivors of child abuse…

Back to Normal

Things got a bit screwed up here late last week, and I couldn’t post anything to the blog. Apparently it was an upgrade gone terribly wrong on the server. Anyway, things should be back to normal now. I did get the shell of a forum system setup last week. There’s a lot more I can,…