The next couple of days
I’ll be keeping an eye on the news about Ivan, and hoping for the best.
By now I’m sure most of you are familiar with the recent charges brought against former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, as well as charges of perjury and failure to report against Penn State officials. If you aren’t familiar with the details, you can read them here, although they are quite disturbing. When I…
Convicted child killer disputes warnings Again, much like the Megan’s Law cases, I have to ask, if this man is so dangerous that you have to harass him and warn everyone in town about him, why was he ever released from prison? Aren’t early releases determined by whether the prisoner has been rehabilitated? If he…
It looks like For Better or Worse , the comic, is bringing sexual assault to the funny pages. While it doesn’t involve a minor, it does involve the sexual advances on a girlfriends’ much younger daughter. That’s all too common, and probably all too familiar to folks who have dealt with childhood sexual trauma in…
Thanks to a post on NetBloke, I found this quote from Christopher Morley: There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way. For survivors you could rephrase that, but the idea is simple. Success in life is finding the freedom to make your own choices. Once you’ve…
In light of yesterday’s news about Robin Williams, lots of folks have been reaching out on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media to share their own stories of depression and other mental health issues, or make sure folks know where to go to get help, and that there is help for mental illness. I even…
Girl, 9, charged with sexual assault. As much as I hate any child to be abused, this girl needs counseling, she needs to be able to tell someone what made her do this, and what has been going on in her own life that may have been a factor in this. They need to find…
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