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The conversation went well, he was shocked to find out about what all had happened, and had some questions, but it was good to get it out. On the other hand it went later than I expected so we didn’t get to go see the baby. But on the third hand, that’s probably a good…
Pin Clean Up the Spot in Front of You
I enjoyed this clip of Henry Rollins talking about being overwhelmed by the pain and injustice he has seen in his travels.
He recognizes that he is “one guy.” He can’t possibly fix all of it, and trying to would be pointless. So he sees the opportunities where he can make a difference and hopes that more of us will try to “clean the spots” we can, as well.
And those little differences start to add up…
Carnival Against Child Abuse
This month was somewhat slow for contributions, I’m sure the holiday had a lot to do with it, keeping everyone busy and away from their blogs. On the other hand, there’s nothing like family time to inspire abuse survivors to write, so I’m looking forward to reading some of the post-holiday thoughts in the next…
Permanent Victim Status
A few weeks back, Patricia wrote about being an advocate, and being accused of being “stuck in victim mode” because she continued to talk about child abuse. It’s something that I’ve been thinking about too. Part of that thought process had to do with some cleaning up of old links that I’ve been doing on…
Pin Deep Level Stigma
I’ve had some recent opportunities to sit down and have coffee with some people who have worked in child abuse prevention and treatment and do fundraising for those efforts. I’ve already been creating some blog posts out of things that came up during those conversations because they were that good. Still, there was one particular…
Pin Life Lesson From 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
After hearing much critical acclaim for the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, we decided we would catch a matinee showing this weekend. It’s an interesting movie, full of lots of things to think about, but for the purposes of this blog I want to focus in on the actions of one particular character, the…
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Beautiful photos!