The November edition of the Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse is coming up. I’ll be taking a turn at hosting it this month, and I’m looking forward to seeing all the ideas and writings that you all have been doing, so be sure to get your submissions in before Nov. 22!
Going back over 10 years to when I first started this blog, the goal has always been to help survivors feel less alone. Last week I was reminded, yet again, of the importance of talking about it. There was a time in my life when it seemed like I was somehow attracting other survivors to…
Pin This is really my biggest problem. Sometimes, sadness, grief, anger, and uncertainty are entirely appropriate, so why are we telling people to ignore those emotions?
Look at it this way, when we watched George Floyd’s death on video, we all felt something, and it probably wasn’t all that pleasant. Or, when we read the overwhelming number of deaths from COVID, we felt something. Maybe we all didn’t feel exactly the same thing, but we all felt something, and maybe most of all we felt a need to do something about it. If we had simply flipped the page and focused on what we are grateful for, we weren’t changing anything, we aren’t doing the things we need to do to keep ourselves safe and well. We are just ignoring it.
I had planned to write this week about how little moments of joy can be such a huge help in our healing as survivors. I had planned to explain further why I chose my Irish heritage and the ability to enjoy life even in the midst of horrible suffering as the theme for this month’s…
If you’re seeing this, then you have gotten the updated DNS pointing you to the new server(s). I’ve moved all of my sites to a new place, and am looking forward to the increased abilitites with this set-up. Of course, finding the time to implement some of my ideas may be another thing entirely..:)
I know, things are a whole lot different around here. I had tried, last night, to upgrade to the latest version of Movable Type, in an effort to add in some new features to the site that I’ve been mulling over in my head. However, that upgrade went horribly awry, only the latest of many…
I meant to blog about this a couple of days ago, but work events have conspired to draw my attention away from many things. Typical. 🙂 Anyway, this particular person found their way over to the forums and shared their site with us, http://onceabused.blogspot.com/. By the way, there have been a couple of folks who…
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