Annaleigh has the first Carnival Against Child Abuse of 2008 posted over at her site.
As always, looks like there are a number of good ideas and interesting things to read. Go take a look and if you have a blog, please consider contributing to one of the future editions. The more the merrier!
Paul, from Mind Parts does a great job, not just in hosting the Carnival this month, but also explaining why the Carnival is very cool: The purpose of the Carnival is to be a place where important posts are shared with others who may not be frequent readers of an author’s blog. I, myself, have…
I’ve blogged before about confirmation bias, our brains unique ability to absorb information that fits with our own world view, and ignore information that does not. In news and political circles that is sometimes referred to as the narrative of the story. You look for facts that fit the narrative, and unfortunately, unless you’re careful…
From time to time on this site, and on other sites frequented by survivors, I get asked the question about when it “ends”. What I find is that many survivors are looking for that time when they are simply never affected by anything related to their past. Most of the time I respond by pointing…
Pin It’s something I’ve advocated for over the years but today I came across a quote on Cecil Murphey’s blog that sums it up perfectly: Looking back, I now know she chose me even before she talked to me. I’m sure she spotted the longing in my eyes and the loneliness that I projected out of…
I was exchanging emails earlier this week with someone around the issue of trying to support a spouse who is a survivor. Obviously, being the survivor in my marriage, I’m not the expert on how to handle this, but I was able to offer some insight into typical male survivor behavior and mindsets that I…
The wife and I were roaming around downtown Greenville this past weekend in a craft shop, when I saw something that had the following printed on it: Do more of what makes you happy! After my initial reaction of “no kidding”, I got to thinking more about what that means, and how it’s something survivors…
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Mike: Thank you so much for your continued support of this carnival–and for the link to it! 🙂