Personal Advice
From a post on my other blog about visiting Pearl Fryar’s Topiary Garden: Listening to him did serve as a good reminder that you can’t stand out if you just keep doing the same thing everyone else is doing. You … Continued
Laissez les bons temps rouler
As I was working on posting some photos from our trip to New Orleans I was reminded of this phrase. Unfortunately, it is a phrase I should have taken to heart soon after our time in NOLA as opposed to … Continued
A Question of Balance
A while ago, I was having a conversation about food, and trying to explain to someone why I didn’t like many foods. When I was a kid, medical studies had not yet shown, or gotten widely distributed, the link between … Continued
The Conversation We Won’t Have
In the wake of recent events, there will be a lot of talk of the need to do something, to convince ourselves that we can somehow stop this, or something like it, from happening again. Naturally, we will hear lots … Continued
Google+ Community
Since Google announced the new community feature for Google+, I thought creating a community for survivors would be a fun way to experiment with the feature, and see what we could make of it as a group. Not making any … Continued
Me Elsewhere
If you’re interested in a little interview I did recently with the founder of the No Longer Silent Movement, you can check it out over on their blog. As I mentioned before, I think it’s a great thing that Nicolette … Continued
The Importance of Support
Sometimes, when we are in the midst of dealing with the absolute worst of our issues, and trying to overcome the effects childhood abuse is having on our adult lives, the best thing anyone can do for us is give … Continued