Children

  • Witch hunts

    On Halloween night, naturally, we were watching a documentary about the Salem witch trials. It was very interesting, and as part of the show, they did interviews with some historians and had them discuss some of the background around why there was so much anger towards certain people and what role that played in them…

  • Striking a Chord

    I was reading this entry that Chris had written about guilt when the last sentence really struck me: “I guess I’ve carried that warped child’s perception of the world into adulthood. I am responsible for everyone, and yet I am unable to completely please anyone.” Now those of you who aren’t survivors of child abuse…

  • Lucky Me

    Today is my second wedding anniversary. We aren’t going to be doing anything special today to celebrate, mostly because she’s got a 12 hour workday scheduled, but we will be celebrating in style by relaxing in Tennessee for most of the week! After my first marriage ended in utter failure due to my ongoing battles…

  • Makes you angry

    This story about the newly released documents from the New Jersey Child Welfare system are very sad. I know children service administrations try to do the best they can but, obviously, they need to do better. No child should be put in these situations by the very people who are supposed to be protecting them.

  • Misconception

    I can see from my server logs an increasing amount of traffic coming in from specific searches. For the record, this is a site wrtten by someone who was a victim of child abuse, and it contains links to photos that I have taken, mostly from my travels over the last few years. There are…