I got an email last week from Robert Eggleton, about a novel he has written, Rarity from the Hollow: [quote]Lacy Dawn, the protagonist, is a victim of child abuse from an impoverished hollow of a rural state who overcomes by empowering others and ends up saving the universe. She is a composite character based on…
I was just listening to the latest In The Trenches podcast. It’s normally a techie podcast but today Kevin had a nice interview with David Newberger, who spent quite a bit of time dealing with health issues that the doctor’s couldn’t diagnose. Turns out he was suffering from Conversion Disorder, which is where he developed…
Just saw over on Christine’s blog that she was finally able to bring herself to get help for her depression. She doesn’t suffer from the debilitating form of bipolar disorder that left her unable to function, but it was enough to limit her ability to focus, and to get the most out of her life….
I’ve been reading blogs written by survivors for quite awhile now and one of the things that has always struck me, when compared to my own blogging, are the detailed descriptions of the abuse, and certain events from their childhood. It’s not that I don’t want to be that open with my readers here, the…
After work today we’ll be off to celebrate the holiday with Angela’s parents, and spending the whole weekend visiting. I’m looking forward to the down time, it’s been a very hectic week! 🙂 I’m glad too, that I’ll have some time to savor the things that I am truly thankful for, the live that I…
I got an email the other day with a sort of throw away comment that bothered me. Not so much in an offensive way, more of a “huh?”. The comment was this “My goal in life is to make everyone happy”. Now that sounds nice, and on first reading it was that sort of self-sacrificing,…
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