Last night, the wife and I were each doing our thing on our laptops, getting ready to start the work week off today, while we had the cable switched to the Palladia channel. This is something we do every once in awhile, as the live concerts they show become the background music to whatever we…
Each year, around the Thanksgiving Holiday in the US, I try and write something about thankfulness and remind survivors that no matter what, we all have something to be thankful for, even if it’s just that we are still here, surviving, with hope for the future. This year, however, I’ve been struggling with the idea,…
In my reading this week, I came across an article that discussed the dangers of telling ourselves only one story about ourselves. The article wasn’t specifically about abuse survivors, but it is something I have found to be very accurate. What he meant was that people get too attached to the stories they tell about…
According to a recent study, many of them do. About half, in fact agreed with this statement: “With just Bible study and prayer, ALONE, people with serious mental illness like depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia could overcome mental illness.” Now, I hesitate to quote from any study like this and use it to pass judgement…
As I mentioned earlier in the week, I was the guest of the Moms of Boys Twitter chat. I enjoyed the opportunity to share my history and thoughts about protecting kids, and helping kids who find themselves being abused. Unfortunately, given the transient nature of tweets, it might be difficult to see the posts in…
Recently, I blogged over on my other page about the problem when everyone follows the same exact travel advice, and how what might work for one person, kind of falls apart when everyone does it. That really doesn’t have much to do with survivors, at least I didn’t think so. That was until I read…
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