Wednesday, January 24, 2018

They Have Been Heard, Encouraged, and Believed

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Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is now on my list of contemporary sheroes. She opened her courtroom for any victim of Larry Nassar to speak. To tel...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Back to Blogging Again

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Hi there. Again I return to this blog after yet another hiatus. A few quick updates: T is now 3 1/2 I recently did another round of the...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Back Again

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Once again, I've come back to this blog as part of a way of circling around again on my healing. Since I last posted, we've had a ...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Dealing with difficult memories

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Guy Winch says that how we look at our difficult memories can help us heal.  Lifehacker has an article about his idea. http://lifehacker.co...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Ch..ch...ch...changes

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It has been way to long since I've posted to this blog. Life has been full over the psst months with changes, adaptations and planning f...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Update on My Wedding Dilemnas

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As you might have read in a previous post, I am getting married in June.  I decided from the beginning to include my parents and they have (...
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Monday, January 02, 2012

Abuse in the Military - "The Invisible War"

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A groundbreaking and important film called " The Invisible War " will be shown at this year's Sundance Film Festival on Januar...
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Friday, December 30, 2011

A Taste of My New Family

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JE and I recently travelled south to spend some time with his mom.  While this was the third time that I spent time with her, it was my fi...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Need Your Advice as I Plan My Wedding

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The wedding planning has begun.  We have a date, location, officiants and have begun many of the other items on the "to do" list. ...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Engaged!

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I got a wonderful surprise recently - a marriage proposal.  J, the man I've been dating, asked me to marry him.  He asked in a windeful,...
Friday, November 04, 2011

NaBloPoMo Blog Het theme for 11/4

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Thanks to Blog Her for the daily writing prompt.  Today's prompt asks about the tools we use when writing.  I write and post St the comp...
Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Apps Against Abuse Contest Winner!!!

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Yesterday, Vice President Biden announced that one of the winners of the Apps Against Abuse contest is Circle of 6, an app developed by Nan...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011

To Everything Turn, Turn, Turn....

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Last time I posted, I shared my relationship with DL.  It continues to go well.  I find myself growing in unexpected ways, dealing with old ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Beautiful Surprise a Year Ago

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I couldn't have imagined some of the things that happened during this past year.  I had not a clue they were coming.  Not a hint. A ye...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

More on My Mom - Update

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A couple of months ago I wrote a post about the complicated and sad relationship that I have with my mother.  Thanks again to all of you wh...
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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Joy!

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Who was it that said "joy cometh in the morning?"  These days I feel like a new person and that a new day has dawned.  I'm in ...
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Monday, February 28, 2011

Mom - A Complicated Word...Complicated Relationship...A Request for Advice

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I've been dealing with being abused for many years.  I've done some healing  about the abuse.  I think that I'm in an okay place...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Back to...Life....Back to....Therapy

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The realization crept up on me, slowly, like an old acquaintance.  I recognized its presence yet didn't engage.  Finally, I decided to p...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Wishes for Wednesday

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Hello.  I hope that wherever you are and whatever you are doing today that you have an okay day in which you feel safe and maybe even have a...
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Survivorship, Friendship and Healing

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I never expected that the things that are helping me recover from the abuse may help a cancer survivor. A friend of mine is battling breast...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Death is Never Easy

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A friend and colleague's father recently died.  He had the blessing and challenge of spending the last week of his father's life by ...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Friendship

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As summer begins to ebb, I reflect on its events.  One of the joys of this summer was the friends with whom I connected.  Some of them in my...
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Sunday, August 01, 2010

My Body, Myself - Fear, Healing and Body Image

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As a survivor, I've often felt uncomfortable in my skin.  Some reading I did earlier in my healing journey helped me understand that thi...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Excited to celebrate the renewal of the Torah and myself

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Tonight we begin the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.  Shavuot celebrates the day thousands of years ago when our people first received the Torah....
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Monday, May 17, 2010

No, this Blog isn't Done

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...Yep, I am still here. I am still posting, just not very often. :-) Thanks for your patience with my lack of blogging. ...Recently I ha...
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