October 22, 2015 Crisis Support
Surviving The Trauma Of Incest Incest is an ugly word. It is a dirty word. It is something that is kept in the back closet and never brought to light in polite society. It is something that is never talked…
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August 31, 2015 Friends and Peers
True Friends vs Friends of the Moment I have pondered this issue over and over the last few months. I naively thought I knew who my true friends were until a situation I never expected came up with devastating repercussions….
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August 21, 2015 Friends and Peers
A Broken Friendship I still get angry when I think about the events that caused a traumatic break-up of a friendship that I truly cherished. Yes, I am still angry. I believe I would rather stay angry than deal with…
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February 20, 2015 Crisis Support
When I was eight years old, I went to sleep completely innocent of death and pain. I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of someone banging loudly on our door and the sound of my…
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My mother and I have had a complicated relationship for years. That is putting it mildly. I love my mother. She can be the sweetest, most generous person ever seen. Then she can turn and be a raving, ranting lunatic….
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