Category: Child Abuse
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First Write for Yourself
Do try writing your story in your own words though. Break a few pencils, crayons, whatever. Tear pages. Get. It. Out. That is what is most important.
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Life is Grand, Yet Underneath . . .
San Juan Mountains in the fall, near Silverton, Colorado.
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Gotta Have a Dream
I wanted to live an adventurous life, no matter the risks. I wanted to experience what I read about in books. That dream was a major part of what enabled me to get past what I faced in the present.
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Find Joy Where You Can
We found escape and joy wherever we could: in books, imagination, music, food, arts, nature, and holidays.
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For the Sanity of Our World
A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds in the United States.
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Letting Difficult Decisions Slide By
I don’t think he planned ahead on separating us from everyone he trusted. He just did it. One person at a time. That is what perpetrators do.
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Nature is my Refuge
Nature is so big, so grand, so all-encompassing, that Dad seemed puny compared to it. As did my problems.
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Integrity and Morality are not Related to Birth or Wealth
I have since learned that integrity and morality have little to do with which side of the tracks one was born on.
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Kids Need Truth to Balance Imagination
My world and my sister’s world became one of constant anxiety. Except when Dad was out of the house . . . gone.
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My Depressed Dad Ruled Our Family
Knowing what I know now, I believe Dad was clinically depressed and unsure of himself.