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6 January Coming Home to Yourself
Blood is Not Thicker Than Water
I don’t remember a time when I didn’t know I was adopted. It has always been an understanding and acceptance…
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Victim-blaming abuse survivors is re-abusing them: How we can all be better
I wrote this essay in fall 2014 because I’m a survivor of domestic violence who was badly triggered by the…
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Yellow
I remember lemonade- Country Time to be exact. At the curb we made a stand in summer, 1983. Twenty-five cents…
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I Fell in Love with a Murderer
I am healing. These deep wounds of mine keep coming to the surface. I have slept with a murderer. I…
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My Father’s Daughter: A Job Description
by Pamela Denchfield Because the child does not have the power to withhold consent, she does not have the power…
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The Magician
I wake up from a nightmare. It goes like this: Dad and Mom come back together to settle the score,…
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Mental Health Stories - The Look
One of many mental health stories is when I remember the first time I got fired. Until that time I’d…
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tick tock
you’re killing me faster than i’d hoped slower than i’d prayed murdering the best parts a little more each day…
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